EOG test prep and review will be offered after school on May 8th, 15th, and 22nd from 3:30-4:30 to help students prepare for end of grade testing. A snack will be provided after school and then we will dive into test taking strategies, what they can do now to help prepare, and vocabulary for different subjects. If you would like for your child to be involved, they just need to stay after school on May 8th, 15th, and 22nd!
The Swain Middle School Track team is READY! Good luck to all our team members today! We know you will represent us well! Bring us the win!
Blue Ridge Health will be providing free sports physicals to students by appointment only on Wednesday, May 15, during the school day. Please call 828-233-2285 to schedule an appointment. Please have your student bring home the sports physical forms for you to complete prior to May 15. Copies of the sports physical will be located at the front office at Swain Middle School, or you can email the Athletic Director BJ Ledford at bledford@swainmail.org and he will send a copy to you.
Last track meet of the season. It's the conference championship. Start time at 1 pm at Cherokee. $6 entry fee.
Swain Middle School art students have been working so hard the last few weeks to complete a mural that visitors and future students can admire for years to come. We are so proud of all their hard work and creativity! Swain Middle School would also like to highlight Ms. Kohlmeyer, our Art teacher, for her leadership with this project! Everyone involved has truly gone above and beyond to make our school its best and then some!
Stay tuned for what project they are planning next!
At tonight's school board meeting, three students were recognized from Swain Middle School as the 1% Better award recipients! We are so proud to recognize Sam Lewis in the 6th Grade, Elayna Shuler in the 7th Grade, and Kendal Brown in the 8th Grade!
Today at our weekly Maroon Meeting, we recognized all of the students who have not lost any behavior points through the first three grading periods of the year! Great job to all these students!
Students from Mrs McClung's 6th grade class recently finished a book project. This project involved the students actually performing every aspect of the book process. They collaborated on the stories, artwork, layout, all things related to the book. The finished product was a great success. The students and their book were featured by Rex Hodge of WLOS on their Carolina Moment segment of the evening news!