Urbana Students and Families,

As I reflect on all that has occurred over the last week including our Back to School Night event, engaging instruction in our classrooms, important safety drills, and our grade level town hall meetings, it rejuvenates me being able to serve our school community as your principal. Thank you for trusting us with your children every day!

While the weather definitely impacted last nights BTSN, I'm proud to know that our entire staff was able to assist and support the evacuation of our building so that we could keep parents, guardians, and students safe. Our goal is to ensure everyone's safety so thank you for your cooperation and understanding in this unfortunate situation.

As always, if you have any questions or need assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out to your child's teacher, counselor, and/or administrator.

Wishing you all a relaxing, restful, and enjoyable Labor Day weekend! Students, see you on Tuesday!

Mr. Kibler

Principal

UMS

Sept. 2nd: Schools Closed - Labor Day
Sept. 18th: 2024 Pappy Cross Country Middle School Meet

Sept. 19th: 2 hour early dismissal - Mid-Term

Sept. 20th: 3-1/2 hour early dismissal

Sept. 26th: School Picture Day

Nov. 14th: Picture Retake Day

If your child is interested in running in the cross country county meet on Wednesday, September 18th, please fill out the permission slip and return to their Health or PE Teacher.

Students are expected to have their chromebooks charged and with them each day. It is best practices for your student to get in the habit of charging it each night. It is also best to make sure their name is on both their chromebook and charger. If your student has any issues with their chromebook please have them visit Mr. Czapski, our User Support Specialist in the Tech Shop in the main hallway.

For the safety of all students and staff, IF you are a parent or guardian who has arrived during dismissal to walk with your child, please refrain from walking onto the UMS campus. Instead, please follow the following protocol:

Front of Building: Meet your child on the sidewalk at the entrance to the parking lot after they have left the school campus.

Side/Back of Building (By the YMCA): Meet your child on the brick walkway that leads towards the Y.

Thank you for your attention and understanding with this request.

Parents/Guardians, earlier this month you should have received an email from "PowerSchool Enrollment" asking for an update to your child's "Frederick County Public Schools Student Information Form for STUDENT NAME". This email is not spam. UMS needs this information updated in our system (revisions to address, home phone number, cell phone number, email address, etc.)

When you have a moment, please review, update, and submit this information for us through PowerSchool. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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