Swain County Middle School

Swain Middle School Art students have done it again! We are so proud of their hard work on the latest, and certainly not last, student mural!

Last post of the day for athletics. Our baseball and softball team will be traveling to Murphy to play today. Game time is at 4.

Also more great news from the track meet yesterday. Kazandra Cooper set a new school record in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:04.31. The new mark breaks her own school record. Congratulations Kazandra.

Here are the rest of our finishers.

Our boys finished their track and field season out yesterday with a 2nd place team victory. We are so proud of all they have done this year and know they have put in a lot of hard work over the season. Ayden Kirkland - 3rd 400 meter dash, 2nd long jump, 2nd triple jump Blake Lambert - 4th 400 meter dash James Loftis - 4th 800 meter, 4th 1600 meter Colton Shuler - 4th long jump, 3rd shot put, 1st discus Cristian Solano-Jumper - 4th triple jump Aiden Davis, Sawyer Nichols, Ryan Mabe, Elijah Dingle - 2nd 4x800 meter relay Aiden Davis, James Loftis, Ayden Kirkland, Sawyer Nichols - 2nd 4x400 meter relay

Excellent showing by our Swain Middle Girls Track and Field team yesterday at the conference meet. We are so proud of all your efforts and hard work that you have put in over the season. Kazandra Cooper - 1st 400 meter dash, 3rd 100 meter dash Cara Aldridge - 2nd 400 meter dash, 2nd long jump, 2nd triple jump Sophia Darnell - 4th 400 meter dash, Brylee Shuler - 4th shot put Lily Millsaps - 2nd Discus Sophia Darnell, Elle Driver, Malyiah Carey, Kazandra Cooper - 3rd in 4x400 relay Elle Driver, Peyton Allen, Malyiah Carey, Emma Nations - 2nd in 4x800 relay

On April 30th, 2024, Swain Middle School will host it's first annual SMS STEAM Expo! Students will have the opportunity to explore and visit over twenty different stations that cover a wide variety of careers and hobbies! Encourage your student's to mark their calendar!

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!