Union Middle School

Good afternoon UMS! We had a great week and begin SOLs next week! Our kids are prepared and ready to go! It is very difficult to believe that there are only 14 days of school remaining! I need to send a clarification on a message I posted earlier: there are exemptions available to all vaccines, not just HPV, for certain reasons for students. If you have questions about that, please contact pclendenon@wisek12.org or mrasnic@wisek12.org

Good afternoon! I hope that our communities go out and support the ANNIE THE MUSICAL tonight and tomorrow night at 7PM. I had very high expectations before going, and it was EVEN BETTER than I expected. It was AMAZING!!! Mr. Stidham and the students need to be commended on their work. The amount of hard work, studying, and preparation it takes to make that happen is simply amazing!!

Hello 6th grade parents, Right now is an excellent time to schedule your upcoming 7th grader for their vaccinations. If you have these complete, please send us a copy. These vaccinations must be completed before the 1st day of school, 08/08/2024 for ALL 7th graders. Don't wait until summer to get these to us, help us by doing this now. Vaccinations needed are: 1.TDAP 2. Meningococcal 3. HPV- Parents may sign a form to opt out if you do not want your child to get this particular vaccine. Send completed vaccinations to mrasnic@wisek12.org Questions: mrasnic@wisek12.org or pclendenon@wisek12.org

Hello UMS! The 5th and 8th grade will go to UHS tomorrow to see Annie, the musical. We will leave about 9:30 and be back around lunch. If you have questions email me or your child's homeroom teacher. pclendenon@wisek12.org We will be back for lunch here.

This Friday, April 26th, UHS Softball will have Little League Night. All Little League players that wear their jersey will get in free. We will play Ridgeview with varsity starting at 5 and the JV will follow.

UMS+UHS Choral concert tonight at 7PM at UHS! Come out and support the schools. Free admission.

Hello UMS parents! SOLs are approaching and just a reminder that 4 days a week (M-TH) we have tutoring after school. We have 2 certified teachers that stay in each grade and 6 bus runs to bring them home so that the runs aren't long. If your student wants to stay, especially to make up for absences, please contact us. Every kid that stays also gets a snack. pclendenon@wisek12.org vwelch@wisek12.org mrasnic@wisek12.org agarrison@wisek12.org or just call us!

Hello UMS! Our testing schedule is set for this Spring. Check it out here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D7Z8MdOe5gAA84GFvKUHmO_nFnmQXMLYaog5zYEAKPs/edit?usp=sharing

Good morning UMS! Just a reminder of two things: 1. We will dismiss at 2:00 today. Announcements will start at 1:50. 2. No after school today. Have an awesome eclipse day!

We finished up a great week at UMS! I know that there are a lot of activities this weekend, including the start of Union Little League, and we wanted to say GOOD LUCK! and GO BEARS! Have a great weekend!

Hello UMS! The April edition of our school newspaper is out! www.wisek12.org/ums/newspaper is the link. We are very proud of this and how hard the students work on it! Have a great day!

Hello UMS! The 7th grade is heading to UHS to hear a speaker. We will be back in about 1 hour. We will use buses. Thanks!

Food bank results: Mr. Meade's homeroom won the pizza party with 636 items! Big shoutout to the 6th grade as well who brought in 472 items as a grade - thank you! We are proud to have collected a total of 1,572 items for our local food bank.

Hello UMS, We are having phone difficulties this morning. Dr. Kiser is working on them! Thanks and Sorry!

Good morning UMS! Today is the Integrated Reading and Writing SOL test in 5th and 8th grade. Please help us with attendance today! Good luck to our 5th and 8th graders (but we know they don't need luck, they are well prepared)!

Vaccination Clinics Scheduled! Register online at https://redcap.link/lenospring24 For more information, follow this link! https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Nt5vlEsA1_mbMhNDrfBUuCsbMs2fuaZ/view?usp=sharing

Hello, Spring Vaccination Clinic is coming soon! The link to signup is redcap.link/lenospring24 This is a huge deal for this year's 6th graders before next year. Get signed up if you are not up-to-date on school vaccinations. Questions = mrasnic@wisek12.org

JV and Middle School Baseball games AND practices are cancelled today (Friday, 3/15/24).

Happy Pi Day! Pi day is a celebration of mathematics every 3/14! How many digits of pi can you recite? It's amazing each year to hear how many digits our students can remember.

March is Middle Level Education Month and today is staff appreciation day. I want to say thank you to the teachers, staff, parents, and students of Union Middle School! I have been blessed to be the principal here for 13 years and been able to work with the most amazing teachers, staff, students, and parents. We are not perfect, but we try each day to give students the best day they can have at school!