📱💙 Powering the Next Generation of Learners at Utica Elementary Middle School! 💙📱
(VIDEO) VERIZON INNOVATIVE LEARNING SCHOOLS
We are proud to be a VERIZON INNOVATIVE LEARNING SCHOOLS campus, providing our students with access to technology that supports engaging, personalized, and future-ready learning experiences! Through this partnership, students have the tools they need to learn, create, collaborate, and succeed both at school and at home.
📢 Important Reminder for Parents/Guardians:
Before your child can receive a school-issued device, the following must be completed:
✅ Pay the $30 Technology Fee
✅ Sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Devices cannot be issued until both requirements have been completed.
📍 You may complete these requirements by scanning the QR code on the flyer or by clicking the link:
Thank you for partnering with us as we continue building Champions in the Making—Every Play Counts! 🏆💙
‼️🗓Please be reminded that Wednesday, October 21st, is an IN-PERSON school day, for our Achievers. We look forward to seeing everyone on tomorrow👍🏾✨️💙 #ChampionsInTheMaking #EveryPlayCounts
‼️It's Report Card time🎉 Let's celebrate Success & Opportunities for Growth. Please review and sign, for return on tomorrow. ✨️
Red Ribbon Week kicks off next week❤️❤️❤️ Let's "Gear Up" as we express the importance of staying healthy, both mentally & physically. #DrugFreeU #RedRibbonWeek #HealthyU
📣Calling all Champion Supporters. As we prepare for our Fall Festival, we are in need of volunteers for our Annual Trunk or Treat Event🍂🍁🍂
🎉Ways to make this event a success:
✅️Sign up as a booth, to bring individually wrapped treats, setup a decorative trunk or table, and distribute to our Achivers.
🍬Donate individually wrapped treats for the upcoming event. Donations can be brought to the Elementary Front Office.
💻To sign up, please use the link, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOlaEh2Ep1T83_hBKXDEBhdqg83eUpX-GBwJhkAm7Bqw4Wog/viewform or QR Code provided. Further details are attached below.
🫶🏿We are so grateful for your thoughtfulness and willingness to support the "U"💙
#UTrunkorTreat #CommunitySupport #CelebrateSuccess
🎉Join us as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at the "U"
✨️You don't want to miss this EPIC performace titled "Exhibit of the Culture!" 💃🎶🎺🪇
🗓 Thursday, October 16, 2026
⏰️ 1:30 P.M.
📍UEMS Gym
#HispanicHeritageMonth #UEMSExcellence #HCSDFLEX
🍂 Fall Break is almost here! UEMS & HCSD families, please take note of our upcoming Fall Break schedule. Students will observe Fall Break October 5–9, with Parent-Teacher Conferences, Professional Development, and District closures scheduled throughout the week.
Please review the graphic for important dates and details. We look forward to welcoming our Achievers back on Monday, October 12, as we begin the Second Nine Weeks! #HCSDFLEX #Achievers #FallBreak
‼️Our last two FLEX Checks have been rescheduled for Wednesday & Thursday💪🏾Let's encourage our Achievers to FINISH STRONG, as we prepare for Fall Break🍂💛 #EveryPlayCounts #FinishStrong #UticaStrong
💪🏾It's FLEX CHECK TIME!!! Our 1st 9 Weeks Exams are starting Next Week. Join us in ensuring our Utica Champions are the P's: ✅️Present📝Prepared, and 🎉Pepped daily. We can't wait to celebrate our #UticaStrong Growth, Proficient, & Advanced Achievers of the Hinds County School District 📶 Are you #RangerReady?!? #FlexCheckHCSD
🎉It's Scholastic Book Fair Time! You are invited! Come out and Support the U, and our Achievers, by sending funds to shop next week. You can also upload funds by using the QR Code or this link: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/uticaelementarymiddleschool
Please note the times for purchasing items. You don't want to miss the BEST FAIR EVER! #ChampionsReadBooks #ScholasticBookFairs #SupporttheU
🗓Mark your Calendars for Monday, September 21st and join us for our Title I Parent Meeting.
⏰️5:30 P.M.
📍UEMS GYM
💙 Join us to learn about Student Support and Family Involvement Resources that our school and Hinds County School District provide.
