SGCMS wants to thank all who tried out for the 2026-2027 SGCMS Baseball Team. The roster has been posted at the front of the middle school.
How do we remember the past? Mrs. Cupp’s 8th grade ELA students began their Holocaust unit exploring this essential question and how stories help us understand the choices people make in the face of injustice.
While reading The Grand Mosque of Paris, students examined how acts of courage and compassion helped protect Jewish people during the Holocaust. Through close reading, annotation, and collaborative discussions, they supported their thinking with text evidence and strengthened their summary writing. Their “We Remember Because…” reflections helped them begin developing ideas for their writing prompt: “How can literature help us remember and honor the victims of the Holocaust?”
These conversations will continue through The Diary of Anne Frank and a variety of other texts, as students explore how individual stories help generations understand the human experiences behind historical events.
While reading The Grand Mosque of Paris, students examined how acts of courage and compassion helped protect Jewish people during the Holocaust. Through close reading, annotation, and collaborative discussions, they supported their thinking with text evidence and strengthened their summary writing. Their “We Remember Because…” reflections helped them begin developing ideas for their writing prompt: “How can literature help us remember and honor the victims of the Holocaust?”
These conversations will continue through The Diary of Anne Frank and a variety of other texts, as students explore how individual stories help generations understand the human experiences behind historical events.
House Essay Contest Details . . .
What's Happening in Computer Applications this Nine Weeks!
🐝 Welcome to Computer Applications, Hornets! This nine weeks, our 5th graders will be building speed and accuracy with keyboarding, while our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders build real-world tech skills in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and Canva, creating everything from research reports and newsletters to eye-catching designs and presentations. Along the way, we'll also learn about being kind and safe online! 💻✨ We can't wait to see what our Hornets create, so get ready to buzz about it at home! 🐝
🐝 Welcome to Computer Applications, Hornets! This nine weeks, our 5th graders will be building speed and accuracy with keyboarding, while our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders build real-world tech skills in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and Canva, creating everything from research reports and newsletters to eye-catching designs and presentations. Along the way, we'll also learn about being kind and safe online! 💻✨ We can't wait to see what our Hornets create, so get ready to buzz about it at home! 🐝
SGCMS has an incredible faculty and staff! Among them, we are honored to recognize our Teacher of the Year, Novice Teacher of the Year and Support Staff of the Year. SGCMS wouldn't be the same without them! We are proud to spotlight them and share what some of their peers had to say about their impact on SGCMS.
Teacher of the Year- Chelsea Cupp
Novice Teacher of the Year- Laura Thompson
Support Staff of the Year- Melinda Moore
What's happening in PE at SGCMS over the coming weeks?
The newly updated Presidential Physical Fitness Test is officially here, challenging students across the country to lock in, step up, and crush their health goals! This refreshed national benchmark focuses on core strength, cardiovascular endurance, and upper body power to help young athletes build lasting, healthy habits.
Are you ready to claim the legendary Presidential Physical Fitness Award? Here is the ultimate lineup of events you'll need to conquer:
💪 Upper Body Strength: Max out your reps with Right-Angle Pushups or show your ultimate pulling power with classic Pullups.
🧱 Core Stability: Test your abdominal endurance with 60-second Sit-ups (Curl-ups), or hold a rock-solid Plank to prove your structural strength.
🫁 Cardio Endurance: Choose your engine! Push your limits on the track with the timed Mile Run, or try to keep pace with the rhythmic bleeps of the high-intensity PACER Test.
Whether you are a student striving for the top 15% benchmarks or a parent wondering if you can still match today's youth standards, it's time to lace up and get moving! 👟🔥
👇 Which event are you most excited to crush—or most terrified to face?
#PresidentialFitnessTest #FitnessGram #GetActive #FitKids #GymClassChallenge
The newly updated Presidential Physical Fitness Test is officially here, challenging students across the country to lock in, step up, and crush their health goals! This refreshed national benchmark focuses on core strength, cardiovascular endurance, and upper body power to help young athletes build lasting, healthy habits.
Are you ready to claim the legendary Presidential Physical Fitness Award? Here is the ultimate lineup of events you'll need to conquer:
💪 Upper Body Strength: Max out your reps with Right-Angle Pushups or show your ultimate pulling power with classic Pullups.
🧱 Core Stability: Test your abdominal endurance with 60-second Sit-ups (Curl-ups), or hold a rock-solid Plank to prove your structural strength.
🫁 Cardio Endurance: Choose your engine! Push your limits on the track with the timed Mile Run, or try to keep pace with the rhythmic bleeps of the high-intensity PACER Test.
Whether you are a student striving for the top 15% benchmarks or a parent wondering if you can still match today's youth standards, it's time to lace up and get moving! 👟🔥
👇 Which event are you most excited to crush—or most terrified to face?
#PresidentialFitnessTest #FitnessGram #GetActive #FitKids #GymClassChallenge
🏆💙🧡 SGCMS JUNIOR BETA IS NATIONALS BOUND! 🧡💙🏆
We are so excited to share some amazing news from the Beta Leadership Summit!
