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Jake Jorgenson, Principal at Millburn Middle School
Backpack Items:
click here to go to Virtual Backpack
Millburn Theater Presents Bad Auditions
Millburn Track Registration
8th Grade Graduation DVD Order Form
Millburn Spring Spirit Wear Order Form
Lakes H.S. Softball Camp
PTO Fun Run Registration
PTO Kids Resale – Pricing guidelines, Registration form
PTO Crafting Day Out 4/6
Echo Day Camp
Red Apple Preschool Letter and Registration
Race to Zero 5K at Independence Grove
WTHS Cheer Camps
Lindenhurst PD Camps, Soccer, Spring Break, Smarty Pants, Rocking in the Park, Easter Egg, Challenger British Soccer, Camp Exploration
Gurnee PD Camps, Soccer, Spring Break, Swim Lessons
WTGS Softball
Millburn Theater
2019 National Junior Honor Society
Onederful Kids
We will be meeting once a month to discuss and share our experiences with type 1 diabetes. We are meeting at Brainstorm- 625 Bridgeport Terrace in Lindenhurst, Illinois. We will meet in the rental room located inside of the store. We will be meeting on March 21st and April 25th from 6:30-7:30 PM. If you have any questions, please contact Meghan Konicki at konimf@gmail.com.
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Kids Resale Looking for Student Volunteers
Looking for volunteer hours? Interested in helping out your school?
The Millburn Kids Resale is looking for student volunteers to help set-up, work the sale, and clean-up from April 11th-13th.
It is important to sign up using your parents email address, as we cannot email you using your school email address. Also, confirm with your parents that you’ll have a ride before signing up.
If you are interested please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f48afa92ea4ff2-spring
If you have any questions while signing up, you may email the committee at millburnkidsresale@yahoo.com.
Thank you for your consideration!
Awesome Job Mrs. C's Class!
Millburn Middle School Has a Twitter Account!
Currently have 75 Followers
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Illinois Assessment of Readiness
Dates for this assessment are April 9th, 10th and 11th.
Antioch Women's Club Art Exhibit
When: April 12th from 6:30 to 8:30
Where: Lakes High School, Commons Area
Millburn Dance Team Kicked off the Assembly today!
PBIS Data Share Summary
This month was a huge improvement. We had a lot to celebrate at the assembly this month. So much fun! Let's kick off April on the same foot when you return from Spring Break!
Student Council Fundraising for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research
Awesome job to our Student Council!!!
Mr. Cramer and Mr. Perusich
Mrs. Phelan and Mrs. Clay
Way to go to the staff for helping the Student Council with a great fundraiser!
Parent Involvement in Millburn District 24
Over a year ago the Millburn PTO and Millburn Education Foundation sent out a survey to gather information on parent involvement at Millburn. Both groups wanted to poll our community to ask what parents were looking for in their Millburn parent organizations. The information collected in that survey led to the idea of forming a committee to look at combining the PTO and Foundation to better suit the needs of the community. A second survey was sent to see who would be interested in serving on the committee to tackle the task of looking at the specifics of this new parent organization.
Since the fall this committee has met monthly to discuss the pros and cons and what would be the best avenue in combining these two groups. The decision was made to maintain the 501(c)3 status to provide more fundraising opportunities to support the new organization’s mission. Once that decision was made, the committee reviewed both the PTO's and Foundation's bylaws to create the bylaws for this new parent organization, while following the legal requirements of the 501(c)3 status. The district’s attorney is currently reviewing those bylaws.
The committee plans to communicate the new parent organization’s name and mission in the near future to ensure a successful launch for next school year. Be on the lookout for more information on how you can be involved in the future of this ONE Millburn parent group.
Important Dates:
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4/1 Back to School (A day)
4/1 Track Practice Starts - please have registration form ready to turn in
4/2 Autism Awareness Day "Light it Up Blue" - Wear Blue!!!
4/3 Early Release
4/5 Graduation Picture Re-Takes
4/5 Activity Night
4/6 PTO Family Fun Run and Crafting Day
4/9 IAR Begins
4/12 PTO Kids Resale and Theater Performance
4/13 PTO Kids Resale and Theater Performance
PTO News:
o Activity Night
o Fun Run
o Spirit Wear – Online sale and Swap Shop
o Scrapping Day
o Kids Resale
o Box Tops
Activity Night at MMS
The last Middle School Activity Night for 2018-19 is on Friday, April 5th. The theme for the night is DISCO. Survey will go out next week to the students for song recommendations.
