MHS Key Club and Forensics team is proud to be hosting a Daddy Daughter Dance next Saturday at the high school! We hope you can attend!
We hope you can make it out to support our Mini-Mustang Basketball teams at home this Saturday! See our Facebook Event page for grade level brackets with locations and times.
MPS Transportation Update - Weds. Feb. 7th - 9:30am
Please keep our Bus Driver, Bill LeVeque and his family in your thoughts and prayers. After battling a lengthy illness, his wife Angela passed away this morning at 3:15am. Arrangements are tentatively pending at Bowerman Funeral Home for this Saturday. Thank you to AlTran for sharing Kevin Westcomb with us to cover Bill's bus route during this time of challenge. We also apologize for any inconveniences with pickup this morning as we also had a driver call in sick an hour before bus departure and our remaining two drivers split up his route on the fly. This resulted in some later pickup times for some riders and late arrival times at school for two of our buses. As a result, any students that reported to class late will be given amnesty. Adjustments have been made and should result in a smoother drop off experience this afternoon. However please stay tuned to the district's FaceBook page and website for any further updates. Your patience, understanding, and flexibility is greatly appreciated as we do our best to continue providing transportation services during these times of driver shortage. Please email me at mike.travis@mps-up.com for general transportation questions and Bus Driver Coordinator, Rick Stephens for specific information regarding routes and times at rick.stephens@mps-up.com
MUNISING PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOGNIZES NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS WEEK - Please join us in recognizing the many important contributions of our counseling, social work, and student services team. Guidance Counselor Matt Mattson, Social Worker Rachel Harmon, and E3 Counselor Melissa Carlson "Make A Difference" in the lives of many students and staff members every day! We also appreciate the contributions of MARESA itinerants Jessica Lukasik (SSW), and 31n Counselor Kendra Marcuson. Thank you all for your devotion and caring service!
MHS is still looking for a varsity boys tennis coach! Contact Mrs. Lasak today if you are interested at nicole.lasak@mps-up.com.
Just a reminder all tickets for Thursday Wrestling MHSAA District must be purchased through GoFan.co. Here is the link below:
https://gofan.co/event/1363796?schoolId=MI19267
Next week is winter homecoming at the middle/high school! We hope our students will join in the fun!
Congratulations to Piper Grabowski!
MPS TRANSPORTATION UPDATE - JAN. 23 - RE: BUS #10 (TURTLE)
In an effort to ensure that Bus #10 arrives to both school buildings earlier each morning, we are adjusting pick up times for 10 minutes earlier. To accomplish this, Bus Driver, Terry Bower will now depart the bus garage 10 minutes earlier in the morning and this will result in a first stop pick up time of approximately 6:25am. BEGINNING TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24TH, ALL RIDERS ON BUS #10 NEED TO BE STANDING OUTSIDE AT THEIR STOP AT LEAST 10 MINUTES EARLIER. Those riders that are not standing outside where the driver can see them, run the risk of not being picked up. Getting students to school a little earlier will make it easier for them to eat free breakfast and get to class before the beginning bell. Thank you for helping us fine tune our lengthy routes in order to better serve the students. Please contact Bus Driver Coordinator, Rick Stephens at rick.stephens@mps-up.com if you have questions.
Students that walk or are dropped off at Mather Elementary are able to enter the building and remain in the front vestibule when the temperature drops to 32 degrees or below. Beginning at 7:45am school personnel will open the doors for students that wish to enter the building to stay warm.
The Junior Class Fruit Sale is happening now! Order with your favorite student from the class of 2025 or call the high school office. Orders are due Feb 9th with tentative pick up dates Feb 29th and March 1st.
MUNISING PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16TH DUE TO SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES AND VERY COLD WINDCHILLS EXCEEDING -20 DEGREES IN THE MORNING HOURS.
Munising Public Schools' 2024 Salmon in the Classroom Fundraiser
Please help our high school students purchase Scientific Equipment to conduct environmental water quality studies and support the continued rearing and release of salmon as well as the construction and deployment of fish cribs. There are two ways to donate: 1) Attend the Rotary Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, February 10th and 2) Donate directly at this link: https://payments.efundsforschools.com/fundraising/districts/56236/campaigns/Science
The Natural Resources course is offered to students at the Munising Middle-High School and the science teacher (Hilary Ludecke) is working with the Rotary International Club of Munising, the Alger Conservation District (ACD), and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) to raise chinook Salmon In The Classroom and release them into the Anna River. Last spring (2023), Mrs. Ludecke's students successfully reared and released over 20 young smolts into the river.
Now in year two of this program, the Natural Resources class is preparing for another smolt release this spring and would like to continue expanding the curriculum and the partnership by engaging students in hands-on water quality studies of the local Lake Superior Watershed, including the Anna River and its tributaries. Additionally, the partnership will include working with the aforementioned organizations to build and place fish cribs and fish stix in local lakes, including Munising Bay, to provide secure habitats for various fish species.
In order to conduct these hands-on studies of the watershed Mrs. Ludecke and the students in this course need to raise enough money to purchase a classroom set of Vernier probes and sensors, as well as related software to analyze the data collected. The fundraising goal for the sensors is $5000. In order to build the necessary fish structures as approved by the ACD and MDNR, they need to raise an additional $2500. Therefore reaching the collective goal of $7500 will enable the Natural Resources students to fund this two-pronged environmental studies project and ultimately inform the public and improve our local fisheries. This equipment will also have applications for our chemistry and biology students. The Munising Public Schools envisions this project based learning experience will inspire some of Munising's best and brightest students to pursue local careers in conservation and environmental science to safeguard and enhance the natural wonders of our region.
Contact Natural Resources Teacher, Hilary Ludecke at hilary.ludecke@mps-up.com or Superintendent, Mike Travis at mike.travis@mps-up.com for more info.
Donation jars are located in the office for the Special Olympic's Polar Plunge Event. Mr. Cotey, Mr. Burtis, Mr. Mattson, Mr. Tebear and Mrs. Lasak will take the plunge if we raise $150 for each person by February 9th. You can sign up to plunge too with our school team or donate online at https://www.plungemi.org/. Donate today and make our school staff jump for a good cause!
PLEASE JOIN MUNISING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN RECOGNIZING & CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY TODAY - MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 2024
The Students and Staff at MPS "Honor The Dream", as learning about Dr. King's substantial contributions to the Civil Rights Movement is an important part of our social studies curriculum. The MPS District Vision, as well as various district-level student programs that we have in place such as "Be Nice" and "Positive Action" promote many of the concepts and ideals that Dr. King embraced and taught.
Due to the weather forecast, all after school activities, athletic practices, and events are canceled today. The school buildings will also be closed tomorrow to ALL activities and events and student-athletes will NOT be traveling to and participating in their events outside of the district. Stay safe!
JANUARY IS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH
Please join the Students, Staff, & Administration of Munising Public Schools in thanking our caring, dedicated, knowledgeable, and selfless public servants! They strive every day to make a difference for the students and staff of our Munising School Community. Please give a shout out the following board members:
Paula Ackerman, President
Jason Brisson, Vice-President
John Carr, Secretary
Lara Bender, Treasurer
Jenna Cole, Trustee
James Petersen, Trustee
Greg Pond, Trustee
Want to be a substitute teacher! Scan the QR code below. We would LOVE to have you!
Due to forecasted weather, all after school activities and athletic practices are canceled at both school buildings. Stay safe!
The JV/Varsity Girls Basketball game tonight at Bark River Harris is cancelled for this evening. A rescheduled date will be announced once it is set.
