Thank you to Max Blevins, Chad Wright, Connor Shreve, and Art Reynolds for helping make the 1st annual Guys Night out a success. We had 51 guys stay and hang out. Our boys were awesome!

Please congratulate the following students in getting UMS to qualify as a finalist for the State Spell Bowl meet taking place at Purdue University next Saturday!

Elyza Batton, Luke Springer, Mason Floyd, Nayomi Riddle, Cassadee Humphrey, Kiah Haas, Kelly Clemons, and Claire Menefee 

Thank you to Max Blevins, Tasha Scott, and Joanne Rippey for helping set up and get things ready. Thank you to Joanna Celmer, Jodi Alexander, Jodie Temple, Kristen Nicks and Faith Reynolds for being there to help supervise and have fun with 85 Urey girls!! We really do have a great group of girls!

We want to highlight staff throughout the school year so what better way than to start with...

Mr. Steinkellner, our principal!

NEW Name and NEW Fundraiser!!! We are excited to announce that after 10 successful years with the national Blessings in a Backpack organization, our food program is going to begin feeding children at North Liberty Elementary School under a new name-Shamrock Blessings! We are thankful to the Walkerton Christian Community Food Pantry for welcoming us under their umbrella to continue carrying out our mission of assisting children in need with food on the weekends. You can follow us on our new Facebook page- Shamrock Blessings and email any questions you may have to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..We are also excited to announce a NEW fundraiser that includes DECALS for school spirit, sports, and extracurriculars. Please click on the following link to view all the decals and place your orders. The first order deadline will be Wednesday, October 1. After that, orders will be placed with the printer every Monday.

https://forms.gle/he6WP4U5GRF8BQjRA
We continue to offer yard signs for school spirit, sports, and extracurriculars. All signs can be viewed and ordered at the following link. Orders are placed with the printer every Monday.
https://forms.gle/mQ3d2b44vNiAUVSn9
We also offer yard signs for the Future Falcons Football players and cheerleaders. Orders can be placed at the following link. Decals for the two groups are included on the order form mentioned above.
https://forms.gle/KJuEQZhSeKK8gj4k6
All proceeds from our fundraisers are used to purchase the food that we send home with the kids in our program.

Shamrock Blessings

Julie Brinkhoff - Program Coordinator

Come out to JGHS and help celebrate our field dedication and light display to memorialize Mr. Richard "Dick" Reese! It will be at approximately 6:30pm before the championship game on 4/19/25.

Envision the Future for the 8th grade was a success thanks to our staff, students, and local partners:

Hydro, State Farm Insurance, North Liberty Christian Church, Walkerton Public Library, Town of Walkerton, Everwise, 1st Source, Main Street Reality, JGHS counselors

The Urey Family brought in over 500 toys for the toy drive this year. Here is a picture of Lyric Rivera and her dad, who works for Polygon. Polygon collected 54 toys for us in a couple days. They want to start partnering with us on all of our drives and fundraisers:)

A huge thank you to Mr. Stanley and his students for building and delivering six new picnic tables to the STEM lab at Urey Middle School to be used for an outdoor classroom! The high school students did a fantastic job and these tables will be used for years to come. 

I am so proud to represent Urey MS, the wonderful staff, students, and community, the great programs, and many wonderful opportunities for kids to choose. Being considered as one of best 8 Principals in Indiana speaks highly of the hard work completed and ongoing at JGSC and at UMS. I am blessed, this being a third selection. A special thank you to my wife Danielle for years of support, and my boys Mason & Lucas for allowing me to dedicate a great deal of time to my career.

Falcon Proud ! 

Mrs. Smith is being nominated for multiple awards this year for all her hard work in STEM and PBL at Urey Middle School!  Her commitment to excellence and passion for teaching will continue to impact learners at UMS for years to come! We look forward to seeing these nominations continue to unfold.

Parent Teacher Conferences are this week Tuesday Oct. 15th and Wednesday Oct. 16th from 3:15pm - 7:05pm!

Over the Top Bakery Cafe is graciously starting an Adopt a Teacher program! Not only can we support our favorite teachers and staff but we can support their bakery. This runs all school year!