Patriot Pen Recipients

Every year we are proud to submit our entries to the Patriot Pen. Nearly 70,000 students in grades 6-8 enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest for a chance to win their share of more than $1.4 million in state and national awards. Each first place state winner receives a minimum of $500 at the national level, and the national first place winner wins $5,000! This year we are so impressed with the efforts by all of our students, but particularly by four students whose essays were so exemplary that they were recognized. This even included Ms. Carbone who was recognized for her committment to public service, Great job Blazers! 

MMS 1st Place: Giuliana Berardinelli       MMS 2nd Place: Ella Myers           MMS 3rd Place: Greyson Kelly

MMS Student Government is hard at work! Our MMS Student Government led by Ms. Feicht and Mr. Whittaker held a student government retreat where they met with local politicians and community members that make a difference daily in Millbrook. Millbrook Mayor Peter Doro, Millbrook Central School District Board of Education President Perry Hartswick and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett spoke to our student government about the importance of their efforts and ways they truly can make a difference. The student government then participated in team building activities and created subcommittees for the various efforts that they will be making throughout the year. Thank You to all for their commitment to our learning community!

Although it is a little early here at MMS we are already making plans for MMS Moving Up Day which is Tuesday, June 23rd. In the next week Mrs. Winters will be emailing home a form for how you would like your child’s name to appear on their Moving Up Day certificate. Please fill it out and return it to her by the end of January.

Students at Millbrook Middle School once again participated in the annual Hour of Code. The Hour of Code is a worldwide movement that aims to introduce millions of students to computer science through one-hour coding activities. Through the Hour of Code, the goal is to demystify coding and show that anyone can learn the basics, inspiring future interest in computer science. 6th and 8th grade Science classes met in the MakerSpace with Mrs. Morton and guest speaker Dov Frankl, who spoke about his journey in the Computer Science field. Students were then led through some coding activities. 7th graders worked with Science teacher John Miller on a special Hour of Code activity in their Science classes. 

Happy Near Year from the PPS Office! As hard as it might be to believe, we have already begun our initial planning for the 26/27 school year. Here in the PPS Office in conjunction with the school teams, we have started working on a schedule for our CSE Annual Review meetings. Please be on the lookout for more information to come regarding the date of your child’s Annual Review Meeting. 

As always, if you have questions regarding your child, please do not hesitate to contact the PPS Office.

So much fun was had by our students in December. We had an fantastic winter spirit week that included Pijama, Adam Sandler, and Color Wars days that culminated in an incredible Pep Rally at the high school where we recognized all of our Winter Sports Athletes. That evening our middle schoolers came back to have a Winter Ball. Our students truly had a memorable evening and we cannot say enough about the impeccable behavior and school spirit that was displayed by all! A BIG thank you to our NJHS volunteers who helped througout the event. Happy Holidays!