Manistee Middle + High School
Grades: 6-12 | Manistee Area Public Schools
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Welcome to Manistee Middle/High School!
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Please Note: The indoor walking track is closed at this time. The outdoor track may be used for recreational walking after school hours.
2025/26 School Day Start/End Times & Academic Dates
Below are the start and end times for the learning schedule for each building.
For Manistee Early Childhood Center (MECC):
MECC is a licensed childcare center. Any families interested in or needing before school or after school care can register their child with us. Please see the early childhood / child care interest form.
For Manistee Elementary School & Manistee Middle High School:
Unless students are participating in a school activity, school staff will not provide supervision before or after these times.
MAIN DOORS OPEN:
Manistee Early Childhood Center: 7:50 am
Manistee Elementary: 7:40 am
MMHS: 7:35 am
START TIME:
Manistee Early Childhood Center: 8:00 am
Manistee Elementary: 7:50 am
MMHS: 7:55 am
END TIME:
Manistee Early Childhood Center: 3:10 pm
Manistee Elementary: 2:50 pm
MMHS: 2:40 pm
MAIN DOORS OPEN:
Manistee Early Childhood Center: 8:50 am
Manistee Elementary: 8:40 am
MMHS: 8:35 am
START TIME:
Manistee Early Childhood Center: 9:00 am
Manistee Elementary: 8:55 am
MMHS: 8:45 am
END TIME:
Manistee Early Childhood Center: 3:10 pm
Manistee Elementary: 2:50 pm
MMHS: 2:40 pm
MAIN DOORS OPEN:
Manistee Early Childhood Center: 7:50 am
Manistee Elementary: 7:40 am
MMHS: 7:35 am
START TIME:
Manistee Early Childhood Center: 8:00 am
Manistee Elementary: 7:50 am
MMHS: 7:55 am
END TIME:
Manistee Early Childhood Center: 11:40 am
Manistee Elementary: 11:20 am
MMHS: 11:15 am
School Nutrition Services Information
We are pleased to inform you that we will be participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) as part of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
The GREAT NEWS is that ALL students enrolled at Manistee Area Public Schools can receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at NO CHARGE to your household each day.
We ask that each household complete a Household Information Report found online at: https://manisteeps.familyportal.cloud. Click “Apply for benefits” to get started. This report only takes five minutes to fill out and must be completed by each household in our District. Paper copies are available upon request. We also ask that you pay any lunch balance due from the prior school year. The CEP Program cannot be in place with overdue balances remaining.
In addition, the Household Information Report is critical in determining the amount of money that our school receives from a variety of State and Federal supplemental programs like Title I A, At-risk (31a), Title II A, E-Rate, etc. These supplemental programs have the potential to offer supports and services for our students including, but not limited to:
- Instructional support (staff, supplies & materials, etc.)
- Non-instructional services (counseling, social work, health services, etc.)
- Professional Learning for staff
- Parent and Community engagement supplies and activities
- Technology
We are asking that you please complete and submit the Household Information Report as soon as possible to ensure that additional funding for our school is available to meet the needs of our students. All information on the report submitted is confidential. Without your assistance in completing and returning the report, our school cannot maximize the use of available State and Federal funds. If we can be of any further assistance, please contact us.
Sincerely,
Haleigh Savage, Nutrition Services Director
Summer Food Service Program
Manistee Area Public Schools Nutrition Department plans to sponsor a Summer Feeding Program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program for Children. We will offer free meals for pick up and will also offer on-site meal serving. At Manistee Early Childhood Center & Manistee Elementary School summer programs. Students will stay and eat at our feeding sites, and at MMHS on Thursdays, parents can pick up 7 days of breakfasts & lunches to eat at home. The locations, dates of service, and times of service are as follows:
ON SITE SERVING
Manistee Early Childhood Center 1309 Madison Rd, Manistee, MI 49660
Breakfast & Lunch: Monday - Friday June 9th - Aug. 22nd, 2026
Breakfast served: 8:00a - 8:20a Lunch served: 12:00p - 12:30p Snack served: 2:00p -3:00p CLOSED ON THE 3rd OF JULY
Manistee Elementary School 550 Maple St., Manistee, MI 49660
READING CAMP
Breakfast & Lunch: Monday - Thursday July 27th - August 6th
Breakfast served: 8:30a - 8:45a Lunch served: 11:00a - 11:30a
PICK UP SERVICE
Manistee Middle/High School 525 12th St. Manistee, MI 49660
Breakfast & Lunch distributed on Thursdays June 11th - Aug. 20st, 2025
Distributed between 12:00p - 1:00p
First distribution on Thur. June 11th
Last distribution on Thur. August 20th, providing BRK and Lunch until August 27th
Please note: If your students are served meals at Jefferson and would like to order a 2 or 3-day weekend meal pack to be picked up during the same MMHS pick up meal service, the order must be placed with the nutrition worker at Jefferson prior to Thursday. This is available so all participating students have access to the same number of breakfasts and lunches each week. Meal accommodations can be made at both our onsite and pick up settings however, nutrition services need an up-to-date special dietary statement to make the accommodation.
