Mace's Lane Middle School

🌟🥞 Breakfast with Grandparents Day! 🥞🌟

We’re excited to invite all our wonderful grandparents to join us for a special morning filled with delicious breakfast, warm smiles, and unforgettable memories!

📅 Date: December 11th
⏰ Time: 8:00am to 8:30am
📍 Location: Mace’s Lane Cafeteria

Please RSVP using this link - https://bit.ly/MLMSGrandparentsDay7

🌟🥞 Breakfast with Grandparents Day! 🥞🌟

We’re excited to invite all our wonderful grandparents to join us for a special morning filled with delicious breakfast, warm smiles, and unforgettable memories!

📅 Date: December 11th
⏰ Time: 8:00am to 8:30am
📍 Location: Mace’s Lane Cafeteria

Please RSVP using this link - https://bit.ly/MLMSGrandparentsDay7

🌟🥞 Breakfast with Grandparents Day! 🥞🌟

We’re excited to invite all our wonderful grandparents to join us for a special morning filled with delicious breakfast, warm smiles, and unforgettable memories!

📅 Date: December 11th
⏰ Time: 8:00am to 8:30am
📍 Location: Mace’s Lane Cafeteria

Please RSVP using this link - https://bit.ly/MLMSGrandparentsDay7

🎉🐅 Congratulations, 7th Grade Tigers! 🐅🎉 We are excited to celebrate our 7th grade students for earning the least number of referrals during last week’s Behavior Challenge! Your positive choices, leadership, and commitment to making every stride count truly shined! ⭐️ Thank you for showing what it means to be responsible, respectful, and ready to learn each and every day at MLMS. 💪📚 Keep up the amazing work — let’s continue to set the bar high and lead the way for our school! 💛🖤 #TigerPride #EveryStrideCounts #PBIS #MLMSStrong #MakingEveryStrideCount

🎅✨ 10 Days of Holiday Spirit Week at MLMS! ✨🎄 It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and we’re ready to celebrate with FUN and FESTIVE Spirit Days! Each day has a special theme to help us spread joy, show school spirit, and make memories all season long. Check out what’s coming up: 📅 12/8 – Merry Monday Kickoff Wear your holiday colors! (Red, Green, or Silver) 📅 12/9 – Cozy Tuesday PJ pants, hoodies, and fuzzy socks (school-appropriate) 📅 12/10 – Winter Wonderland Wednesday ❄️ Wear white + add scarves, hats, and mittens for a frosty look! 📅 12/11 – Candy Cane Thursday 🍭 Wear red & white or stripes! 📅 12/12 – School Spirit Mix-Match Friday Show your craziest colors mixed with holiday accessories! 📅 12/15 – Festive Monday Ugly sweaters or your holly-jolly best! 📅 12/16 – Tinsel Toes Tuesday Holiday socks or shoes to jingle all the way! 📅 12/17 – Gift Box Day 🎁 Dress like a present — big bows, ribbons, or shiny metallics encouraged! 📅 12/18 – Holiday Twin Day Match outfits with a friend (or staff member!) — add a festive twist! 📅 12/19 – Battle of the Grades • 6th – Snowflakes ❄️ (Wear white) • 7th – Grinch 💚 (Wear green) • 8th – Rudolph ❤️ (Wear red) Let’s finish 2025 strong with laughter, spirit, and holiday cheer! We can’t wait to see everyone’s creativity and Tiger Pride on display! 🐅💚❤️ #TigerPride #EveryStrideCounts #MLMSSpirit #HolidayFun #10DaysOfHolidaySpirit

Don't forget, today is the day!
We will see you at the Tractor Supply Store in Cambridge for the MLMS Pit Beef Fundraiser today from 11 am to 2 pm or until supplies last!

Our Tiger Choir is roaring excited for their Chipotle Fundraiser this week! On Thursday December 4, 2025 from 4pm-8pm stop by Cambridge Chipotle and show the attached flyer when you purchase your meal! If you choose to order your food online, the code needed is also provided on this flyer. We thank you in advance for your support #withJoy

#MLMSTigers #MakeEveryStrideCount #MusicEducation

🎄✨ MLMS Families — You’re Invited! ✨🎄 Join us for a night of holiday cheer at the Family Ugly Sweater Party on Thursday, December 11, 2025, from 5:30–7:00 PM at Sandy Hill Elementary! Wear your most festive (or funniest!) ugly sweater and enjoy an evening filled with food, family fun, games, and music. 🎶🍽️🎉 This special event is open to students and families from: 🧡 Choptank Elementary 💚 Sandy Hill Elementary 💙 Mace’s Lane Middle School 🖤 Cambridge South Dorchester High School Please take a moment to RSVP so our team can plan for food and activities: 👉 RSVP Here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Sk_LEoiYrkeRrxjNrjyiO8VlUomNfeVPn9QKH1PdkMNUODhENVhNWEY5WDIzQTFHNEUwU1FVU0g2MS4u This event is the second in a 4-part series of Music and Movement for Mental Health, proudly presented by our School Social Workers and Community School Liaisons. We hope to see our MLMS Tigers there — let’s make every stride count and celebrate the season together! 🐅💛🎄

Our Social Workers have been hard at work this month! Please take a glance at their newsletter for events and information!

