Holmes Middle School

Tia Scales in J E Holmes Middle School Jan 10 Weekly Updates for the Week of January 12, 2026 This week’s athletics includes: January 12 - Boys Basketball vs WRMS (Home) Girls Basketball vs RCMS (Away) We are excited to announce that we now have a Student Health Center available at HMS. Students can only be seen at the Student Health Center if they have a completed Student Health Center consent form on file. Consent forms are available in the front office. Please contact the school if you have questions about the health center. Attention parents of rising 9th grade AIG students, you are invited to join the AIG department at Optimizing the High School Experience for Gifted Students on January 13th at 6pm in the activity room of the Whitcomb Student Center at Rockingham Community College. At this meeting, parents will have the opportunity to become more aware of AIG services and opportunities at the high school level. Parents will also have an opportunity to visit information tables and ask questions about specific options. We hope that you will be able to attend this meeting, and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, January 13. The end of the second 9 weeks and 1st semester is Friday, January 16. Students will start 2nd semester schedules on Thursday, January 22. As we look ahead, please be reminded that there will be no school on Monday, January 19, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Teacher Workdays are scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, and Wednesday, January 21. Upcoming Events: January 16 - End of 2nd Nine Weeks/End of 1st Semester November/December Student of the Month Celebration 19 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School Students 20 - Teacher Workday/No School for Students 21 - Teacher Workday/No School for Students 28 - RECHS & CTEIHS Visit with 8th Grade 29 - MHS Guidance Visit 8th Graders MHS Parent Night for Rising 9th Graders 6:00pm/MHS

Tia Scales in J E Holmes Middle School Jan 2 Weekly Updates for the Week of January 5, 2026 Mustang Weekly for the Week of 1/5/2026 Happy New Year to all of our Mustang families! This week’s Athletics Includes: January 7 - Basketball vs RCMS (Away) Wrestling vs RCMS (Home) Friday, January 9 is Law Enforcement Appreciation Day! Shoutout to our SRO, Officer Jay Parker, for helping to keep our school safe and everything he does for our students! We appreciate you! The RCS Board formally adopted a cell phone policy in December. This policy went into effect on January 1 and is the same policy currently in place at HMS, so there will be no changes to our procedures at this time. If you would like to review the policy, it is available on the Rockingham County Schools website under Board Policy 4318: Use of Cell Phones and Other Wireless Communication Devices and Policy 4318 Regulation: Student Use of Wireless Communication Devices Implementation Procedures. Upcoming Events: January 8 - Girls Basketball Playoff Game 10 - Wrestling Tournament @ McMichael 12 - Boys Basketball Playoff Game 16 - End of 2nd Nine Weeks/End of 1st Semester November/December Student of the Month Celebration 19 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School for Students 20 - Teacher Workday/No School for Students 21 - Teacher Workday/No School for Students 28 - RECHS & CTEIHS Visit with 8th Grade

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Jammie's day!

We had quite a few characters on campus today.

It's definitely blue out there!

We hope you enjoyed the concert!

We saw some workers from the North Pole on campus today! Tomorrow's theme is snowy blue!

Our own SRO, Jay Parker, led the way at the Leaksville Parade this weekend.

Weekly Update for the Week of 12/15/2025 This week’s Athletics Includes: December 15 - Boys Basketball vs WRMS (Away) Wrestling vs WRMS (Home) 18 - Basketball vs Dillard (Away) Wrestling vs Dillard (Home) Friday December 19th is an early release day. Students will be dismissed at 1:25pm. Please be sure that your child’s ride is here at 1:25 pm. Please remember that there will be no school for students beginning December 23rd-January 2nd. After December 19, our school office will not regularly open again until January 2nd. We wish you and your family a wonderful holiday season and Happy New Year! We look forward to seeing everyone back in the building on Monday, January 5, 2026! Upcoming Events: December 19 – Early Release – 1:30 p.m. 22–31 – Holiday Break (No School) January 1 – New Year’s Day (No School) 2 – Teacher Workday (No School) 5 – First Day Back for Students

Today's theme is....

Did you know today is the 67th day of school?? (We didn't tell the kids!!)

Tomorrow is Jingle Bell day! Wear your bells or a Holiday shirt!

Due to the freezing temperatures tonight, and the strong probability of icy roads, RCS will be closed for students tomorrow, Tuesday, December 9, 2025 with an optional teacher workday for staff.

Childcare will open at 9am.

We hope everyone stays warm and safe!

Due to the forecast of inclement weather, RCS will be closed for students tomorrow, Monday, December 8, 2025 with an optional teacher workday for staff.

We hope everyone stays warm and safe!

From our superintendent....

"The 4:35 NOA forecast has possible snow in the a.m. with accumulation between 2 and 4 p.m. Given this would not give us enough time to get students home if we did an early release, I have decided to make tomorrow an optional workday. We WILL have childcare available but will monitor throughout the day. "

Keep an eye out for the official announcement!!

Week of December 8, 2025 Updates

This week’s Athletics Includes:

December

10 - Basketball vs RMS (Away)

Wrestling vs. RMS (Home)



We want to congratulate our Science Fair participants from last Friday’s District Science Fair. All seven of our groups earned medals and we have six teams that will move on to compete in the Regional Science Fair. Way to go Mustangs!



Our HMS Chorus and Band will have their Winter Concerts this week. Chorus will have their concert on Tuesday, December 9 and Band will have their concert on Thursday, December 11. Both concerts will be held in the Morehead High School Auditorium at 7:00pm. Please come out and support our chorus and band students on Tuesday and Thursday!



Our PTSO fundraiser trampoline park reward has been rescheduled to Friday, December 12. Parents , please make sure you have completed the waiver and permission slip for the trampoline park for your child to attend.



Upcoming Events:

December

15 - Basketball vs WRMS (Away)

Wrestling vs WRMS (Home)

18 - Basketball vs Dillard Middle ((Away)

Wrestling vs Dillard Middle (Home)

19 – Early Release – 1:30 p.m.

22–31 – Holiday Break (No School)

Come be a Trailblazer!

Tomorrow starts our 12 Days of Dress Up!

Mrs. Morehead-Rettig’s class made Rube Goldbergs to study simple machines. Students used wooden blocks, tracks, cardboard, cups, bottles, and paper tracks to create their machines!