MUHS Community Newsletter

Dear MUHS Community,

This week's newsletter is a bit late. We hope you have had a restful weekend.

We have a half-day this week on Wednesday, February 4. School dismisses at 12:40 so educators can spend the afternoon learning together.

Looking ahead, February 7 is the first Success Saturday of Quarter 3. It's never to soon to catch up on missed work! February 13 is our Winter Ball, followed by Winter Carnival the week of February 16-20. (You can find more details about those events and others in our Morning Announcements, linked below.) That brings us right up to February Break (February 21-March 1).

Warmly,

Caitlin Steele, Principal

Ben Weir, Assistant Principal

Sean Farrell, Activities Director

Julie Pettis, Student Response Coordinator

Flowers for Friends!

MEAC (Middlebury Environmental Action Club) will be selling locally grown tulips from Four Blooms Farm with compliments attached for Valentine’s Day. Sales will take place during all three lunches on February 4th-6th. Tulips will be delivered during TA on February 12th. For $5 students get one tulip with a compliment attached. Cash and card will be accepted.

Morning Announcements

Student Council Suggestion Form

Tigers Give Back

On January 17th, Middlebury Union High School hosted its first annual MAHA Night, a collaborative event between the high school ice hockey programs and the Middlebury Area Hockey Association. The event celebrated MAHA’s youth athletes by including them in pre-game warmups and standing together with the high school teams for the National Anthem before each game. The younger skaters were each announced before playing in a mini-game on the ice during the first intermission.

Most notably, the event raised $2,000.00 for the Derek P. Bartlett Memorial Fund. These proceeds will directly support community, educational, and athletic programs in memory of our beloved Mr. Bartlett, a dedicated educator and coach.

On January 19th, our girls’ basketball program held its annual Coaches vs Cancer game. The Tigers wore pink to show their support for breast cancer awareness. They raised over $1,200.00, which they have since donated to two worthy causes: The American Cancer Society and to former Tiger Riley Fenster, who is currently undergoing treatment for Leukemia.

On January 28, our boys’ basketball program hosted a Team Riley – Tigers Take on Cancer game. Riley is an MUHS alumna and a three-sport athlete during her time at Middlebury, including basketball. Riley’s mother, Katree, works in our district and she and her husband are currently traveling back and forth to Denver, Colorado, where Riley lives, to support her as she battles leukemia.

During the boys’ basketball game, there were multiple opportunities for the community to donate in support of Riley, including an online fundraiser that raised $1,810.00. Combined with the cash donations collected at the game, the boys’ basketball program raised a total of $4,500. When combined with the girls’ basketball team’s Coaches vs. Cancer efforts, over $5,700.00 was raised as part of our Cancer Awareness games.

We are incredibly proud of our players, coaches, families, and community members who gave their time and energy to make these three events so successful and meaningful. We appreciate that the Tigers continue to give back and support others, supporting the community that gives so much to its kids.

Thank you, Tiger Family, for an inspiring couple of weeks of generosity and support.

MUHS Course Registration for the 2026-2027 Academic Year

Course registration for the 2026-27 academic year continues with the class of 2028, and about to begin for the class of 2029! Please refer here for the important information about the process for each grade level, registration timeline, the MUHS Course Description catalog, Hannaford Career Center information and more! If you have any questions, please reach out to your school counselor.

Course Add/ Drop Period

Students are allowed to make changes to courses that begin semester 2 (not year-long courses) until Thursday, February 5th when the Add/Drop period ends. Teacher change requests, or changes so that students can be with friends will not be honored, though students are welcome to reach out to their school counselor to discuss changes to elective courses. After February 4th, students are not permitted to make course changes except under extenuating circumstances with administrator approval.

Seniors! VSAC Scholarship Session DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11TH

Every year VSAC provides thousands of dollars in scholarships to deserving students across Vermont. You must apply to be considered and the deadline is: Wednesday February 11th!

Please see Sarah Kemp or Margo Austin in School Counseling with questions

College and Career Pathway - Open to Interested Juniors and Sophomores

On Wednesday, April 8th we will take students to College and Career Pathways at Vermont State University, Castleton Campus. This is an excellent opportunity to attend workshops like: College Search, Finding the Right Fit, Pathways to a Great Career Without a College Degree. In addition, students will get a tour of the campus and eat lunch in the college dining hall. There is limited capacity for this event. Permission slips are available in the school counseling office. Signed permission slips are due by March 6th. See Margo Austin for additional details in School Counseling.

Governors Institute of Vermont (GIV)

Learn about GIV and their amazing summer institutes on College Campuses across Vermont. Join an information session on Friday, February 6th during Flex in the School Counseling office. Applications for GIV Summer Programs are due March 31st. Please see Margo Austin for more information about GIV.

Early College Information Sessions - February 11th

Are you a junior who is curious about the Early College Program for your Senior year? Come to an information session on Wednesday, February 11th. Representatives from CCV and VTSU Castleton will meet with interested students. Please sign up in School Counseling. For more information see Margo Austin.