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SY2025-2026 Website Archive

Summer School Begins at LPUMS

Class of 2026 Wildcats Promoted

Congratulations to Luis P. Untalan Middle School's 8th Grade Class of 2026! They were promoted on May 13 in a ceremony at the University of Guam fieldhouse.
View the pictures from Premium Art Photo here. Password is lpumssy2026.
View more pictures from Yearbook Plus.

Track & Field team place Third

Read the article from the Guam Daily Post.

Congratulations to the Lady Wildcats Track & Field team! They placed third in the Guam Department of Education Interscholastic Sports Association Middle School All-Island Track and Field Championship on May 17 at the John F. Kennedy track. Congratulations also to 8th graders Averin Reyes for placing 1st in Discus and Shotput and Xylah Limtuatco for placing 2nd in the 1500M and 800M.

8th Grade Promotional

It's almost that time of the year! As the 2025-2026 school year winds down to a close for all wildcats, we celebrate their successes as well as promote our 8th graders to high school. This year's 8th Grade Promotional Ceremony is on Wednesday, May 13 at the University of Guam Fieldhouse. Congratulations to the 8th Grade Promotional Committee made up of parents, administration, and faculty for organizing and fundraising for the event, lead by parent Maria Tenorio. Please read the flyer for more info!

Teacher Appreciation Week May 4-8

It's National Teacher's Appreciation Week! Here at LPUMS, we'd like everyone to spend the week showing their teachers how much they mean to the world! Each day has a specific theme. Thank your LPUMS teachers for all the amazing things they do, Wildcats!

Art Exhibit

Check out some wildcat artwork from May 2-9!

Register for Summer School at LPUMS

Parents: Register your child for summer school!

Order your 2026 LPUMS Yearbook

Yearbooks will be available for pick up starting May 11. Order and pay online before they are sold out!

Update: Classes return after Typhoon Sinlaku Closure

Monday, April 20— Classes at Luis P. Untalan will resume on Tuesday, April 21 due to last week's closure from Typhoon Sinlaku's destructive path to the Marianas Islands. Students should expect to be on Orange Day schedule. After the island returned to Condition 4 on April 16, GDOE schools were still assessing damages, and many were operating without power and water. Classes remained closed until Monday, April 20, when Superintendent Judith Won Pat made the decision to open a majority of all GDOE schools, including LPUMS, beginning on April 21.

Wildcats Celebrate Mes CHamoru

KUAM Features WeRead Fair

KUAM recently featured Luis P. Untalan Middle School's culmination of this year's WeRead program. Catch a glimpse of work by our students and the awesome organizers and support system that keeps it going on its second year!

Congratulations to Cross Country Wildcats

Congratulations to Xylah Limtuatco for being named MVP in the 2025 Interscholastic Sports Association Cross Country team. Xylah, an 8th grader in the Jaguars team, was named in the All-Star team along with fellow wildcat Theiah Chaco, a 7th grader in the Jaguars team. Xylah is pictured in an announcement from Guam Department of Education.

From left: Erica Paulino & Alexa Mendiola

Wildcats Finalize Top Spellers

Congratulations to Erica Paulino, a 7th grader from the Jaguars team, for winning the school-wide Spelling Bee. Erica beat out 9 other students in multiple rounds of a spell-off. Sixth grader Alexa Mendiola, from the Cheetahs team, was selected as the alternate. Erica will participate in the islandwide spelling bee in March. Thank you to Mrs. Sheila Indalecio and her team of teacher judges for holding the school competition.

From left: Jhaneia Nebres, Lara Tullao, Jorian Quichocho, Alexandra Viva, Erica Paulino, Alexa Mendiola, Ava Wolford, Chris Bernal, Ocean Palakiko, and Leinad Dela Cruz. Judges standing behind spellers are Mrs. Manalo, Mr. Gomez, Mrs. Duenas. Mrs. Indalecio, Mrs. Fernandez, and Mrs. Leon Guerrero.

Afterschool Program Starts at LPUMS

Beginning on January 12, Luis P. Untalan Middle School began offering it's first after school program since the COVID-19 Pandemic. The program offers homework help and tutoring for students as well as provide them with meanigful activities.

The program will continue until April 17. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Christian Gomez at cdgomez@gdoe.net

Support WeRead Program at Pizza Hut Fundraiser, Wildcats Have WeShare.Fair

Hafa Adai! our school is enjoying our WeRead. book so far this year, Holes by Louis Sachar! Soon we will have students come into the WeRead. Library and choose books to take home and keep and add to their home library. LPUMS has developed a unique and positive reading culture that promotes literacy through a school-wide shared experience.

There will be a fundraiser on Tuesday January 20th at all Pizza Hut locations to help raise funds for these Home Library Starter Kits. Flyers are available in the school newsletter and to print from the school website. WeRead. will only get a % of purchases made with a physical flyer (not digital flyers). Thank you for your support!

