*Tomorrow 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.
*There will be a meeting for all interested 8th grade parents who want to help with the 8th grade end of the year celebration (cookout) Tuesday night at MMS at 6pm in the Media Center.
*Auditions for the Talent Show will be on Thursday, May 4th. The cost is $5.00 to audition.
*Upcoming MMS events include: Friday, May 12th will be the Yearbook Signing Party for $2.00. The LOT Graduation Dinner is on May 18th, the MMS Talent Show will be on May 18th, the 8th grade Cookout will be on Friday, May 19th, Awards Day will be on May 22nd, the new LOT member induction will be on Monday, May 22nd, the Spring Fling will be on May 23rd, and the Faculty Student Game will be on May 24th.
*The MMS Band will have its final Band Concert on Tuesday, May 9th, at6:30pm at MHS.
*Congratulations to the student of the week for this week: Cody Curl
*Congratulations to the faculty member of the month: James Rogers
*Shelby County Schools will be using a program called SchoolMint for completing registration forms for next school year. Your child should have brought 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.
*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