McKell Middle

Mrs. Fraley’s Human Anatomy CTE class has been working on identifying parts of the skeleton. They enjoyed making pasta skeletons and many can orally name 26 skeletal parts.

Join us for our Fall Open House and Meet the Teacher!

We will be having a free pizza dinner. Feel free to come out, tour the school and meet your childs teacher!

We are hiring! Come join the MMS and GC family!

Check out this weeks Friday Bulldog Wrap-Up!

Congratulations to Our Bulldogs of the Week!

Each week, students are nominated by the staff at McKell Middle School for demonstrating the qualities that represent Bulldog Pride!

6th Grade – Thomas Cassill
Thomas consistently shows kindness to his classmates and is always willing to lend a helping hand. He even stepped up to help classmates learn how to use our hall pass system.

7th Grade – Laykin Vanderhoof
Lakyn demonstrated outstanding character and kindness by making sure another student felt included. Her willingness to welcome others and treat them with respect is a great example of Bulldog Pride.

8th Grade – Rowan Callihan
Rowan has stepped up as a leader in band, putting in extra practice, helping prepare percussion equipment, and assisting his fellow band members. His leadership, effort, and positive attitude have stood out!

We are proud of these Bulldogs for the example they set for others and for showing what it means to believe in the Bulldog Way!

Bulldogs LEAD. Bulldogs SUCCEED. Bulldogs BELIEVE!

With a focus on traditional paper and pencil work this year, Mr. Pack’s English students made use of the original spellchecker today: a dictionary. When presented with a word they didn’t know—pulchritudinous—students turned to the dictionaries stored under the desks to find the meaning. This impromptu lesson led to a discussion of parts of speech  as students found pulchritude (a noun) and had to read further into the text to find pulchritudinous (an adjective). Several students said this was the first time they could remember having ever used a dictionary that wasn’t on a computer. Pulchritudinous means beautiful!

Mrs. Markins’ classes took part in a Jamestown gallery walk, answering survival questions and thinking about the challenges settlers faced when starting a new life in an unfamiliar place. Understanding these decisions helps students better understand the people, choices, and events that shaped our country.

Wednesday, Sept. 9 is High Attendance Day across Kentucky!

We are competing against other schools across the state to see who can get the highest attendance percentage.

Let’s show out, represent our school, and aim for 100% attendance!

Set those alarms, don't be late, and let's make every count!

Parents, thank you for helping us get your students to school on time, every day!
#AttendanceMatters #HighAttendanceDay #ShowUpAndShine

We’re excited to bring back one of our favorite ways to recognize our students — Bulldog of the Week! Each week, McKell Middle School staff will nominate one student from 6th, 7th, and 8th grade who demonstrates what it truly means to be a Bulldog! We have some incredible Bulldogs walking our halls every day, and we’re excited to recognize them! Be watching each week as we introduce our 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Bulldogs of the Week! Bulldogs LEAD. Bulldogs SUCCEED. Bulldogs BELIEVE!

Last week, McKell Middle School finished with 92% attendance. We’re working toward our goal of 94% or better each week!

Every day a student is at school is another opportunity to learn, grow, connect, and succeed. Just a couple of percentage points can make a BIG difference when we all work together.

Families, students, and staff , let’s keep pushing! Be here. Be ready. Let’s get to 94%!

Bulldogs LEAD. Bulldogs SUCCEED. Bulldogs BELIEVE!

This weeks Friday Bulldog Wrap Up on a Thursday! Enjoy the four day weekend.

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Sunshine Day at the Fair!

Mr. Pack’s theatre students have spent the first four days of school learning stage directions and playing theatre games. One game—The Martha Game—required them to entered the scene one person at a time to create an improvised tableau. Another—One Word at a Time—required students to tell a story one word at a time based on suggestions from the audience. Pictured below are students telling the story of Ronda, a collector of Cheez-its, who has run out of Cheez-its due to a national shortage.

We want to congratulate Tayte Ratliff as he represented Greenup 4- H and Greenup County at the State Fair this week! Tayte's competition was Tuesday in the Junior Tractor Driving Contest. He placed 4th competing against nine other students from across the Commonwealth!

Students in Ms. Donini’s Financial Literacy CTE class are putting real-world skills into practice! Students learned how to properly write checks and maintain a check register while strengthening their math skills along the way. These hands-on lessons help students understand how the skills they learn in the classroom connect directly to managing money and making responsible financial decisions in the future. Real-world skills. Real-world math. Future-ready Bulldogs.

Mrs. Fraley and her students are in their 2nd year working with Monarch Butterflies. This year it’s functioning as a Monarch factory. Today they harvested milkweed for the classroom monarch larva to eat. They brought in larva and eggs, and they also found that a few are doing things perfectly fine all on their own. These are hanging on the porch roof outside our library.

What an amazing first day!