🎄 Sparkles Elf Alert! Our Day 4 winner is Mrs. Reeves! She always brings positivity to school, and her students adore her.
Also today, several were dressed in blue for the 12 Days of Christmas—even though we didn’t get many pictures, the holiday spirit was definitely shining! ✨ Keep up the Christmas fun with school spirit!
Clubs were buzzing with energy today! 🎉
From sharpening strategy skills in board-game club, to dancing and walking our way through the afternoon in movement-based clubs, our students had so many chances to learn, connect, and have fun.
We also loved seeing our FFA club spread kindness by creating Christmas cards for local nursing homes—such a thoughtful way to give back during the season. ❤️💌
So many smiles, so many memories… we love club days at HMS!
🎉 Learning Highlights From This Week! 🎉
We are excited to celebrate three classes who met their class goal in their disciplinary literacy focus! 🌟
✨ Mrs. Prince’s 2nd & 5th Period Social Studies Classes
These students showed strong understanding of comparing and contrasting how different authors write about the same topic.
✨ Mrs. Reeves’ 8th Period Social Studies Class
This class made great progress in evaluating arguments—checking for logical reasoning, sufficient evidence, and spotting irrelevant information.
We’re incredibly proud of the work happening in these classrooms and thrilled to see students meeting their goals and growing every day! 🎉📚
6th Grade HMS Student Council members partnered with Madison County Health Coalition to decorate an “I pledge to be drug-free” Christmas tree! We are proud of our scholars and thankful for our partnership with the Madison County Health Coalition!
📚 Professional Growth in Action! 📚
Throughout the summer and fall, several of our staff members participated in a book study of Carol Dweck’s Mindset. Today after school, they met to discuss, reflect, and compare notes on how to bring a growth mindset into their classrooms.
We’re so grateful for HMS educators who never stop learning, reading, and striving for continuous improvement—for themselves and for their students. ❤️✨
🎄✨ Sprinkles the Elf — Day 3! ✨🎄
Sprinkles was caught having a popcorn party in the conference room today! 🍿😄 This elf definitely knows how to make herself at home!
Congrats to our Day 3 drawing winner: Braden Cooper! 🎉
🎄 12 Days of Christmas: Grinch Day! 💚 HMS was glowing green today as everyone channeled their inner Grinch! Tomorrow’s theme: BLUE for Happy Hanukkah! 💙✨
🎶 Band Concert Night! 🎶
Tonight we celebrated our Beginning Band (6th–8th grade) and Beginning Guitar students—who just started playing in August and have already grown so much! We also loved hearing our Middle School Band, whose sound and progress make us so proud.
Huge shout-out to Ms. Samantha Canon and Mr. Stittsworth for their dedication and high expectations. What an amazing night of music! 🎺✨
Day 2 of HMS Elf was full of tea! Sparkles landed in our school counselor’s office and spilled the tea about coping skills! ✨ Coping Skills are so important! Sparkles loves taking time to sip hot tea and relax! 🫖 Students had the opportunity to share their favorite coping skill and enter into a drawing for a goodie-filled stocking! Congratulations to Chloe Cook who was our drawing winner!! We wonder where Sparkles will land next! ✨
🎄❤️ Day 2 of our 12 Days of Christmas at HMS! ❤️🎄
Today was Candy Cane Day, and our halls were filled with festive red & white from head to toe! Students and staff really brought the peppermint spirit!
🌟 Shoutout to our AMAZING 7th graders! 🌟
Today in ELA with Mrs. Baldwin, students rotated through a series of engaging learning stations to analyze and identify the theme of the short stories they’ve read this semester. 📚✨
They collaborated, discussed, supported one another, and showcased strong critical thinking as they worked toward mastering the Literacy Standard of determining how a central idea and/or theme of a text is developed through supporting details.. We are SO proud of their effort, teamwork, and growth! 🙌💙
Way to go, Eagles! Keep soaring! 🦅💛
🎁 Shoutout to the Huntsville Masonic Lodge for donating a huge variety of toys to Huntsville Middle School! HMS was able to share the love with Huntsville Intermediate and Watson Primary School because of this generosity! Our Math 6 team took this opportunity to provide a hands-on learning experience for our 6th graders! Each 6th grade student helped wrap a gift, while learning about surface area!! 📏📐
'Twas the night before returning to HMS, when all through the campus, not a creature was stirring, not even... AN ELF?!! 🎄
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that Sparkles soon would be there! ✨
Jingle, Jangle! Meet Sparkles, the HMS Elf! ✨ She just made her grand arrival from The North Pole! Tomorrow begins the 12 Days of Elf On The Shelf (HMS Edition!!)
Follow along for more adventures from Sparkles, the HMS Elf On The Shelf! 🎄
Our Band students and instructor are working hard to prepare for the Winter Band Concert! ❄️ Join us during the Winter Band Concert at the Arena on December 4th at 6:00pm! 🎶
🎄 Day 1 of our 12 Days of Christmas: SWEATS DAY! 🎄 Comfy, cozy, and totally festive — everyone rocked their sweats today and made Tuesday feel way more fun. 😄✨ Can’t wait to see what the next 11 days bring!
The Huntsville Middle School FCA would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to the businesses in our community who generously sponsored this year’s FCA Family Shopping Day. Each year, the HMS FCA seeks support from local businesses and community leaders to help provide Christmas gifts for children in our area. Your kindness and generosity make this mission possible. Thank you for making a meaningful difference in the lives of our students and their families.
🌟 Service with a Smile! 🌟
HMS Outdoor Ed students rolled up their sleeves today to pack food bags for our local FBC pantry. Love seeing our kids give back and support our community in such a meaningful way! 💚🥫
We're excited to start our 12 Days of Christmas dress up days! Hope to see you in festive gear!
Big shoutout to our HMS PTSO for helping us celebrate the end of Atlas testing with a fun event and yummy snacks! We’re so grateful! 💙✨
Traffic Pattern Change – Huntsville Middle School
As part of our continued commitment to creating a safe and welcoming environment for our students, we are updating the traffic flow around Huntsville Middle School beginning when we return from Thanksgiving Break.
To help improve campus safety, School Drive (the road running through the HMS campus) will be closed to thru traffic during school hours.
All daytime traffic will now use Circle Drive on the right side of Middle School Hill. Vehicles will go up the hill, circle the HMS parking lot, and then return down the same side.
We are grateful for our ongoing partnership with the City of Huntsville, who helped prepare the area and support this safety improvement.
Please note:
- The road will be closed only during school hours
- After school, traffic will reopen and flow as normal
Thank you to our families, neighbors, and community for your understanding and support as we continue prioritizing student safety.
As part of our continued commitment to creating a safe and welcoming environment for our students, we are updating the traffic flow around Huntsville Middle School beginning when we return from Thanksgiving Break.
To help improve campus safety, School Drive (the road running through the HMS campus) will be closed to thru traffic during school hours.
All daytime traffic will now use Circle Drive on the right side of Middle School Hill. Vehicles will go up the hill, circle the HMS parking lot, and then return down the same side.
We are grateful for our ongoing partnership with the City of Huntsville, who helped prepare the area and support this safety improvement.
Please note:
- The road will be closed only during school hours
- After school, traffic will reopen and flow as normal
Thank you to our families, neighbors, and community for your understanding and support as we continue prioritizing student safety.
