☕️✨ 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!
A huge THANK YOU to the Huntsville Kiwanis for helping make Christmas shopping possible for students this year! 🎄🎁 Your support means so much to our school community. We’re also incredibly grateful for every volunteer who donated time and energy to help our kids shop—your kindness truly made this event special! ❤️✨
🧦 Day 5 of our 12 Days of Christmas!
Students showed off their most festive holiday socks today!
Tomorrow is Winter Wonderland—wear your winter white! ❄️🤍
🎄 Sparkles had quite the adventure today!
Our elf hitched a ride on Mrs. Downum’s back with a sign that said, “Don’t tell Mrs. Downum,” and the students were in on the secret all day long!
While Mrs. Downum went about her day, Sparkles got a full behind-the-scenes tour of the school—classrooms, hallways, meetings, and more. The kids loved it, and Mrs. Downum didn’t find out until much later! 😄✨
🎶 HMS Choir Concert Tonight
Our 6th grade music students joined our boys and girls middle school choirs for a great evening of music. Each group performed with confidence, and it was wonderful to see their hard work come together on stage.
Thank you to Ms. Espinosa, our students, and families, for making tonight a success. It was a meaningful way to end the day and appreciate the talent in our building. 🎼
Brrr! It’s cold outside! 🥶 Help keep our HMS students warm by gifting your gently used OR NEW hoodies and sweatshirts! Gifted hoodies will be used for our clothing closet!
No rips or holes, please! Sizes needed: Youth Medium - Adult Large
Items can be dropped off at the front office. Call Mrs. Brown, the school counselor, with any questions!
🎄 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! 💙✨
