This Weeks Announcements
*Progress Reports go home today. If you have any concerns about your child’s grades, please call the school and schedule an appointment. Coming home with the progress reports is a letter from Shelby County Schools about the new School Mint Program.
*Shelby County Schools will be using a program called SchoolMint for completing registration forms for next school year. Today your child should be bringing home a letter with instructions on how you can begin completing these new online forms. Each child has been assigned a unique Code that you will need when setting up your SchoolMint account. Please remember to ask your child for the letter. If it becomes lost, please contact the school’s registrar.
*MMS Girl’s basketball tryouts will be April, 24th – 27th. Students must have a current physical form to try out.
*8th grade students attended the Upward Bound Presentation and received an application packet. This college preparation program is available for students whose parents did not graduate from a 4 year college or university or who qualify based on income level. The Upward Bound packets will need to be returned to Mrs. Lusco by Tuesday, April 25th. Parents must sign all of the forms in the packet.
*Any 6th or 7th grader that is interested in attending soccer workouts in May that has not received a packet, please see Mrs. Thomas. Packets must be turned in prior to workouts and are due on Monday. Workouts will be everyMonday and Wednesday in May.
*On Tuesday, April 25th, the MMS and the MHS Choirs will have a performance at the First United Methodist Church in Montevallo at 7pm.
*On Friday, April 28th, the 8th grade students will visit Montevallo High School during school hours.
*On Saturday, April 29th, there will be a MMS Chess Tournament for the Montevallo Community beginning at 8:30 am. Please come out and support the chess students in Montevallo.
*The Yearbooks are still on sale for $30.00. In May, the cost goes up to $35.00.
*Auditions for the Talent Show will be on Thursday, May 4th.
*Upcoming MMS events include: LOT Graduation Dinner on May 18th, the MMS Talent Show on May 18th, Awards Day on May 22nd, Spring Fling on May 23rd, and the Faculty Student Game on May 24th.
*Congratulations to the student of the week for this week: Jazmine Williams.
*Congratulations to the faculty member of the month: James Rogers
*Congratulations to Emily Lint and Katie Ozley who qualified for State Recognition of the Duke TIP Scholar’s Program. Katie also received Grand Recognition status based on her high score on the ACT test.
*Summer Mural Camp: University of Montevallo, in partnership with the Montevallo Arts Council, is excited to bring back Mural Camp for students who are entering 5th through 12th grades and are interested in creating art in a community setting. This camp fills quickly. For more information contact:
Libby Grimes
Graduate Assistant
Office of Partnerships and Outreach
845 Valley Street
Station 6006
Montevallo, AL 35115
Phone: (205) 665-6077
*The National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency have funded a camp to introduce students to the critical issue of cybersecurity. Please share this opportunity with your teachers and your students. Please note that there is no charge to attend this camp. There are four camps which will all take place on the campus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville from 8-5 PM. The schedule for camps is
Rising 7th graders: July 17-21
Rising 8th graders: July 24-28
Rising 9th graders: July 10-14
Rising 8th grade girls: June 12-16
The registration form can be found at http://www.uah.edu/eng/outreach
Direct any questions about camp to eng_camps@uah.edu
Dr. Rhonda Gaede
Camp Director
FAX: 256.824.6803