MTHS - The past week has been a series of goodbyes for our senior class. Today, members of the Class of 2024 share a goodbye with Trevor, one of our beloved MTHS custodians. Our custodial staff put in long hours to keep our buildings maintained and clean, but more importantly, they get to know the students and help to support them in their time at the high school. They are here early in the morning and late at night opening the building, cleaning, moving furniture, setting up for events and helping to keep us safe. To our current daytime custodians, Trevor, Dawn, Livingston and Will, thank you for all that you do for the students, staff and faculty at MTHS. Your efforts do not go unnoticed!
3 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Senior students pose with one of our daytime custodians
Today is Juneteenth. Today we honor freedom. June 19, 1865 - Celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation.
3 months ago, Montville Township Public Schools
Juneteenth. Honoring Freedom. June 19 1865. Celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation.
IN THE NEWS! See The Citizen: #MTHS students learn the ancient art of turning chemical reactions into works of art! PICS & STORY: https://www.newjerseyhills.com/the_citizen/news/montville-students-learn-the-ancient-art-of-turning-chemical-reactions-into-works-of-art/article_615ef8c2-2749-11ef-866a-4b1f9d29b02e.html
3 months ago, Montville Township Public Schools
IN THE NEWS! See The Citizen: #MTHS students learn the ancient art of turning chemical reactions into works of art! PICS & STORY: https://www.newjerseyhills.com/the_citizen/news/montville-students-learn-the-ancient-art-of-turning-chemical-reactions-into-works-of-art/article_615ef8c2-2749-11ef-866a-4b1f9d29b02e.html
MTHS - Mr. Connolly had two visitors to his International Business Practice Firm (IBPF) classes, Ethan Kraut (2023), and his father, David Kraut. Ethan talked to students about his first year at Syracuse University, and answered questions from the students about the college experience. David Kraut provided the class with tips and suggestions for success in the in the business world from the interview process to connecting to others via LinkedIn.
3 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Ethan Kraut and his father talk to the IBPF classes
TONIGHT, Tues, June 18 at 7:30PM: #MontvilleBOE meeting in the Montville Twp. Municipal Building. Agenda: https://www.montville.net/tonightsagenda
3 months ago, Montville Township Public Schools
TONIGHT, Tues, June 18 at 7:30PM: #MontvilleBOE meeting in the Montville Twp. Municipal Building. Agenda: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3526/Montville/4479778/2024-06-18_Public_Session_Agenda.pdf
#MTHS MPulse Acapella choir, under the direction of Mr. Cherney, sang at Montville Pride Day on 6/15/24 PRIDE POSTED: "Special thanks to: 🌈Mr. Cherney and the MTHS MPulse Acapella choir 🌈MTHS Key Club" #EducateInspireEmpower #AcceptanceRespectKindness
4 months ago, Montville Township Public Schools
#MTHS MPulse Acapella choir, under the direction of Mr. Cherney sanf at Montville Pride Day on 6/15/24
Wishing joy to you and your family. Eid al-Adha
4 months ago, Montville Township Public Schools
Wishing you joy. Eid Al Adha
MTHS - Graduation Week is here and the setup has commenced! A special thank you to Mr. Nadzak and our *amazing* custodial and maintenance teams for their attention to detail and ensuring that we have a great night on Thursday.
4 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Graduation setup with stage and chairs
planted flowers
Happy Father's Day! Enjoy the Day!
4 months ago, Montville Township Public Schools
Enjoy the Day! Happy Fathers Day from Montville Township Public Schools!
MTHS - Can you believe it!? Today marks the start of finals! It's hard to believe that there are only four more school days left before the start of summer break. But, the students and staff at MTHS are still hard at work! Today, Mr. Queen's chemistry students worked in lab groups to determine the pH of household substances.
4 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Chemistry lab
MTHS - Today we celebrate our graduating seniors with the Senior Picnic! This morning, students received their yearbooks, walked down to the Community Center and fields, played games and enjoyed food from various vendors. The students will receive their caps and gowns at dismissal from the picnic. Thank you to the high school administration, class advisors, and faculty chaperones for their help in making today a special day for the Class of 2024!
4 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Students gather to sign yearbooks
picture of community field and students signing yearbooks
students playing basketball at community center
students picking up sandwiches from food truck
students getting ice cream from food truck
two students holding yearbooks
MTHS - On Monday, Montville VFW Post 5481 hosted its annual luncheon in support and congratulations to our four MTHS seniors entering military service. Commander Ken Hanzl, Warren Congleton, Jim Sommer, Tom Mazzaccaro and Carl DeBacco spoke to the students for over an hour about life and sharing their personal experiences in the military. Our students dedicating themselves to service include: Kyle Liu - United States Marine Corps, Frenchely Godet-Desmarais - United States Air Force, and Marlon and Gabriela Soeiro - Army National Guard. We would like to thanks the Montville VFW Post 5481 for their service and commitment to the greater Montville Township community.
