Reminder

No School on Friday October 3 - Teacher Inservice

Grand Canyon Trip Summer 2016

There will be a parent meeting at the Middle School on Wednesday October 1 at 6:30 pm regarding this trip in 2016. There is a payment deposit deadline coming up soon (November 14) so if your student is interested please have them stop by Mrs. Remington's room for  more information.

Today’s Student Announcements

Highlights from today’s student announcements

• ·         Students were reminded about using the crosswalks safely
• ·         Thursday – "Popcorn Day"  fundraiser
• ·         Friday – Fall sports photos after school for Cross Country, Football and Volleyball.
• ·         Free Girls Basketball Jam session for girls grade 5-8, Saturday from 9-11, Middleton High School

Is something lost?

Students who have lost items can check the Lost and Found located in the cafeteria (larger items) and the front office (smaller items).

First "Turn in" for Fundraiser is Friday

First "turn in" date is for our fundraiser is Friday.  Students will turn in booklets and orders to their 7th period teachers.  Winning class gets a pizza party!!!!  Thanks for your support of this fundraiser that benefits the entire school.

Fundraiser Kick Off Today

Our annual fundraiser kicks off today.  Our students will be selling magazines.  All of the money raised from this fundraiser will go to supporting many student activities around our school including:  athletics, choir, band, art, drama, as well as new lockers to fit our ever growing student population.  We thank you in advance for your support of our students and their future programming.

VIKES Time

This week we rolled out VIKES Time. VIKES is the 8th period class on your student's schedule Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.  On Monday's all students get to watch the VIKES presentation promoting our VIKES Program and celebrating our MMS successes.

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, students will attend either a 30 minute Enrichment class or a 30 minute Intervention class. Each quarter (9 weeks) all students are assigned to an Enrichment class - some  examples are Chess, Photoshop, Creative Writing, and Speech and Debate.  Each 9 weeks students can sign for a different Enrichment class.

Each week, reports are run through Skyward to check for students with missing assignments or "F" grades; these students will attend Intervention class that week to have extra time and help to finish those assignments and improve their grades.  If they have the grades up and no missing assignments at the end of the week, then they will re-join their Enrichment class the following week.

We are excited to be able to provide some interesting classes for students and to provide more opportunities for academic success.

Skylert Calling System

The automated call system (Skylert) has been up and running the past week.  If your child is absent, the parents need to call  the school or enter it in Skyward before 10:00 am, to excuse your student, to avoid those calls.. If your student is not in class on time, there is a chance that they are marked absent, so you could get a call because of that too.  A call to clarify if the student is present, is all we need. Do not hesitate to call the office for any questions regarding attendance issues.

A reminder also to keep your parent "Family Access" login and password separate from your student's.  Each student at MMS has their own access to Skyward under Student Access and should not be using their parent's access, as parents have access to entering absences and viewing siblings information.

Chess Sets needed

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Our Enrichment classes are up and running during VIKES Time. We have two chess classes in which our students are extremely interested in participating, but we are in need of additional chess sets. If you have an unused set, we would love to put it to use. Please drop off at our Main Office. Thanks for helping us offer this great opportunity for even more students.

1st day of Valhalla

Today is the first day of the Valhalla After School Program.   Registration forms are available here.  Be sure and check out this great program - it is free!

Beginning Orchestra (Strings) Program

Forms for the Orchestra Program are in the main office.  Class will begin September 29 and forms must be returned by September 15.  There is more information on the form regarding the program.