MUMS Family Newsletter
March 20, 2026
Week 25
Dear MUMS community,
Thank you to everyone who attended our Parent-Teacher Conferences last night and those who plan to attend virtually today. We truly appreciate your flexibility and understanding as we work together to schedule these important touch points. Your partnership makes a meaningful difference in our students’ learning journeys.
Looking ahead, we’re excited for our next and final Roadshow visits to Mary Hogan and Weybridge this coming week. Additionally, we are excited for our sixth-grade students, who will participate in the Citizen Summit at Middlebury College on Wednesday.
Lastly, this is a reminder that our 8th grade students will take the Science VTCAP assessment on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this coming week. Please do your best to have your student in attendance so that there is a minimal need for make ups down the road.
Thank you again for your continued support and collaboration, and 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
- Mar. 20th - Parent/Teacher Conferences AM (VIRTUAL ONLY)
- Mar. 20th - Inservice (no school for students)
- Mar. 20th: Jukebox Jubilee - 7:00-10:00 @ Notte. (more information below)
- Mar. 23, 24, 25: Science VTCAP assessment for 8th graders
- April 1st - Early Release Day (12:45 Dismissal)
- April 1st - Talent Show at the Middlebury Town Hall Theater 6:00-8:00pm
- April 3rd - Quarter 3 ends
From the MYP Coordinator
Greetings MUMS Caregivers!
It was wonderful to see many of you at parent conferences this week!
In 7th grade math, students are learning about scale, measurements, and how these are used to represent data in real-world situations.
In this creative summative, students must solve the problem of a “fishy image”. In the original image, the fish are labeled but are not drawn to scale. Students need to use critical thinking skills to find a method of accurately representing the fish size data to scale. Whichever method they choose, they must justify their solution clearly and logically.
Using large graph paper, math vocabulary, math notation, color coding and more, students solved the problem using scale and measurements, applying math in a real-life context. Check out the photos below to see different ways they solved this problem! .
💡Talk to your student: Where do you see scale and data in everyday life? When you resize a photo by dragging a corner, are you changing scale, measurement, ratio? What about when doubling a recipe for cookies? If you use Spotify, what kind of data is it tracking for your suggested songs and “Spotify wrapped”?
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.
