Magnolia Middle School

All MMS students will be participating in an ATLAS Attack day tomorrow and several days next week. During this time, students will be attending extended review sessions to review essential skills in English Language Arts, Math, and Science in order to prepare for the ATLAS test later this month. Students will be reviewing ELA skills such as point of view, author's purpose, citing evidence, writing summaries, and reading comprehension. Math skills that will be reviewed are one step inequalities, surface area & volume, equations, transformations, ratios, unit rates, and more. In science, students will review natural selection, waves, energy, force & motion, and Earth systems, as well as other grade specific skills. We are excited to make the most of these last two weeks before state testing to ensure our students are ready to ATTACK THE ATLAS test!

We are excited about the student incentive for the month of April! Please see the criteria below to remain eligible.

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We always love RIF day! Thank you Magnolia Junior Charity League for donating books for all 6th graders!

Congratulations to the winners of our ATLAS Writing Blitz winners! They each won $100 for their awesome efforts in preparation for the ATLAS Writing test. 6th grade- Serenity Savoie 7th grade- Tate Walthall 8th grade- Kaleyah Sargent

Congratulations to our 8th grade students of the month! They were nominated by their teachers for being outstanding students. Thank you to Domino's for their support. London Robinson Hayden White

Congratulations to our 7th grade students of the month! They were nominated by their teachers for being outstanding students. Thank you to Domino's for their support. Maeli Hutcheson Jack Morgan

Congratulations to our 6th grade students of the month! They were nominated by their teachers for being outstanding students. Thank you to Domino's for sponsoring them. Keyatha Doss Hudson Smith

Kaitlyn Mahaffey-McGee is the Director of Choral Activities for Magnolia Middle School and Assistant Director of Choral Activities for Magnolia High School. She instructs approximately 200 students daily in the numerous choral ensembles at Magnolia Middle School. Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee’s ability to recruit and retain students is an asset that sparks great personal pride. Last year, Cub Choir only had twenty-two members enrolled in the ensemble. This year, Cub Choir has one hundred and fifteen members in the chorus demonstrating a 422% growth rate. Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee is an active member of the Arkansas Chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association. She holds the position of ArkCDA Event Coordinator for Junior High All-Region Honor Choir Auditions and Clinic. She manages Region 3-East Auditions, All-Region Clinic, and serves as Clinic Host for this prestigious competition that features over thirty participating schools and programs. Magnolia Middle School students actively participate in this competition as well. This past all-region season, sixty-two Magnolia Middle School choir members received the honor of making the honor choir with twelve students earning placement in the top ten chair positions of their voice parts. In November of 2023, Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee was recognized for her hard work and dedication by the choral directors of Region 3 who awarded her the title of Middle School Director of the Year. In December of 2023, Magnolia Middle School Prima Bella, Bella Dolce, Cub Choir, and IV (G.E.N.T.) performed for our Arkansas State Legislatures for their annual Sounds of the Season Celebration. The Attorney General made an appearance to hear IV (G.E.N.T.) chorus for their performance at the Capitol. Also in December, Magnolia Middle School’s Prima Bellas performed for the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce during the holiday season upon special request. In the Fall, Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee will serve as the region clinician for the Junior High Treble Chorus. January and February of 2024 brought about one of the most successful competition seasons of Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee’s career. After weeks of after school rehearsals and private voice lessons, Magnolia Middle School presented their talents at Choral Performance Assessment and Solo and Ensemble. Magnolia Middle School Prima Bella and IV (G.E.N.T.) received Superior Ratings in both performance and sightreading at ArkCDA’s Choral Performance Assessment. Both Prima Bella and IV (G.E.N.T.) were the highest scoring Middle School/Junior High groups at Choral Performance Assessment! The day after CPA, select Prima Bella choir members participated in ArkCDA’s Solo and Ensemble competition and came back with the most Superior Ratings out of any participating school in the competition. While fulfilling her duties at Magnolia Middle School takes up most of her time, she also will provide her talents and insight at the High School level as well. When able, Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee will aid in the endeavors of the Magnolia High School Choral program fulfilling chaperone duties and providing extra aural support when requested. I am happy to announce Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee has the prestigious honor of being named Magnolia Middle School Teacher of the Year for her outstanding dedication to her students and her profession. Congratulations Kaitlyn!

Thank you Coach Malone and Mrs. Mesick for allowing the Panther Disc Golf Team to come show off the sport we love to the kids of East Side. We had a blast and can't wait to see some of these kids grow the sport.

Congratulations to our February Teachers of the Month, Ashley Ruthardt and Angela Watson. They are both Academic Reading teachers who recently passed their CALT certification test. We are so thankful to have their dedication and expertise for the students at MMS.

MMS students participated in a school wide Writing Blitz this morning in preparation for Monday's ATLAS Writing Assessment. We know our students are prepared to do awesome work!

Mrs. Young invited State Investigator, Leron Fielding and State Trooper, Akari Alexander to speak to a few of our students about law enforcement. We appreciate you both taking time out of your busy schedule.

Congratulations to the Magnolia Middle School Choral Program! They completed their competition season this past weekend with spectacular scores! Prima Bella and IV (G.E.N.T.) received Superior Ratings in Performance and Sightreading. Not only that, they were the highest scoring Middle School/Junior High group at Choral Performance Assessment! Magnolia is the ONLY program who performed at CPA to receive Superior Ratings across both their Middle School and High School Choirs! Congratulations to the following Prima Bella students who received Superior Ratings at Solo and Ensemble : Lilyann Hughes, Abrielle Brown, Londyn Jacobs, and Kelly Groguhe! Magnolia Middle School had the most superior ratings at Solo and Ensemble!!

Congratulations to Rhianna Daniels, Alisha Easter, Asia Easter, Jerry Hastings, Roderick Henderson, Jada Weatherwax and Damarion Wafer for winning 2nd place in the Special Olympics Basketball Tournament!! We are so proud!!

Cameron Savoy won the Columbia County Spelling Bee and will compete in the Arkansas State Spelling Bee on March 9, 2024 at The Vines Center in Little Rock, AR Congratulations, Cameron!

Awesome opportunity today for our student council. Thank you to our Governor for taking time and speaking to our kids.

The 8th grade football players got some coaching and encouragement from SAU football players in practice yesterday. Go Panthers! Go Muleriders! ❤️💙

The HE❤️RT of a Panther makes $1000 donation to Arkansas Children’s CVICU To bring awareness and celebrate national HEART week, our students at Magnolia Middle School made a $1000 dollar donation the CVICU unit at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. On Monday, our students passed off the donation to Nash so he could make the delivery today, 2-20-24, at his 6 month cardiology appointment. The money was raised by our students during Super Bowl week.

2024 Magnolia Middle School yearbooks are for sale online. https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/product/yearbooks use school code #3254