KMMS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Hello everyone!  It is time for the 22nd annual BEAT THE DAWG tournament.  Mr. Morris in Create has the men's NCAA brackets for this year's tournament.  Fill it in before Thursday morning and return to him.  Pick the winners and have the most points...you get a swag bag with gift cards and drink of your choice!  Mr. Morris has Gonzaga winning...for the 22nd straight year.

Registration is now open for fall 2025 Jr Laser Football.  

K-4 flag football, Grades 5-8 tackle football. The season runs August-October.

Early bird deadline registration is April 7. Please visit www.kettlemorainlaserfootball.com

Best Buddies is excited to host our next event, Wednesday, March 19th from 2:45 - 3:30.  We will meet in the 7th grade Inspire open area. We will have a variety of KMMS staff members joining us to help host some fun activities (think "Minute to Win it" style!) Can't wait to see you there!

Join us for a night of "Jazz in the Kettle" on Tuesday, March 18th! The concert will feature the 7th and 8th Grade Jazz Ensembles from KMMS, KMHS Orchestras, KMHS Vocal Jazz, the KMHS Jazz Combo, and KMHS Jazz Ensembles 1 and 2. 

This free concert starts at 7pm and is in the newly renovated Prism Performing Arts Center at Kettle Moraine High School.

Kettle Moraine Middle School presents Willy Wonka JR. on April 11 at 7pm and April 12 at 2pm at the Kettle Moraine Prism Auditorium. There will also be an art show by KMMS students in the auditorium lobby. Tickets can be purchased online (linked here). Adults are $15, seniors and students are $10, and children 5 & under are free. 

Registration opens March 17th

We know everyone is excited for spring break but don't forget to sign up for track. Registration closes this Friday!  Don't worry if you have other sports and can't do all the practices. Your coaches understand. If you miss the sign up, we can not guarantee that your uniform shirt will be ordered in time for the first meet!  Coaches are also adding a practice on Wednesday, April 2 to hand out shirts and take yearbook pictures. 

Love reading? Join us in the library on Fridays after lunch instead of heading to recess! Just grab a purple pass from the office, bring your favorite book, and enjoy some quiet reading time in the library.

REGISTER FOR SUMMER ACADEMY TODAY!!! Students will be able to choose four courses per day (with the exception of Moving on to Kindergarten). To accommodate more families and staffing demands we will again run two separate sessions lasting six weeks total. Session one will run June 16-July 3 and session two will run July 7-July 25. Students can attend the full six weeks or one session only if preferred. Session two classes will be a repeat of content and activities from session one, unless noted in the course description. For open-enrollment students interested in "trying" KM, Summer Academy courses are available for a fee. Sign up NOW https://www.kmsd.edu/page/summer-academy

If you want a yearbook, BE SURE to order your yearbook TODAY!

Yearbooks are $15. 

The 2024-2025 Yearbook orders are due on Saturday, March 22!  (After March 22, orders may extend for a bit longer, but the price will jump up.) 

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Parents, IF you are not sure if you ordered a yearbook, you can go to the same ordering link and click on "ALREADY PLACED AN ORDER?" and look up the email address(es) that you may have ordered it under.  Students, you can do this yourselves to check online!

The link to order will take you directly to the KM Middle School Order Center.  If it asks for the job or school number, it is #30037. 

KMMS Yearbook 

Click here to purchase:   KMMS Yearbook Ordering link

The Student Senate meets after school until 4pm in the 6 Inspire house open area.
Members should be sure to bring a water bottle to the meeting today.

Future meetings: April 1517, 4/15, 4/28, 5/13
Any questions, please contact Mrs. McCaffery (6 Inspire) and Mrs. Hoffman (front office)

Learning lab is on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 2:45 - 4:00 in the library. All students not going to the Learning lab must have rides arriving prior to 3pm. Only those students may wait in the vestibule just inside the front doors. 

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The monthly focus for March is “Safe & Responsible.”  Remember that we use our partnerships to help keep KMMS safe.  Each student should have a partnership with a trusted adult, whom they can contact if there is a safety concern.  Students have partnerships with one another that they can use to encourage responsible behavior.  Finally, we all have a partnership with our School Resource Officer, Deputy Cattani, who is reachable in person or through SUSO to report dangerous or illegal situations.

We want to take a moment to emphasize that safety is a serious topic.  When students joke about bullying, fighting, or other unsafe behaviors, it is unhelpful to staff members trying to keep the building safe.  These types of jokes could include misusing SUSO or shouting, “He’s bullying me!” in the hallway as a staff member walks past.  Joking about these topics disregards the serious impact that they can have on students.

If you have a genuine safety concern about one of your peers, remember to follow the ACT acronym.  ACT stands for acknowledge, care, and tell.  Step one is to acknowledge that you are concerned about your friend.  This could look like saying, “Your situation sounds serious.  I’m worried about you.”  The second step is to care, which involves telling your friend out loud that they matter to you, you want them to be safe, and you’re going to help them get in touch with a trusted adult.  The last step is to tell a trusted adult.  In the best case scenario, you would go with your friend and support them while you talk to a trusted adult together.  If your friend isn’t willing to go to an adult with you, then you should still report your safety concern to an adult on your own.  
Each KMMS student can help to keep our school safe by making responsible choices and encouraging others to do the same!  It’s a great day to be a Laser, when we’re Safe & Responsible!    

It’s a great day… to be a LASER!

KETTLE MORAINE MIDDLE SCHOOL
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