Nov. 5th: School Closed

Nov. 11 -15th: Scholastic Book Fair

Nov. 13th: Family night at Book Fair 4:00-6:30pm

Nov. 14th: Picture Retake Day

Nov. 26th: 2 Hour Early Dismissal

Nov. 27th: No School - Thanksgiving Break

You may have seen information from UMS mentioning MTSS. MTSS stands for Multi Tiered System of Supports and is both a way to promote positive behaviors and encourage better choices. To help answer some of our communities questions about MTSS we have added information about how we use MTSS here at UMS to the school's website under the Parents and Students tab.

If you would be willing to donate prizes (no more than $20 in value) that we could use for our Turkey Trot/1 mile fun run please let us know, drop it off at the office, or send it in with your student. The fun run will take place November 25. We are looking for prizes to award top runners, best dressed costumes for each of the 7 periods, and grade level raffles. Any donations would be greatly appreciated. Any questions please reach out to melanie.boyer@fcps.org and james.herbold@fcps.org

We are excited for our 5th annual “UMS Walk of Honor”.

Please join UMS staff and students in honorning our Veterans. American flags with names of service members areposted along the parking lot for families to view from Friday November 8 afternoon-Monday November 11(weather permitting). Thank you for helping UMS keep this tradition going!

Does your student like to be creative? Does your child enjoy the arts? Participate in this year's Reflections program! Students create artwork in response to the theme of "Accepting Imperfections." Students can enter into one or more categories: Visual Arts, Photography, Musical Composition, Dance Choreography, Film, and Literature. Students can earn recognition and prizes at the local, county, state, and national level! Entries are due through email to Jaime Stevenson (JSteve616@gmail.com) by November 15. Click here to visit our website with all necessary information.

Scholastic offers an alternative to sending in cash with your students to purchase items at the book fair with their ewallet accounts. See directions below to set up your child's ewallet today! Scholastic also accepts most major credit cards, Googlepay and Applepay.

Visit the UMS Book Fair Website Here

Our School Improvement Team would like your feedback on what topics would be most helpful for UMS families as part of our Parent University Series as we partner to help your student have the best experience possible here at UMS. Please consider filling out this form to help us plan our next sessions!

Looking for a previous version of a Tales From the Nest Newsletter, check out our website under the News tab. You can visit the link directly here.