On Monday, May 9 Mitchell Middle School students carried out our annual Town Cleanup event. Groups of teachers and students spread out all over Mitchell to pick up litter to help beautify our community. Thanks for driving safely around our students!
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The Power Smart Manitoba Games are the province’s largest ongoing multi-sport program bringing together participants from across the province. Sport is the reason for staging the Power Smart Manitoba Games. The Games are a competitive, developmental opportunity for select sports to advance Provincial Sport Organization’s long term athlete and coach development. The Power Smart Manitoba Games are often an athlete’s first multi-sport Games experience. The Games help to identify Manitoba athletes who have the potential to advance to higher levels of competition: Provincial Team,… Read More
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A huge thank you goes out to everyone who came to watch Annie Jr.! Thank you for supporting your children and me (Mrs. Malech) in this exciting event. We have spent many, many hours preparing for the musical and it was amazing to see so many smiling faces in the audience when we finally got to show time. Thank you to all parents and volunteers who gave up their free time to help out in various areas such as set building,… Read More
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As a school and community, we want to say another big thank-you to those individuals, businesses, and organizations that made major monetary contributions to our MMS fitness path and playground structure project. As promised, a plaque has been put on display in the school to make that thank-you a little more tangible and permanent; take a look at it in the trophy case next time you visit our school. The names of many others could also have been included, people… Read More
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Beginning on April 28, 2016, Mitchell Middle School will facilitate a community engagement through the online group insight platform, Thoughtexchange. We invite all parents/guardians of children attending our school to take part in this unique and exciting opportunity to share their thoughts. Contribute to the conversation, and help our school identify community-shared priorities, appreciations, and concerns. The results of this engagement will help inform future decisions at the school and divisional levels. Participation is voluntary but as our partners in… Read More
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Letters will be sent home today with Grade 5 students regarding an upcoming Mental Health Survey coordinated by the Healthy Child Manitoba Office. The letter, quoted below, is to inform parents about the details of this survey which Grade 5 students and teachers will be completing in early May. If you are a Grade 5 parent please be on the lookout for this letter. “At any given time, at least 1 in 5 kids struggle with their mental health. By… Read More
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Our musical is finally here! Cast and crew have been working tirelessly over the past few months (especially the last few weeks!) preparing for our Annie Jr. production. The stage is set, final touches are being applied, and all are anxious to open the curtains and entertain! We have two evening shows scheduled: Thursday, Apr. 21 @ 7pm Friday, Apr. 22 @ 7pm If you haven’t ordered your tickets yet ($5 each), click on the order form here to get yours!… Read More
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Mr. Andrew Mead has been appointed to the position of Principal at Mitchell Middle School, effective fall 2016. Mr. Mead joins the Hanover School Division, after having served the previous 14 years in school administration as a Principal and Vice-Principal within the St. James-Assiniboia School Division in Winnipeg. Mr. Mead most recently held the position of Principal at the George Waters Middle School in Winnipeg. Randy Dueck, Superintendent-CEO of the Hanover School Division commented, “We are very excited to have… Read More
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March is a busy month for the Grade 8s as they will be registering for the SRSS. Students and parents will be receiving information about upcoming events from our school as well as directly from the SRSS. Registration is due by March 24. Before that date the following events have been planned: SRSS Counselor Visit– (March 7)-Michael Thiessen (SRSS Guidance Counselor) will visit MMS and talk about Grade 9 registration with the students. Students will receive course information and… Read More
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Members of the Grade 8 Concert Band travelled to Winnipeg to participate in the Optimist Band Festival, where they received a rating of 3 gold stars! Mrs. Sawatzky is very proud of their performance and the hard work leading up to it, and the excellent way they represented our school. Way to go, Mitchell Musicians!