This week, 11 of our SGCMS Junior Beta members attended the summit and competed in four different competitions. We are thrilled to announce that our students qualified for NATIONALS in ALL FOUR competitions! 🎉🏅
These students have put in countless hours of hard work, preparation, creativity, and teamwork to reach this accomplishment. Their dedication, leadership, and determination truly shined throughout the summit!
We could not be prouder of the way these students represented South Gibson County Middle School! They have shown what it means to be leaders, work together, and strive for excellence.
Please join us in congratulating these outstanding students on their incredible achievements!
💙🧡 Way to go, SGCMS Junior Beta! Nationals, here we come! 🧡💙
We are so excited to share some amazing news from the Beta Leadership Summit!
This week, 11 of our SGCMS Junior Beta members attended the summit and competed in four different competitions. We are thrilled to announce that our students qualified for NATIONALS in ALL FOUR competitions! 🎉🏅
These students have put in countless hours of hard work, preparation, creativity, and teamwork to reach this accomplishment. Their dedication, leadership, and determination truly shined throughout the summit!
We could not be prouder of the way these students represented South Gibson County Middle School! They have shown what it means to be leaders, work together, and strive for excellence.
Please join us in congratulating these outstanding students on their incredible achievements!
💙🧡 Way to go, SGCMS Junior Beta! Nationals, here we come! 🧡💙
Boys Soccer Tryout info . . . Sign up sheet is located in the main office.
You're invited to attend this year's Literacy Night at SGCMS! Please join us to view this year's amazing Book Character Pumpkins, vote monetarily on your favorite one, and help us fundraise for the students at Gamasara School in Tanzania, Africa. We are also excited for this year's presenter. She has visited the school in Tanzania and has gotten to see firsthand where our efforts go.
The Beta Club at the high school will again be hosting our annual Trunk or Treat on Monday, October 26th from 5-7 PM in the front parking lot. We would love for your students and their families to attend. I have attached a graphic that we would love for you guys to share on your social media outlets. Thank you for all you do for our communities and kiddos!
Make-up baseball tryout will be held this Thursday (10/15) immediately after school. This is for those who missed due to absences prior to fall break, sickness, injuries, or not having the sports physical on file with the school. This will occur between 3pm-5pm.
Thank you again to Clark Family Homes for continuing to keep our snack cart stocked for our teachers. We love being able to provide these snack to our teachers during meeting and Professional Development throughout the year!
Continuing our "SGCMS Gives Back" series, we are spotlighting this month Mom & Pop's Pizzeria. Thank you for supporting these local businesses, as they support us and our students.
A huge thank you to Sarivong Donuts for surprising our staff with several dozen donuts this morning. They were delicious!
Also, thank you to Chapel Hill Baptist Church for dropping off cookies to our staff on Friday, along with a kind and encouraging card. The cookies were so good that our staff ate them before we could get a picture, but we are so grateful!
We are so blessed to have so many great partners in our community!
Also, thank you to Chapel Hill Baptist Church for dropping off cookies to our staff on Friday, along with a kind and encouraging card. The cookies were so good that our staff ate them before we could get a picture, but we are so grateful!
We are so blessed to have so many great partners in our community!
Today (9/25), SGCMS celebrated Dolly Parton Day! To honor Dolly's legacy, and in coordination with Gibson County Kind, we asked each student in our building to think about ways they could be "Kind Like Dolly." They then wrote an act of kindness on a butterfly, which were pinned together by some amazing student volunteers, to create a Kindness "Coat of Many Colors."
Tonight's scheduled football game, which was originally scheduled against Alamo, was cancelled. Instead, there will be a 7th and 8th grade JV practice scrimmage.
This week in Miss. DeGroff's social studies class students are learning about the geography of ancient Egypt. Students started the week learning the geography and how it impacted agricultural growth. They then worked in groups to debate why their geographical feature was the most difficult to invade.
SGCHS officers in HOSA, FFA, FBLA, and FCCLA visited 8th grade students at SGCMS to teach them about some of the exciting club options they will have when they are in high school! Coordination of the middle and high school CTE programs is setting up students for successful futures.
FCCLA- Alie Robling and Payton Wilson
HOSA- Presley Wilson, Jayla Johnson, and Taylor Richardson
FFA- Marlee Sowell, Aaliyah Bevins, and Lillian Pierce
FBLS- Hayden Russom, Marleigh Chicantek, Mason Hicks, and Charley Bradberry
FCCLA- Alie Robling and Payton Wilson
HOSA- Presley Wilson, Jayla Johnson, and Taylor Richardson
FFA- Marlee Sowell, Aaliyah Bevins, and Lillian Pierce
FBLS- Hayden Russom, Marleigh Chicantek, Mason Hicks, and Charley Bradberry
Thank you to Ms. Mariah McCallister for speaking to 5th grade students about careers in Public Service and Safety. She is the mother of Emma Harden and shared about her careers in the Airforce, the Tennessee Highway Patrol, and as a Criminal Defense Attorney.
Students in Mrs. Malone’s Career Exploration class participated in a field trip to explore careers in the Public Service and Safety career cluster. These 8th grade students were invited to observe live court proceedings in Judge Bradley Owens’ Gibson County General Sessions Courtroom. Judge Owens speaks to students about “Choices and Consequences” and takes time to explain proceedings and answer questions at the end.
