Huntsville Middle School

🎄❤️ Our staff took time to celebrate the season with a holiday potluck and a wonderful lunch together. We are so grateful for this hardworking team that gives so much every day to support and inspire our students!

Holiday magic at HMS! 🎅🎄 Students showed off their most Christmasy outfits while Santa, Mrs. Claus, Betty the Elf, the Grinch, and friends helped make today full of fun and holiday cheer.

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🎄🎅 Day 11 of our 12 Days of Christmas was Holly Jolly Hat Day, and the cuteness was off the charts! From Santa hats and antlers to elf hats and everything in between, our students and staff brought ALL the holiday cheer. Our elf also drew a winner from the “Most Fun Teacher” box—congrats to Mr. Henry! 🎉✨

Today we recognized several classes for meeting a proficiency group goal in ELA. 👏 Mrs. Melissa Watkins’ 4th, 5th, and 8th period classes met the goal on determining how a theme is developed over the course of a text. 👏 Mr. Taylor’s 6th and 8th period classes met the goal on comparing and contrasting how an individual idea is portrayed in written text and multimedia. While not every class is pictured, all were celebrated today—great work, students and teachers! 🎉

🎉 Big accomplishment! 🎉 This past week in Outdoor Ed class, 107 of our middle school students passed their Boater Education test! Way to go for putting safety first and working hard to earn this certification. We’re so proud of you!

This holiday season, our Junior FFA club put service first by delivering Christmas cards to residents at local nursing homes 🎅🎄 Thank you for spreading joy and showing what it means to lead with kindness!

PJs yesterday, cozy Christmas sweaters today! 💤🎄 Our halls are full of comfy clothes, festive fits, and LOTS of holiday cheer!

🎨💻 Our Computer Aided Design students, led by Mr. Taylor, put their vector graphic skills to work by designing Welcome to Madison County artwork for Huntsville! Today, Mayor Travis Dotson and Judge Larry Garrett visited the class to view student designs and see their creativity in action. What an incredible real-world learning experience!

📚🎉 Celebrating Academic Success! 🎉📚 We’re proud to recognize several classes for reaching an important academic milestone! Congratulations to Mrs. Baldwin’s 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th period classes and Mrs. Porter’s 1st, 3rd, and 5th period classes for meeting their proficiency goal. Students showed strong understanding of the standard focused on determining how an author develops multiple points of view, and their hard work truly paid off. Way to go to these students and teachers for their dedication and focus on learning! 👏📖

🎅🎄 Holiday Cheer at HMS! 🎄🎅 Santa and elves paid a special visit to our campus today thanks to Builder’s Club, and our amazing PTSO treated every student to hot cocoa and cookies during lunch. ☕🍪 Thank you to everyone who volunteered and helped make this such a fun and festive day at HMS! ❤️✨

☕️✨ A Little Sunshine for Our Staff! ✨☕️ Our Sunshine & Staff Morale team brewed up a cheerful surprise today with coffee bars in both teacher lounges — and Sparkles the Elf was right in the middle of it, adding her own festive magic! It was the perfect boost to power us through to Friday. Congratulations to Mrs. Kirk, our awesome staff winner of the day! 🎉 We’re so grateful for the thoughtful touches that make our school feel so special. Thanks to everyone who helps keep the smiles (and the caffeine!) flowing! 💛👏

🌟 Underground 6–7 Day! 🌟 Today we celebrated the 67th day of school in true HMS fashion — with our very own Underground 6–7 Day! From creative lessons, music with 6-7, themed outfits, and even a brave staff member who even shaved his head, the day was full of surprises, laughter, and school spirit. 😂🙌 We love when our teachers go all-in to make learning memorable. Here’s to Day 67 and all the fun still ahead this year! 🎉📚

✨12 Days of Christmas: Merry & Bright Day!✨ Our halls were shining a little extra today as students and staff showed off their most merry and bright outfits. The joy was contagious, the colors were bold, and the holiday spirit is definitely in full swing! ❤️💚✨

Our counselor would like to send a huge THANK YOU to Kandice Samuels, Lillian Samuels, Chelsea Russell, and Carla Stricklin for donating hoodies, sweaters, and jackets to HMS! This warm support is greatly appreciated! 🧥 Winter donations are still needed and can be dropped off at the front office until Dec. 19th! Make room for your new Christmas gear by gifting your gently loved winter clothing!

Congratulations to Mrs. Reeves’ 1st period! 🎉 They hit proficiency on their literacy priority standard, and we’re so proud of their effort and progress!

🎅🏻 Sparkles was reading in the library today with glasses she borrowed from Santa Claus, himself! Sparkles loves to read and wants to remind everyone that the AR Reading goals are due tomorrow! 📚 Come to school tomorrow ready to take those AR Reading quizzes!

📚✨ Our students enjoyed a fun book tasting in the library this week—sampling different genres and discovering new favorites! A huge thank you to Mrs. Bolinger for creating such an engaging and welcoming space for our readers. We love seeing our students get excited about books! 📖💛

Our elf, Sparkles, loves jazz music! Sparkles found Mr. Skeleton playing Christmas tunes in the band room today! Students voted on their favorite Christmas song and “Jingle Bell Rock” won! 🎁 Congratulations to Jayden Rivas for being the stocking winner today!