Christmas Break is Almost Here!

Celebrate our last week with Spirit Week. See the flyer for more info!

Wednesday is Jingle Jungle Activity Day, please see the schedule for times.

Read our December Newsletter!

Thank you to Language Arts teachers Mr. Christian Gomez and Mrs. Ramona Duenas for writing, compiling, editing, and laying out our very informative monthly newsletter. Thank you also to our monthly contributors, Mrs. Dela Cruz, Mrs. Madrid Borja, Mrs. Haane Leon Guerrero, and Nurse Jocelyn Sabinay.

LPUMS Newsletter Dec. 2025.pdf

Wildcats Donate to Charity

Thank you, Wildcats! After weeks of collecting toiletries and canned goods by the National Junior Honor Society in partnership with the School Climate Culture and Engagement Support Services & Outreach team, Luis P. Untalan Middle School was able to donate to the Non-Profit Charity, Be Heartfelt. The local and global charity serves homeless, orphaned, and needy youth throughout the island founded by Guam-born Lori Marble.

Congratulations to Team Lions for donating the most and earning the team a dress down day!

Representatives from Be Heartfelt (standing left, Business & Tech Charter School teacher Mr. Stilwell and students) received the donations from Principal Natasha Dela Cruz and members and advisors of the National Junior Honor Society (Mr. Bacani, Mrs. Manalo), and the SCCE SSOT social worker Grace Iwashita.

PAWS Winners Rewarded with Fieldtrip

Congratulations to the PAWS raffle winners, who were randomly selected from all the PAWS winners last month, for winning a fieldtrip to Wendy's recently. Each winner was able to bring a friend. Thank you to the School Climate Cadre for organizing the fieldtrip!

Wildcats: Celebrate Thanksgiving with November Spirit Week

Read our November Newsletter

LPUMS Newsletter Oct. 2025.pdf

6th grade Teachers & Admin

Students dressed up on Oct. 31, 2025!

7th & 8th grade teachers and admin

Wildcats End October with Spirit Week

Attention all wildcats! October Spirit Week is on October 27 to 31! Join the fun and show your school spirit each day:
Monday: Jersey Day – Team up against drugs!
Tuesday: Twinning Day – Dress alike with a friend!
Wednesday: Culture Day – Celebrate your heritage!
Thursday: Superhero Day – Be the hero, say no to drugs!
Friday: Halloween Costume Day – Say BOO to drugs!
View the flyer for dress-down ideas. Remember, all costumes and outfits must follow the school dress code. Let’s show our Wildcat pride and stay drug-free!

Wildcats celebrate Unity Day

Oct. 22 Wildcats celebrated Unity Day by wearing orange--one of our school colors. Unity Day is an annual event, celebrated on the third Wednesday in October, that promotes kindness, acceptance, and inclusion to prevent bullying. Participants wear and share the color orange to send a visible message of unity against bullying during National Bullying Prevention Month. It was launched by PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center in 2011.

Our Counselors and Nurse encouraged everyone to please choose kindness, acceptance, and inclusion today and everyday! The Fierce Dance Team also showed their colors on Unity Day.

WeRead. Program Kicks off it's Second Year with School-wide Assembly

On Oct. 16, Luis P. Untalan Middle School kicked off WeRead with an assembly and giveaways! WeRead. is Luis P. Untalan Middle School's literacy program that brings students, faculty & staff, and families together through shared reading experiences. Coordinated by 8th grade reading teacher Madrid Borja (who also wrote the grant) and 8th grade Language Arts teacher Haane Leon Guerrero, all Excel teachers will have their classes read this year's novel, Holes by Louis Sachar.

Pictures from the Oct. 16 assembly.

View this year's hype video!

Picture Week is on Oct. 6-10, 2025

Guam Premium Art Photo will be on campus all week to take portraits and group pictures of the wildcat school community.

Packets for student portraits were distributed to students by their science teachers. Please review the Picture Week flyer for specific times by science teacher. Packets can be purchased online by using the QR code.

Students can also take group pictures with their friends by purchasing a group order. All student portraits and student group photos will be included in the 2026 LPUMS Yearbook!

Parents: Please come to October PTO Meeting

October Newsletter

Read the latest happenings from wildcats around the Luis P. Untalan Middle School campus in our October Wildcats Newsletter.

LPUMS Newsletter Oct. 2025.pdf

Spirit Week Sept. 22-26

Spirit Week will start on Monday, Sept. 22 to Sept. 26. Students must adhere to the theme in order to dress down. Dress down rules apply--no spaghetti straps, drugs/alcohol images, short shorts, tank tops, exposed stomachs, rips, inappropriate logos or pullovers. Students can also choose to just wear their uniforms if they do not want to participate.

