Next week is WARRIOR WEEK at MMS! Here are the details. Looking forward to seeing lots of kids getting involved! Monday – Period 4 Short assembly during to get the info out to the students for the week organized by Student Council Tuesday Wacky Hair/Wig Day- normal classes. Wednesday Student directed homeroom theme decoration day. Period 6 and 7 will be judging and classroom visits. Thursday: Warrior Wear Day (wear yellow, blue or mitchell wear) Friday: Costume Day – normal… Read More
Our community of Mitchell is currently in a fierce competition, in building support for the Mitchell Walking Network Project underway in the RM of Hanover. We have an opportunity to gain (free) funding from Aviva Canada. The project simply requires your votes, 18 in total. You can help by going to our page on Aviva’s Community Fund website, see link below, take a minute to register and submit ALL 18 votes at once. It’s fast, easy and you’ll support a… Read More
Picture Day is Wednesday, October 19. Order portraits at mylifetouch.ca using Picture Day ID QL916254Q0 or using the information on the brochure. Watch for brochures being sent home on Thursday, October 13, 2016. If ordering online this can be done anytime. If ordering using the brochure, payment and the form must be handed to the photographer on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. To view the brochure please click here: mms-picture-day-brochure . If you have any questions about Picture Day please contact the… Read More
Parents, please watch for this letter that has been given to all students. Parents of children in grade 8 please click here for additional information. QSP Magazine Fundraiser Student Information-October 2016 A. What do I do? 1. Take the catalogue, order forms and envelope home to your parents. 2. If your parents or others are interested in ordering one or more magazines, fill out the order form and check that all the information is correct. See order form for instructions. Make sure your name is entered as the seller. 3. Give the pink copy… Read More
Today, MMS recognized Orange Shirt Day. Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in the spring of 2013. It grew out of Phyllis’ story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school at the Mission, and it has become an opportunity to keep the discussion on all aspects of residential schools happening annually. The date was chosen because… Read More
On Friday, September 30 Mitchell Middle School is recognizing Orange Shirt Day. All students and staff will be receiving an orange shirt when they arrive that day. Orange Shirt Day is a Canada wide event that encourages awareness about residential schools and the impact they have had on indigenous and Canadian culture. A guest speaker, who is residential school survivor, is coming to MMS on Friday, September 30 during a school assembly between 11:25 AM and Noon. Parents and community… Read More
Our Terry Fox Run is scheduled for Wednesday, September 28 during the last two periods of the day. On Wednesday, students are encouraged to bring a Tooney for Terry to receive a temporary tattoo and for a chance to wear their hat for the day. Also, some grade 8 boys and girls have volunteered to shave their heads to support the Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research. Students can either bring in an additional donation to support the cause to SHAVE… Read More
We are currently finalizing our 2016-17 School Plan. It is important to give parents a chance to give us feedback on how we are doing and our direction moving forward. Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey to help us with our 2016-17 School Plan. To see last year’s school plan go to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0ULVeK7VMHHWWRjQ0tQdERFQ1E/view?usp=sharing Priority areas for MMS include: 1. Literacy/Numeracy 2. School Culture 3. Community 4. Inquiry Learning Please take a moment to let us know how… Read More
Today, MMS students and staff celebrated Character Day . Character Day is all about encouraging kids to have a growth mindset and making sure all of our kids know ”Everybody is a star. They just need to learn how to shine’. This, to me, epitomizes growth mindset. People with strong character traits learn to shine. Homerooms worked together to determine what character traits were most important to them using this Period Table of Character Strengths. All homerooms posted their ideas to this page . A number… Read More
On September 22, 2016, we are joining hundreds of thousands of people around the globe for the third annual Character Day — a free day and global initiative where school districts, organizations, families, congregations of all sizes screen films on the science of character development from different perspectives, dive into free printed discussion materials catered to different ages, and join an online global conversation around the importance of developing character strengths (resilience, grit, empathy, courage, kindness)–all rooted in evidence-based research.… Read More