Students may choose to dress for the theme by wearing their most creative interpretation of the theme. This is a chance for them to be creative, however, please adhere to the dress code regarding short/skirt length, no masks, and no showing of any undergarments. Failure to abide by these rules will result in the student being asked to return home to change.
There will be a DJ & NITRO BALL!!!!
THE DROP OFF/PICK UP PROCEDURE IS VERY IMPORTANT!
DROP OFF
6th grade-6pm, MAIN entrance
7th/8th grade-6:30 pm, MAIN entrance
PICK UP
6th grade-8:30pm, MAIN entrance
7th/8th grade-9:00pm ACTIVITY entrance
For PICK UP, please pull in and find a parking spot. You can meet your child at the canopy area. You can also use the pick up late, but if everyone does this, the line of traffic will stretch out to Route 45! No students will be allowed to walk or ride a bike home.
Admission to the event is $2.00. Drinks, candy and pizza will be available for purchase.
All students attending MUST have a current student ID to show at the door. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE. Students CANNOT go to their lockers to retrieve forgotten ID’s, as the hallway doors are locked. Also, all students must have a permission slip to attend Activity Night on file. If you need to leave before the Activity Night is over, YOUR parent must come inside the building and sign you out!
The rules are NOT negotiable!
MMS PTO Activity Night Volunteers Needed!
We are looking for volunteers to help us, so please join us, Friday, April 5th for a night of crazy chaotic fun (without phones or electronics)! We can use all the help we can get: serving up food & drinks to the masses, coordinating Bingo and just watching all the rooms of activity. Please sign up at millburnpto.com. For more information, reach out to Rimi Singh and Becky Varga at activitynight@millburnpto.com
Spirit Wear
Online sale: Looking for new spirit wear for the spring? Or is your 5th grader ready to get their new Middle School spirit wear? The flyer is in the virtual backpack. Last opportunity to get the combined logo!
Swap Shop
Want to swap out Spirit Wear your children may have outgrown for something new (to them)? Drop off a Spirit Wear Item and get a ticket for a different item at the Swap Shop. Don’t have any to swap? Join us at the Swap Shop – all items $5.00!
2 Spirit Wear Events:
RECYCLE DRIVE
Spirit wear will be dropped off at the below listed school activities. In addition, you can drop off items at MES or MMS in the front office or email spiritwear@millburnpto.com to coordinate a pickup (before April 5). For every item donated to the recycle drive, your will receive a ticket for our “Swap Shop” for the exclusive shopping time.
Swap Shop
Saturday, April 6 at MMS in conjunction with the Millburn Family Fun Run. Exclusive shopping time from 8-9am for those who donated and received a ticket. Remaining items go on sale from 9:30-11am for $5 per item.
QUESTIONS OR VOLUNTEER: SPIRITWEAR@MILLBURNPTO.COM
Box Top Fundraising!!
April 1st will be the start of our last Box Tops Drive – Spring Edition! Help Millburn finish out the 2018-2019 school year with more box tops than ever! Collection sheets will be sent home after spring break. We will be having one more random winner of a $25 Target Gift Card (1 entry for every 25 box tops turned in) as well as one more classroom party for the class who enters the most box tops! If you are already buying these types of products with box tops included, don’t forget to download the Box Top Bonus App – this is EXTRA “free” money that will be sent to Millburn to use! KEEP COLLECTING BOX TOPS!
Any questions, please email: boxtoplabels@millburnpto.com
Fun Run
Scrapping Day
Kids Resale
Today is our first drawing to get 75% of your sales, make sure you turn your registration form in as soon as possible. The next drawing is March 29th.
Spring break week is a great time to tag items for the sale.
Sign up to volunteer and be eligible to shop the pre-sale before we go live to the public. Go to millburnpto.com to sign up.
If you have a student that would like to volunteer please click the link below.
Spring 2019 Student Volunteers for Kids Resale
Questions: millburnkidsresale@yahoo.com