The Warrior Weekly

February 2023 - I Love to Read Month...activities all month

February 8 - 10- Grade 8 Camp Cedarwood Retreat

Monday, February 20, 2023- Louis Riel Day - No School

Friday, February 24, 2023- HTA Professional Development Day- No School

February is I Love To Read Month and our teachers have a number of activities planned throughout the month to encourage and support the love of reading for all MMS students! Students will have daily opportunities to Stop Drop And Read, play “Wordle,” participate in a Book Tasting (they try short selections of a wide variety of books of different genres), Stop Drop and Write, and Reading Bingo, to name just a few of the activities for this month. At the end of the month, MMS’s Book Fair will be back in action from Feb 27 - March 1!

It’s time to catapult into a new reading dimension!

Our Book Fair is coming February 27 - March 1 and everyone is invited to journey through our Time Machine! Blast to the past or transport to the future with games, contests, activities and more!

If you bring your family to the Book Fair Family Event, February 28, 4:30 - 7:00 pm, you have a chance to win FREE BOOKS!

Gear up, because your future is booked!

Parents, please be reminded that all HSD volunteers are required have a Criminal Record Check and Child Abuse Registry Check cleared before you are able to work with our students. A number of other forms need to be completed in the office. If you are hoping to support a learning trip, or coach a team, please come in to the office early to complete this paperwork. It can take up to a month for all of the checks to clear. The procedure for completing Criminal Record Checks and Child Abuse Registry Checks can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.

We have had a very warm and pleasant January, but the weather has turned again and the temperatures look much colder for the next while. Families please remember to send your child with all the winter gear they need to be safe and comfortable outside during outdoor recesses.

As well, please be reminded that students may enter the school building at 8:50 am. Please plan for students to arrive as close to this time as possible, particularly in cold conditions.

See Cold Weather Guidelines below.

Our gym is full of the sounds of basketballs bouncing and shoes squeaking! Our basketball practice schedule can be viewed on the MMS calendar found on our website (click here to see it). Parents please be reminded that all practices are closed. If practices are scheduled for later in the evening, and on game nights, our athletes should go home and then come back to the school in time for their practice or game.

Sometimes last minute changes to practice schedules occur - those changes will be communicated in our daily announcements, which can be viewed here.

Thank you to our volunteer coaches for the time and energy they are investing into our students! We appreciate you and are thankful for your commitment.

Good luck to all of our athletes as they compete this season. Go Warriors!

The canteen sells drinks and snacks each day of the week. Pizza will be sold on certain days again this year as well - this year MMS is selling pizza from Santa Lucia! A gluten-free pizza option will be available for those who need it.

MMS CANTEEN

Ice Cream Sandwich $ 1.00

Ice Cream Cone $ 1.50

Pizza Pops (2 in a pkg.) $ 2.00

Pogo (corn dog) $ 1.00

Fruit to Go $ .25

Chip/Popcorn $ 1.00

Hot Rods $ 1.00

Goldfish Crackers $ .75

Mini Ritz $ .75

Bear Paw $ .50

Wagon Wheel $ .50

Rice Krispies Square $ .50

Juice Box $ .50

Chocolate Milk $ 1.00

Water $ 1.00

Ice Water (sparkling flavoured water) $ 2.00

Gatorade/Powerade $ 2.00

*Note: Items are subject to change.

All pizza orders need to be placed at the canteen by Thursday at lunch.

Pizza selections for January to Spring Break are:

Feb. 10- Pepperoni and Bacon

Feb. 17- Cheese

Mar. 3- Pepperoni and Cheese

Mar. 17- Pepperoni and Bacon

Mar. 24- Cheese

$2.00 @ slice

A gluten-free option is available with the weekly topping. This is a 10-inch pizza for $13.00 per pizza. These must be preordered by lunchtime on Thursday with Mrs. Enns in the Front Office.

Families, winter is here, along with colder temperatures. Please remind your child to come to school with appropriate clothing for the weather (toque, winter jacket, snow pants, winter boots, winter gloves, remembering that all MMS students go outside at their recess breaks at least three times per day.

Please remember that the Bus Loop is for Bus access only at any time of the day. Thanks for helping us keep our kids safe.

Please keep the North entry to the bus loop clear, as the buses are finding it difficult to make the turn into the drop loop. Thanks for your cooperation!

MMS is looking forward to welcoming volunteers back into the school this year. If you hope to support the school this year by volunteering your time, please take note of the following expectations for school based volunteers, that have been established by Hanover School Division.

Volunteers who currently have an approved Child Abuse Check in our database, only need to apply for the Criminal Records Check to complete their permissions. Once the Criminal Records Check has been completed and submitted to the school, the volunteer can proceed to volunteer. Volunteers who have a valid Criminal Record Check on file with HSD will still be required to sign an Annual Declaration that confirms the Criminal Record Check on file remains accurate. Contact the school office to sign the Annual Declaration.

All new volunteers must complete a CRC and a CAC.

The process to complete the Criminal Records Check for school start-up September 2022.

1. Parents email the RCMP - carole.robidoux@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
2. Parents contact school for letter (print off power school) waving the fee

The Child Abuse Registry Check can be completed in the school office.

Good information on the school website

To stay on top of everything MMS please follow these sites.

• School Calendar (find school wide events, schedule of practices and games)
• Bell Schedule

A 5-8 middle school located in Mitchell, Manitoba. Part of the Hanover School Division #hsdlearns #warriorshsd

Email: mms@hsd.ca
Website: http://mms.hsd.ca
Location: 203 Third Street, Mitchell, Manitoba R5G 1H7
Phone: 204-320-9488
Twitter: @mmshanover