MUNISING WRESTLING & CHEER UPDATE:
The Wrestling Team WILL be traveling to Gwinn tonight (1/6). The meet begins at 5:30pm. Good luck boys and Coach Dolaskie!
Due to illness, the Middle School Cheerleading Team will NOT be competing tomorrow (1/7 or Saturday 1/8) at Manistique. Cheerleading Practices are also canceled for the remainder of the week.
For additional information, please contact Athletics Secretary, Katie Anderson at Katie.anderson@mps-up.com
On Tuesday, January 4, and Friday, January 7, 2022, two bus runs will be combined to take students home at the end of the day. All students who normally ride bus #10 will ride bus #2 home. Students may get home up to 30 minutes later than their usual time. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Hello Munising Middle-High School Students and Parents/Guardians
COVID19 PROTOCOL CHANGES EFFECTIVE TOMORROW - JAN. 4
Students are no longer required to wear masks during school or while attending sporting and extracurricular events (this also pertains to spectators). However, please note that any staff member or student that would like to be tested may do so in the office.
In accordance with student survey results prior to the holiday break, we are going to dispense with the use of desks in the hallways for lunch seating to accommodate the student preference for sitting together in the cafeteria. We will be allowing the students to sit where they would like tomorrow and until further notice....HOWEVER, the seats that the students choose tomorrow WILL BE THEIR ASSIGNED SEATS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 6 WEEKS. Mrs. Essinger and the other Lunch Monitors will be diagramming the lunch room/tables and recording seating charts for 1st and 2nd lunch students. For contact tracing purposes, it is essential that students remain in their assigned seats.
Teachers will continue to keep seating charts for each class period and students must remain in assigned classroom seats.
Please note that until further notice, we will no longer be testing athletes weekly. We may reinstitute weekly testing for athletes if we see things start to spike with our student-athletes.
MEETINGS & EVENTS THIS WEEK
Here are the meetings and sporting events for this upcoming week....all athletic events are AWAY:
Monday 1/3 - No School
6:30pm - JV Boys BB @ North Dickinson
8:00pm - Varsity Boys BB @ North Dickinson
Tuesday 1/4
12:00pm - Athletic Eligibility Report Run
5:30pm - Wrestling @ Newberry (w/Bark River-Harris)
5:45pm - JV Girls BB @ Gwinn
7:15pm - Varsity Girls BB @ Gwinn
Wednesday 1/5
6:00pm - JV Boys BB @ Rapid River
7:30pm - Varsity Boys BB @ Rapid River
Thursday 1/6
5:30pm - Wrestling @ Gwinn
Friday 1/7
6:00pm - MS Cheerleading Invitational @ Manistique (Tentative)
6:30pm - JV Girls BB @ Norway
7:00pm - Hockey @ Escanaba
8:00pm - Varsity Girls BB @ Norway
Saturday 1/8
11:00am - Wrestling @ Escanaba (Elks Invite)
This is a reminder that optional COVID-19 testing for Munising Public Schools students and staff will be available in both school offices at the start of the day on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Students and staff should go to the office before school starts if they want to get tested. Also, even though masks are not required in school, masks must still be worn on school buses and other school transportation. We will continue to work with the LMAS District Health Department to monitor any transmission of COVID-19 within the school setting and will change COVID-19 protocols as necessary.
A change in masking requirements and quarantine protocols will go into effect for Munising Public Schools students beginning January 4, 2022. Details have been posted on the Munising Public Schools Facebook page and website at munisingschools.com. Letters detailing the new protocols and consent to test forms are being mailed this week. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday season!
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WANT TO WATCH MUNISING ATHLETES IN ACTION THIS WEEKEND?
HOCKEY: The Munising-Manistique-Newberry Hockey Cooperative vs. Marquette JV @ Munising (Alger County Centennial Ice Arena) 7:00pm tonight (Friday, Dec. 17) Adults $5; Seniors & Students $3.
WRESTLING: Munising Varsity Wrestling team will be competing in the Marquette Challenge Wrestling Tournament @ Marquette High School tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 18) beginning at 8:30am. Tickets are $5.
ATHLETIC CANCELLATION NOTICES
WRESTLING: Sault Ste. Marie High School Administration has canceled the Bridge Brawl Wrestling Tournament scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, December 17th.
JV/VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL: At the request of North Central Area Schools’ Administration, the home games scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, December 17th have been canceled. We will attempt to reschedule these games.
Munising Public Schools was made aware of a post late this afternoon that has been shared nationally this week on the social media platform TikTok. The post refers to a threat to school safety on Friday, December 17, 2021.
The post appears to be part of a national TikTok trend and did not originate in our school district. While we do not believe the threat to be credible, we will continue to monitor the situation. We are working with the Munising City Police and Alger County Sheriff Department in an effort to always keep our students, staff, and community safe. School will be conducted as a normal day tomorrow, and there will be an increased police presence in our school buildings.
The situation again serves as a good example of why it is important to avoid sharing posts online that refer to school safety threats. Even if they are not credible threats, they can cause a great deal of stress and anxiety for students, families and staff. We ask our families to take time to talk to your students about the influence of social media and the potential consequences of engaging in this type of behavior. We must take every threat seriously and students face the possibility of suspension or expulsion, and serious legal action for making threats.
