Millis Middle School

What a joy it was to witness the incredible talent of our students in last weekend's drama production – the energy and creativity on stage was truly captivating! And the excitement continues tonight with our Terpsichore dance performance at 6:30 PM; we can't wait to see our dancers shine. A huge shout-out to all of our spring sports teams as well. Your tenacity and perseverance, battling unpredictable New England weather, have been truly inspiring. Watching our MS boys' baseball in the freezing cold last Sunday and the track team get pelted with rain last night for hours was a clear sign of your commitment and dedication.

If all of that wasn't enough, we also had a week of Math MCAS! We are so proud of our mathematicians and how hard the focused and worked to share their growth! At this time we are thrilled to share that sixth and seventh grades are finished with MCAS this year and eighth grade has science and civics in the next few weeks. The dates are listed below!

This week is also a special time to express our deepest gratitude for our remarkable teachers, paraprofessionals, nurses, and counselors. Their dedication and care make our school a wonderful place for our students to learn and grow. Finally, a heartfelt thank you to our amazing parents for your thoughtfulness in coordinating and providing a delicious lunch and a summer bag of treats for our staff today – your support made our staff feel so loved today. A special thank you to Mrs. Ferrimy and Ferrimy Construction for sponsoring the lunch! If you are interested in contributing to our MS/HS PTO their Venmo is @MillisMHPTO.

Several of our clubs are wrapping up for the year and the late bus will no longer be running. Thank you to all of our club leaders for a great year of Newspaper (Mara Robinson & Mike Carter), Art Club (Amy Radcliffe), Coding (Mr. D), Homework Clinic (Lizbeth Monaghan) and many others- THANK YOU!!

Congratulations to the newest Band Member of the Week: Savannah Neitlich!!

• 5/9- Terpsichore Spring Recital 6:30

• 5/12 – Grade 6 Ropes Course Field Trip

• 5/13 – Grade 6 Ropes Course Field Trip

• 5/13 – Grade 8 STEM MCAS Session 1 & 2

• 5/16- Music POPS concert & Awards night

• 5/19 – Millis Boosters Golf Tournament (Monday)

• 5/23- Music Day during the school day

• 5/28 – Grade 8 Civics MCAS

• 5/28- MMS Spring Concert 6:30 student arrival

• 6/4 – Grade 8 Field Trip to State House & Red Sox Game

• 6/5 @ 6:00 PM – Millis High School Graduation

• 6/6 @ 6:30–8:30 PM – Grade 8 Dance 6:30-8:30pm, Millis Students Only!

• 6/9 – Grade 6 Camp Everwood Field Trip

• 6/12 @ 10:00–11:00 AM – Grade 8 Promotion Ceremony (4 guests max per family)

• 6/13 - Last day of School - early dismissal 10:55 am

The transportation department will be down one bus driver beginning Wednesday, May 7th. We will have to run 5 bus routes instead of 6 for the the foreseeable future (we hope to get back to 6 drivers before the end of the year). To accommodate the new routes, we need to replace Bus 1 with Bus 8 as it is a bigger bus. All students who normally take Bus 1 be on Bus 8 starting Wednesday. The changes will impact students who normally take Bus 1, Bus 3, and Bus 21. All other bus routes remain the same. Thank you for your patience as we work through this issue.

Beginning Wednesday, May 7th

All students who normally take Bus 3 will be assigned to Bus 8 or Bus 21.

All students who normally take Bus 1 will ride Bus 8.

See below for updated routes. For students who normally take Bus 1, Bus 3 and Bus 21, please review the adjusted pickup/drop off times. These new/revised bus routes will be available on our website as well.

Congratulations to our Drama Club for a fabulous performance of Goran and the Three Golden Apples at the Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild’s (METG) festival.

Working together, they earned five all-star recognitions and both a Student Choice and METG bronze award—most importantly, they had a great time! A BIG thank you to Brandy Chetsas, Milkana Nentcheva, Meg Quilop and Deb Hickey for all of their hard work and planning to make this dream a reality for our students! The students are excited and will perform their play for the whole middle school next Friday during our all school assembly!

Schools Out Food Drive!

Help fill the Millis food pantry for the summer by bringing in non perishable food items. Bins are outside the MS office for each grade: Sixth, Seventh and Eighth. The grade that collects the most items for the food pantry will be rewarded with RECESS!!

On May 9, 2025 we will have our 16th Annual Spring Recital and this year's performance features five ensemble pieces set to music by Pachelbel, Peter Gabriel, José Mangual Jr, Loreena Mckennitt, A Medley of Men Without Hats, The Bengals, Falco, Big Country and Cyndi Lauper, & Tori Amos, Additionally our three seniors, Isabella MIchaud Huang, Kaitlyn RIchards and Annie Rollag will each perform a solo to music ranging from Philip Glass to Bob Crosby the Bob Cats Tickets are $5.00 for adults, and $4.00 for students and senior citizens and are available at the door.

The 2025 MMS summer reading options have dropped! Click on the books to learn more.

Final MCAS Testing for FY2025- 8th Grade only:

Grade 8 STEM - 5/13

Grade 8 CIVICS - 5/28

GRADE 6 NEWS

Grade six Field Trip to Ropes Course on Monday/Tuesday next week.

GRADE 7 NEWS

Seventh graders are deep into their Expressions & Equations Unit in math as they prepare for the upcoming Math MCAS on May 5 & 6. Keep up the great work!

In Spanish, students are beginning a new unit where they’ll learn how to ask and answer questions about the places they go in their free time—like the beach, the movies, or the mall. ¡Muy bien!

GRADE 8 NEWS

Looking for Parent Volunteers

The Grade 8 Semi-formal is Friday, June 6th from 6:30-8:30. We are looking for parent volunteers to help make this a SPECIAL night. This includes donations for decorations, snacks, refreshments and coming to set up the afternoon of the event. If you are interested in helping please reach out to Amanda McGhee at amandasmcghee1@gmail.com.

Thank You!!

State House & Fenway Park (Red Sox) Field Trip, Wednesday, June 4

Grade 8 Dance will be Friday, June 6, 6:30-8:30pm in the cafeteria or gym

Promotion Rehearsal & Luncheon, Wednesday, June 11

Promotion Ceremony will be on Thursday, June 12, 10-11AM in the auditorium. Each student receives 4 guests.

We cherish your children and want to make their graduation from middle school a memorable experience.

Hello Millis Middle School community members,

Please check out our first edition of our MMS newspaper, Hermes Horizon

https://sites.google.com/millisschools.org/hermeshorizon/home

*** The link has been updated to be accessible to the public beyond our Millis Public Schools Domain, so please check it out!

All students and caregivers have been provided with PowerSchool logins and passwords. PowerSchool provides realtime access to your child's academic progress, grades and comments.

Here is information regarding PowerSchool and Standards based grading and how to access the Portal details.

All current 8th Graders - You have an opportunity to travel abroad with the class to Spain/Portugal in Spring 2027. Information and Application are in the link below. Thank you!

Application/Itinerary for Spain/Portugal