In accordance with the USDA regulations, we are informing you of these food service operations. If you have any questions, please contact my office at (231) 398-3695. As always, we are grateful to our Nutrition Team for making this summer program possible.
Thank you,
Haleigh Savage, MAPS Nutrition Services Director
MMHS Announcements
Special Hiring Meeting and Work Session Cancelled for 3/25/26
All 3.13.26 Practices and Events Have Been Cancelled
Secure Mode at MMHS (1-12-26)
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Class of 2025 Individual Graduate Photos & More!
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Honors Night Photos
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MMHS ORIENTATION DATES
MMHS ORIENTATION / ID PHOTOS / SCHEDULE & DEVICE PICKUP - ALL GRADES TUESDAY, AUG. 20 - 10:00AM - 6:00PM WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21 - 10:00AM - 6:00PM MMS OPEN HOUSE WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28 GRADES 6 - 8 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Your MMHS Team
Location: 525 Twelfth Street, Manistee, MI 49660 | Map
Telephone: 231-723-2547
Fax: 231-398-9277
Attendance Hotline: 231-398-3625
School Office Hours: M-Th: 7:30am – 4pm, Friday 7:30am – 3:15pm
Administrative Team
Principal:Morgan Nowicki – mnowicki@manistee.org
Assistant Principal: Bridget Warnke bwarnke@manistee.org
Assistant Principal: Mitch Mast : mmast@manistee.org
Athletic Director: Kenn Kott – kkott@manistee.org
Secretary: Karen Beldo – kbeldo@manistee.org
Guidance Counselor: Chelsea Hammer – chammer@manistee.org
Guidance Secretary: Tara Lange – tlange@manistee.org
Assistant Athletic Director: Kendra Mikolajczak – kmikolajczak@manistee.org
View MMHS Staff
Administrative Staff
Morgan Nowicki, HS/MS Principal,mnowicki@manistee.org
Bridget Warnke, Assistant Principal, bwarnke@manistee.org
Mitch Mast, Assistant Principal, mmast@manistee.org
Karen Beldo, Administrative Assistant, kbeldo@manistee.org
Guidance
Chelsea Hammer, Guidance Counselor, chammer@manistee.org
Tara Lange, Guidance Administrative Assistant/Registrar, tlange@manistee.org
Student Activities
Kenn Kott, Athletic Director, kkott@manistee.org
Kendra Mikolajczak, Activities Secretary/Athletics Administrative Assistant, kmikolajczak@manistee.org
District Technology
Kenneth Blakey-Shell, District Technology Director, kblakeyshell@manistee.org
Gabe Delgado, Elementary Device Support, gdelgado@manistee.org
Matt Froncek, Apple Certified Technician, mfroncek@manistee.org
David Gagstetter, Data & Device Systems Manager, dgagstetter@manistee.org
MMHS School Instructional Staff
Gregg Bennett, Social Science, gbennett@manistee.org
Ryan Biller, Instrumental Music, rbiller@manistee.org
Kylee Bohle, PE/Health, kbohle@manistee.org
Sara Boone, Science, saraboone@manistee.org
Michael Castaneda, Special Education, mcastaneda@manistee.org
Amanda Clemons, Special Education Teacher Consultant, aclemons@manistee.org
Heather Dean, Language Arts, hdean@manistee.org
Jane Deising, Special Education, jdeising@manistee.org
Kari Eastway, Language Arts, keastway@manistee.org
Rachel Edmondson, Language Arts, reedmondson@manistee.org
Sarah Eix, Math, seix@manistee.org
Amanda Feyen, Choir, afeyen@manistee.org
Rebecca Frederick, Science, rfrederick@manistee.org
Shane Harrigan, Social Science, sharrigan@manistee.org
Michael Harrington, Language Arts, mharrington@manistee.org
Joe Hendges, Social Science, jhendges@manistee.org
Mackenzie Houston, PE/Health, mhouston@manistee.org
Marcy Huber, Math, mhuber@manistee.org
Sam Joseph, Language Arts, sjoseph@manistee.org
Stephen Knewtson, Math, sknewtson@manistee.org
Brooke Koller, Special Education, bkoller@manistee.org
Erryn Moore, Math, emoore@manistee.org
Troy Nezki, Math, tnezki@manistee.org
Mary Olson, Science, molson@manistee.org
Amber Poortvliet, Science, apoortvliet@manistee.org
Amber Puchtel, Art, apuchtel@manistee.org
Tobia Purple, Special Education, tpurple@manistee.org
Lucas Quakkelaar, Language Arts, lquakkelaar@manistee.org
