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Next week we will be bringing our Red Ribbon Week activities to a close with a spirit week. Our students will have the opportunity to pledge to making healthy, drug-free choices, and make a commitment to be courageous leaders and act as positive role models.

October 26-30th - Red Ribbon Spirit Week
November 4 - Chipotle Give-Back Night

November 6 - Veteran's Day Assembly in am
November 18 - Orchestra Concert

November 19 - Band Night of Jazz
November 23-27 - Thanksgiving Break

December 2 - Quarter 2 Showcase Night

Tuesday, 10/27

• Girls Basketball (7th @ Leavenworth/8th Home)
  
  

• Wrestling @ Pioneer Ridge Middle School
  
  

• Girls Basketball (7th Home/8th @ Mill Creek)
  
  

• Wrestling @ Lansing

Monday, 10/26

• Jazz Band 7:15-7:45am

Tuesday, 10/27

• TSP Resumes for Quarter 2
• ACP - 3:15 - 4:00pm

Wednesday, 10/28

• Crochet & Needlework - 3:05-4:00 in Rm. 101
• TSP Resumes for Quarter 2

Thursday, 10/29

• Jazz Band - 7:15-7:45
• TSP Resumes for Quarter 2
• ACP 3:15-4:00pm

Friday, 10/30

• D&D Club

Please help your student get the support that they may need by encouraging them to use the WIN priority days listed below.

6th grade

North - Monday - Math w/ Wallace

Tuesday - Math w/ Wallace

South - Monday - ELA Book Club w/ Gilbert

Tuesday - ELA w/ Gilbert

Wednesday - Math w/ Munrain

Thursday - Executive Functioning w/ Munrain

7th grade

Navigators - Monday - Pathways w/ Tomlinson

Thursday - Social Studies w/ Garvey

Trailblazers -Thursday w/ Hart

8th grade

Contenders - Monday - ELA w/ Thomas

Tuesday - ELA w/ Thomas

Wednesday - ELA w/ Thomas

Thursday - Math w/ Marney

Explorers - Monday - ELA w/ James

Thursday - Science w/ Parker

All grades

Exploratory Classes - Wednesday - Band w/ Allison

MTMS will hold our annual Veterans Day commemoration on Friday, November 6th. Thank you to everyone who has submitted the names, pictures, and information for their loved ones who are veterans or are active-duty service members to be acknowledged at our school program. Additionally, we invite local veterans and current service members who are close to the MTMS family to join us for donuts beginning at 7:45am followed by our school-wide assembly.

Please click here to share the name of any veteran you would like us to acknowledge and/or a veteran who will be attending.

Next week will be Red Ribbon Spirit Week!! There are prizes each day for best dressed students AND staff. Plan your outfits this weekend!

We are excited that construction will soon be underway at our school. However, in reviewing the additions to the back of the building, it was determined that we will need to make slight changes to the carloop traffic pattern (and a further loss of parking spots) to accommodate construction and equipment. Please see the photo below for the modified pattern. We will be out helping to guide traffic. With this change to the traffic pattern, parents will need to follow the car loop pattern and not take alternate routes or park in the parking lot. Thank you!

To complement the ParentSquare rollout, students now have access to StudentSquare! Students can use the app on their computers or access through the website. Students will sign in with their Google school credentials.

Students! Check Lost & Found when you're at lunch. All items not claimed before Thanksgiving Break will be donated!

Relay for Life’s annual Thrift for a Cure Community Sale will be Saturday November 14th at Mill Valley. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. Come out and shop some incredible items and enjoy the bake sale and coffee truck while you’re here. You can donate gently used items to the sale throughout the month of October. Bagged/boxed items can be brought to the front office of Mill Valley during normal school hours. Thank you for supporting our fight against cancer!

Audition materials will be made available online for students the evening of November 13th. Play tryouts will be held November 30th through December 3rd from 3:15 until 4:30pm.

USD 232 will again provide the option for students in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12 to participate in the Kansas Communities that Care Student Survey. This survey is opt-in only, and students will not participate in this survey if permission has not been granted by parents/guardians.

If you want your child to participate, please complete the online permission form in Skyward Family Access (https://skywardq.usd232.org/Student) from October 21st to October 30th, 2026. The survey will be available and administered during our scheduled window of time, from November 3rd to January 30th. Students who are opted in will take the survey at school.

What is the survey?

The Kansas Communities That Care Survey is anonymous and available statewide. This survey is a valuable tool to help understand how students behave, think, and feel about alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use, bullying and school safety. The KCTC survey measures teen substance use, delinquency, and related problem behaviors in schools and communities. The survey gives insight into the problems students face and shows what can be done to help them succeed. The district also uses information from this anonymous survey to apply for grants that may help address students’ issues related to alcohol and drug use, bullying, and safety.

The survey is provided by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, Behavioral Health Services Commission and administered by Greenbush – The Southeast Kansas Education Service Center, Research and Evaluation Department.

What are the survey questions?

We advise parents to review the survey questions, which are posted online. You may also be interested to know the following:

1. It is completely anonymous. Students will not be asked for their names on the questionnaire, nor will anyone be able to connect any individual student with his/her responses. School staff will not see any one student's responses, but only summaries of results.
   
2. Participation is entirely voluntary. Parental consent is required. Your child may decline to participate in the survey, even with parental consent, or skip any question they do not wish to answer.
   
3. USD 232 will not participate in any of the optional modules related to “Family,” “Gender Identity,” and “Sexual Orientation.” Students will not receive those questions.
   
   Additional information can be found below:

• KCTC Website: https://kctcdata.org

Students in Design & Modeling put their creativity and 3D design skills to work by creating personalized Minecraft-style bobbleheads of themselves using Tinkercad! After designing their models, students used Bambu Studio to prepare their designs for 3D printing, check print quality, and correct any errors. Once printed, students added their own unique details to bring their bobbleheads to life and make them a true reflection of their personalities. We’re excited for students to bring their creations home!

The PTA provided an apple cider bar and cookies to teachers & staff on Monday, October 19, as part of their in-service professional workday. Your donations to the PTA help fund this kind of support for our awesome teachers & staff!

Student Birthday Recognition - Click here to learn more and sign up.

Follow us on social media! Stay connected on Facebook @ Monticello Trails Middle School PTA or on Instagram @ mtms_pta_timberwolves. You can also bookmark our PTA website.

Attendance Line: (913) 422-5854

Fax Line: (913) 422-4990

Website: http://mtms.usd232.org/
Location: 6100 Monticello Road, Shawnee, KS, United States
Phone: (913) 422-1100
Instagram: @mtmswolves

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