Students learned about construction innovations and built their own tall towers this week in STEM. Teamwork makes the dream work! And those spaghetti structures are NOT easy to make!
RMS Faculty and Staff were treated to an apple bar today! Just a small treat to let them know how much we appreciate them!
STEM celebrated Veterans Day by learning about STEM careers in the military. Students tried on a uniform and learned that the Tennessee Army National Guard Agricultural Development Team taught the farmers modern farming techniques when Ms. Scherer was in Afghanistan.
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Mr. Billings’s Flex Friday class is made up of a mixture of students either learning how to play chess or already know the particulars of the game. New players are placed with veteran players who show them how to make the moves. Every game begins and ends with a handshake.
Ms. Byrd coordinated with Beta students to make the Veteran's Day Parade banner. Trevor M. designed the Beta banner and posts! Carlee H. and Andrew B. helped put it together.
Lauderdale County Schools' Strong Start Summer Bridge Program for 9th graders was recently featured by Education Strategy Group. Check out the article for more on this innovative program!
https://edstrategy.org/momentum-metrics-innovation-spotlight-starting-9th-grade-on-track/
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Upcoming Booster Club Meeting
Thank you SO MUCH for everyone who participated in our hoodie day today. We raised $1200 for Coach B.J.'s family! We are so blessed to have some of the best students and staff here at RMS!
Students may wear hoodies tomorrow for $2.
Mr. Billings’s ELA class met with friends from Great Britain on a Zoom Meeting learning about a unique and unusual British Holiday celebrated on November 5. Guy Fawkes Day and Bonfire Night. They have been celebrated for 417 years, since 1605.
A few snapshots of our girls and boys basketball teams and cheerleaders in action this week! Very proud of their hard work and progress. Keep it up! 🏀🐅💜
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Phone service has been restored to all school and district offices. In the event that you need to contact an entity, please use the traditional phone number. Thanks and have a great day!
Last Thursday, Ms. Williams and Ms. Webb's 8th grade Social Studies classes participated in the Tennessee Student Mock Election. They completed ballots and they received "I voted" stickers like their parents and guardians would by voting in the general election.
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Our statewide phone provider, ENA, is currently experiencing an outage. In the event that you need to reach RMS, please call 731-413-0548. We will notify everyone when our traditional numbers are back in service.
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In STEM, students studied Bernoulli's Principle and folded paper gliders to meet the challenge to fly 15 feet down the runway. Some folded stunt planes and tested them. We have future pilots and engineers!
