Middie News - September 2026

MES will work with the Blessings In A Backpack program again this year. Blessings In A Backpack is an organization that provides extra food for students to take home with them on Fridays to help provide for them over the weekend. Items are usually fairly easy to make and "kid-friendly." If your student has already participated in Blessings In A Backpack last year, they will automatically be signed up for this year. 

Participation is FREE, and there is no qualification process; all you have to do is ask to be signed up. If you are interested in this program for your child, please contact Mr. Peery through ParentSquare or at peeryb@mcsin-k12.org.

The mobile dentist will be visiting Middlebury Elementary soon!. This convenient service is available to all students. They accept private insurance, Medicaid, self-pay, and grant assistance is available. Services offered include x-rays, cleanings, fluoride, sealants, and even simple restorative treatments. Everyone received a sign-up form in their gray Back to School folder. If you need another copy, please contact the school or you can register your student online.

Please keep a seasonally appropriate change of clothes in your child's backpack. Accidents happen; there can be spills in the cafeteria, and the playground can be wet and muddy. The clinic is running low on several sizes (especially bottoms) and may not have clothes to share.

To better protect the safety of our students, Middlebury schools changed our policy on background checks. There was a letter explaining this new process in everyone's grey registration folder. The standard free background check will still apply to most visits or volunteer opportunities. However, if you would like to chaperone field trips, you will now need a higher level of screening, which has a $5.00 fee. Background checks are good for two years and are valid for all schools in the district. If you have done a level 1 check and want to do a level 2 check, please call the office first so we can cancel the level 1 check. Due to the nature of the new screening process, ALL background checks need to be filled out online. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in helping keep the safety of our students a top priority. If you have any questions, please contact the office.

If you need to change how your child will be going home (for example, being picked up instead of riding the bus), please send a note in your child's backpack or contact the office as soon as possible during the day. The office can get very busy towards the end of the day - especially the first few days of school - and the earlier we know the better. Thank you!

Students are expected to be in school except in cases of emergency, illness, or school-approved absences. Parents should call the school office on the day a student is absent (825-2158). The school will call home if no parent contact is made by 8:30 AM. A doctor's statement may be required for an extended illness. If your child cannot go out for recess, he/she must bring a doctor's note stating the reason for being excused. Extended absences from P.E. will require a doctor's statement.

FALL SWIM LESSONS! It will be Wednesday evening from 6:15-7p staring the first week of September. We had a lot of feedback from summer sessions and wanted to make lessons more accessible to working families. Spots will be limited; sign up with the link below!

Just a reminder that Wednesdays are LATE START days. Every Wednesday we will start at 8:05. Busses will arrive about 25 minutes later than other days and our doors will open 25 minutes later than other days.