Magnolia Middle School

Roads throughout the Magnolia School District are unsafe for travel. We will remain closed Friday, Jan. 19th and plan to resume classes on Monday, Jan. 20th.

While main road conditions improve, less traveled roads, sidewalks and parking lots remain too icey to safely return to school. Low temperatures overnight will cause refreezing as well. We will remain closed on Thursday. Stay warm!

School will remain closed on Wednesday, Jan. 17, due to inclement weather and poor road conditions. Stay Warm.

Due to inclement weather, we will not have school on Tuesday, Jan. 16. Plans for Wednesday will be announced tomorrow. Any make-up days will be announced at a later date. Stay warm!

Interested in joining the trap team? There will be an informational/sign up meeting held January 18th at 6:00 in the Middle School Cafeteria. A parent must attend with their student. Any questions please contact Ms. Lamkin.

Say “hello” to two-way messaging in the Magnolia Schools app! The same district app now offers class streams, class announcements, and parent-teacher chat. Look for your personalized invitation to begin using this feature in our app after 12/20/23. Download for Android http://bit.ly/2urvzf2 Download for iPhone https://apple.co/30Xngny

Seventh grade Advanced English students will participate in an Outsiders dress up day Monday.

The love of reading is contagious, and learning opportunities abound when schools and communities partner together to focus on building a culture of reading for their students, families, and community. Because of their outstanding school/community collaboration, the Arkansas Department of Education recently recognized seven cities as R.I.S.E Communities for 2022-2023. ADE’s Reading Initiative for Student Excellence, or R.I.S.E. Arkansas program, encourages reading beyond just the classroom and sets a goal to create communities and schools that promote a culture of reading for residents of all ages. To be eligible for the recognition, schools and communities submitted a letter of commitment, developed an action plan, and provided a portfolio that showed evidence of implementation throughout the year. Applications were then scored using a rubric. There was one factor that each recognized community had in common: dedication to promoting the love of reading. The only community and district to be recognized a Gold-Level winner twice is Magnolia. Magnolia submitted the maximum number of ten literacy events in their application for the award. These events promoted the importance of creating a culture and love of reading and collaboration among the schools and community. Friday, December 8, a celebration was held at the Magnolia Performing Arts Center. Representatives from the Arkansas Department of Education presented Superintendent John Ward, District Curriculum Coordinator Penny Talley, and the state and community partners with the award. The District appreciates the support provided by the community and businesses of Magnolia. Without the donated funds and time from these collaborating partners, the literacy events and winning the R.I.S.E. Community Award would not be possible.

We were happy to donate to the CCAPs dog food drive! Please help this drive gain momentum and let’s not forgot about our pets during the holiday season!

It is very fitting to announce November teacher of the month, Mrs. Kaitlyn Mahaffey-McGhee. She goes above and beyond for her middle school choir students. We wish them luck today as they perform at the Arkansas State Capitol.

MAGNOLIA SCHOOL DISTRICT CHRISTMAS CARD A Christmas card creation by Magnolia Middle School eighth-grade art student, Ja’Kaleigh Carter, was chosen to be used by the Magnolia School District for the upcoming holiday season. JaKaleigh’s creation will be reproduced as the 2023 Christmas card for the District. Superintendent John Ward will send out the card to each employee of the Magnolia School District. JaKaleigh is the daughter of Brittany Simmons.

Christmas with a Heart

Congratulations to our 6th grade students of the month! Thank you Domino's for sponsoring these awesome students! Inasse Zazoum Ricarveon Robinson

Congratulations to our 7th grade students of the month! Thank you Domino's for sponsoring these awesome students! Brylee Braswell Jayden Willis

Congratulations to our 8th grade students of the month! Thank you Domino's for sponsoring these awesome students! Ar'Lysha Daniel Brendon Foster

Mrs. Fallin's career development classes recently attended the 2023 Explore Success Career Exploration Event at UAHT Hope at Hempstead Hall. After listening to keynote speaker Tyler Tarver, students attended sessions and hands-on activities sponsored by industry partners like Holcim, Con Agra, USHT welding department, Farm Bureau, and other service fire, police and ambulance departments.

We are focusing on excellence this quarter at MMS for our HEART OF A PANTHER theme. This past weekend, two staff members demonstrated that excellence. Mrs. Kaitlyn Mahaffey-McGee was named the ArkCDA Region 3 Middle School Director of the Year! Mrs. Melissa Matthews, the assistant coach for the MHS Dance team, recently helped lead the team to win the 1-4A Game Day Dance State Championship! Congratulations on your accomplishments and modeling excellence for our students.

A big thank you to Mulerider Athletics and Coach Logan Quinn for coming to speak to our students yesterday. Thank you for sharing what a day in the life of a college athlete looks like!

Magnolia Food Service Department announces that the PEBT Call Center will be open the month of November. Contact the Magnolia Food Service Department with questions regarding missing PEBT cards.

BEADS AGAINST BULLYING week planned for November 13-17.