Cole Rens, Social Science, crens@manistee.org
Dan Saylor, Social Science, dsaylor@manistee.org
Polly Schlaff, Language Arts, pschlaff@manistee.org
Devin Schweigert, Science, dschweigert@manistee.org
Joel Smith, Language Arts, smithj@manistee.org
Hannah Starmann, Language Arts, hstarmann@manistee.org
Robert Von Herbruck, PE/Health, rvonherbruck@manistee.org
Amy Watkins, Math, awatkins@manistee.org
Paraprofessionals
Ingrid Bond, Band Paraprofessional, ibond@manistee.org
Alyssa Dewitt, One to One Paraprofessional, adewitt@manistee.org
Ethan Lavender, One to One Paraprofessional, elavender@manistee.org
Jennifer Williams, MS Activities Director / Sensory / Library, jwilliams@manistee.org
Jack O’Brien, Paraprofessional, jobrien@manistee.org
D’Anna Basil, Paraprofessional, dbasil@manistee.org
Sarah Wallett, Paraprofessional, swallett@manistee.org
Candace Wittlief, Paraprofessional, cwittlief@manistee.org
Katilynn McDowell, Paraprofessional, kmcdowell@manistee.org
Dave Vincent, Paraprofessional, dvincent@manistee.org\
Michelle Rondell, Paraprofessional, mrondell@manistee.org
Nutrition Service
Haleigh Savage, Nutrition Service Director, hsavage@manistee.org
Samantha Long, Nutrition Services, slong@manistee.org
Sara Froncek, Nutrition Service (Meals on Wheels Assistant), sfroncek@manistee.org
Cheryl Kamin, Nutrition Services, ckamin@manistee.org
Richard Koon, Nutrition Service (Driver), rkoon@manistee.org
Laura Olk, Nutrition Services, lolk@manistee.org
Aryn Kasarskis, Nutrition Services, akasarskis@manistee.org
Jennifer Rogers, Nutrition Service (Senior Meals Program), jrogers@manistee.org
Linda Wandrych, Nutrition Service, lwandrych@manistee.org
Facilities
Josh Schubert, Facilities Director, jschubert@manistee.org
MMHS School Custodial
Jeff Bowerman, Head Custodian, jbowerman@manistee.org
Steve Sciba, Custodian, ssciba@manistee.org
Nick Shedd, Custodian, nshedd@manistee.org
James Kropack, Custodian, jkropack@manistee.org
Maintenance
Dave Rutowski, drutkowski@manistee.org
Mike VanDyke, mvandyke@manistee.org
Don Olk, dolk@manistee.org
Buildings & Grounds
Nate Cole, ncole@manistee.org
Pool Custodial
Larry Froncek, lfroncek@manistee.org
Custodial Substitute
Gary Sielski, gsielski@manistee.org
Paine Aquatic Center
Chris Zehner, Coordinator, czehner@manistee.org
Your Journey Continues at MMHS
From our state-of-the-art facilities, to our academic programs, to our ever increasing list of athletic opportunities, clubs, and activities, Manistee High School is truly one of the premier high school experiences in the State of Michigan. The staff and administration work hard to provide top quality instruction and extracurricular opportunities for students.
At MAPS we want all students to become:
- Responsible citizens who are ethical, productive members of a global society; take responsibility for their own actions and physical well-being; are environmentally conscious; and contribute their time; energies, and talents for the improvement of their community and the quality of life for all.
- Effective communicators who posses skills in written, visual, and spoken skills.
- Self-confident individuals who demonstrate a positive self-image and are caring, sensitive and flexible human beings. Life long learners understand that learning is a process, not an event.
Mariners Lead the Way!
As Manistee Mariners, we are all leaders in our own way. Mariners lead at school, with friends, and in the community by developing healthy relationships, using responsible decision-making and respectful communication.
Mariners are:
T | TRUSTWORTHY — Honest, and dependable
R | RESPECTFUL — Humble and considerate
A | ACCEPTING — Inclusive without judgment
C | COOPERATIVE — Unite towards common goals
K | KIND — Gracious, helpful, and appreciative
“TRACK” is the Manistee Area Public Schools global, district-wide, leaders platform that all educators, staff and students follow throughout their educational journey. This initiative is connected to course curriculum, extra curricular programs, disciplinary procedures, and internal culture.
