Middlebury Union Middle School

A tiger, the mascot of the school

The Middlebury Union Middle School is in Middlebury, Vermont. The school services the towns of Middlebury, Ripton, Weybridge, Cornwall Shoreham, Bridport, and Salisbury. The school population is about 350 7^th and 8^th graders. They are separated into four teams, two 7^th and two 8^th, Lynx, Kaleidoscope, Quicksilver, and Mustang. The school mascot is the tiger, and the motto of the school is,"Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it's tiger time."

Administration

The staff in the front administrative office are as follows:

• Inga E. Duktig, Principal
• Christopher Agan, Dean of Students
• Judy DeBouter, Admin. Assistant for Finance and Facilities
• Kandy Kinne, Admin. Assistant to the Principal and Dean of Students
• Shelly Harrison, Receptionist

School Board

The members of the school board are elected by the towns the school services. They are as follows, with their positions and respective towns listed:

• Thomas Beyer, Chair, Middlebury.
• Connie Leach, V. Chair, Middlebury.
• Peter Conlon, Clerk, Cornwall.
• Leonard Barret, Bridport.
• Gina Larrow, Middlebury.
• William F. O'Neil Jr., Shoreham.
• Mark Perrin, Middlebury.
• Jean Rosenberg, Middlebury.
• William Schneider, Middlebury.
• Lucy Schumer, Middlebury.
• Jerome Shedd, Ripton.

Guidance

The staff members employed in the guidance department are as follows:

• Margaret Coulman, Guidance Counselor
• Jeffrey Murawski, Guidance Counselor
• Carole Fenn, Admin. Assistant to Guidance

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Lynx

The teachers on the Lynx team are as follows:

• George Kulhowvick, Social Studies, team leader.
• Sherry Lawson, Science.
• Gareth Parizo, English.
• Derek Bartlett, Math.

Kaleidoscope

The teachers on the Kaleidoscope team are as follows:

• Jared Bailey, Math, team leader.
• Randy Barnes, Science.
• Mary Goodale, Social Studies.
• Eileen Sears, English.

Quicksilver

The teachers on the Quicksilver team are as follows:

• Sue Miner, Science, team leader.
• Paula Bellerose, English.
• Sara Nadeau, Social Studies.
• Jan Broderson, Math.

Mustang

The teachers on the Mustang team are as follows:

• Peter Brakely, Social Studies, team leader.
• Martha Santa-Maria, English.
• Paul Cherrier, Math.
• Janelle Perry-Askew, Science.

Special Area Teachers

The Special Area (SpAr) teachers are as follows:

• Claude Spaulding, Technology Education
• Ann Demong, Computer Technology
• Joe Bolger, Art
• Becky Saward, Living Arts
• Don Macintosh, Physical Education
• Jean Weidman, Physical Education
• Randy Farr, Physical Education
• Liz Cronin, Health
• Gene Childers, Band
• Elizabeth LeBeau, Choir

SpAr's are designed to give kids an opportunity to do things that students don't normally get to do in school. Tech Ed, for example, is a woodshop class, normally taken in high school as an elective. Or in Art, the teacher teaches students the basics of drawing in 7^th grade, and only a little bit more advanced in 8^th grade. In Living Arts, the student learn about nutrition and occasionally the students get to cook a food which they can then eat. In Computer Tech, students learn how to use spreadsheets, word documents, how to use a computer, keyboarding, and the basics of web pages and HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), all to prepare them for what teachers will ask them to do in the high school. ALL SpAr classes are mandatory.

• although not a SpAr teacher Barb Unger teaches geometry for six students in the school

Foreign Language Teachers

8th Graders at the school are allowed to take foreign languages. The teachers are as follows:

• Deb Koretz, Spanish.
• Marge (Magistra) Drexler, Latin.
• Denise Berube-Mayone, French.

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Schedule

The only classes that 7^th and 8^th graders have together at MUMS is Lunch, band, and choir (band and choir are optional classes). The Schedule at MUMS for 7 ^th and 8^th graders are as follows:

7^th:

Time	Class
8:28-8:35	TA
8:38-9:18	SpAr 1
9:21-9:59	SpAr 2
10:02-11:30	Core
11:33-12:10	Lunch/Band/Choir/Study Hall
12:13-12:35	Lunch/Study Hall
12:38-1:23	Academy
1:26-3:05	Core

8^th:

Time	Class
8:28-8:35	TA
8:38-9:59	Core
9:02-10:52	Core
10:55-11:30	Academy/Foreign Language
11:33-12:10	Lunch/Band/Choir/Study Hall
12:13-12:35	Lunch/Study Hall
12:38-1:35	Core (same as before Academy)
1:38-2:19	SpAr 3
2:22-3:05	SpAr 4

Sports and Activities

The school offers sports including: Boys and Girls can play Soccer, Lacrosse, Basketball, Wrestling, Cross-Country, and Track and Field. Girls can play Field Hockey, Gymnastics and Softball. Boys can play Baseball.

Some of the clubs in the school are as follows: The Drama Club, the Mathcounts[1] team, the newspaper club, the B.O.R.E.D. committee, Student Council, VKAT (Vermont Kids Against Tobacco), Student Wellness Action Team (SWAT), Students Opposing Alcohol and Drugs (SODA), the Geography Bee, and Memory Book.

Another activity the school offers is the dances on the last Friday of each month. There are around 6 dances per year and all MUMS students are allowed to attend. These dances also provide another activity such as a movie and sell refreshments; sodas, chips, sometimes waterand baked goods. The money earned from admission and refreshments goes to the host team's end of the year trip.

CRRS and Write-Ups

At the beginning of every school year, each student receives a free Powerbook, which is daily planner with every subject written in it for them to right down there homework in. In the front of the book, is the CRRS, or Code of Rights and Responsibilities for Students. The CRRS outlines the rules and punishments for almost every possible offense. At the beginning of 7^th grade, students receive a sheet that they must take home along with their Powerbook, and get signed by them and their parents, saying that they have read, understand, and are willing to abide by the Code. If a student breaks a minor rule, such as exchanging insults or play fighting, the victim or a bystander may "Write-Up" the Aggressor or Aggressors. Write-ups send the case to Student Court, a jury of 5 or 6 students overseen by the guidance councilors that talk to witnesses and involved parties and can administer fair disciplinary action.

For more information on the CRRS, go to the MUMS official website. Official website

Lunch Program

It is possible for students to receive food at various times in the day.In the morning before about 8:20am, students can get a breakfast sandwich or muffin and beverage such as milk or juice. During the mid-day break or lunchtime, students can enter the cafeteria and order a meal at the downtown deli or the hot lunch sections of the kitchen. The downtown deli offers a variety of soups, sandwiches, or salads each day. The lunch program is run by the Middlebury Food Service.

Train Derailment 10/22/07

On October twenty-second, a train derailed in downtown Middlebury, causing the center of town to go into a state of evacuation. The headquarters of the evacuation was the Middle School, servicing both the high school[2] and the elementary school in Middlebury as the collection point for all people displaced by the accident.

External links

• Official website
• Review on www.schoolmatters.com