M.M.S. News & Notes
September 2, 2021
From the Principal
M.M.S. Parents and Guardians,
Good afternoon! I am hopeful you and your family remained safe from the significant rainfall Hurricane Ida brought us this week.
I wanted to thank each of you for a fantastic start to the 2021-22 school year. Our 6th graders and new students to MASD are catching on quickly to the middle school expectations and finding their way around the building with more ease each day. In speaking with many 7th and 8th graders, I have been delighted to feel their excitement and hear the things they are looking forward to this school year. We must continue to work together to keep this early momentum going!
As you should know by now, the PA Department of Health has issued a mask mandate for all PA schools. This requires all students and staff to wear masks while indoors, regardless of vaccination status. This will go into effect starting on Tuesday, September 7. Although we have made announcements to the students about these new expectations, I would greatly appreciate if you would reiterate them with your child this weekend. They have done a really nice job following the masking expectations while riding the bus. Again, thanks for all you have done to make the start of this school year a success. Lets keep it going! We will see the kids again on September 7. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend.
Joel Yohn, M.M.S., Principal
UPCOMING
Calendar
- Labor Day Recess (No School) September 3-6, 2021 (Friday through Monday)
- Back-to-School Night September 8, 2021
Back-to-School Night
- Registration for Grade 6 parents will begin at 5:45 p.m. and will conclude promptly at 7:15.
- Grade 7 & 8 parents should arrive at the building at 7:35 p.m. and your session will conclude promptly at 9:05.
Note: Please be reminded that everyone entering the building must be wearing a mask while indoors. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
MASD HEALTH & SAFETY PLAN
Transportation
ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL
- Please be reminded that students will not be permitted to enter the building prior to 8:10 a.m. Students choosing to pick up a free breakfast will follow a “grab and go” procedure. All students will be reporting directly to their 1st period class (8:30 AM – Tardy bell to Period 1).
- Please refer to the website for bus transportation listing.
- PM parent pick up will begin at approx. 3:20 p.m. Please continue to follow the traffic patterns to maintain the highest level of safety for our kids.
AM PARENT DROP OFF & PM PICK UP PROCEDURES
In an effort to accommodate an anticipated large number of vehicles, the following drop-off and pick-up traffic patterns have been created.
Group A Car Riders (Last Name A-L):
Will enter from the North Entrance “A”
Will follow the map below
- Please note – school vans will also be using this entrance – please bear left, as the vans will pass on the right to proceed around the building.
- Cars are reminded to pull all the way to the end of the unloading/loading area at the stop sign
Group B Car Riders (Last Name M-Z):
Will enter from the South Entrance “B”
Will follow the current drop-off/pick-up procedures
- Cars are reminded to pull all the way to the end of the unloading/loading area
Mechanicsburg Middle School
1750 S. Market Street
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Phone: (717)691-4560
Fax: (717-791-7977
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