Munising Public Schools

Congratulations to Mylee, Nathan, and Savannah!!

Congratulations to our Girls Tennis Division 2 Upper Peninsula Honorees!

Congratulations to our Varsity Volleyball team members earning Skyline Conference Honors and to the team for earning the Sportsmanship Award! Good luck tonight at Districts!

Get your volleyball districts ticket here!

Congratulations to our Great Lakes 8 Conference Award Winners

Please join us Monday for Parent-Teacher Conferences!

Congratulations to Laney and her family!

MPS TRANSPORTATION UPDATE - 10.23.23 - 12:35PM Beginning this afternoon Bus 5 (Frog) will be replaced with Bus 7 permanently. Bus 7 is a newer (2019 International) used bus that the district purchased last month. This purchase is part of plan to replace the oldest buses in our fleet. Bus 7 will now display the Frog placard.

MPS TRANSPORTATION NOTICE - OCT. 19, 2023 The district will be operating 4 Bus Routes through December 1st, 2023. We will reassess our Driver status at that time to determine future routing. Please contact rick.stephens@mps-up.com.

Due to scheduling conflicts, the middle school girls basketball game tonight vs. Escanaba has been moved to Tuesday, October 24th at 6pm in Munising.

IMPORTANT MPS TRANSPORTATION UPDATE - 8:15PM, OCT. 18, 2023 Due to Bus Driver absence for the remainder of this week we will be running 4 Bus Routes tomorrow and Friday. On Sunday we will let you know if we will be returning to 5 Bus Routes next week. The 4 and 5 Bus Route Schedules are posted on the district website and Facebook page to reference as needed. Please contact Bus Driver Coordinator, Rick Stephens at rick.stephens@mps-up.com as needed.

IMPORTANT MPS TRANSPORTATION UPDATE OCT. 18 Breaking information: Due to unexpected driver absence, the district will be running 4 bus routes this afternoon. Please refer to the district website and Facebook page for the 4 route schedule as needed.

Congrats to Stella and her family!

MPS TRANSPORTATION UPDATE - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2023 Thank you to our bus drivers this morning for making accommodations on short notice to run 4 bus routes instead of 5 due to unexpected driver absence. We will be again running 4 bus routes this afternoon (10/17). The 4 Bus Routes Schedule is here in this post and also available on our website. We expect to return to 5 Bus Routes tomorrow (10/18). If you have any questions, please contact me at mike.travis@mps-up.com or Bus Driver Coordinator, Rick Stephens at rick.stephens@mps-up.com. Thank you again to our parents and students for your patience, flexibility, and understanding as we navigate the challenges of a driver shortage. MJT

October School Board Meeting Monday, October 16th at 6pm Copy and paste the following link: meet.google.com/eyb-vhua-nvu

IMPORTANT MPS TRANSPORTATION UPDATE - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2023 Great news! We have a bus driver temporarily returning to us, so beginning, this MONDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, we will be returning to 5 Bus Routes. Barring any unknowns, we expect to remain at 5 Bus Routes from October 9th through October 30th. From October 31 through November 30th we expect to return to 4 Bus Routes. Then beginning on December 1st, we expect to return to 5 Bus Routes and remain at 5 Bus Routes for the remainder of the school year. The 5 Bus Route Schedule can be seen in the image below. Please contact Bus Driver Coordinator, Rick Stephens at rick.stephens@mps-up.com with any questions that you may have.

MUNISING PUBLIC SCHOOLS CELEBRATES NATIONAL PRINCIPALS' RECOGNITION MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER: Please join us in recognizing the hard work, contributions, and service of our MPS Principals. Principal WesLee Tweedale is a second year administrator serving the students, staff, and families of Mather Elementary School and Principal Nicole Lasak is a third year administrator serving the students, staff, and families of the Munising Middle-High School. These two principals are "difference makers".....please show them some love for all that they do :-)

Homecoming is next week! Check out our dress up days and our new fundraiser planned to help raise funds for student activities throughout the school year!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF MUNISING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Two years ago, Munising had the highest percentage of Chronically Absent (43%+) students of all 13 school districts in the Marquette-Alger RESA. Now we have the 3rd best rate of Chronically Absent students at 19.09%. This 20+ point drop (improvement of attendance rates) was the cumulative effort of students, parents, school staff, and the partner organizations of the Alger County Youth Services Task Force (ACYSTF) including the MPS administrators, counselors, and social workers, the Munising City Police, the Alger County Sheriff's Department, Alger County Probate Court, and the Alger County Prosecutor's Office. Research shows that academic failure rates drastically increase and learning significantly decreases when students are absent more than 8 times per semester. Our attendance policy allows students to be absent a maximum of 9 days from school per 18 week semester before a potential referral to the ACYSTF for truancy reduction efforts begin. When a student has missed 10 or more days of school, they are considered by the State of Michigan to be "chronically absent". If you have any questions regarding truancy or attendance expectations, don't hesitate to contact school administrators or any of the member organizations of the ACYSTF. Please help us continue to reduce chronic absenteeism so that we become #1 in the region and most importantly student learning and achievement rates continue to improve for all Mustangs!

MUNISING PUBLIC SCHOOLS VISION STATEMENT The staff of Munising Public Schools are proud to share the culmination of our collective efforts over the last year to develop our shared vision of a preferred future. We recognize that our BELIEFS determine how we BEHAVE and how we behave collectively and individually determines what we, our students, and district will BECOME. Our vision is based on our collective beliefs and values, and as seen below, the 4 key organizational drivers or pillars of our guiding vision document are: Unity & Relationships Collaboration & Respect Perseverance & Success Character & Integrity Please know that we view our Vision as a living document and it will be reviewed annually by the staff for potential revision as needed. As Mustangs, we pledge to live our vision daily in an effort to help our students grow and to improve our school district and community.