PTO Meeting Thursday 9/11

9-11-25: Parents are invited to attend the Parent-Teacher Organization meeting tonight at 6pm in the school cafeteria. Parents of out-of-district students are required to attend. View the flyer for more info on the agenda.

Mesh/Clear Bag Policy in Place Beginning Sept. 9

9-8-25: Read about today's Modified Lockdown situation and Clear/Mesh Bag Policy that has been put in place.

Principal's Letter 9-8-25

Science Teacher Benny Chargualaf from Team Lions presented at last year's Open House Night.

Parents Invited to Open House Night

It's that annual tradition once again for wildcat parents to visit the Luis P. Untalan Middle School campus to meet the teachers, administrators, and staff as SY2025-2026 gets underway!

Beginning at 5:30pm in the school cafeteria on Thursday, Sept. 4, parents can become better acquainted to all the people with whom their child will be spending most of their week days. Elective teachers will be introduced and they will be ready to provide information about their classes via pamphlets. After the cafeteria introductory session, parents can then attend separate presentations in designated rooms around the campus from their child's team of core teachers. There is time for two sessions, which will allow more time for parents who have multiple children at LPUMS.

Check out our Wildcats Newsletter

View the September 2025 Edition

LPUMS Newsletter Sept. 2025.pdf

Parents/Guardians, please complete survey

Please click the picture or scan the QR code to take the survey.

PTO holds first meeting

Parents and students filled the school cafeteria on Thursday, August 21 for the first Parent-Teacher Organization meeting of the new school year. Among the agenda, our new principal Mrs. Natasha Dela Cruz introduced herself and some of her plans for the year. The new PTO officers were also voted by the body: President Simone Bollinger, VP Victor Paulino, Treasurer Joyce Dingcong, Secretary Ursula Herrera, and Teacher Rep Lisa Barcinas. The PTO also held a raffle drawing of household products for lucky winners to take home, and students who were there with their parents received a dress-down pass.

First PTO Meeting on August 21

8-15-25: The first Parent-Teacher Organization meeting will be held on Thursday, August 21 in the school cafeteria. Please view the flyer for more info.

Students who bring their parents to the meeting will get a dress down pass for the following day on August 22. Students who receive a pass don't have to wear a uniform on August 22, but they must follow the dress down policy.

Free School Supplies for Students

8-8-25: Luis P. Untalan Middle School will be distributing school supplies next week during EXCEL period starting Monday 8/11/25 for 6th graders, Wednesday 8/13/25 for 7th graders, and Friday 8/15/25 for 8th graders at the front of the school. Please view the flyer for more information.

Welcome Back to School Supplies.pdf

2025 Yearbooks Ready for Pickup

8-8-25: Parents/Guardians may start picking up their child's 2025 Yearbook starting Monday, August 11 until August 13 during the following times: 11:30-12:30pm and 3:45-4:30pm. Parents/Guardians should bring a copy of their receipt and have an ID ready. Existing students who ordered a yearbook can pick up their yearbook during those times. Parents, please email Yearbook Advisor Mrs. Carino to inform her when you will be coming by or to ask specific questions at jcarino@gdoe.net.

Welcome Back, Wildcats!

Students, please take note of these procedures for the First Day of Classes:

8th grade 1st period class will be posted in the Center Court by student name
7th grade 1st period class will be posted in the Cafeteria by student name
6th grade 1st period class will be posted by in the Gym by student name
We are following the Black day schedule (1st, 2nd, Excel/Lunch, 3rd, 4th)
Students are to report to their 1st period and will get their schedules from their teachers
If a student is missing a period or has a duplicated period in their schedule, they are to report to the cafeteria. Students are to report to the cafeteria during their missing period or duplicated period, no earlier. Counselors will assist with this.
Attendance will be taken for every period.

Traffic Flow Procedures

Parents & Guardians: Please take note of Luis P. Untalan Middle School's Traffic Flow Procedures.

Car Rider Drop-Off Procedures - LPUMS updated 080625.pdf

Bus Schedule

Parents & Guardians: Please click the picture to view the Department of Public Works Bus Schedule.

New Student Orientation Presentation

* 2025 LPUMS Feeder School Orientation Presentation_20250209

2025 LPUMS Summer School

Extended School Year SPED Teachers:

Norly Cabrera-Balbin
Kathy Salas

Summer School Teachers

Christian Gomez
Andrew Hernandez
Antonio Poblete

Coordinator:
Mary Grace Abad

SY 2024-2025 Yearbook

YEARBOOK UPDATE:
The 2025 LPUMS Yearbooks will be delivered in early August 2025. The 130-page, full color hard cover book will include all activities and sports until May.

Please email Yearbook Advisor MRS. CARINO at jcarino@gdoe.net for more info.