Had a great visit this week with TDOE Chief of Whole Child, Katie Houghtlin. Shared the many student supports in place in Lauderdale County and then spent time in a teacher PLC on restorative practices. Of course, the highlight was the time spent with our students. #LauderdaleLeads
This week 7th grade Wit and Wisdom classes (Mrs Dixon, Mrs Sherman, and Coach Wiggin) created and performed Tableaus based on Escape from Mazanar which details the memoirs of a schoolgirl raised in an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Tableaus are an innovative illustration where students create a frozen, silent picture to illustrate the scene and reactions of characters. In this lesson, students analyzed the impact of the plot and settings on characters demonstrating their understanding through the creation, planning, and performance of tableaus of different sections of the book. Every student can show greatness and interact with complex texts creating innovative and in-depth projects.
The basketball team will host Northview tonight, the girls game will start at 6.
Also, homecoming court will be announced at 5:45, and the 8th graders will be recognized between the girls and boys varsity games (approximately 7:15).
Hope to see everyone out tonight.
Permission slips are being sent home for the ROAR trip January 27th to Union City's Discovery Park. Over 400 students who did not receive an office referral of any kind for the 2nd 9 weeks have been invited. Congratulations to those students for ROARing during the 2nd 9 weeks!
Thank you to the Lauderdale County school board members for your dedication to our students, faculty, and staff!
Ripley Middle School will be adding Soccer this spring for boys and girls. Conditioning begins today at Ripley City Park at 3:45 and ends at 4:45. Hope to see several participants out this spring and good luck to all athletes and coaches involved!
Join us for BBQ and Wiffle-Ball!
The ROAR/FOCUS behavior for the week of January 13, 2020, is found at the link below along with ACT vocabulary words, practice items and helpful tips. http://www.lced.net/roar
Welcome back! Classes resume tomorrow, January 8. We hope that our students have had a fun Winter Break. We are looking forward to an exciting semester ahead!
Excel students in Ms. Pipkin's class have been studying Survival 101. They learned the requirements for survival including shelters, first aid, water purification, dangerous animals, and tools. Their culminating project was to write a survival scenario and create a diorama.
BAH HUMBUG! Teachers and Staff enjoyed a Dickens themed Christmas party complete with a photo booth, a delicious buffet courtesy of Mindi and Steve Hearn, music, and games. The luncheon was concluded with a good old fashioned snowball fight in the hallway.
The RMS 2019-2020 School-Wide Spelling Bee will be held Wednesday, December 18th at 9:00 in the library. Winners from grades 6-8 will compete for the championship. School winners will compete in the County Bee in February.
Congratulations to Marleigh H. who won third place across the entire state for the Creative Writing competition at the State Beta Convention. She had to write a 200-500 word essay in 90 minutes on a prompt given at the beginning of the competition.
Jr. Beta attended the State Convention in Nashville, November 23 - 25.
The Jr. Beta Club made donations to the Lauderdale County Animal Shelter as part of their “Puppy Love” project. The club donated dog food, cat food, blankets, and other supplies to the shelter. Mr. Sammy Grantland gave an overview about the shelter to the students.
RMS Basketball Cheerleaders will hold a cheer clinic for K-5th grade, Saturday December 14th. The clinic is $20 and students will perform Monday at our home game against Brighton.
RMS Tiger Club is still taking orders for school approved jackets through Wednesday, December 18. Orders can be dropped off at RMS until Wednesday. Visit the “documents” section of the RMS website to download an order form.
The ROAR/FOCUS behavior for the week of December 9, 2019, is found at the link below along with ACT vocabulary words, practice items and helpful tips. http://www.lced.net/roar
Working together to get past adversity! That's what it's like to be an RMS TIGER!
