Cubs Newsletter

The last day of Quarter 3 is this Thursday, April 2nd. Teachers have a work day on Friday.

The 2026-27 school year calendar has been approved by the school board and published on the district website. I have attached it below.

It is a tradition at MMS for our Yearbook students to create a slideshow with pictures of our outgoing 8th graders that we show at our end-of-year assembly. The Yearbook students take their job very seriously and spend hours preparing the slideshow. They like to include a baby picture (or young toddler/child), and two other pictures for each 8th grader in the presentation.

This week some Yearbook students let me know that they have only received photos for 66 of our 165 eighth graders. I have been announcing reminders every morning, and promised to ask parents for help again.

The Deadline for submission is April 15.

Please send picture in with your student, or email photos to our Yearbook class advisor, Ms. Frederick. Her email address is frederickr@msd281.org. You can also bring those into our front office, if that is more convenient.

A quick shout-out to these Cubs right here that participated in the Math Counts! competition this year. Students from the area compete in a local competition to qualify for the state level event in Boise. Our Moscow team competed in Boise over Spring Break and placed 5th overall. Josh Potirniche placed 5th in the individual rankings. We are so proud of these "mathletes!"

We have a math club that meets during lunches, and an after-school club that meets after school. These students have been working all year to be ready for this competition and have demonstrated Perseverance, Dedication, and Excellence - three of our Cub PRIDE attributes - in abundance throughout. Go Cubs!

You are ALL invited! Please add this special event to your calendar and enjoy an evening admiring the talents of our amazing Cubs!

We want to ensure that Moscow Middle School has a strong, vibrant, and sustainable Arts Program for many years to come. Help us make that happen. 💓

Parents - a few times a year, our amazing PST team organizes y'all to bring in snacks or desserts for amazing teachers that are working hard to get hundreds or assignments scored and grades done and submitted ready for report cards. Below is the sign up to bring something in for this upcoming teacher work day on Friday.

If you knew how much my teachers appreciated this...it would make you smile. It doesn't take much to make them feel a bit special - a box of granola bars, some home made cookies, a diet coke. Thank you to all of you who regularly sign up and drop stuff off for this.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A48A5A822A0F58-63125386-mmsteacher

Reminder - ISAT's are like taxes...we gotta get 'em done every spring, whether we like it or not.

Science ISAT's for 8th graders - April 28th, 29th/30th during science classes

Math and ELA ISAT's for ALL students grades 6 - 8 May 4th, 5th, 11th, and 12th in the mornings.

The ISAT calendar and special ISAT Class Schedule are attached below. Please let me know ASAP if your student will not be here on some or all of those days. We will need to make arrangements for them to take the ISAT tests at another time before the state deadline of May 22nd.

Moscow Parks and Rec is hosting a 3 on 3 basketball tournament for kids of all ages, and adults. It looks like a lot of fun, and I know we have a lot of Cubs that might like to put together a team. See the flyer below for more details.

Our Women's Wrestling program is offering Open Mat times this spring starting on March 30th. Please see the flyer below for more information.

Good morning,

We are accepting applications for Round #2 of instrument grants (electric guitars and bass guitars) through the Graham Music Foundation Instrument Grant.

The student application packet can be found here.

The application window is open now through Wednesday, March 25, and the committee will review applications on Friday, March 27.

Please spread the word to any students in grades 6-12 who might be interested.

Leah Dahl

Next Week

Friday - No School for Students - teacher work day

On the Calendar

4/7 – Cub Arts Showcase Gala at the Best Western

4/8 – Lock Down Drill 8:20 AM

4/15 – Cub PRIDE lesson during home room– Excellence

4/16 – Band and Choir Concert - 7 PM at MHS auditorium

4/20-21 – SEL visits 8th grade science classes

4/21 – 5th to 6th Grade Parent Night 6:00 PM

4/22 – District 2 Large Ensemble Music Festival

4/23 – Outdoor Rec field trip to UI Experimental Forest

4/24 – Home Track Meet vs Sacajawea

4/28 – 30 – Science ISAT’s for 8th graders during science classes

4/28 – Transfer to MMS from Charter, Private & Homeschool Enrollment Night 6:00 in MPR

4/29 - Outdoor Rec field trip to UI Experimental Forest

4/30 – Home Track meet vs Jenifer

5/1 – 8th graders attend the UI Engineering Expo in the morning

5/1 – Cub Invite home swim meet – at UI Swim Center 5:00 PM

5/4 – ISATs Day one

5/5 – ISATs Day two

5/5 – Orchestra Spring Concert 7:00 PM

5/6 - Outdoor Rec field trip to UI Experimental Forest

5/7 – Living Voices Performance during 7th period in MPR

5/7 – Band/Choir Spring Concert – MHS Auditorium 7:00 PM

5/8 – Common Read Community Discussion Tables in MPR in the morning

5/8 – Swim away at Sandpoint – busses will leave mid-day

5/11 – ISATS day 3

5/12 – ISATS day 4

5/15 – Clean it up Day! Cub PRIDE Activity

5/18 – No School for Kids – MMS Data Day and Workday for certified staff

5/19 – Band students tour Elementary Schools in the morning

5/21 – EXPO

5/25 – Memorial Day – no school

5/26 – Bike Ride Day in 6th grade PE classes

5/28 – Fire Drill during HR

5/28 – Drama Class Performance

6/1 – MMS Awards Night – 6:00 PM

6/1 – Last day of school for kids 1:30 release time

Below is a link to MMS Events on our webpage where you can stay up to date with all the goings on at Moscow Middle School. Go Cubs!