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❤️✨ Capturing Kids' Hearts at Shepherd Middle School: Communication in Action! ✨ At SMS, we embrace the Capturing Kids' Hearts program to build strong relationships and a positive school culture. Communication is a key part of the EXCEL Model, and we focus on showing our students and staff that they are valued, respected, and loved every day. 💬💖 By fostering open, caring communication, we’re creating a space where everyone can thrive! 🌟 #CapturingKidsHearts #EXCELModel #PositiveSchoolCulture

🌌✨ Exploring the Universe in Mrs. Atwood's Class! 🖍️🔭 This week, students had a blast getting crafty while learning to identify the shapes of galaxies! 🌠 Through hands-on activities and creative exploration, they discovered the beauty of spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies. 🌀💫 Learning about space has never been more fun! 🚀 #HandsOnLearning #ExploringGalaxies #STEMFun

🌊📚 This Week in the Library: Titanic Escape Room Adventure! 🚢✨ Our students dove into a cross-curricular Titanic-themed Escape Room, combining Language Arts, Science, and History for an unforgettable experience! 🕵️‍♀️🔍 They: 📝 Explored informational texts and answered critical questions to enhance their reading and comprehension skills. ⚓ Used science to design and test life rafts made from aluminum foil, discovering how many "passengers" (pebbles) they could save. 📜 Connected with history, learning about the Titanic’s story while decoding secret messages and solving puzzles. This hands-on adventure brought learning to life with teamwork, creativity, and critical thinking! 🛟 #LanguageArts #ScienceAndHistory #EscapeRoomFun #EngagedLearning #Library

🔥 Advanced Reading Students in Action! 🔥 Our Advanced Reading students are diving deep into the world of argumentative fallacies! They’re creating engaging presentations to explain these fallacies and how they can impact the strength of an argument. 💡 But that’s not all—soon, they’ll put their knowledge to the test in an exciting PBL project and debate, showcasing everything they’ve learned about crafting and analyzing argumentative texts. 🗣️⚖️ Stay tuned for updates on their incredible work! 🎉

📚 Exciting Work Happening in Ms. Higginbotham’s Classroom! 🖊️ Our students are diving into the art of crafting argumentative papers! 🎉 They’re honing their skills by exploring a fun and creative topic: Which mythical creature would thrive in today’s modern world? From dragons to unicorns 🐉🦄, students are researching, organizing their thoughts, and building strong arguments to support their claims. It’s amazing to see their creativity shine while mastering the mechanics of persuasive writing. Great job, students! Keep up the hard work! 💪✍️ #WritingSkills #CreativeLearning

Mrs. Whitehead's EI3 class implementing question asking skills from professional development training day to put into writing techniques to prepare for STAAR test. Today they are mixing ELAR with a history lesson over the attack at Pearl Harbor and the significance of the event in American history.

Ms. Wheeler’s class is diving into geography today! 🗺️ Students are exploring European regions, waterways, and landforms as they bring their maps to life. 🌍✨ #GeographyInAction #FutureExplorers

Thank You Coach Goffney for stopping by and encouraging the students before they complete their 100 push up and 100 sit-ups challenge. The cadets must complete this challenge twice a week to ensure success in physical fitness.

Mrs. Richardson’s Advanced classes added a new tool this semester! Our Pulse box is our classroom outlet. If a student has an issue that they want to “get off their chest” but don’t feel comfortable telling someone in person, they can write it down. These notes can be anonymous or not. If the student is looking for a solution the student will make that known as well. This idea is to foster a safe environment for students to healthily express themselves without penalty or judgement!

Mrs. Atwood's EI3 class is having a blast as they dive into chemical and physical changes through an exciting escape room challenge!

Mrs. Rhoden's class made math come to life by combining like terms with algebra tiles! 🧩➕ #MathInAction

Mrs. Clark's students explored Europe with task cards and atlases, identifying countries and landforms along the way! 🌍📚 #HandsOnLearning #GeographyFun

Back from Break and Starting Strong! Coming back from Christmas break can be tough, but Mrs. Young's Tech students are already showing that they’re ready to do great things. Today, we focused on finding the good in every moment—even in the last part of the day when energy is low. Whether it’s a thoughtful answer, a kind gesture, or just a smile, there’s always something positive to share. I’m proud of how they’re stepping up and making each day count. Let’s keep this momentum going all semester! #PostBreakPositivity #FindingTheGood

Ms. Bowman’s 6th graders are completing various stations to learn about the different spheres of earth and the components of each!

8th Grade Advanced Reading is diving into argumentative texts! 📝📚 Students are sharpening their skills by identifying claims, evidence, reasons, and counterarguments. 💡 #CriticalThinking #FutureDebaters #AdvancedReading

Mrs Young’s 5th period class took a big step in revisiting and updating our class social contract! It was amazing to see everyone actively participating, sharing ideas, and working together to create a set of expectations that reflect who we are as a group. This refreshed contract is a product of teamwork, respect, and a shared vision for a positive and productive classroom environment. I’m so proud of how thoughtful and collaborative this process was. Here’s to making the rest of the year even better—together! #Teamwork #SocialContractUpdate

As we begin the new semester, Mrs. Richardson’s 6th grade Adv. Reading class update their Social Contract to add words that are appropriate for the Spring semester. These additions will hold us accountable and focused on our upcoming goals!

📢 Attention SMS Middle School Parents! You're invited to Hot Topics and Hot Cocoa with Principal Ty Stanley and Counselor Gail Hall! ☕📚 📅 When: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 📍 Where: Middle School Library Join us for an engaging discussion and warm cocoa—we can't wait to see you there! 😊 #SMSCommunity #ParentEngagement #HotCocoaChat

Mrs. Morris's class is embracing the joy of reading! 📚 They dropped everything to dive into their books for 30 minutes of uninterrupted reading time. #DropEverythingAndRead #LoveForBooks

🤖Robotics Christmas party 🤖 Mrs Young’s had an amazing time celebrating the holiday season at our robotics Christmas Party 🎉 the kids participated in a white elephant exchange, shared food and played games together. From Mrs Young: I am so grateful for this incredible group of students and can’t not wait to see what amazing things we will build when they return from Christmas break🎄🎅🤶 #RoboticsChristmas #HolidayCelebration #buildingTogether