Goings On at MMS Sept 4 - Sept 7
Next week at a glance!
Keep in Touch with MMS
This 'newsletter' will be sent home by email on Fridays. This is to help families stay on top of events that happen the following week at Mitchell Middle School.
Good information for the school website
Things may change throughout the week. To stay on top of everything MMS please follow these sites.
- School Calendar (find school wide events, schedule of practices and games)
- Read our Daily Daily Announcements
- YouTube Channel (watch daily announcements)
- Homeroom Schedules
- Bell Schedule
Getting to School Safely!
We are very concerned! We are very concerned about the serious and increasing danger of students crossing the #52 highway on foot or on their bicycles. Several near misses have been reported where unsupervised students came dangerously close to being hit by motorists as they were crossing the highway. The MMS school handbook indicates that students who live South of 52 should be taking the school bus to school.
Parents, if you live south of the #52 highway, we at Mitchell Middle School urge you to take advantage of Hanover School Division buses and not to allow your children to walk or ride their bikes to and from school without adult supervision.
The RM of Hanover and the Mitchell LUD are working with the Manitoba Department of Highways to provide appropriate infrastructure that ensures a safe place to cross for pedestrians and cyclists. For now, please help ensure your children’s safe transportation to and from school by not allowing them to walk or cycle if it requires crossing the highway unless they are supervised by an adult.
If your child is walking to school please ensure they know their route to school and to walk facing the traffic or to stay on sidewalks. Ask your child to make eye contact with oncoming traffic so they know drivers see them. If cycling to school all students, by law, should be wearing approved bike helmets. All walkers and bikers should stay to one side of the road and travel in a straight line (please don't dart in and out of the roads).
If parents are driving children to school please be vigilant as between MES and MMS there will be about 800 students returning to school. Speed limits near both schools is 30 km/hr.
Thank-you for helping keep all of our kids safe!
Meet the Teacher
Our annual Meet the Teacher event is set for September 4, 2018 between 4:30 pm and 6:00 pm. All parents, along with their children, are encouraged to drop into MMS to:
- Meet teachers and MMS staff
- Tour Mitchell Middle School
- Drop off school supplies
- Complete forms (in Homerooms)
- Responsible Use of Technology (gr 5)
- Walking Field Trip Permission Form
- Verify demographic information
- Child abuse registry check and pledge of confidentiality forms (for parents interested to volunteer)
- Parent Portal support/sign up
- Pay for student fees (in the Learning Commons)
- $30 – Grade 5 and 6
- $60 – Grade 7 and 8
- Student fees can be paid by
- Via the Parent Portal
- Cheque (to Mitchell Middle School)
- Cash
- Details about fees can be found here
We hope to see everyone on September to begin the communication process between home and school. We can’t wait to get started!
Next Week at MMS
Monday, September 3, 2018
No school! Labour Day. Have a safe and enjoyable long weekend!
Tuesday, September 4
No school for students.
First day of official school office hours (7:30 AM - 4:00 PM)
4:30 PM - Meet the Teacher!
Wednesday, September 5
Day 1
- 9 AM - 11 AM - All students in homerooms to get settled in
- 11:00 AM School wide Assembly in the gym. Parents are welcome to join us to learn more about our school!
- PM Regular classes
- 3:20 PM All bused students to the gym to review busing expectations
- 3:45 PM General Dismissal
Thursday, September 6
Day 2 - Grade Level Meetings all morning in the Learning Commons (Parents are welcome to join us!)
- 9:10 AM Grade Level Meeting for Grade 5s
- 9:50 AM Grade Level Meeting for Grade 6s
- 10:40 AM Grade Level Meeting for Grade 8s
- 11:20 AM Grade Level Meeting for Grade 7s
Friday, September 7
Day 3
Last day of the first week. Have a great weekend!
Welcome Back Letter
August 22, 2018
We hope everyone had a safe and happy summer holiday! The school office is now officially open and ready to answer questions anyone may have. Drop by, give us a call or send an email and we will do our best to help you. Until August 31, 2018 our school office will be open from 9 AM – 3 PM daily. Once classes begin our regular school hours at Mitchell Middle School are 8:50 AM – 3:45 PM with lunch from 11:55 am – 12:49 PM daily. Our regular office hours are 7:30 am until 4:00 pm daily.
In June a letter was sent home to all families that outlined important information and dates for the start of school. The entire letter can be found here.
The schedule to begin the school year is as follows:
- Wednesday, Aug. 22 – School office opens (9 am – 3 pm)
- Monday, Sept. 3 – Labour Day (No school)
- Tuesday, Sept. 4 – No school. Meet the Teacher 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday, Sept. 5 – First day of classes (regular school hours)
- Friday Sept, 14 & Monday Sept 17 – Strong Connections
- Monday, Sept. 24 – Parent Council Meeting (9:00 AM).
All parents are encouraged to attend to meet our Parent Council and learn more about how it supports your children and school activities.
Student homeroom schedules can be found here and our bell schedule found here.
Keep in touch with all the happenings at MMS using a format that you are most comfortable using. These are some of the ways to keep in touch throughout the year:
- Come visit!
- Mitchell Middle School Home Page – https://mms.hsd.ca/
- Twitter – @mmshanover
- Instagram – @mmshanover
- School Office – 204-320-9488
- Mr. Mead Cell phone (text or call)- 204-371-6278
- Mr. Mead’s email – amead@hsd.ca
- Staff Email – https://mms.hsd.ca/about/staff/
- HSD Website – https://hsd.ca
For families who registered for the Right at School program, unfortunately there was not enough interest to run the program this year.
Be sure to check out our school handbook which contains all the information to ensure a successful start to the school year. It can be found here and will be updated in the coming weeks.
We are all looking forward to seeing everyone again. Until then, enjoy what’s left of summer!
Mr. Mead
Principal
Connect with MMS
Check our website often!
Mitchell Middle School
Email: amead@hsd.ca
Website: http://mms.hsd.ca
Location: 203 Third Street, Mitchell, Manitoba R5G 1H7
Phone: 204-320-9488
Twitter: @mmshanover