UMS Volleyball tryouts (6th, 7th, and 8th grade): Tryouts are August 1st and 2nd. That is THIS Thursday and Friday. They are 3:30 until 5:00 PM at Union High School.
Questions? mblagg@wisek12.org
Hello UMS and Happy Friday. Just a reminder to everyone, as we move from Remind to ROOMS for communication that you must get the Wise County Public Schools app in the app store. Teachers will send home "Magic codes" in the first two days of school.
It is easy to use but it is different. Make sure that you enable alerts when you download the app also because that is how ROOMS works.
From our Food Services Department:
The Virginia Department of Social Services will issue a one-time $120 food benefit through
Virginia SUN Bucks beginning August 2024 to children who qualify. Children qualify and are
automatically enrolled in Virginia SUN Bucks if they receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or an income-based Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid). If you are not enrolled in SNAP, TANF, or Medicaid you can apply and potentially qualify for Virginia SUN Bucks by visiting VirginiaSunBucks.com and mailing the application to:
Virginia Sun Bucks
c/o VDSS
5600 Cox Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060.
Applications will not be available until July 1, when the webpage goes live. The Application for SUN Bucks will require you to enter your child’s “Local Student ID Number.”
Contact the school your child attends to get this number. If you qualify, SUN Bucks benefits will be distributed beginning August 2024 on a rolling basis and will be loaded onto your current SNAP EBT Card or a Virginia SUN Bucks card.
The Tyler Giles Junior Youth Golf Day at Lonesome Pine Country Club will be held on July 30th! Free Golf Lessons, Free T-Shirts, Free Food, Free Golf and Give Aways for Junior Golfers (17 and under) starting at 9 a.m. Clubs will be provided to those who need them! Please contact Lonesome Pine Country Club (276-523-0739) to sign up.
Parents, the Health Department is having a vaccination clinic at UMS on August 7th from 4-6pm. This coincides with our 6th, 7th, and 8th grade back-to-school night. This will be up on the stage in the cafeteria.
Good morning! From Ms. Sturgill = The first marching band practice of the season will be held on Tuesday, July 2 from 6:00-8:00 pm in the Union High School Band room. This practice is for all new and returning students interested in participating in the upcoming season. No experience necessary.
Hello UMS! 5th grade orientation will be at 5PM on Monday, August 5th, 2024. We will have a short meeting all together in the cafeteria and then students will go with their homeroom teachers.
We are very excited for our new students to join us! We are proud of UMS and we are proud of our students!
Free Sports Physicals
In order to participate in a VHSL sanctioned sport student athletes will need an up to date physical. New physicals will be needed by July 1.
Here are a few opportunities:
Stone Mountain Health in Appalachia will be offering free sports physicals to anyone that may be in need of a physical. Physicals should be completed on a VHSL physical form. Those can be accessed online at the VHSL website, or you can pick one up in the office at UHS.
UHS will also be holding a few opportunities to receive a free physical. The first will be on June 27 from 3:30-6 at UHS.
From our Food Services Department concerning our Summer Feeding Program:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WMKXYfs_KNL4ubrt-bfFQC-ZZFnto-xs/view?usp=sharing
Good morning UMS! Report cards and SOL reports will come home today with students. As always, you can keep with students grades at www.wisek12.org/homeaccess
Hello UMS! Please look around the house tonight and send back all library books. We have received a bunch but there is a bunch more that we need!
Thank you!
Good morning UMS parents, we finish up most SOL testing with Science 5 and Civics today! Good luck to them!
One thing to note, we are still having school through next Thursday. haha. Students love to come home and say "I don't have to go", or something similar, but PLEASE SEND THEM. We want everyone here and to finish the year strong. Summer break starts NEXT Friday, not today. :-)
2024 Union P-Nut Football Draft is THURSDAY at 6PM on the field at Bullitt Park. Ages:7-12 Grades: 2-7
*Must be 7yo by 8/1/24 and cannot be 13yo by 7/1/24. No exceptions can be made to the age requirements.
Hello UMS! We want to say a huge THANK YOU to our school nurse! Nurse Ashley Moore does an excellent job dealing with our students and helping keep them safe. Help us celebrate School Nurse Appreciate week by saying THANK YOU to Nurse Ashley.
Hello UMS! The final edition of our school newspaper is ready to go! Thanks to Ms. Johnson and her staff for their work on bringing this back this year.
www.wisek12.org/ums/newspaper
Hello UMS! We have the Reading, Science, and Civics SOLs next week.
Monday= Reading 6
Tuesday = Reading 5 and Reading 8
Wednesday = Part 2 of Reading 5 and Reading 7
Thursday = Science 8
Friday = Science 5 and Civics
Please help us with attendance. We are very happy with the math results.
Good afternoon UMS! We had a great week and begin SOLs next week! Our kids are prepared and ready to go! It is very difficult to believe that there are only 14 days of school remaining!
I need to send a clarification on a message I posted earlier: there are exemptions available to all vaccines, not just HPV, for certain reasons for students. If you have questions about that, please contact pclendenon@wisek12.org or mrasnic@wisek12.org
Good afternoon! I hope that our communities go out and support the ANNIE THE MUSICAL tonight and tomorrow night at 7PM.
I had very high expectations before going, and it was EVEN BETTER than I expected. It was AMAZING!!!
Mr. Stidham and the students need to be commended on their work. The amount of hard work, studying, and preparation it takes to make that happen is simply amazing!!
Hello 6th grade parents, Right now is an excellent time to schedule your upcoming 7th grader for their vaccinations. If you have these complete, please send us a copy.
These vaccinations must be completed before the 1st day of school, 08/08/2024 for ALL 7th graders. Don't wait until summer to get these to us, help us by doing this now.
Vaccinations needed are:
1.TDAP
2. Meningococcal
3. HPV- Parents may sign a form to opt out if you do not want your child to get this particular vaccine.
Send completed vaccinations to mrasnic@wisek12.org
Questions: mrasnic@wisek12.org or pclendenon@wisek12.org
Hello UMS! The 5th and 8th grade will go to UHS tomorrow to see Annie, the musical. We will leave about 9:30 and be back around lunch. If you have questions email me or your child's homeroom teacher. pclendenon@wisek12.org We will be back for lunch here.