MUNISING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS CLOSED TODAY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, due to a combination of lake effect snow and blowing snow with sustained wind speeds of 30-40+mph that have led to dangerous travel conditions and near-zero visibility at times. As conditions improve throughout the afternoon, the status of evening athletic events and activities will be determined and communicated at a later point.
Come celebrate the holiday season with Key Club!
MUNISING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS CLOSED TODAY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH due to dangerous winter storm driving conditions. All after school athletics and activities are also cancelled today.
Congratulations to Nolan and his parents!
Spreading the word for this great community event!
Save the dates of our upcoming Holiday Concerts!
We hope you can join us we celebrate the work of our student poets!
Celebrating Excellence at Our Awards Ceremony!
On Tuesday, November 26th, we gathered as a school community to celebrate the incredible achievements of our students during our awards ceremony. The event recognized not only our outstanding S.T.A.N.G students but also a variety of other remarkable accomplishments.
These students exemplified our core values of Staying Safe, Taking Responsibility, Acting with Kindness, Never Giving Up, and Giving Respect:
Kindergarten: Ellie Kelsey
1st Grade: Aleya St. Amour
2nd Grade: Eliyah Bruce
3rd Grade: Julian Tiernan
4th Grade: Adelyn Grahovac
5th Grade: Ada Bowerman
We also acknowledged Academic and Program Recognitions- such as the largest Fluency Gains in Math which honored students who made remarkable progress in their math fluency this quarter. Most Time Dedicated to i-Ready Intervention awards recognized the students who committed significant time to improving their skills through i-Ready. At the ceremony we also celebrated students who reached milestones in their Accelerated Reader program by earning points through consistent and enthusiastic reading. Special recognition was given to Octavia Tarvis for her exceptional dedication and responsibility as a Safety Patrol participant. We are so proud of all our students for their hard work, commitment, and growth. A huge thank you to our staff, families, and school community for supporting and encouraging our students’ successes.
The winner of Mather Elementary's Jump Rope -Jump Off 2024 is Layne Edmondson. Layne is a 3rd grade student in Ms. Hetherington's class. Congratulations Layne!
MUNISING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS CLOSED TOMORROW, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2ND due to sustained accumulating snowfall and dangerous driving conditions. After consulting with the Alger County Road Commission, the Munising City Manager, and the Michigan State Police, the prudent course of action to ensure the safety of students and staff is closure tomorrow.
The MSP advises, “Ongoing winter weather has made road conditions hazardous. Troopers have been responding to crashes throughout the U.P. this afternoon.....Please avoid traveling unless it’s absolutely necessary. If you must go out, drive carefully, slow down, and be ready for icy and snowy roads."
Stay warm and safe tomorrow as you finish digging out!
Congratulations to our MITCA Academic All State Individual Honorees!
Due to weather conditions, all athletic and extracurricular events and practices are canceled today, including the boys basketball game in Manistique. Stay safe!
MPS TRANSPORTATION UPDATE - WEDNESDAY 11/27/24
Hello Students, Parents, & Staff:
During this time of thanksgiving, we want to express our gratitude for our dedicated Bus Drivers and share some good news with you. First thank you to Rick Stephens , Coordinator (Frog); Jeff Meyer (Bear); Kevin Westcomb (Deer); and Bill LeVeque (Camel), and Terry Bower (Bus Mechanic & Sub Driver). With winter weather and difficult driving conditions upon us, we appreciate their early mornings and late evenings to transport our students safely to/from school. We appreciate parent understanding and patience as over the last two weeks, illness has swept through our transportation department and has resulted in numerous days and routes requiring a sub driver and so there have a been a few hiccups. Since our subs don't always know the students and routes as well as our regular drivers, we just want to remind student riders and parents that having students standing outside at each stop helps to ensure that they are not missed during pickup. Also, mid-week address/location changes for student rider pick-up or drop-off makes things more difficult for our drivers, especially substitute drivers. So, if parents (especially for elementary students) can provide detailed information "in writing" regarding address/location of pick up/drop off "a week in advance" to the Secretary in Mather Office it really helps to ensure that our drivers (especially subs) get the little ones to the proper locations when those change. This also helps to ensure that the Mather Office can provide a detailed note for little ones to our Bus Drivers. Avoiding midweek changes of pick-up drop-off is greatly appreciated. Since legislation over the years has required that bus seat backs become taller for safety reasons, it makes the littlest riders the hardest for the driver to see, so it is recommended that little riders sit in seats near the front of the bus where it is easier for drivers to see them and so they can hear when the drivers call their names. Now, for a bit of exciting news, it looks as if we will be adding another driver (Dawn Kleinhenz) to our ranks as soon as her training is complete. Therefore, we anticipate that the district will be returning to 5 Bus Routes/Runs just before (late December) the Holiday Break or just after (January 6th). We will keep you posted. This will mean less crowded buses and shorter bus rides which will be welcomed by everyone :-). Additionally, the district ordered a second 10 passenger transport van last October and just received it.
Now with two 10 passenger vans in our fleet, it enables coaches to more easily transport teams of student-athletes to sporting events and does not require us to change bus routes in order to free up a bus and driver to transport them. This should also enable us to improve transportation service to regular riders. Have a great THANKSGIVING, and please remember to THANK A BUS DRIVER!
Congratulations to our UPSSA All UP Volleyball Award Winners!
Congratulations to NMU Student Teacher Lily Sneller who is the recipient of the Outstanding Student Teaching Awarded in English Language Arts. Mrs. Sneller works at the middle/high school with supervising teacher Mrs. Gaynor and is also ECSE teacher at Mather Elementary! #teachlikeawildcat #stangnation
Just a reminder: There is no after-school tutoring at Mather Elementary tomorrow- 11/27/24 due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Congratulations to Trey and his parents!
Order a Mather Elementary T-Shirt- All proceeds go support our Mather Elementary Activity Fund!
Congratulations to Maude Bogater, Mather Elementary's Student of the Week!
Check out our High School Quiz Bowl team in action vs Big Bay de Noc on WNMU-TV PBS on Saturday at 8pm and repeating on Monday at 3 pm!
