Immunizations will be taking place at Mitchell Middle School for grades 6 & 8 students on October 5, 2017 starting at 1:30 pm. An information letter and Child Immunization Consent Form from Southern Health has been sent home with your grade 6 and/or grade 8 child today. Please complete, sign and return these forms to homeroom teachers or the office by Monday, September 25th. Thank you. Andrew Mead Principal
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Please watch for this letter being sent home with all students today. September 12, 2017 Dear Parents/Guardians, Over the summer a number of new students enrolled at MMS and a high proportion of them are in grade 7. This created large classes at the grade 7 level. Because of this, the Hanover School Division has approved Mitchell Middle School to hire an additional grade 7 teacher. This allows us to significantly reduce class sizes of all classes at the… Read More
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Thanks to all the students and staff for a great day 1! We started the day in homerooms getting to know our new classmates and teachers. At 11 AM the entire school met in the gym for an assembly to get our year started together. To see what was shared with the entire student body please click this link. In the afternoon we had classes as scheduled. We had a great day! Please keep in touch! Follow this blog and our social media… Read More
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It’s almost our first day back! Tuesday, September 5 from 4:30 – 6:00 PM is our Meet the Teacher event. We would like all parents and their children to drop in to meet teachers, tour the school and get any questions answered that you may have. Families can head to their children’s homerooms when they arrive. If you are not sure which homeroom to go to, lists and maps will be posted near the office. To be prepared for this event… Read More
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Hello! It’s almost time to get started with our new school year! I am excited to get started to see everyone and to meet our new students. Please watch our school calendar closely to stay up to date with what is happening at Mitchell Middle School everyday. It will be updated regularly. Some important dates to get started with the school year are: August 24, 2017 – School office opens from 9 AM – 3:00 PM September 4, 2017 – Labour Day… Read More
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There is a new feature in the popular app Snapchat. The feature gives away the users location. This is not ideal, not safe and concerning. This article will help parents help their kids to turn off this feature. A good quote from the article is: ‘Parents of teens know scaremongering doesn’t usually work, but honest and ongoing communication about how to use media responsibly can go a long way. We can talk about the riskiest elements of apps — location tracking/sharing, anonymity, chatting with strangers, etc. — and why they can lead to… Read More
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Thank you to the MMS Staff for a great 2016-17 School Year Thank you Thank you to the students and staff of Mitchell Middle School, parents and guardians, the community of Mitchell and the Hanover School Division for a great year! I hope you have a safe and happy summer!! Get outside as much as you can. Read as much as you can and laugh as much as you can. I enjoyed my first year at Mitchell Middle School and… Read More
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Dear MMS Parents, The MMS Parent Advisory Council is excited to announce that thanks to all the fundraising efforts of Mitchell parents and students over the last few years, over 40 trees have been planted on the school grounds. We know that as they grow they will be much appreciated by all the students of Mitchell Middle School. We hope to plant more trees in the coming years, but this is such a great start! In order to make sure… Read More
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YEAR END AWARDS CEREMONY – JUNE 27 AT 9:30 AM After feedback from a number of parents we have decided to move our Year End Awards Ceremony to Tuesday, June 27 at 9:30 AM. This is an hour earlier than previously scheduled. One of the reasons is the SRSS has their graduation ceremonies that day and we have a number of families involved in that as well. The earlier start time for our awards ceremony allows for more time to… Read More
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Today, we welcome our new Warriors to MMS! Grade 4 students from MES spent the afternoon meeting their new teachers, seeing their new homerooms, getting to know different classmates and exploring MMS. After school, families were invited to learn more about MMS. We were happy so many families were able to make it out! During this meeting, parents got the chance to: can see their child’s new homeroom tour of the school learn about MMS priorities and school goals learn about… Read More
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