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MUMS eighth-grader from Cornwall claims 33rd in national spelling bee

Posted on June 3, 2013 |
By John Flowers



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CORNWALL — Two-time Vermont Spelling Bee winner Ronan Howlett of Cornwall notched a very respectable tie for 33rd place at the Scripps National Spelling Bee held last week at National Harbor, Md., outside Washington, D.C.

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MUMS quartet has a head for numbers

Posted on March 25, 2013 |
By Addison Independent



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RANDOLPH — A quartet of Middlebury Union Middle School students kept their thinking caps on Saturday, March 16, and earned fourth place as a team in the 30th Vermont State MathCounts competition.

One of them — eighth-grader Ronan Howlett — won the individual championship and will represent Vermont at the national contest.

His teammates were seventh-graders Greta Hardy-Mittell of East Middlebury, Laura Whitely of Weybridge and Julian Schmitt of Middlebury. Their coach is Diane Guertin.

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MUMS athletes run through the cold and snow

Posted on March 25, 2013 |
By John S. McCright



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MIDDLEBURY — When the track and field season begins at the Middlebury Union Middle School this spring a handful of athletes started out in a little better shape than they might have, thanks to an informal winter running program.

At the end of last fall’s cross-country season a group of the athletes felt that they had built up a good base of fitness and didn’t want it to atrophy over the winter. So they asked their coaches, Wendy Hollander and Karen Morris, if they would continue practices over the course of the winter.

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MUMS spelling champ repeats feat

Posted on March 18, 2013 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Union Middle School eighth-grader Ronan Howlett has an expansive vocabulary for a 14-year-old, but two words in particular will always resonate with him even if he rarely gets an opportunity to use them in a sentence: “Qualitative” and “desultory.”

Those are the two words that have won him consecutive titles as Vermont’s top student speller.

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Reen inks two-year contract as principal of Middlebury Union Middle School

Posted on January 14, 2013 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Patrick Reen can officially take the word “interim” off his title as principal of Middlebury Union Middle School. Reen recently signed a two-year contract to serve as the school’s leader following a search that drew 36 applicants.

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UD-3 eyes 3.8% hike in spending at MUHS, MUMS

Posted on November 29, 2012 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Union Middle and High School officials will spend the next few weeks sharpening their pencils in an effort to reduce a draft UD-3 budget of about $16.7 million that would represent a 3.8 percent increase compared to this year’s spending plan of roughly $16.1 million.

And any major cuts will likely come with some pain, administrators noted, as a vast majority of a proposed roughly $612,000 increase is associated with fixed costs.

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Changes await pupils at MUHS, MUMS

Posted on August 27, 2012 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury-area middle- and high-school students will return to classes on Wednesday to find some new teachers and new campus improvements.

Middlebury Union Middle School Interim Principal Patrick Reen anticipates an incoming 2012-2013 class of 311 students for grades 7 and 8. That’s the most enrollees at the school since 2007-2008, he noted, and the largest seventh-grade class since 2002-2003.

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Slideshow: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Posted on April 11, 2012 |
By Trent Campbell



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THE MIDDLEBURY UNION Middle School drama club will present their version of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” at the Town Hall Theater on Wednesday, April 11 at 5:15 and 7:30 p.m. The cast is pictured here during a rehearsal at the school last week.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

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MUMS students sweep state spelling bee

Posted on March 19, 2012 |
By Andrew Stein



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COLCHESTER — Last Wednesday afternoon, 34 students from across the state gathered at St. Michael’s College to compete for a chance to represent Vermont at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. And although 34 students — ages 7-15 — were present at the state bee, only 33 schools were represented.

Two of this year’s spellers came from the same school: Middlebury Union Middle School (MUMS).

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MUMS' Duktig steps down as principal

Posted on March 12, 2012 |
By John Flowers



MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Union Middle School Principal Inga Duktig resigned last week, citing her readiness to “transition to the next chapter of my career as an educator.”

Duktig’s resignation takes effect on July 1, though Friday, March 9, was her last day on the job. That’s because she was granted a paid leave of absence for the balance of the academic year, according to Addison Central Supervisory Union interim Superintendent Gail Conley.

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