McKell Middle will start selling American flags for $3 October 7 until November 5 2024. Each flag will be in honor or memory of a veteran or service member. We will be creating our own Field of Flags the week of Veterans Day along US 23. Each flag purchased may be then picked up starting November 18th. Names of each donor will also be displayed on the school facebook page. All proceeds will be donated to the Greenup County War Memorial.
You may place an order by calling (606-932-3221) or stopping by McKell Middle Schools front office.
#believeinGC #KYPurpleStar #purplestar
We want to say congratulations to some of our kitchen staff!
2023-2024 KSA Testing Highlights!
Another year of growth for McKell Middle School!
Bulldog Agriculture class is hard at it
again! Last week they learned about the hydroponic system and planted new lettuce. They also got to meet and play with the new chickens!
We want to send a huge Thank You to our custodians. Each and every day our school gets cleaned and taken care by these hardworking individuals.
We are happy to present our pilot episode of the Bulldog News for 2024-2025.
Student filmed, created and produced. We cannot be more proud of our bulldogs!
Click the link below to see the episode or scan the QR code.
https://tinyurl.com/BulldogNews1
Hot of the press is this weeks Bulldog Beacon. Check it out for whats happening at MMS!
Students from our EdRising (Future Teachers) class created a lesson about 4-H and FFA then they presented to our combined Agriculture Class. Students shared their own experiences with the class including photos!
Students of Mrs. Fraley’s CTE class hustled today to record info, tag, and release several recently emerged Monarch butterflies. Hopes are that they will get a head start on their migration south before tomorrow’s storms hit our area. You can learn more about our project at www.monarchwatch.org
Our new babies have arrived, meet the newest members of the Mckell Bulldog family. We will have MUCH more information about our chickies throughout the year!
Thank you Ronnie Johnson for the amazing donation and PJ Ratcliff always willing to help MMS anyway he can!
Dear Families,
We are excited to announce that McKell Middle School has launched a partnership with The Social Institute (TSI), a leader in curriculum designed to equip students to navigate the complex intersection of well-being, social media, and technology.
At a time when students spend many hours a day on digital devices, and cyberbullying and reputation-damaging posts run rampant, TSI equips students to make positive, healthy, and high-character choices that fuel their health, happiness, and future success. Our school will be adopting TSI’s comprehensive program, called #WinAtSocial, which promotes character, empathy, teamwork, critical thinking, and other important life skills.
Whether or not your child uses social media or a device of their own, we hope that you will consider how these free resources outlined below could be useful to your family.
To be clear, the information offered through this partnership does not instruct anyone how to parent. Instead, these supplementary resources provide insight into social media, technology, and student experiences, offering family discussion prompts and informative resources that you can incorporate into family conversations as much or as little as you like.
How Your Family Can Participate:
Continue the conversation at home: As students experience #WinAtSocial each month, Family Huddle questions may be emailed to you by the school as a supplement to a lesson. These are completely optional to run as a family!
Register your free account for The Social Toolkit. Many families refer to this as the CliffsNotes of social media and technology! Go to the Toolkit, click Activate Account, and enter our school code: 2ad3F33B5D246A
We are excited to be able to offer this important and timely education to our community. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Joanna Zaph
McKell Middle School
Counselor
This weeks Bulldog Beacon is hot off the press!
Mrs. Smiths health class used eggshells to represent the enamel of our teeth. They left an egg in five different liquids for 24-hours to represent the sugar/liquid sitting on your teeth without brushing. They used orange juice, strawberry milk, and various pop/soda. They took the eggs out after 24 hours and brushed them with water first and then toothpaste to see the difference.
Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing our newest addition to our CTE classes. Our newspaper/journalism class they have produced their first Bulldog Bullentin!
Stay tuned for more from our audio/video department the Bulldog News Crew. They will be sending out their newscast soon!
It's spirit week in Greenup County!!
Join the district each day by dressing in the different themes. Come out to the parade and spirit night on Thursday and then it's Friday night lights for the Homecoming Football game.
Mrs. Caudill's 7th grade Science Classes were doing experiments on converting potential energy to kinetic energy this week. Hands on learning is essential!
More corn photos!!
Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. Cattell’s Agriculture classes did a taste test comparing fresh sweet corn to canned corn. Then they helped MMS cooks by shucking corn for Friday’s lunch.
We want to thank Luke Collier and his family for the donation of the corn!!
Also we couldn't have done it without or fantastic kitchen crew. They are always willing to help out our kids!
High Attendance Day was Thursday for schools in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This week each day we will be posting reasons why it attendance is important for our students.
We had a great turnout for our Fall Open House and Family Night! We had a delicious pizza dinner thanks to our amazing kitchen staff. We were able to showcase our archery team, student creations from our CTE classes and the 21st century program at MMS.
