What an AMAZING visit from the Commisoner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell and the President of Kentucy Farm Bureau Eddie Melton. Our students loved showing off all of their hard work!
In Ms. Collins Music Classes they Made instruments with paper and rice, and playing an All in for Ag Week Music Kahoot!
This week's Bulldog Friday Wrap Up!
Mr. Pack had his 8th grade classes research and create Ag posters to show and celebrate the great land of Greenup County! We might have future real estate agents, tourist committee members and graphic artists.
Another wonderful All in for Ag week activity was Pumpkin Carving! This has become an annual tradition at our school to help decorate for the upcoming Fall and spooky season. The kids always enjoy this! Soon we will roast pumpkin seeds for students and staff to enjoy!
Mrs. Coleman's Math Clas became cattle ranchers by playing “Cash Cow”. They learned the risk and opportunities of owning a beef cattle farm, the needs of beef cattle, and how weather/climate affects available resources and organisms in an ecosystem. They rolled the dice at 10 different stations to add, subtract, or multiply their income according to what the paper told them to do with the number they rolled. They had a blast competing to see who could make the most money at the end. Some students made a lot of money, and few learned what it meant to go into debt! 😂
CORN!
Our students at MMS love corn and what better for our Friday Local Homegrown lunch as Greenup Co. grown Corn!
With our corn we will also have salads, produce and Hamburgers from Stockmans meat. All in the heart of Greenup County and South Shore!
We are having our own farm to table!
Our students at MMS love corn and what better for our Friday Local Homegrown lunch as Greenup Co. grown Corn!
With our corn we will also have salads, produce and Hamburgers from Stockmans meat. All in the heart of Greenup County and South Shore!
We are having our own farm to table!
Mrs. Lynd-Abdon's Photography class helped capture All in forAg Week. They were snapping shots of classes and activites throughout the school!
It was a BEEutiful day! Yesterday community member Richard Timberlake came to McKell Middle to visit our Honey Bees! !! He shared a lot about the art of bee keeping, and what to look for while examining the bee hive. We located our Queen for the first time and have a healthy hive of over 15,000 bees! Our students had a wonderful and cant wait to get honey from them!
For All out for Ag Week, our Agriculture class had a lesson in butter making, the class got to compare fresh cow milk to store bought milk, how to make butter by hand and compare to store bought butter, and also where buttermilk comes from.
Farmer Hat Day!
Thursday September 18, 2025
Thursday September 18, 2025
Monarch Habitat
The measure of a successful monarch habitat depends on whether you have provided both nectar/food sources for mature monarchs but also monarch larva food sources. Monarchs lay eggs exclusively on milkweed and the larva when hatched feed only on milkweed.
McKell Middle School in our first season has supplied nectar for visiting Monarchs and in turn they used the milkweed provided to lay eggs. We have several larva/caterpillar eating furiously headed to the final stage in their life cycle. After forming a chrysalis they will emerge as butterflies in about two weeks. These butterflies are the last of the summer season and will fly all the way to their wintering grounds in Mexico. Next spring they will lay eggs to start the journey north again.
Even with the summer’s drought Mrs. Fraley’s students provided a sustainable habitat that will continue to provide an outdoor classroom for McKell students.
The measure of a successful monarch habitat depends on whether you have provided both nectar/food sources for mature monarchs but also monarch larva food sources. Monarchs lay eggs exclusively on milkweed and the larva when hatched feed only on milkweed.
McKell Middle School in our first season has supplied nectar for visiting Monarchs and in turn they used the milkweed provided to lay eggs. We have several larva/caterpillar eating furiously headed to the final stage in their life cycle. After forming a chrysalis they will emerge as butterflies in about two weeks. These butterflies are the last of the summer season and will fly all the way to their wintering grounds in Mexico. Next spring they will lay eggs to start the journey north again.
Even with the summer’s drought Mrs. Fraley’s students provided a sustainable habitat that will continue to provide an outdoor classroom for McKell students.
Ms. Carver's 8th Grade Geometry class used graphs and cordinates to place out our new fence design at MMS. Thank you for helping out and showing that math does happen in everyday life! Also, they just added some well earned community service time to their Core Four!
From the camera to the paper, our Bulldogs are getting the updates and activities covered.
Introducing the 1st edition, year #2 of the Bulldog Beacon
GREAT WORK!
Introducing the 1st edition, year #2 of the Bulldog Beacon
GREAT WORK!
This weeks Bulldog Friday Wrap Up!
The first edition of the Bulldog News for 2025-2026!
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Open House!
Wednesday, September 17
5p-7p
Wednesday, September 17
5p-7p
Instrument Rental Night
Congratulations to our Middle School Lady Musketeers!
It is an absolute BEEutiful day here at MMS!
We have HONEY BEES!!!!
We want to make sure we thank Carrie Davis from GCHS! The 4-H Extension office, and our Ag teachers Mrs. Cattell and Mrs. Coleman for helping us make this happen. Our students are so happy to add this to our agriculture program at McKell Middle!
We have HONEY BEES!!!!
We want to make sure we thank Carrie Davis from GCHS! The 4-H Extension office, and our Ag teachers Mrs. Cattell and Mrs. Coleman for helping us make this happen. Our students are so happy to add this to our agriculture program at McKell Middle!
