Union Middle School

Good afternoon, the AWESOME UHS MARCHING BAND is now taking signups for marching band next year. You can see Ms. Sturgill in the band room or parents/students can use the link below. The information is on the google form. www.wisek12.org/ums/bandsignup

60 still testing at 11:48AM. Going to be a while still.

Hello UMS, we have a few spots left, but not many, for our coding camps this summer. Please sign up ASAP! Find information and sign up here: High School camp https://forms.gle/DMWdjaY6n8XSsha98 Middle School camp https://forms.gle/LDqc3v6agYPGPWF57

Hello UMS!!! I hope everyone had a great weekend. It's Math SOL week at UMS. Please, please, please make every effort to get your student here this week as that helps us so much!! Monday and Tuesday - Math 5 @ 10:30AM Wednesday - Math 6 @ 8:45AM Thursday - No testing scheduled Friday - Math 8 @ 8:45AM Next Wednesday - Math 7 @8:45AM Good luck to our students! I know they are well prepared and we will do just fine!

We have only 50 copies left!!!! Yearbooks can be purchased ONLINE ONLY at the link below. No in-person payments will be taken at this time. Make sure to reserve your copy as soon as possible; we have a limited number to sell. https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A08796800 Any questions, please email bbostic@wisek12.org

JV Baseball game is cancelled today. They will practice at UHS after school. Thanks!

The UMS Spring Art Show is this Thursday and Friday at the Big Stone Gap Visitor Center! Any student who has been in art class this semester will have at least one piece of artwork displayed. The show will be open Thursday 4-6 pm and Friday 5-7 pm. This is not a competition, just an exhibit. This is a chance for friends and family to come and see the students' hard work! If you have any questions = crobinette@wisek12.org This has been an EXCELLENT addition to our school and we thank Ms. Robinette and the students for their hard work on this. It's really great.

Good afternoon, the AWESOME UHS MARCHING BAND is now taking signups for marching band next year. You can see Ms. Sturgill in the band room or parents/students can use the link below. The information is on the google form. www.wisek12.org/ums/bandsignup

The very popular Wise County Public Schools Summer Arts Academy is back this year! Please visit this for information and to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemD7WniNgqvnN7HGty-fGR7tT-fVD4e9UMauQ9PkEl5dfA7A/viewform and here: https://www.facebook.com/WCPSsummerartsacademy

Let's use this google doc order form instead for Friday! This is a better version for us to print off of. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zj5htrRP8_8OfSQ2axdEPTUyY8uCa-xrEVLb5T0aGN4/edit?usp=sharing

Hello UMS! Friday is our annual SOL kickoff with Dough and Joe. The attachment has the menu items for sale. This is extremely popular each year. We will do this during exploratory classes on Friday. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dKrift0xj3tcxnG6ivQGSM-Pb2wogATf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105797491131063677283&rtpof=true&sd=true

Students can now pre-order their yearbook! Yearbooks can be purchased ONLINE ONLY at the link below. No in-person payments will be taken at this time. Make sure to reserve your copy as soon as possible; we have a limited number to sell. https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A08796800 We have a limited number. Some years we do run out. Pre-ordering is the best way to make sure you get one. Yearbooks will arrive sometime in May. Any questions, please email Ms. Bostic at bbostic@wisek12.org

Good morning UMS, I just submitted my vehicle and pedestrian safety plan. I want to remind everyone that all morning drop-offs and evening pick-ups are in the back of the school in the lane nearest the sidewalk. During the school day, 8:30-3:00, please feel free to use the front parking lot. Thank you so much, Mr. Clendenon

Hello UMS!!! Our latest edition of the UMS newspaper is out!! www.wisek12.org/ums/newspaper Thank you to the students and Ms. Johnson for their hard work!

Good morning! The 8th and 5th grades will be gone from 9:45 until 12:00 to UHS for the Little Mermaid production. Thanks!

Pro-Art is proud to announce the return of their Theatre Camp this summer! This camp is for all student in Wise County grades 3rd - 12th!

MS baseball game today at Eastside has been cancelled. Moving it to tomorrow at Eastside with 630 pm start.

Total cans brought in: 2,670 THIS IS MORE THAN EVER! Overall Leader: Ms. Thompson w/435 5th Leader: Ms. Slagle w/200 6th Leader: Sgt. Renfro w/92 7th Leader: Ms. Baker w/281 Thank you everyone for all your help and your donations! The food banks have been very thankful! Overall winner gets a pizza party, grade leaders get donuts!

Good morning! I wanted to give everyone an update on the Jr. Beta canned food drive. We collected over 2500 cans for the BSG and APPY food banks. That is not a misprint...>2500. We will announce the winning homerooms soon!!

Hello UMS! We will do hat days all week this week. Students can wear their hats each day for $1. They pay their homeroom teacher. Every dime we collect of hat days and jeans weeks goes to charitable events. This week's is to help on funeral expenses for a recent student.