Life in the middle

Full Day Hours: 7:40-2:40

Early Release Hours: 7:40-1:30

Half Day Hours: 7:40-10:43

Attendance Line to report an absence: 269-441-4749

Late Arrivals/Tardies

• Late arrivals to school will still be considered tardy even with a guardian's explanation.
• Student's arriving more than 9 minutes late to school or to any class throughout the day will be marked absent from that class.
• Student's who leave with more than 9 minutes remaining will be marked absent from that class.

REMINDERS:

• If you are picking up your student early please call the office when you are on your way and we will have them ready for you!

• To keep information current, please make sure to update any changes to phone numbers and addresses with the office as soon as possible.

Tuesday, February 11th at 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Wednesday February 12th, 2025 at 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

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Students in grades K-8 who are members of MCCU have access to make weekly deposits here at school on Wednesdays during their lunch. Students are encouraged to set savings goals and are awarded age-appropriate incentives to build savings habits.

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This month, students will be working with the school counselor on scheduling elective classes for the next school year. Elective selection papers will be sent home during conferences, or with your student after conferences for parents to sign an return back to your child's teacher or to the main office.

Below are the scheduling papers that each student will be filling out and sent home for parent signatures.

If you have any questions about this process please contact Mrs. Schultz at 269-441-4728 or Schultza@harpercreek.net.

If your student is in need of support please click on this LINK to sign up and the appropriate staff member will be in contact with your student.

185 LEAD Tickets have been randomly drawn since the beginning of the year.

That means 185 students have received a positive reward for following out buildings LEAD expectations.

Students are given LEAD tickets by all building staff members for learning responsibly, encouraging kindness, acting respectfully, and demonstrating safety. Please continue to encourage your students to be LEADers in the building.

Our 6th graders have done an awesome job to reduce the amount of referrals for their grade level this month. Great job 6th graders!!

February 11th -Middle School Concert Band Pre-festival Concert-7:00 PM at the Middle School Auditorium

February 18th -Choir Pre-festival Concert, All Choirs at the HS Auditorium-7:00 PM

February 26th- 6th Grade Choir Festival at Kalamazoo Chenery Auditorium-9:30 AM

February 27th - 8th Grade Choir Festival at Kalamazoo Chenery Auditorium-10:00 AM

February 27th- 7th Grade Choir Festival at Kalamazoo Chenery Auditorium-11:00 AM

March 4th- 6th Grade Band Demonstration Concert at the Middle school Auditorium- 7:00 PM

March 5th -Concert Band Festival @Marshall High School-4:20 PM

In 6th grade science, students are investigating the macronutrients of food so they can understand how food can affect their health and well-being. Reading ingredient labels and looking at the health impacts of a balanced (or unbalanced) diet would be a good conversation at home.

In 6th grade social studies, students are beginning a project called Create a Country. This project involves selecting one of the major types of government and writing a set of laws to govern their country. In addition, students will be creating features such as a flag, map, and national anthem to accompany their country projects.

Ms. Baldwin’s 6th grade English students learned more about droughts, famines, and schools in Malawi. One thing she really wanted to bring to students attention was that while they have the right to an education, it is a privilege to Malawians to get an education. To further this understanding, students are participating in a bit of a experiment. Her classroom currently has no furniture, electricity, or enough school supplies for every student to have their own. If a student isn't putting in the effort in their Malawian school, they are kicked out and forced to go plow fields (push awkward carts around the school, carry heavy totes).

In Math, 6th graders launched their unit on Equations and Expressions with a visit from a Djinni. By accepting the Djinni’s challenge, students had to decide if they should take a lump sum of gold coins or if it would be a better to choose a magic coin that increases exponentially for a certain number of days. Throughout this activity, students have en”rich”ed their knowledge of exponents and how they are used to represent repeated multiplication. To help students distinguish between repeated addition and repeated multiplication, parents can help reinforce these concepts at home by contrasting numerical and real-life examples of each. Up next, students will be investigating an alleged traffic violation to explore writing and solving algebraic expressions and formulas.

In order to attend this year's field trip to Michigan's Adventure, each student must meet the following requirements between Monday, January 6th, 2025 and Wednesday, May 21st, 2025.

1. The student may not be suspended for any reason.

2. The student may not be on or have been on "social probation".

3. The student may not receive more than four detentions of any kind (for example: 10-minute lunch detention) during the second semester.

4. The student must be passing all four core classes for the second semester.

5. The student and their parent/guardian must sign and return the requirement slip by January 10th.

Any student who does not meet the above requirements will still be eligible to participate in the field trip, provided that one of their parents attends as a one-on-one chaperone and will be responsible for their own transportation.

8th graders- Do you want to travel to Spain and France? Join Mr. Brinker and Mrs. Beam during Spring Break of 2026! We will be taking a 10-day tour of France and Spain, including sightseeing, enjoying their delicious cuisine, exploring, and taking part in cultural experiences. If that all sounds amazing, contact Mrs. Beam at beamc@harpercreek.net or see her before school. This trip is open to ALL current 8th-12th graders- you do not have to be enrolled in the World Language program! We will also have informational packets available in the front office. Mr. Brinker will be hosting an informational meeting on Friday, February 6th at 7pm, after HS conferences if you want your parent/ guardian to have more in-person information!