MMS Community Newsletter - August 14th, 2026

This week, our Administration team met with each grade level to outline MMS Policies and Expectations for behavior at our school. The topics came from common questions students had about MMS Student Handbook policies and rules. Some of the topics included:

If you or your students have questions or concerns about MMS policies / procedures, please email our administration team or call the MMS front office; thank you!

Mr. Kosal, MMS principal / 6th grade (pkosal@mgsd.k12.nc.us)

Dr. Browning, assistant principal / 7th grade (mbrowning@mgsd.k12.nc.us)

Mr. Bost, assistant principal / 8th grade (ronbost@mgsd.k12.nc.us)

Ms. Hoppers, athletic director (alexishoppers@mgsd.k12.nc.us)

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The first MMS school dance of the year happens tonight, August 14th, from 6 - 8:00pm in the MMS gymnasium! The theme of the first dance is Red Imp Spirit! -- wear MMS gear and school colors (red, white, black) to show your school spirit!

The cost to attend is $5 cash admission at the door, and cash concessions will be on sale all night also. Students should bring their Mooresville Middle ID cards to enter, but ID cards are not required for entry. Only MMS students may attend the dance for safety reasons.

We hope to see lots and lots of Red Imps at the year's first dance tonight!

Red Imp families: recently, the school leadership at Mooresville Intermediate and Rocky River Elementary have witnessed some E-Bikers riding between 3 - 4:00pm on the access road joining those schools to Kistler Farm Rd. We believe they are coming from MMS because of the time of day, age of the riders, and the MGSD backpacks.

Parents: if your students ride E-Bikes around the MMS campus, please remind your students they should not use the access road or bike around the intermediate and elementary schools until after 4:00 due to safety concerns. 

We are very concerned for these riders because it’s during MIS and Rocky River’s dismissal for school and preschool. There is a great deal of car and bus traffic on that access road during those times. E-Bike riders are also reminded that they must observe all regular traffic laws, in general. 

Thank you for your help keeping our students safe! 

All are welcome to c'mon out to support our Red Imp spring sports athletes! The cost is $6 cash to attend any home game or you can also purchase tickets in advance by using this link (+$1 online service charge). Normal start time for fall events is 4:30pm. Here are the HOME matchups scheduled for our Red Imp athletes next week:

Tuesday, Aug. 18 -- Football vs. China Grove + Girls Tennis vs. Kannapolis

Thursday, Aug. 20 -- Boys Tennis vs. West Rowan

For whole-season sports schedules, please visit the MMS website --> MMS Athletics

Attention: all transportation requests and changes must be submitted through each school's data manager to be entered into Infinite Campus. Requests will be processed and assigned in the order they are received. Please call the front office and ask for MMS data manager Ms. Cowan (704-658-2720), or email her instead (robincowan@mgsd.k12.nc.us)

All Transportation communication to families uses Parent Square, so be sure to have notifications turned on. It's also wise to download the Here Comes The Bus app for students / parents on their phone to see when buses are near their stop.

Requests submitted at this point in the year may take 3-5 days to process with the Transportation department. In those cases, families should be prepared to provide transportation for their child until a bus assignment can be established.

Counselor Request Form: We wanted to share the Request to See a Counselor form with parents. (Students will have access to this link in Canvas as well.). Once a student completes the form either Ms. White or Ms. Buff (school counselors) will have the student called to the office. We're here to help! 

MMS Resources Form: There are several resources available to our students and families. If a student is in need of the following, a parent or guardian can complete the form linked above:

One big change this year is that we no longer have access to give out shoes to students. The program has been stopped at the company level. If this changes in the future, we will let you and parents know.

**Please message either Ms. White or Ms. Buff if you'd like help for your student / family in any of the above areas. We are here to help!

Support our school without spending an extra dime!

Simply download the Box Tops for Education app, select your local school, and scan your everyday grocery receipts to earn cash for our classrooms. 

See the attached referral code (WT9N8XS1) and QR code for Mooresville Middle School.

Thank you for your support!

(from the MMS Student / Parent Handbook) Arriving on time to school is very important. Students may enter our building beginning at 7:35am, and the tardy bell rings to start school rings promptly at 7:55 a.m.  

Students dropping off their instruments or athletic equipment to their locker / band room upon arrival at school should do so prior to Homeroom / breakfast and then report promptly to their first period. They should not loiter in the hallways or locker rooms. An MMS staff member will be stationed by the front gym / concession stand entrance to allow for faster student drop-off of those items. *Parents dropping off students with equipment should park in the front lot to unload items rather than stopping the car-rider line traffic. Students can use the crosswalk when a staff members allows for safe crossing.

Any student entering our building at 7:56am or later will be coded as Tardy to School. MGSD bus riders are, naturally, exempt from tardies if the bus itself is late to school. If parents wish to transport their child to school, it is their responsibility to ensure they arrive on time.

1st, 2nd, & 3rd tardy = Parent Square message home + verbal reminder to student of tardiness

4th & 5th tardy = Lunch Detention with Parent Square notice to parent

6th tardy & beyond = Office Referral w/ 1 day ISS consequences

Tardies to school reset to zero at the beginning of each quarter.