MUMS Family Newsletter

Thanks so much for supporting our spirit week this week! Students and staff participating brought us so much joy!

Yesterday we experienced a prolonged power outage at the start of the day. Students were super patient, understanding and principled as we moved through a morning of darkness! Thanks for your understanding as we worked to get back online with phones and internet mid morning!

Lastly, I hope that for those of you who had conferences today, they were positive! I will share a survey next week for you to give us feedback on our conference practices and the changes to the structure this year. We look forward to learning about how we can improve!

As always, have a great weekend!

If you have questions generally, please reach out to us at mwisell@acsdvt.org (Michaela)

or zjerome@acsdvt.org (Zach) or dhunt@acsdvt.org (Dustin) or by calling the MUMS office at 802-382-1600 or by visiting the MUMS website for more information.

Michaela Wisell, Principal

Zach Jerome, Assistant Principal

Dustin Hunt, Activities Director

• November 1st - Parent Teacher Conferences
  
• November 1st - Quarter 1 Ends
• November 4th - Quarter 2 Begins
• November 6th - Picture Retake Day
• November 8th - Fall Dance (7:00-9:00)
• November 13th - Early Release Day (12:45 dismissal)
• November 14th - 8th Grade trip planning meeting (5:30pm in MUMS Library)

Activities Calendar

As a part of their “What is a Vermonter?” unit in Individuals and Societies, all 8th graders

investigated a complex issue that our state is currently facing. In small groups, students learned more about the problem and researched how it is being addressed across the state. Issues ranged from rising housing prices to homelessness, flooding and addiction. Some students also got to meet Kevin Chu, Executive Director of the VT Futures Project, when he recently visited as a guest speaker and conducted a robust Q+A with Ms. Groby’s students about the future of our state. Ask an 8th grader about the issue they examined and the hopes and dreams they have for Vermont!

Eileen Sears, MYP Coordinator

& ACSD Curriculum Leader

esears@acsdvt.org

802-382-1753

Pam Quinn, MYP Coordinator

pquinn@acsdvt.org

802-382-1243

We want to share a new resource to help you engage with your student and understand what they are working on in classes: You can now find unit overviews for each of your child’s classes on our Middle Years Program page. These were designed collaboratively by our teachers including key components of each subject. Additionally, they suggest questions to help you talk to your student about their learning. We hope you find this resource valuable.

Picture Retake day is Wednesday November 6th.

If you did not receive a picture Access Code or Portrait ID customer service at 800-736-4753 or online chat at my.lifetouch.com.

Thank you

Winter Athletic Sign Ups

Sign ups for winter athletics are now open. Families can sign up using this link Winter Athletic Sign ups. In the winter MUMS offers gymnastics (open to all grades), wrestling (open to 7th and 8th graders), winter xtreme running (open to all grades), and 7th and 8th grade boys and girls basketball. If you have a 6th grader interested in wrestling or basketball they should plan on participating with Middlebury Parks and Recreation.

7th Grade Girls Basketball Coach Needed

We are currently looking for a girls 7th grade basketball coach. If you are interested or know of someone that might be interested please reach out to the Activities Director Dustin Hunt for more details.

Last Call for Club Sign Ups

Our winter clubs are scheduled to start next week, for details about our clubs and to sign up please click here Winter Club Sign Ups

Dance- Friday November 8th

We will be hosting our first dance of the school year on Friday, November 8th from 7-9pm in the MUMS Gym. The theme of the dance will be "Make It Glow Party". The dance costs $5 to attend and all proceeds go to Friends of MUMS to help pay for the 8th grade class trip and other fun activities. Every student must bring a signed permission slip the night of the dance to be allowed in the building. Permission slips will be sent home with students on Monday, November 4th or you can view and print it here Dance Permission Slip. Please take time to look over the permission slip with your child so they understand the behavioral expectations leading up to and at the dance. Failure to uphold these expectations could result in a social suspension which would result in your child be prohibited from attending the dance

If you are interested in helping chaperone the dance or would be willing to donate food to concession sales, Friends of MUMS has created a sign-up genius here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0548AFAF29AAFA7-52646358-mums#/

8th Grade Class Trip Planning Meeting- Nov 14th

If you are interested in helping plan for the 8th grade class trip we will be holding our first meeting on Thursday November 14th at 5:30pm in the MUMS Library

• To report your child absent from school or notify us of an early dismissal please leave us a message on our attendance line by calling 382-1297 before 8:30 AM.
• If you send a student to school with an early dismissal note or bus note they should bring them the office before TA.
• All bus notes need to be stamped/signed by one of our Administrative Assistant's in the front office. Students will not be allowed to ride a bus to another location without a note from home that is stamped/signed by the office.

Do you volunteer in our schools? Join Superintendent Wendy Baker for a discussion about how to streamline, strengthen, and improve our volunteer program at ACSD schools. We will schedule a time to meet this fall to gather your feedback. Interested?
Button or link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1H6laR0CJwNAVk9RKvXDYd2kvHeiw0vzwBb_9qcRNwg4/edit

To view monthly school menus click here.

Here is a list of the 2024-2025 ACSD Bus Routes.

We are so excited to welcome parents and community members back into our buildings this year! If you are interested in substitute teaching or volunteering this year, please start an application now!

If you are interested in joining our new Friends of MUMS group, email friendsofmums@gmail.com