We thank all of our students, families and staff for working together to ensure a safe, secure, and positive learning environment.
COMMON CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL LEARNERS AT MUNISING MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL:
Today the Teaching Staff at Munising MS/HS shared our new "Common Classroom Expectations for All Learners". The staff has worked together for several months to agree upon what is expected and craft the precise language to convey our expectations. These 8 expectations are currently laminated and posted throughout the building in all classrooms and other locations. This document provides a uniform vocabulary for students and staff and focuses on characteristics and actions that lead to success. Promoting expectations rather than rules helps build a positive culture by placing an emphasis on doing right versus avoiding wrong. Feel free to talk about these with your students at home. Go Stangs!
MUSTANG ATHLETICS - WEEK OF DEC. 13-18 Monday 12/13 8:00am - Athletic Antigen Testing; Board Room 12:00pm - Academic Eligibility Report Run for Athletes 5:30pm - Sports Boosters Club Meeting 6:00pm - MS Boys (8th) Basketball @ Rapid River 6:00pm - MS Girls (8th) Basketball @ Rapid River 6:00pm - JV Boys BB @ Engadine 7:30pm - Varsity Boys BB @ Engadine Tuesday 12/14 6:00pm - JV Girls BB vs Brimley (HOME) 7:30pm - Varsity Girls BB vs Brimley (HOME) Wednesday 12/15 6:00pm - JV Boys BB vs. Superior Central (HOME) 7:30pm - Varsity Boys BB vs. Superior Central (HOME) Thursday 12/16 7:00pm - Hockey vs. Kingsford (HOME @ Manistique) Friday 12/17 2:30pm - Wrestling @ Sault Ste. Marie (Bridge Brawl Invite) 6:00pm - JV Girls BB vs. NCA-Powers (HOME) 7:30pm - Varsity Girls BB vs. NCA-Powers (HOME) 7:00pm - Hockey vs. Marquette JV (HOME @ Munising) Saturday 12/18 No Events
JV/VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL GAMES @ MANISTIQUE CANCELED FOR TONIGHT (FRI. 12/10) - These games are canceled due to predicted severe winter weather with "very difficult to impossible" travel conditions beginning at 7:00pm. Radar indicates the storm will reach Manistique before Munising and could make return travel dangerous. These games have been rescheduled for Monday, January 24th.
WRESTLING @ ST. IGNACE TOMORROW (SAT. 12/11) CANCELED
Munising will NOT be sending our wrestlers to the St. Ignace Invitational Meet tomorrow due to the winter storm warning and travel conditions that are predicted to be "difficult to impossible at times" from this evening through tomorrow. We will attempt to schedule a make competition date.
CCCAM CHEERLEADING MEET TOMORROW (SAT. 12/11) AT MUNISING MS/HS IS CANCELED DUE TO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER & POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. The meet may be rescheduled if an open date can be secured.
WRESTLING MEET @ MANISTIQUE CANCELED FOR TONIGHT (THUR. 12/9). Manistique has cited poor winter weather conditions as the reason for cancelation. This triangular meet with at Manistique with Kingsford will be rescheduled.
BASKETBALL GAMES TONIGHT (THUR. 12/9) CANCELED
Due to inclement winter weather, Stephenson has declined to travel to Munising this evening. The JV/Varsity Boys Basketball games scheduled for this evening are canceled and will be rescheduled. All other practices and sporting events scheduled for this may be held as planned and scheduled.
On Thursday, December 9, 2021 at approximately 10:30am, a hand-written threat was found in a bathroom at the Munising Middle/High School. The Munising City Police were contacted immediately and investigated the written threat. Both the Munising Middle/High School and Mather Elementary went into lockdown mode for the safety of the students and staff. In a separate incident, at approximately 11:00am, Munising Public Schools was notified of a threat in a video that a student had made. Munising City Police began a separate investigation into the video, resulting in a student being removed from school and released into the custody of a parent. A report will be filed with the Alger County Prosecutor office for possible charges. The hand-written threat was deemed to not be credible by school officials and the Munising City Police, but is still being investigated. As a precautionary measure, Munising City Police will remain on site at the Middle/High School for the remainder of the school day, with school safety protocols still in place.
Mrs. Immel teaches her students how to save lives with CPR Training in the Munising High School Family Health course. As a certified trainer, Mrs. Immel also provides necessary CPR/First Aid courses to our coaches and other staff members upon request. Thank you Bette!
On Tuesday, December 7, and Friday, December 10, 2021, two bus runs will be combined to take students home at the end of the day. All students who normally ride bus #10 will ride bus #2 home. Students may get home up to 30 minutes later than their usual time. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
ATTENTION: Middle School (7th) Grade Boys & Girls Basketball Games at Big Bay De Noc originally scheduled for this evening have been rescheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday, December 7th) at 6:00pm. Players will be expected to ride with their coach (McLaren or Moore) in one of the school vans or they may be transported by their own parent if a note is submitted to Katie Anderson katie.anderson@mps-up.com in the office by 3:00pm tomorrow. Contact Coach McLaren or Coach Moore for more information.