MUMS Family Newsletter
November 7, 2025
Week 10
Dear MUMS community,
We hope this message finds you well. The week at MUMS was busy and joy filled! During our early release day our students were able to engage in a multitude of meaningful exploratory opportunities and additionally either watch or participate in a fun assembly!
This week teachers spent a great deal of time preparing report cards for mailing next week. Once you receive your child's report card, If you have questions about our scoring or specific grades, please contact the teacher directly as a first step. With the exception of your child, they are closest to the work.
Lastly, tonight we will host our first dance of the 2025-2026 school year. If your child is attending please review behavior expectations with them, prior to dropping them off. Additionally, please be mindful of our foot traffic both before and after the dance. To those of you who are chaperoning or providing snacks for the concession stand, thank you in advance.
I hope you all have a great weekend!
Best,
Michaela Wisell ~ Principal
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
Nov. 7: School Dance (7:00-9:00)
Nov. 12: Picture Retake Day
Nov. 24-28: Thanksgiving Break
- Activities Calendar
From the MYP Coordinator
Greetings MUMS Caregivers!
With Quarter 1 report cards being mailed home next Friday, I thought this would be a good time to review our Approaches to Learning, or ATLs!
Approaches to Learning are a key component of the MYP curriculum. These skills are designed to help students “learn how to learn.” and transfer to “real-world” applications. The ATLs apply across the curriculum to all classes, and provide common language for teachers and students when reflecting on the process of learning. You can see a summary of all ATLs taught at MUMS here, but on the MUMS report card we choose to focus on 4 key ones:
Organization Skills
Affective Skills
Collaboration Skills
Communication Skills
You can read full descriptions here, and teachers use that rubric to evaluate your student with a score of:
C=Consistently, U=Usually, S=Sometimes, or R=Rarely. (You’ll notice these are different from last year, they now match the letters used at MUHS!).
A student’s success with ATLs will help them be successful not only with their learning, but in life outside of and after school! Be sure to look for these on your report cards and chat with your student about them!
1-From Structural Learning, 2024.
Supports for Families Around the Holidays
With the holidays approaching, we want to be sure that you are aware of the various school and community supports available to you.
Gift Support:
Community members have offered to support MUMS students with holiday gifts.
Food Resources:
Holiday Snack Bags can be given to students at school to take home for the Thanksgiving and Winter breaks.
Support with groceries over the holiday season.
Please complete this Holiday Support Form if you are interested in any of the supports listed above this holiday season. Please complete this form by Wednesday November 12th.
As always, please feel free to contact your student’s School Counselor if you have questions or concerns.
Friday, November 7th Dance from 7:00-9:00, click here to print a dance permission slip if needed
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.
