What is Izaiah’s Army? Izaiah’s army is a team put together for the Relay for Life, to admire 5 year old cancer survivors, Izaiah Peters. The Relay for Life is a public event where there are teams put together, each with one or more cancer survivors. They walk a track from 12 AM-12 PM to represent the struggle of people fighting cancer every day. The Contest Each class will be given an empty water bottle to fill with dimes. 1… Read More
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On Wednesday, May 2 MMS took part in the Global Day of Design. All students were challenged to create a game for others to play. Students used design process to think about, create, design, and reflect on their learning. To see how the day was planned please click here. MMS students showed off their creativity, ability to collaborate and communicate, they used their critical thinking skills, and showed strong character and citizenship all day long. Thank you to all the parents and community for dropping off cardboard to help our… Read More
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Dear MMS Parents/Guardians – May 5th, 2017 Over the next several weeks, you and your child will be making choices regarding Arts Options at Mitchell Middle School for the 2017-2018 School Year. More details about each specific choice will be introduced to students at school in the next week, but to help you start the conversation at home we are offering MMS students the following overview of options by grade. Beginning next week, we will send home Course Choice Forms… Read More
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Our Global Day of Design is tomorrow! Thank you to all the families who have dropped off cardboard and other supplies to help make this day great! Parents are welcome at any point of the day to come see what’s going on. Please watch this short student vlog about our day: A special invite to all parents and students to come to MMS at 5:30 PM to play and see all the games that have been created and to watch… Read More
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MITCHELL MIDDLE SCHOOL HOSTS SCREENING OF SUNDANCE-SELECTED DOCUMENTARY, MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED MMS is one of more than 1,500 communities working to re-imagine the purpose of education On May 2, 2017 at 6 PM, Mitchell Middle School will take part in Most Likely to Succeed’s worldwide campaign to re-imagine education. The acclaimed film Most Likely to Succeed offers an inspiring look at what students and teachers are capable of—if we have the vision and courage to transform our schools. Directed by acclaimed… Read More
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Global Day of Design at MMS May 2, 2017 Throughout the day students will be building games out of cardboard. The planning of these games begins on April 24. 9:10 – 9:35 AM – Assembly 9:35 – 10:25 AM – Planning and designing of games 10:40 AM – 11:55 AM – Building of games begins 1:00 – 2:10/15 PM – Building continues, Reflections on designs 2:25 – 3:35 PM – Play each others’ games 5:30 – 6:00 PM – Parents invited! Parents with their children invited to… Read More
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In the coming weeks children in grade 5 and 7 will be receiving lessons on potentially Sensitive Content. We sent home, with your child, a letter that explains the purpose of this curriculum. I also emailed the letters home to make sure they make it home. We asked that the signed forms come back to homeroom teachers by April 12th. We will be delivering the lessons on April 26-May 1. The 5’s will be during period 8 and the 7’s during period… Read More
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Adrian W will be adding his thoughts to our school blog. He thought he’d do a vlog (like a blog but video style) for his first post! Watch his reflections on the Coffee House production. Great job Adrian and thank you! Congratulations to all students involved! Thank you to Mrs. Sawatzky, Ms. Malech, Mrs. Hagberg and Mr. Martens for all their efforts to help make the night a great success! Watch the Grade 8 Band’s performance at the Coffee House Watch… Read More
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Take Pride Manitoba Project Mitchell Middle School, 203 Third Street, Mitchell, MB The Take Pride Manitoba Project involves taking some successful Take Pride Winnipeg! programs and expanding them outside Winnipeg, to other communities in Manitoba. A huge thank you goes out to Green Manitoba for providing funding towards this project. Mitchell MB, help us #CleanCanadaTogether! April 19, 2017 2:00 PM Meet at Mitchell Middle School (gym) 2:15 PM Clean Up Begins 3:00 PM BBQ All parents and community members are encouraged to join MMS.… Read More
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Dear Parent/Guardian, Mitchell Middle School will be participating in an online school survey for students called the OurSCHOOL Student Survey. Please find the details of the survey implementation below. Who: All students at Mitchell Middle School When: Dates will vary per class, but all surveys will take place between April 10 and May 12 Where: At MMS Why: We are taking part in this survey as a Divisional mandate to develop evidence-based school improvement initiatives with the purpose of effective school… Read More
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