4 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
4 students entering military service stand with members of the Montville VFW Post 5481
MTHS - The Senior Class Officers worked with administration to to hold to first "Senior Sunset" in the amphitheater on Monday, June 10th. This event offered the students a chance to socialize, play backyard lawn games and bond as a class. At 8:30pm, the class officers showed the premiere of a montage they have been working on for several months featuring a compilation of videos and pictures of the Class of 2024 since their earliest days in Montville Township Public Schools. An extra special thank you to Cristina Ryduchowki for all of her hard work in putting together the video!
4 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Group of girls at senior sunset
two girls at senior sunset
two girls at senior sunset
senior sunset
MTHS - The Class of 2024 is leaving their mark! Today and tomorrow, seniors can participate in the annual National Honor Society fundraiser and place their handprint in the stairwell off the rotunda. These handprints will be a constant reminder of our students who graduate in a few short days!
4 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Picture of handprints on the wall
Student places handprint on wall
One student paints another student's hand
picture of handprints on the wall
two students wait in line to put their handprints on the wall
VIDEO! #MTHS Raku in-school field trip!. EARTH, AIR, FIRE, & WATER! ANCIENT POTTERS’ TECHNIQUE TURNS CHEMICAL REACTIONS INTO WORKS OF ART! See VIDEO & Learn more: https://www.montville.net/article/1635742 #EducateInspireEmpower!
4 months ago, Montville Township Public Schools
From the kiln to the reduction chamber – During the Raku in-school field trip, art teacher Paul Moench and senior Kaden Kilmer-Setrakian removed the fired ceramic pieces from the kiln and placed them in the reduction chamber where the lack of oxygen created a chemical reaction that hardened the glazes into metallic finishes.
Montville Township High School Ceramics students Saanvi Yalamanchili and Morgan Soehnlein, both juniors, scrubbed the carbon from their works of art to reveal the metallic and carbon finishes achieved through the ancient potter's technique of Raku.
Victoria Gonzalez with her ceramic basket. Raku pieces that have been glazed emerge from reduction with a metallic look. Those without glaze will have a black matte finish. A combination of finishes is often used to create patterns and textures. The senior's basket has a shimmering metallic look intermingled with black matte finishes.
Megan Haley with the block vase fired using the Raku technique. The sophomore fired a series of block vases at the Montville Township High School in-school Raku field trip.
Burnt feathers and horse hair create a design on this unglazed ceramic vase.
When Frenchely Godet-Desmarais’ vase was removed from the kiln it was placed on a brick to cool. Immediately the senior applied horse hair to burn a pattern onto the surface of the clay. The smoldering process created a delicate and balanced design.
Ceramics students participated in an in-school Raku field trip. These works of art were fired using the ancient technique of Raku.
During the Raku in-school field trip, MTHS Ceramics students Frenchely Godet-Desmarais, a senior (center), and Megan Haley, a sophomore (right), assisted art teacher Paul Moench (left) in removing hot ceramic works of art from the reduction chamber.
Pottery cooling after being removed from the smoldering reduction chamber. Once cooled the carbon will be scrubbed from the surfaces to reveal the depth of colors and textures created during the Raku firing process. The lack of oxygen in the chamber causes a chemical reaction to with the glazes.
From the kiln to the reduction chamber – During the Raku in-school field trip, art teacher Paul Moench and senior Kaden Kilmer-Setrakian removed the fired ceramic pieces from the kiln and placed them in the reduction chamber where the lack of oxygen created a chemical reaction that hardened the glazes into metallic finishes.
MTHS - For their last AP Statistics project, students randomly selected a topic. The topic was broad and students needed to find statistics within the topic of interest to them using research from databases and reliable sources. Additionally, all of the units covered in the AP curriculum (univariate and bivariate statistics, methods of data collection and types of bias, probability, sampling distributions and inferences of proportions, means, categorical data and linear regression) needed to be included in the presentation. The student presentations will be in the media center and judged by faculty members in the coming days! students display their final presentations in the media center
4 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Students stand in front of their presentation "Human Trafficking on a Global Scale"
Students stand in front of their presentation "Waste Management"
Two students stand in front of their presentation "Which disaster would you rather"
Two students stand in front of their presentation "Attitudes toward genetically modified organisms"
MTHS - Seniors in Mrs. Pierce's English class assembled the final versions of their year long writing project - an ABC book that required students to reflect on the past, present, and future versions of themselves. The final books the students created are filled with personal insights and observations, and this will be a keepsake that they will treasure years after they graduate from MTHS.
4 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Students hold up their ABC books
Students looking at their ABC books
MTHS - Students use their study hall period to work on a final statistics project.
4 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Students gathered around a computer working on a statistics project
MTHS - The latest and greatest from some of our art students!
4 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Student drawing in perspective
Student artwork on subway car
Student working on drawing of skyscraper during a storm
MTHS - Former MTHS student, Alana Gomez-Solis (2018), visited Mrs. Sheehan's Marketing II Honors classes to talk about her marketing job with Samsung. It is wonderful to bring in graduate mentors for our current students!
4 months ago, Jennifer Keneally
Former MTHS student talks to Marketing II Honors class about her job at Samsung.