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
A parent emailed today inquiring about personal mobile devices (cell phones) while at school. This was the question: We just wanted to clarify what the guidelines are as far as bringing devices along to school. Just want to make sure we’re on the same page! This is a great question and well timed! This was the response and it was also shared with staff. Grade 5s and 6s Since we have Chromebooks available in the classrooms at this level kids… Read More
Today we celebrated Dot Day ! It was great to see so many students and staff get in the spirit of the day by dressing up with dots! Students were encouraged to celebrate and share their imagination and creativity with a series of activities. First thing in the morning homerooms set goals about how their homeroom will make their mark at Mitchell MS in 2016-17. Click this link to see how our homerooms will make their mark this year! We all then met in the… Read More
Mitchell Middle School Strong Connections run this Friday, September 16th and Monday, September 19th. Schedules were sent home with your children yesterday (Sept 12, 2016). If you have not yet seen this golden piece of paper, please contact the office to find out what day your child is expected to attend school for Strong Connections. What is Strong Connections? Strong Connections is intended to give teachers and students a head start with developing good relationships that will benefit all students both academically… Read More
On Thursday, September 15 MMS is celebrating Dot Day! (from https://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/) Imagine the power and potential of millions of people around the world connecting, collaborating, creating and celebrating all that creativity inspires and invites. I hope you will join the growing global community of creativity champions using their talents, gifts and energy to move the world to a better place. About Dot Day Peter H. Reynolds’ The Dot, a “story book for all ages.” Starting in 2009, a group of educators began celebrating this date as International Dot Day — a day… Read More
Student council is a group of students elected by classmates to help run events at MMS! Students can run for President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Grade-level Representatives. If you’re interested in running for any of these positions, see Mme. Roy for more info. Application forms can be found in the Library. Deadline for applicants: Tuesday, Sept. 20. Speeches will be given Sept. 27.
An amazing start to the 2016-17 school year. We spent the week getting ready for the school year and getting to know each other a bit better. Mitchell Middle School is a kind and accepting place in a great community. All week long students had the chance write their responses four questions posted on the windows of the library. The questions were: What do you love?What do you fear?What do you hope for?What does Canada mean to you? Our students did a great job giving thoughtful responses. To see some responses from Mitchell Middle School students and… Read More
Today all grades had grade level meetings this morning to meet together as a smaller group to discuss the school year. Please ask your child about our meeting to learn more. Please click here to view the slideshow. It’s been a great start to the year!
A great first day! Thanks to everyone for a wonderful start. Today we all started in homerooms until 11 AM to get settled. Staff reviewed expectations, gave tours and gave the students a chance to get to know each other and their teacher(s). At 11 AM we had a school wide assembly to talk about the school year and the type of school we want to be. This slideshow was shown to all students. It will give you an idea of what we spoke about. If you… Read More
