Munising Public Schools

Munising MS/HS Artwork! Check out what Mrs. Sontag’s talented students have been up to.

MUNISING HOMECOMING PARADE INFORMATION: Friday, October 1st begins at 4:00pm sharp! Line-up begins at 3:30pm Line-up location: Meet at the field adjacent from City Hall at the corner of Superior & Birch Parade Route: - South on Birch - West on Varnum - North on Park - West on Park/Jewell - North on Elm - End at People's State Bank Contact Student Senate Adviser Eric Lynch with questions at eric.lynch@mps-up.com

Today was a great day for Mustang Cross Country! Girls Varsity had a near perfect score of 18 points to win the Rapid River Invitational for the second year in a row. Six of our seven runners medaled with Kate Mattson getting her first varsity medal ever! Our #7 runner Elizabeth Wing finished with a personal best. Earning medals for the girls were: Jenna Matson 2nd - 23:00 Monique Brisson 3rd - 23:08 Sabryna Smith 5th - 24:03 Hattie Cota 6th - 24:42 Julia Prunick 9th - 25:26 Kate Mattson 14th - 26:27 Elizabeth Wing 22nd - 29:48 All 4 Varsity Boys had strong races today, most of them showing their best of the season. Nick Singer took his first gold of the year and Kaelan Mulye was not far behind. The Boys Team didn’t have enough runners to register a team score. Earning medals for the boys were: Nick Singer 1st - 19:11 Kaelan Mulye 2nd - 19:13 Frank Carlson 34th - 25:15 Dylan (Dave) Cornish 40th - 26:50 Middle School times were not recorded today, but 4 of our 6 MS runners went home with medals! MS medalists were: Avery Seymour Carissa Deatsman Blake Lakosky John Nord

Munising High School Social Studies Project Students in Mr. Lynch's World History classes have been working all week on a project entitled, "History of Me". This relevant learning opportunity affords students the chance to learn about history and ancestry in a personal context. In the pictures below various students in periods 3 & 7 share their projects with classmates. Projects by Elizabeth Wing, Toni Briggs, and others were especially impressive.

Thank you to Mrs. Cromell & the Munising Public Library for bringing Jeff Kass a teacher, poet, and author to share his book of poetry with the Munising High School English students on Monday, September 20th. His poetry revolves around his experiences as a teacher and a moonlighting pizza deliveryman.

Mr. Miles’ Construction Trades students are busy building their woods projects. This is a valuable hands-on learning experience. In fact a team of young ladies is building a double occupancy dog house for the principal’s German shepherds. Thanks girls!

Mrs. McLaren’s 6th Grade Physical Education students are listening to “pre-sweat” instructions!

ATTENTION MUNISING MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL FANS: The MS game next week AT Forest Park/Crystal Falls is in fact on Wednesday, September 29th @ 6:00pm EST. The game was moved a day to accommodate a scheduling request from FP/CF. Go Stangs!

Homecoming Festivities for Stang Nation! September 27 - October 2nd. See Image for Details

From Saturday, September 18th through Wednesday, September 22nd, one school employee, and several Mather Elementary and Munising Middle School students tested positive for COVID-19. Parents of students determined to be close contacts have already been contacted by the school to get approval to administer COVID testing for students that will remain in school. Due to possible delays in the school being notified by the health department, we ask parents of students tested outside of school to please contact the school office immediately if your child has tested positive for COVID-19. If testing results were received outside of school hours, please call the school office and leave a voicemail. We again thank our students, staff and parents for your patience and understanding.

BREAKING NEWS AGAIN! The Munising Varsity Volleyball Team sweeps Rapid River tonight 3-0.

BREAKING NEWS: Munising Middle School Football Team defeats Stephenson 13-8. Great job boys and great job Coaches Tyner & Lindquist!

MUSTANG XC - Here are the results for our Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams after competing in the “Border Battle Invitational” at Marinette, WI last Saturday (9/18). Boys MS: Orin Shalom 5th - 12:52 John Nord 11th - 14:28 Blake Lakosky 12th - 14:40 Girls MS: Avery Seymour 11th - 14:34 Carissa Deatsman 13th - 14:52 Boys Varsity: Trevor Nolan 5th - 18:05 Nick Singer 16th - 19:45 Girls Varsity: Sabryna Smith 22nd - 24:38

MUNISING BUS TRANSPORTATION MESSAGE: There will be no bus #10 this afternoon (Tues. 9/21). Students that normally ride #10, will need to ride # 2. Questions - Contact kelly.king@mps-up.com

On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, two bus runs again need to 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 will combine bus runs occasionally throughout the school year due to a shortage of bus drivers. We will continue to inform parents if we do. Thank you for your understanding.

BREAKING NEWS - MUNISING GIRLS TENNIS This morning our Girls Tennis Team was invited by Marquette to participate in the Great Northern Conference Meet this Wednesday, September 22nd in Marquette. We are pleased to be able to pick up these matches. Our girls WILL BE competing! Coach Cornish may need parent help with transporting student-athletes. See attached image for details and contact Coach Cornish at jlcorn23@gmail.com for more information

ATTENTION MUSTANG MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS FANS: The Middle School Robotics Kickoff Event for the ElectroStangs season is Saturday, September 18th at 11:30AM in room 2205 at the Munising MS/HS. Team sign-ups are in the office and will be available through October 1st for any interested Middle School Students.

Over the past few days, several Munising High School students tested positive for COVID-19. Due to delays in parents being contacted by the LMAS District Health Department because of the COVID case volume in their coverage area, school personnel will initially contact parents of students determined to be close contacts in school. Parents of recent close contacts have already been contacted by the school, and those parents will also receive a call from LMAS. An LMAS case investigator will also contact parents of the COVID positive student as soon as possible to determine if there were any close contacts outside of school. Due to Munising Public Schools doing universal masking, the new Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Quarantine Guidance allows the students determined to be close contacts to continue attending school, providing they are symptom free and test negative for COVID-19 for seven days after contact with the COVID positive student. This only pertains to students identified as close contacts in school. Munising school personnel will administer the COVID tests at the beginning of each school day. We thank our students, staff and parents for their patience and understanding in yet another challenging school year.

On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 15th through 17th, two bus runs need to be combined to take students home at the end of each 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. This is the end of day bus run only. We may combine bus runs occasionally throughout the school year due to a shortage of bus drivers. We will continue to inform parents if we do. Thank you for your understanding.

MUNISING ATHLETICS - WEEK OF SEPT 13, 2021 Wednesday 9/15 JV Volleyball vs. Mid Peninsula - HOME (Munising) 6:00pm Var. Volleyball vs. Mid Peninsula - HOME (Munising) 7:15pm Thursday 9/16 JV Football @ Newberry - 4:30pm Var. Football @ Newberry - 7:00pm Var. Girls Tennis @ Negaunee - 4:00pm Friday 9/17 Var. Girls Tennis @ Ishpeming High School - 3:30pm Saturday 9/18 Var. Volleyball @ Forest Park/Crystal Falls - 10:00am EST Var. Football - Bessemer vs Rogers City (in Munising) - 2:00pm EST Varsity XC @ Marinette, WI (Border Battle Invite) - 9:00am EST