RMS students and faculty supported our veterans by marching in the Veteran's Day Parade with signs made in Ms. Heath's and Ms. Bedrick's art classes.
The ROAR/FOCUS behavior for the week of November 11, 2019, is found at the link below along with ACT vocabulary words, practice items and helpful tips. http://www.lced.net/roar
The Ripley Tigers basketball team will host Haywood tonight at Ripley Middle School. The girls game tips off at 6:00 and will be followed immediately by the boys. Come out and support your Tigers!
Lauderdale County Schools being recognized today at the TNPathways Recognition Event. Both Halls High and RipleyHighTN have been certified as Nursing Services Pathways.
#postsecondaryreadiness
For those who did not get to pay for Dress Down for Troops today, students will be able to pay their $3 tomorrow morning. All money will be collected during homeroom time.
The National Beta Founder’s Day committee gave the report at the 10/22 Junior Beta Meeting. Members are required to maintain a certain grade average and standard of discipline while contributing positively to their school and community. RMS is very proud of our Beta students.
Arctic Adventure Book Fair
November 4th-8th
Join us for Family night! Nov. 5th 5:00-7:00
Enjoy S'mores by the fire pit, snow cones, an indoor snowball fight, face painting, and Story time with Santa (take your own photos). Students who pass an AR test get a dress code pass.
Ms. Rose Heath's art students learn to “Blend” with acrylic paint by painting a Halloween picture.
The ROAR/FOCUS behavior for the week of November 4, 2019, is found at the link below along with ACT vocabulary words, practice items and helpful tips. http://www.lced.net/roar
Join RMS Student Council on Wednesday, November 6, as we "Dress Down for Troops", in honor of our veterans. RMS students may pay $3 to dress casually on November 6 in honor of our veterans. Funds will be collected during lunch on November 4 and 5.
All funds raised will be donated to the GI Joe Fund, a nonprofit organization that assists veterans, active duty personnel, and members of the military community with finding employment, connecting to their benefits, and accessing housing opportunities.
RMS will be hosting the WTAC jamboree tonight starting at 6:00. Munford and Haywood tip off at 6:00. Ripley and Brighton will tip off at approximately 7:05. Come check out the new gym at RMS and support your Tigers!
eWallet is a great new feature for the book fair. Watch the short video and follow the link to the website to set up an eWallet for your Ripley Middle School student!
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/ripleymiddle
This weekend, members of the RMS and RHS Student Councils attended the Southern Association of Student Councils conference in Sulphur, Louisiana. These student leaders heard from keynote speakers Kyle Scheele and Houston Kraft and participated in several roundtable and workshop sessions. We look forward to the great things they will accomplish this school year!
Pictured (L to R): Jayden M., Courtney S., Mason P., Luke M., Liam F., Cade P.
Excel students in Ms. Tammy Pipkin's class participated in a Wilderness Survival Simulation Game. McKenna, Joshua, and Adalyn's team won the challenge by using science, math, logic, and creative thinking.
Sixth grade students in Ms. Smith's and Ms. Halliburton's social studies classes completed a unit on the Ancient Egyptians.
The ROAR/FOCUS behavior for the week of October 28, 2019, is found at the link below along with ACT vocabulary words, practice items and helpful tips. http://www.lced.net/roar
The latest update for our mobile app has been released to the Apple App Store. This should clear up any issues with the most recent update of iOS 13.
Join the RMS Math Department for Monster Math Night! Parents will learn more about our new iReady online learning program and ways to support their child at home with our new Ready Math curriculum.
Those who join us will receive two (2) admissions vouchers to the RMS Basketball Jamboree following Math Night!
Students in Mr. Crawford's 7th grade science classes have been working together in groups, researching one of the Kingdoms of Living Things. They made posters and presented them to class.
Ms. Pipkin's Excel class completed a unit on Shakespeare. They learned about the life and times of the Bard, compared his works to modern day rap lyrics, analyzed and rapped a sonnet with iambic pentameter, studied the semantics of Shakespearean insults, and read the Tempest.