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ATTENTION PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS!

Join us on the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL as we CHEER ON OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS!

The HSA will have a limited amount of swag (pom poms, signs, cowbells) but feel free to BYO! See below for entrances for 6th, 7th and 8th graders!

Doors open around 8:10am! Staff will meet students starting at 8:00am.

Save the Date: MMS Back To School Night is 9/17

Save the Date! Wednesday, September 17 is BTSN! Doors open at 6:40pm.

Program runs 7-9pm.

Reminder this is a 4-hr day for MMS students with 12:30pm dismissal. Lunch will NOT be served.

Food Services Information

There is lunch and breakfast service beginning on the first day of school. The cafeteria opens for breakfast program at 7:30am. Report to the Maple Ave side of the building to enter the cafeteria.

Here’s the link to the district page… https://www.somsdk12.org/district/foodservices

Fill out your free and reduced lunch application here! https://www.somsdk12.org/.../free-reduced-lunch-application

If you haven’t already, set up a Payschools Account: https://www.somsdk12.org/district/foodservices/payschools

MMS HSA Tissue Drive

Help the MMS HSA give our MMS staff and students a healthy start to the school year!

Tissues are one of the MOST REQUESTED items by teachers! Donate a box by dropping off in the bins on the front lawn of MMS.

Don’t have time to shop? DONATE $5 and we’ll do the legwork!

https://mmshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/packet/1565

MMS HSA Welcome Back Staff Luncheon 9/5

Help the MMS HSA give our MMS staff and students a healthy start to the school year!

Tissues are one of the MOST REQUESTED items by teachers! Donate a box by dropping off in the bins on the front lawn of MMS.

Don’t have time to shop? DONATE $5 and we’ll do the legwork!

https://mmshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/packet/1565

Subscribe to our HSA Newsletter and join the MMS HSA Facebook Groups!

Welcome to MMS!

Make sure to subscribe to our weekly HSA Newsletter to keep up to date on all events, dates and happenings! Register/Subscribe Here

If you haven't yet (and want to!) join the

MMS Families Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1G3gAjWsFd/

Also join our grade level Facebook groups
6th Grade https://www.facebook.com/share/g/16c5e1bVF7/
7th Grade https://www.facebook.com/share/g/16zGECoehE/
8th Grade https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FmgB99mm6/

MMS HSA Tissue Drive

Help the MMS HSA give our MMS staff and students a healthy start to the school year!

Tissues are one of the MOST REQUESTED items by teachers! Donate a box by dropping off in the bins on the front lawn of MMS.

Don’t have time to shop? DONATE $5 and we’ll do the legwork!

https://mmshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/packet/1565

2025-26 Welcome Letter

Please find our MMS Family Welcome Letter.August 25, 2025 .pdf. We can't wait to welcome you back to MMS next Tuesday, September 2, 2025!

Our summer program students have come up with a few choices for our school vision statement to set the tone for our school year. Vote on your favorite here! We will share the top choice this Thursday!
We look forward to a celebratory first day of school. Link here: Request your favorite songs for our Back to School playlist!
Please check email between now and the start of the school year. We will continue to share information with you about Back to School.
Fill out your free and reduced lunch application here! https://www.somsdk12.org/district/foodservices/free-reduced-lunch-application

Please reach out if you have any questions about our first days of school. We are here to help set you up for a great school year!

--Dara Gronau

dgronau@somsd.k12.nj.us

Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/mms_cougar/

Upcoming dates to know

August 28-SOMSD BOE meeting

August 29-SOMSD Closed

September 1-SOMSD Closed (Labor Day)

September 2-First day of school for all students

September 17-MMS Back to School Night (12:30pm dismissal day for MMS students)

September 23-SOMSD closed (Rosh Hashana)

September 24-SOMSD closed (Rosh Hashana)

October 2-SOMSD closed (Yom Kippur)

October 9-Q1 Progress Reports Live in PowerSchool

October 14-4 hour day for all SOMSD students (PD day for staff)

Student Schedules are Online

Schedules are in PowerSchool! 2025-2026.pdf

Welcome Back to MMS 2025-2026!

We are so excited to see everyone for the first day of school on Tuesday, September 2nd!!

Student schedules are viewable in PowerSchool!

Please note:

We will only consider changes for an incorrect math course placement or an incorrect music placement.
About electives: Students were only guaranteed one choice of an elective.
- If you made a choice in PowerSchool in the spring, you were placed in that elective.
- If you didn't make a choice, we made the choice for you.
- For those students who have more than one elective, the other elective(s) were assigned (as we indicated they would be in the spring when we sent out the instructions for signing up for classes)
Please do not contact us requesting a different team or different teacher. We are not honoring those requests.
Again, please only reach out for a schedule change request for the following situations:
- You are in the incorrect math course
- You are in not in Band, Chorus, or Orchestra and you want to be (or the opposite)
- You have a hole in your schedule (for example, there is nothing on your schedule period 2).
  - Remember, 6th and 7th graders are not assigned to a period 8. That is the rotation period.