Come out and support our tigers this fall!
RMS is excited to welcome our new teachers! New teachers met with teacher leaders and admin this afternoon.
Don't forget- early packet pickup is today from 8:30-12!
Important Announcement: Cell Phone Policy Changes For Ripley Middle School Effective 2025-2026 School Year
This summer, a bill restricting the use of cell phones in Tennessee schools was signed into law by Governor Bill Lee. RMS believes that a cell phone-free instructional environment will not only allow students to focus on their academics but also encourage appropriate social interactions and decrease bullying. Please see the information below for the new procedures and speak to your students about these changes. We thank you for being a valued partner in your student's education!
This summer, a bill restricting the use of cell phones in Tennessee schools was signed into law by Governor Bill Lee. RMS believes that a cell phone-free instructional environment will not only allow students to focus on their academics but also encourage appropriate social interactions and decrease bullying. Please see the information below for the new procedures and speak to your students about these changes. We thank you for being a valued partner in your student's education!
Attention 6th Graders!
School Supply Lists
Early Registration Packet Pickup
2025-2026 Tips
The last couple of weeks of school, students in computer science class experimented with circuit building kits to practice hands on what they studied in class. Students worked hard - we could tell by all the alarms, buzzers, radio signals and music going off at once when they added the last component to their circuit!
STEM Camp students smashed up strawberries and made their own DNA extraction solution. After adding rubbing alcohol to their filtered solution, they carefully extracted the DNA. Summer Learning Camp and the STEM Camp made models of DNA using four colors of candy or marshmallows and Twizzlers. With a careful twist we created the double helix. Both groups also made Lava Lamps to take home.
More STEM fun! STEM Camp and Summer Learning Camp learned about electronics using Snap On Circuit kits. They built musical doorbells, AM radios and FM radios to name a few. We learned about electronic components and their symbols found on Schematic Diagrams, and the parts of a simple electrical circuit. We even built our own battery out of copper and zinc washers.
STEM camp and Summer Learning Camp students did Paper Chromatography experiments to learn about separating a mixture of inks and dyes. We learned about light and color, and synthetic vs natural dyes. STEM Camp students learned about artist Dale Chihuly and his glass sculptures known as Macchia bowls. We used coffee filters and spray starch to create our very own paper version and added tea lights in the center to take home. Our RMS scientists and engineers worked hard this month!
Oh what fun we had in STEM Camp this week! Summer Learning Camp and Stem Camp students learned about sound while building Glove a Phones. They also built hovercraft and learned about reducing friction to improve performance of vehicles. STEM Camp identified and studied fruit and vegetable plants growing in our RMS Garden. Students planted flowers and took home their own spider plant. We watched what happened to shaving cream in the vacuum pump and did friction experiments. We built parachutes and several designs of gliders using all sorts of materials, and best of all we launched Alka-Seltzer powered rockets in the cafeteria.
Lauderdale County Schools Welcomes Selina T. Sparkman as New Superintendent!
Details: https://www.lced.net/article/2259734
Reminder: The YMCA Summer Food Program will be at RHS tomorrow from 9:00–11:30 AM, offering free meals for all kids 18 and under! Details : https://www.lced.net/article/2242810
RMS would like wish Ripley Tigers Cheer Squads Good Luck @UCA Cheer Camp!
If your child is entering 7th grade, they are required to receive a TDAP booster and provide a current Certificate of Immunization before the first day of school on August 5th, 2025.
Please make sure to bring your child’s updated Certificate of Immunization to their school and submit to the school nurse.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Office of Coordinated School Health at 731-221-0959.
Thank you for helping us keep our students health and ready to learn!!!
Congratulations to our Communities in Schools program manager, Mrs. LaKenia S. Jones! Ripley Middle School received Most Improved Chronic Absenteeism Rate for the CIS West Tennessee schools, and Mrs. Jones received Rookie of the Year!
Open Positions Available!
Volleyball Team!