#UticaStrong #HCSDFLEX #StrongerTogether
📣UNITY BOWL WEEK IS BACK! 🏈🔥 Unity Bowl Week returns September 21–25, bringing the Terry Bulldogs and Raymond Rangers together for a week centered on school spirit, service and community before they meet on the field for the annual in-district football game. But once again, we’re taking UNITY beyond the football field!
👟 ALL WEEK: HCSD schools will collect new or gently worn shoes to benefit The Salvation Army Jackson Metro Area. Students, employees, families and community members are invited to help us give back.
🚶🏾♀️ WEDNESDAY: Join us at Hinds Parkway in Byram at 6:00 p.m. for Walk in Unity: Community Kickoff & Pep Rally! We’re inviting the entire HCSD community to walk together, celebrate our schools and show what happens when we come together as one.
🏈 FRIDAY: It all culminates on the field as the Terry Bulldogs and Raymond Rangers face off at 7:00 p.m. at Raymond High School!
Different schools, different colors, different teams, but when the clock runs out we are still ONE Hinds County School District!
#RangerFamily #UnityBowlWeek #WalkInUnity #BetterTogether #HCSDFLEX
❤️💛💙💚💜Tomorrow is the BIG DAY!!! Achievers, it's time to get "Slide Certified" and Rep your Ranger House! ‼️As a reminder, students MUST return completed Permission Slips/Waivers, in order to participate in the 🛝 inflatable slide activity. Wear your house colors and let’s make the 2026 Ranger House Kickoff a Celebration to remember ❤️💛💙💚💜 #UEMSRangerHouse #8TeamsOneFamily #UticaStrong
❤️💛💙💚💜Rep Your House!!! Our Ranger House Kickoff Celebration will take place on Friday September 18th. We are asking all Achievers to dress in their house colors. This will be an EPIC event ... STAY TUNED👀 ❤️💛💙💚💜 #UEMSRangerHouses #8TeamsOneFamily #UticaStrong
📸📣Still want to order School Day Pictures?!? GREAT NEWS!!! It's not too late🎉 Students have received a handout,with personal codes, to purchase their pictures. If you currently do not see the pictures, please give the photography company more time to complete the uploading of photos. Thanks for purchasing memories that last a lifetime📸 #SayCheeseRangers #ChampionSmiles #SchoolDayPics
‼️❤️💚💛💙💜We are in need of Parent Volunteers to help host our PBIS Ranger House Kickoff. This EPIC event will take place on Friday, September 18th at 12:45. Help us make our House Event extra Special❤️💚💛💙💜
Sign Up Link: https://forms.gle/Ve5AZhiZiineAkau8
#UEMSRANGERHOUSE #CommunitySupport #UticaStrong
Calling all of our BIGGEST FANS!!! You are invited to eat lunch with your Achiever on 🗓 Thursday, September 17th, in recognition of National Grandparents Day!
💲 5.25 per invited guest
‼️Please send the exact amount with your Achiever by Friday, September 11th
⏰️ Achievers and BIGGEST FANS can eat lunch together during the attached scheduled times. 5th- 8th grade parent(s), please be sure to ask your child which teacher takes them to lunch so that you arrive at the correct scheduled time. If you are eating with multiple children, please arrive at 10:30, so that we can begin pulling your children to eat with you. If you have one child, please come during your child’s scheduled lunch time.
🎉We look forward to seeing you on September 17, 2026. If there is anything we can do for you, please let us know.
⚠️NEW CORE TRAIT ALERT.
✨️Join our Achievers, every Wednesday in September, as we recognize our new CORE Trait, Uplifting/ Sollevare💛️🏆💪🏾 #COREtraitWednesdays #PBIShouse #ChampionsInTheMaking
📰✨️Check out our September Newsletter, which features upcoming dates of school events, athletic game dates, our new 💛CORE Trait of the Month💛, and School Reminders.
#UEMSnews #EveryPlayCounts #ChampionsInTheMaking
‼️Game Day Reminders: To ensure safety of all Achievers and Community Supporters, please be sure all attendees are being supervised. Free play will not be allowed. Thanks for your assistance in keeping everyone accounted for and safe. LET'S ENJOY HOMECOMING. SEE YOU SOON✨️👑🏈💪🏾📣
