Middle School Newsbite: November 9th, 2026

Red Ribbon Week is held annually from October 23-October 31, and serves to educate students about leading healthy lifestyles by staying drug-free, avoiding alcohol and substance misuse and making positive life choices. 

Our students celebrated Red Ribbon Week by welcoming High School Peer Leaders to the Middle School. Thursday's theme was “Stand Together, Wear Red.” Our high school students spent time playing games, having fun, and connecting with our middle schoolers. A big thank you to Mrs. Carroll, Mrs. Fenimore, Mrs. Williams, and Ms. Kochis for organizing such a fun experience for our students!

We also want to give a special shout-out to Mrs. Ryan for organizing our schoolwide Rock, Paper, Scissors Bead Competition! Students challenged one another to games of Rock, Paper, Scissors, collecting beads each time they won. The goal was simple: collect as many beads as possible! 

The students with the most beads at the end earned prizes. This was a great way to wrap up our October Character Strong lessons. 

It was a spirited week filled with many fun and educational activities! 

The halls of the middle school were filled with festive decor and imaginative displays as each classroom door was uniquely decorated to celebrate Halloween! Congratulations to our three winners, Mrs. Zidzik's, Mrs. Carril's and Mrs. Rude's 1st period classes, for their impressive designs.

Staff & students had a wonderful time celebrating Halloween with our Middle School Costume Contest! It was great to see so many students get into the Halloween spirit, show off their costumes, and cheer each other on. 

Special thanks to our PTO for providing candy prizes for our contest winners and pretzels for all of our students! We truly appreciate everything our PTO does to make these events special for our students!

November 26-27: Thanksgiving Recess - No School.