Good afternoon Urbana Middle School families,

We have reached the midpoint of Term 1 which means Parent Teacher Conferences (PTCs) are right around the corner. This year, PTCs will take place October 7th through October 9th. Due to limited availability, please only schedule a conference with a teacher if your child is struggling academically, behaviorally, or you have concerns that cannot be discussed via a phone call or email.

Conference spots are extremely limited and will be arranged in 10-minute time slots; please sign up for 1 conference with each of the desired teachers. If for some reason your schedule changes and you are no longer able to come, please cancel your conference so that someone else may take your timeslot.

This year, all conferences are scheduled to be in person at Urbana Middle School. If you would prefer a virtual conference, after securing a slot with this signup, contact the teacher directly and they will provide you with a link for a virtual conference.

Access conference sign ups via the following link beginning at 8:00 AM on Monday, Sept 30th:

https://signup.com/go/nJWiQim

Link will remain active until Thurs, Oct 3rd at 3:00 PM

Thank you for your time and as always, please reach out to one of your child's teachers if you have any questions.

Drew Kibler

Principal

UMS

Oct. 1st: UMS Parent University 5:30-6:30pm

Oct. 3rd: No School
Oct. 7th: 4 hr late arrival, Parent Conferences

Oct. 8th: 4 hr late arrival, Parent Conferences

Oct. 9th: 3 -1/2hr early dismissal, Parent conferences
Oct. 18th: School Closed
Oct. 25: Last day of Term 1
Oct. 28th: School Closed

Nov 5th: School Closed

Nov. 11th -15th: Scholastic Book Fair

Nov. 14th: Picture Retake Day

UMS will be hosting its first Parent University session on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 from 5:30 to 6:30 PM in the UMS cafeteria. This session is titled Schoology 101, and we will be reviewing platform basics, account settings, and communication capabilities. There will also be a Q&A session for individual questions within that time

If you are interested, please consider filling out this interest form to help us better gauge how to use our time! We hope to see you there!

The i-Ready diagnostic is one assessment that provides students & families with important feedback on the progress your child is making on the FCPS Learning Journey. Please view the attached video to learn more about this diagnostic tool and look for more detailed information soon about how this assessment is being utilized - from your child's language arts and math teachers.

Hello UMS Families,

We are excited to be opening the UMS 2024 Fall Online Spiritwear store to support our UMS PTA! You will find some fun new UMS swag designs including car magnets. The spiritwear store will be open until Friday Oct 11th. All orders will be shipped directly to us, and we will email everyone once orders are in with pick up directions. Please email us with any questions. Happy shopping!

SHOPPING LINK: http://tinyurl.com/urbanamiddle

UMS Spirit wear Co-Chairs,

Ashley Sowers (ashleyesowers@gmail.com)

Angie McLeod (angela9317@aol.com)

UHS Football Games - Middle School and

Elementary Student Guidelines

Urbana High School is very appreciative of the tremendous support the Urbana community provides at our home football games. These events truly become a celebration of our community. We are looking forward to seeing our community as we celebrate Urbana Youth Athletic Night this Friday, Sept 20, 2024.

For the Fall 2024 Varsity Football Season, FCPS has moved to a cashless admission system. Tickets to games are only available for purchase as follows.

• Digital Tickets through https://gofan.co/app/school/MD24851

• Credit Card purchase at the main ticket booth

• No cash sales will be permitted.

In supporting the continued safe and positive experience for all spectators at these events, the following policies are in effect for middle and elementary school students. Middle and elementary school students and their parents/guardians who plan to attend any Urbana High School sporting event are expected to review the policies below.

Middle and elementary school students must be accompanied by an adult and remain in the spectator bleachers under the direct supervision of their parent/accompanying adult. Students must sit with the accompanying adult.

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