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
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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.
Congratulations to Maggie and her parents!
MPS TRANSPORTATION UPDATE - MONDAY, JAN. 8, 2024
As a result of reducing to 3 runs for today, tomorrow, and Wednesday, the buses were running (late) behind the normal schedule by between 5 and 15 minutes at some stops. The stops at the beginning of the routes were mostly on time. However, due to an increased number of stops, those stops in the middle of the routes were 5-10 minutes behind, and those at the ends of each route may have been as much as 15 minutes behind. The drivers will do their best to improve this for tomorrow and Wednesday. Please know that any students that arrive to school late due to a late bus will be given amnesty. There will be no academic penalty or consequence as a result of tardiness to class due to a late bus. Unless otherwise communicated, we will be returning to 4 Bus Routes on Thursday, January 11th. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we struggle with a bus driver shortage. Please contact Bus Driver Coordinator, Rick Stephens for routing questions at rick.stephens@mps-up.com or at 906-450-4379.
FROM JAN. 4 NOTICE: The adjustments to down to 3 routes are listed below: Bus 7 (Frog): Driver Rick Stevens will run his normal route, but will also be picking up the following portions of the Bus 10 (Dino) route - Connors Rd to Lehnen Rd; Lehnen Rd to Alger Hts.; The alley behind the Am. Legion. Bus 10 (Dino): Driver Terry Bower will continue portions of his normal route not mentioned above. He will also assume the Bus 3 (Bear) route starting on Percy Rd and continuing to Indiantown Rd, Carmody Rd, Hilltop Rd, Connors Rd to Miller Rd, and back to Cox Addition. Bus 9A (Camel): Driver Bill LeVeque will drive his normal route. There are no changes. For the dates of January 8, 9, and 10 there will be NO BUS SERVICE to Clear Lake, Powell Lake, and Sand Point.
Join the Munising Middle/High School Jazz Band!
Spread the word! Free fitness class for students grades 6-12 with Deep Blue Fitness sponsored by AC3!
The following changes have been made to the basketball schedules:
**Girls Basketball tonight is both JV & V at Norway - start time 6pm
**Girls Basketball Tuesday, Jan 9th at Bark River - Varsity at 6pm in the HS gym and JV at 7:30 pm in the Elementary gym
**Boys Basketball game scheduled for Monday, Jan 8th vs. Manistique has been moved to February 12th.
MPS TRANSPORTATION UPDATE - THURSDAY, JAN. 4, 2024
Due to previously communicated bus driver shortage, we will be condensing to 3 Bus Routes for the morning pick-ups and afternoon drop-offs for the dates of Monday, January 8th, Tuesday, January 9th, and Wednesday, January 10th. Unless otherwise communicated, we will be returning to 4 Bus Routes on Thursday, January 11th. The adjustments to down to 3 routes are listed below:
Bus 7 (Frog): Driver Rick Stevens will run his normal route, but will also be picking up the following portions of the Bus 10 (Dino) route - Connors Rd to Lehnen Rd; Lehnen Rd to Alger Hts.; The alley behind the Am. Legion.
Bus 10 (Dino): Driver Terry Bower will continue portions of his normal route not mentioned above. He will also assume the Bus 3 (Bear) route starting on Percy Rd and continuing to Indiantown Rd, Carmody Rd, Hilltop Rd, Connors Rd to Miller Rd, and back to Cox Addition.
Bus 9A (Camel): Driver Bill LeVeque will drive his normal route. There are no changes.
Note: Parents and student riders can expect slight adjustments to pick up and drop off times. For the dates of January 8, 9, and 10 there will be NO BUS SERVICE to Clear Lake, Powell Lake, and Sand Point.
Please contact Bus Driver Coordinator, Rick Stephens with any routing questions at rick.stephens@mps-up.com or at 906-450-4379.
We are looking for a boys tennis coach! Apply today!
IMPORTANT MPS TRANSPORTATION UPDATE - TUESDAY, JAN. 2, 2024
Beginning next week (January 8th) there will be some changes to our bus routing, including pick-up and drop-off times for at least a few days. More information with specific details will be shared later this week on Thursday or Friday. These changes are necessary because one of our drivers resigned on December 22nd and another one of our drivers just experienced a death in the family and will likely be out of state for several days next week. Our thoughts and prayer's are with her. The district is currently down to 4 regular route bus drivers and we currently operate 4 daily AM and PM bus runs. In the event that one of our 4 remaining bus drivers is ill or cannot drive for some other reason, it will result in changes to both pick-up and drop-off times and may mean that the district needs to temporarily suspend transportation to some families in town and nearest to the school buildings until we have at least 4 drivers. Bus transportation for athletic events will not be possible in some cases for the rest of this week and next due to temporary driver absence. Coaches and sports teams are using the two school passenger vans to assist in transporting student-athletes. If you have questions regarding availability of athletic transportation for specific events, please contact AD Lasak. We are currently exploring all routing options to alleviate the issues resulting from driver shortage, including the possibility of establishing some common multiple rider stops. We have a current employee who is striving to obtain his CDL license so we can hopefully add a driver to our ranks soon. We are also working very hard to find and attract drivers. If you are aware of anyone with the appropriate licensure or the willingness to obtain it at the district's expense, please have them contact Superintendent Travis at mike.travis@mps-up.com regarding part or full-time employment opportunities. Otherwise, general transportation questions can be directed to Bus Driver Coordinator, Rick Stephens at rick.stephens@mps-up.com.
Congratulations to Addie Bowerman!
MUNISING PUBLIC SCHOOLS - This is our community's most precious commodity! This year's elementary holiday concert was the best yet in recent memory. Pictured here are the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students singing seasonal tunes. Principal Tweedale will likely share more pics soon. Great job students, Mrs. Gaunt, Mrs. Petersen, and Mather Staff! We have much to be thankful for :-)
The girls basketball games vs. Escanaba and Stephenson have been postponed tonight due to weather.
Congratulations once again to our Varsity Football team! Their combined GPA earned them a top 4 placing in the state for academics!!
Due to staff illness, the middle/high school band concert has been rescheduled to Thursday, December 21st at 6pm.
We are again offering indoor walking for the community at the middle/high school.
Congratulations to Quinn and her family!
