MUMS Family Newsletter
October 9, 2026
Week 7
Dear MUMS Community,
I want to start by thanking all of you for your flexibility with respect to our evolving bus routes and times. While the adjustments may become challenging to track, we are doing our very best to accommodate as many students as we can with the drivers that we have and with that, comes change. Please continue to send feedback to us as it feels necessary.
On Wednesday we hosted our first Early Release Day of the year. Please check in with your student about the exploratory they chose in the morning. We really enjoy these days an opportunity for students to engage in choice and welcome any suggestions for possible exploratory offerings in the future.
Below you will see sign ups for parent teacher conferences which are in a few short weeks believe it or not. Given the school break on October 23rd, we will hold conferences on Wednesday, October 21st in the evening and on Thursday, October 22nd, in the morning. More details can be found below.
Thanks for the support and have a great weekend.
Best,
Michaela
If you have questions, please reach out to us:
MUMS office 802-382-1600 or visit the MUMS website.
Michaela Wisell, Principal mwisell@acsdvt.org
Fieh Chan, Assistant Principal fchan@acsdvt.org
Erin Jipner, Student Response Coordinator ejipner@acsdvt.org
Dustin Hunt, Athletics and Activities Director dhunt@acsdvt.org
- Oct. 21st - Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:00-7:30pm
- Oct. 22nd - Parent Teacher Conferences 8:00-12:00pm
- Oct. 23rd - School Break
From the MYP Coordinator
Greetings MUMS Caregivers!
What’s happening in 7th grade Math?
We all know what 10 below zero feels like in the winter, but do we understand what a negative number is and how they work? In 7th grade, students are exploring just this! They are studying operations with integers and applying those to real-life scenarios like money and temperature to understand how negative numbers work. Next they will layer in “order of operations” to solve multi-step problems. Here are some photos of 7th graders in Jesslyn Mullet’s class, engaged in some thinking board tasks!
💡Talk to your student: Do they know what a negative number is? Do they know the rules of “thinking boards”? Can they explain to you the ATLs of thinking boards, including the “Log, Hog, Fog, Cog” self-assessment scale?
802 Smiles Returns to Schools!
802 Smiles Dental Hygiene Program is returning this Fall in October and November to offer free dental screenings and preventative care to all ACSD students. Please complete the forms by October 22, if you would like your child to participate there will be a digital link in next week's newsletter, or there are paper copies available here at school.
Student Absences, Dismissals + Bus Notes
If your student will be absent from school, needs an early dismissal, or will take a different bus, please follow these directions:
- Absence / early dismissal: Call 802-382-1297, the MUMS attendance line, before 8:30am (helpful tip: add this number to your phone now as "MUMS attendance line")
- Early dismissal + bus notes: Students must deliver a caregiver's note to the front office when arriving at school (before TA).
- If taking a bus other than their regular bus: Students must bring a caregiver's note and have it signed by a MUMS Administrative Assistant in the front office to be valid.
