The Warrior Weekly

Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - MMS Track Meet Rain Date

Thursday, June 1, 2023- Grade 8 Drama Coffeehouse

Friday, June 2, 2023 - Parent Advisory Meeting - 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - Grade 5 and 6 Divisional Track Meet at SMS

Thursday, June 8, 2023 - Grade 7 and 8 Barb Cheop Divisional Track Meet at SMS

Monday, June 12, 2023- Parent Advisory Council Lunch order forms for Awards Day go home.

Tuesday, June 13, 2023- Grade 5 and 6 Divisional Track Meet (Rain Date)

Thursday, June 15, 2023- Grade 7 and 8 Barb Cheop Divisional Track Meet (Rain Date)

Friday, June 23, 2023- Grade 7's at MES for Activity Day

Monday, June 26, 2023- HSD Grade 7 and 8 Soccer Day

Wednesday, June 28th, 2023- Awards Day Morning and PAC Lunch

Wednesday, June 28th, 2023- Grade 8 Farewell Lunch and Activities

Thursday, June 29th, 2023- Last Day of Classes and All Grade Activity Day

The New Bothwell PAC will be running a canteen at the Grade 5 and 6 Divisional Track Meet. Please see the availability and prices below.

The NMS Parent Advisory Council will be running a canteen at this event. Please see the availability and price list below.

The HSD Transportation Department has asked that if you are planning on moving during the summer to please contact their office at your earliest convenience. The office is open all summer, so they are available to make these changes at any time.

The HSD Transportation phone number is 204-320-2347.

Hey hockey parents!

Hockey in the City is back in 2023 during Summer in the City weekend. Depending on the number of registrations we have, we may start this year's tournament on the evening of Friday June 16th with the bulk of the games being played on Saturday morning June 17th with the tournament wrapping up by early afternoon so you enjoy the festival with your families. This 3 on 3 ball hockey tournament will take place on the T.G Smith Arena floor once again. You need a minimum of 4 players to enter a team (3 players plus a goalie) with a maximum of 7 players allowed. Every team is guaranteed a minimum of 3 games. Helmets (with cages), sticks, and gloves are required. Extra equipment is optional but not mandatory. Registration is $10 per player, which includes a T-Shirt. This can be paid at registration the day of the tournament. The tournament is for the U7 age group all the way up to U15.

We will have current and future members of the Steinbach Pistons helping run the event and there may even be an appearance from the Turnbull Cup at some point as well!

We'd love to you have you all out to take part in this year's tournament. Please spread the word as we'd like to make this a big tournament in 2023! Register your teams over at www.summerinthecity.ca. If you have any questions, let me know.

See you soon!

The student operated, teacher managed (Thanks Ms. Beaudoin and Mrs. Hildebrand!) is open again! Students sign out equipment to use during recess, then sign it back in at the end of the break. This is a great opportunity for student leadership and student access to fun, active play things! Great work all!

As we are finally able to enjoy warmer spring weather, some students are beginning to bring their own playground equipment to school. We ask all students to keep this equipment at home however. In particular, hard baseballs, hard softballs, and baseball bats are not permitted to be used by our students at breaks.

Many of our classes have Learning Trips scheduled for this spring, and we can always benefit from having parent volunteers be a part of those trips! Parents, if you are hoping to help out with an upcoming learning trip for your child's class, please plan ahead and ensure MMS has an updated criminal record check and child abuse registry check on file for you. All volunteers must have these checks completed before working with our kids. Scroll down to the bottom of this newsletter to find more information about the documentation needed for all volunteers.

Are you planning a move this summer? Got a new phone number? If you are aware of any changes or upcoming changes to your contact information, please contact the office to ensure that we are able to contact you. Thanks for you assistance in our record keeping to keep kids safe.

Now that we have all gotten into the Covid pick-up practice, it is now time to go back to the usual pick-up practice of the past!

We would ask that parents please park on Willow Street and come into the building to collect their students. This allows for a more seamless handoff to parents and ensures that students are signed out of the building.

Please refrain from calling the office from your car, and rather, come on in! This helps us to ensure we have a safe hand off for the students in our building.

We have been observing an increase in "overspending" at the canteen, and many instances of students distributing their purchases to friends in different classrooms, which we believe is not the intention of the parents or the canteen in general.

As a school our canteen follows the following rules:

1. The canteen is not intended to be a place to purchase a whole lunch, but rather a treat or extra item to add to lunches.

2. Students should only be purchasing for themselves, not for their friends.

3. A couple of dollars is all that kids need for making purchases at the canteen. Our prices are very low! Bringing larger bills to school can lead to lost money and other issues.

4. The students have all been reminded of the intent and purpose of the canteen for their use.

Thanks so much for helping us manage and maintain our canteen program!

Parents, please be reminded that all HSD volunteers are required to 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.

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:

May 26 - Pepperoni and Cheese

June 2 - Pepperoni and Bacon

June 9 - Cheese

June 16 - Pepperoni and Cheese

June 23 - Pepperoni and Bacon

$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.

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