🌟 World Kindness Day – Thursday, November 13, 2025 🌟 Tomorrow, we invite our entire MLMS family to join us in celebrating World Kindness Day! ❤️✨ Let’s Rock Our RED to show our commitment to spreading kindness, compassion, and positivity throughout our school and community. Kindness is powerful—it builds connection, lifts spirits, and reminds every student and staff member that they matter. ❤️ Hold the door ❤️ Share a smile ❤️ Offer a compliment ❤️ Help a classmate ❤️ Show gratitude ❤️ Be the reason someone feels seen today Together, we can make kindness contagious. Let’s fill our hallways with warmth, empathy, and Tiger Pride as we make every stride count! 🐅❤️ #WorldKindnessDay #MLMSTigers #MakingEveryStrideCount #TigerPride #ChooseKindness

🇺🇸 Honoring Our Heroes in Federalsburg! 🇺🇸 Our MLMS Tigers proudly represented Mace’s Lane Middle School in the Federalsburg Veterans Day Parade this past Saturday! 🎺🎶🇺🇸 From the marching band’s powerful performance to our students’ smiles and school spirit, we were honored to celebrate and show appreciation for the brave men and women who have served our country. Thank you to all of our veterans for your service and sacrifice — and to our students, staff, and families for demonstrating true Tiger Pride in the community! 🐅❤️💙 #TigerPride #MakingEveryStrideCount #VeteransDayParade #MLMSTigers #CommunityStrong #withJoy

🏀 Calling all MLMS Tigers 🏀
🏆 Mace's Lane basketball tryouts are coming up soon! Whether you’re a seasoned player or just love the game, we want YOU to come out and compete! 💪

📅 Date: November 17th - November 19th
⏰ Time: 3pm to 5pm
📍 Location: Mace's Lane Gym

Please see the attached flyer for all the details about registering for tryouts.

Please note that there is no transportation available.

🌿 Seventh Grade Adventures at Pickering Creek! 🌿 Our 7th grade Tigers had an incredible experience exploring nature and learning hands-on at Pickering Creek Audubon Center! 🦋🌳 Students participated in engaging outdoor activities, environmental lessons, and team-building experiences that connected classroom learning to the natural world. We’re so proud of our Tigers for representing MLMS with curiosity, teamwork, and Tiger Pride every step of the way #withJoy! 💚🐅 #MakingEveryStrideCount #TigerPride #MLMSTigers #PickeringCreekAdventures

🍁🐅 Fall Fest 2025 was a HUGE success! 🐅🍁 What an amazing night of family fun, community engagement, and Tiger Pride! Hundreds of families joined us for games, crafts, food, music, and a whole lot of laughter. 🎃🍂 This event was proudly sponsored by Mace’s Lane Middle School, Sandy Hill Elementary School, Choptank Elementary School, and Maple Elementary School, showing just how strong our Dorchester family truly is! 🧡🖤 A heartfelt thank you to all our incredible community partners, volunteers, staff, and student leaders who helped bring this event to life. Your teamwork and enthusiasm made Fall Fest 2025 an unforgettable celebration of school spirit and community connection. 🧡🖤 Together, we’re proving that when our schools and families unite, every stride truly counts. 🖤🧡 #TigerPride #EveryStrideCounts #WithJoy #MLMSFallFest #DorchesterStrong #CommunityMatters

💥🐅 Spirit Week at Mace’s Lane Middle was a HUGE success! 🐅💥 Our Tigers showed up and showed OUT with incredible energy, creativity, and school pride all week long! From themed dress-up days to classroom decorations and friendly competitions, our students and staff truly embraced the spirit of #TigerPride and made every stride count. 👏 A huge shout-out to everyone who participated, your enthusiasm brought so much fun and joy to our halls! Whether it was Decades Day, Twin Day, Pajama Day, or our school color finale, MLMS proved once again that when we come together, we roar louder! 🧡🖤 #EveryStrideCounts #WithJoy #TigerPride #SpiritWeek2025 #MakingEveryStrideCount

🎶 Making Every Stride Count in the Music Room! 🎶 Our 6th graders have been learning to play the ukulele and they’re already strumming their way to success! 🎵 We also had a special visit from the Prometheus String Quartet, who shared their incredible talents and inspired our students during General Music classes earlier this week. 🎻✨ Thank you to Ms. Witcraft for bringing music to life for our Tigers! 🧡🖤 #TigerPride #EveryStrideCounts #withJOY #MLMSMusic

🌟🐅 MLMS Staff of the Month Nominees! 🐅🌟 We’re so proud to recognize our incredible staff members who have been nominated for Staff of the Month! Each of these amazing individuals goes above and beyond each day to make a difference for our students, support their colleagues, and represent Mace’s Lane Middle School with pride. 💛🖤 Their hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence truly make every stride count! Whether in the classroom, the hallway, or behind the scenes, they embody what it means to be a Tiger by leading with heart, teamwork, and positivity. Congratulations to our nominees! Thank you for everything you do to make MLMS a place where both students and staff can shine. 🌟 #TigerPride #EveryStrideCounts #StaffOfTheMonth #MakingEveryStrideCount #withJOY

🕺💃 Decades Day at MLMS! 💃🕺 From the groovy ’70s to the stylish 2020s, our Tigers rocked the halls today in true throwback fashion! 🎶✨ Students and staff embraced the spirit of each era with creativity, enthusiasm, and plenty of Tiger Pride. From vintage vibes to modern trends, MLMS showed that no matter the decade, our pride never goes out of style! 🐅🧡🖤 #TigerPride #MakingEveryStrideCount #DecadesDay #SpiritWeek #withJOY