PowerSchool is Open!

The Parent and Student Portal is Open for the 2023-2024 School Year!
We are excited to see you on September 7, 2023!
Please review your/your child’s schedule.
If you have questions, please reach out to your child’s grade level counselor and Assistant Principal Louis Brown (email addresses below).
Please note the following:
- We will only consider schedule changes for the following situations:
- You are placed in the incorrect Math Course.
- You are placed/or not placed in the Music Course of your choice (Band, Orchestra, or Chorus).
- You did not receive the one elective course you chose.
- There still may be a small number of changes before the 7th.
- If you submitted course requests in the spring, you were assigned to the elective of your choice.
- We assigned the other electives.
- If you did not submit a course request, we assigned you to electives.
- For some students, we were not able to assign you the elective you chose because of other course needs in your schedule.
Remember, there is a new PowerSchool Web Address:
6th Grade Counselor: Kevin Philemon kphilemo@somsd.k12.nj.us
7th Grade Counselor: Kelli Goldstein kgoldste@somsd.k12.nj.us
8th Grade Counselor: April Battle abattle@somsd.k12.nj.us
Assistant Principal: Louis Brown lbrown@somsd.k12.nj.us
For help accessing PowerSchool, visit: https://www.somsd.k12.nj.us/district/information-technology/parentportalhelp/
6th Grade Open House is Thursday, 8/31

Save the date! All MMS 6th graders are invited to a 6th grade open house any time between the hours of 10am-12pm in person at MMS on Thursday, August 31!
- Meet the MMS leadership team
- Learn your way around the main areas of the building
- Learn about how to read and understand your school schedule.
- Learn about the first day of school and what to expect during your 6th grade orientation in the early weeks of the school year.
*Caregivers who send students should make arrangements for drop off and pick up or allow students to walk on their own. This event will not be 2 full hours.
Don't worry if you are out of town or can't make it! We will review everything with all students on the first day of school!
SOMA Shares Backpack Drive

SOMA Shares is officially kicking off the backpack drive!
6th Grade Immunization and Physical Forms Due

Questions? Contact MMS' Nurse Gretchen Shook at gshook@somsd.k12.nj.us
Student Physical Exam Form.pdf
New PowerSchool Links

SOMSD Calendar SY 2023-24

The district calendar for the 2023-2024 school year was revised sometime in the spring. When that change was made, Spring Break was moved a week earlier than had previously been published. So, if you haven't looked lately, be sure to check the updated calendar.
SAVE THE DATE: September 21 is Back to School Night, which means a 4-hour day for MMS!
To add the district calendar to your own Google calendar, you can find it here: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_ruescr3qre2eggkg4vmlqnsj20@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York
We are still populating the MMS HSA calendar, but you can find and add it here: https://mmshsa.membershiptoolkit.com/Calendar
MMS Spirit Week/Battle of the Classes

MMS Student Council presents:
Spirit Week Dress Up Days
6/19 Celebrity/Character Day - Dress up like your favorite celeb or fictional character
6/20 Pajama Day - Get comfy in your pajamas or sweats!
6/21 Class Colors - Battle Of the Classes. Show your grade level pride and wear your class colors for Battle of the Classes
6th Grade- White
7th Grade- Black
8th Grade- WEAR YOUR RED 8th GRADE T-SHIRT
For more information visit tinyurl.com/mmsstuco1. To view the flyer, click here.
Student Council Toiletry Drive

Please help the Student Council by donating necessary toiletries for women and their families. Benefitting JBWS.
Dinner Dance Volunteers and Chaperones Needed

MMS 8th Grade Dinner Dance
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
8TH GRADE DINNER DANCE JUNE 20TH 7-9PM
The time has come to prepare for the 8th grade dinner dance at the Maplewood Country Club!
Please help us make this evening a great event for our rising middle
schoolers.
We need decorators and parent chaperones, note it is tradition for chaperones for this evening to come from the 6th and 7th grade classes.
Sign up to Chaperone or Volunteer here
Questions? Contact 8thgrade@maplewoodmiddleschool.org

