
This is a reminder that Wise County Public Schools will be closed on Monday, November 4, 2024, and Tuesday, November 5, 2024. We look forward to students returning on Wednesday, November 6, 2024.

Good afternoon UMS! Our latest edition of the Bear Facts Newspaper is out!!! Our students work very hard on this and we are proud of the work they do.
www.wisek12.org/ums/newspaper
Check it out!

Hello again UMS bus drivers, please text me at 2763938033 if you want a pigeon forge trip on Friday!! Thanks!!!

Middle School Basketball Boys Tryouts are Tuesday and Wednesday after school until 5:45 (10/22+23/2024) Must attend both days to make the team. Must have a VHSL physical on file to tryout. Basketball questions? tmcamis@wisek12.org Physical questions? pclendenon@wisek12.org

Middle School Basketball Boys Tryouts are next week for interested 6th,7th, and 8th grade students.
Tuesday and Wednesday after school until 5:45 (10/22+23/2024)
Must attend both days to make the team.
Must have a VHSL physical on file to tryout.
Basketball questions? tmcamis@wisek12.org
Physical questions? pclendenon@wisek12.org

Hello UMS! Just a reminder that the Middle School football game vs. Virginia has been moved to tomorrow at 6PM at the AHS field! Thank you for your support of UMS and our kids!
It's going to feel like football weather with record lows in the forecast!!!

Wise County Public Schools will be closed on Monday, October 14, 2024, for Fall Break! We look forward to welcoming our students back to begin our 2nd 9 Week grading period on Tuesday, October 15, 2024!

Clarification on that last message I sent so that we are all clear: There is no school tomorrow so MS girls basketball tryouts will start at 3:30. (I think everyone understood that but I want to make sure everyone knows it's at 3:30 tomorrow)
Again, Middle School girls basketball tryouts begin tomorrow at 3:30 at UMS and last until 4:30 tomorrow.

Middle School Girls BASKETBALL (Grades 6, 7, 8) - two day tryout
Monday, OCTOBER 14th and TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15th
After school until 5PM
IMPORTANT NOTES
*You must have a current VHSL physical on file to tryout.
*These are try-out situations and we want the student-athletes to give their best effort!
*Players MUST attend both days of try-outs to make the team.
Basketball question? wslagle@wisek12.org
Physical question? pclendenon@wisek12.org

Hello UMS, by code of Virginia I am required to let you know that we will have a lockdown drill tomorrow at 1:30 at UMS. It will not last more than 10 minutes.
Thank you,
Mr. C

AMAZING NEWS!!
Congratulations to the 2024 Jr. Beta St. Jude's Yellow Ribbon Competition winners. We raised a total of $2,902.25 and that is more than last year! Great job!!!! Here are your winners:
Overall: Mrs. Slagle's homeroom with $542!!! Pizza Party!!!
Grade winners (Donut party!!!)
6th Grade: Mr. Renfro
7th Grade: Mrs. Bowman
8th Grade: Mrs. Varner
Thank you so much to Ms. Aebel and the Jr. Beta club for this awesome service project.

Good afternoon UMS parents and students, the parade and game will continue as scheduled.
However, we will move our dress up days to next week. Those are fun for our kids and I don't want them to miss out.
Have a great evening, Mr. C.

Wise County Public Schools will operate on a 2-Hour Delay on Thursday, October 3, 2024!
We appreciate the hard work of our utility companies and the staff of Wise County Schools for their hard work to get our students back in school!

Wise County Schools will remain closed on Wednesday, October 2, 2024.
We appreciate your continued patience and understanding as we work diligently to ensure a safe and swift return to normal school operations. Thank you for your ongoing support during this time.


Due to ongoing power outages affecting several of our schools, Wise County Public Schools will remain closed on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
Please continue to monitor our official communication channels for updates. Thank you for your understanding.

Due to ongoing power, internet, and phone service outages at several of our schools, along with many families still without essential utilities, Wise County Public Schools will be closed on Monday, September 30, 2024.
We appreciate your understanding and patience as we navigate this situation together as a community.


Wise County Public Schools will be closed today, Friday, September 27, 2024.


Wise County Public Schools will operate on a 2-Hour Delay on Friday, September 27, 2024, due to the forecasted weather conditions. If any changes to the schedule are made, we will notify everyone by 8:00am.

2024 Cub Cheer Camp - Please see the document. Students can also get the document from Ms. Rita at the front window if you don't have a printer. 10/15,16,17/2024 are the dates
Questions? daistrop@wisek12.org
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AVGuSaWk3fvPnzuQGxMcEny1Ovy9UyDx/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105797491131063677283&rtpof=true&sd=true

Homecoming in two weeks! I wanted to give everyone advanced notice of the days!!!
Begins on 9/30. See our Facebook page for the themes.