South Middle School

🗞️ Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The SMS Newspaper Club is distributed their latest edition at lunch today! Students and staff picked up a copy to read what our Mustang journalists have been working on! 🐴📖 #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang

What an honor it was to celebrate Mrs. Deterding as one the regional teachers for the year this evening. So proud to be part of this amazing celebration 🎉

Friendly Reminder: No School October 30-31 & November 3-4. SMS will return on November 5. It will be a "B" Day. For more calendar details you can visit: https://tinyurl.com/5fk5addb. Have a fun and safe fall break! 🍂🍁🎃 #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang

Our Student Lighthouse Team met after school to review school data and brainstorm ways to strengthen our sense of belonging at SMS. 💡 These incredible student leaders shared thoughtful ideas to make our school an even better place! 💙🐴 #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang

🚌💛 Our FACS Club hit the road to gratitude! Huge thanks to our amazing bus drivers who steer our Mustangs safely every day — and still manage to smile through every traffic jam and bus change! Enjoy these treats, you’ve earned every bite! #BusDriverAppreciationWeek

Running Club laced up and showed up for a 1.5 mile fun run! Smiles, sweat and school spirit powered every step! 🏃‍♀️🖤❤️🐴 #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang

Twinning is winning! Spirit Week: Twin Day was a huge success! Lots of seeing double! 😍 #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang

SMS Custodian, Natalie Adams, earned the Triple E Impact Award! 🏆#ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang

Mr. Day's students design and build bridges in the tech ed classroom. St Louis is a hub for bridge design jobs he told them. They will test their bridges to see how much weight they can hold.

Reading text feature scavenger hunt! 📚 #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang

Students in 7th grade math exploring circumference of a circle! ⭕📏 #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang

Get ready for Spirit Week: American Heart Week (October 20–24)! Each day features a fun theme that connects to heart health and Mustang pride. Join the excitement while supporting healthy hearts all week long! #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang

📚SMS StuCo students spent the afternoon sharing stories and smiles with Boonslick students! Building leaders, one page at a time. 🐴✨ #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang

Loved seeing principals in the classrooms teaching leadership lessons during Mustang Minutes! Students were highly engaged in learning about Habit 5: Seek first to understand and empathy.

Shout out to some pretty incredible teacher leaders who presented information about PLCs and setting teachers up for a strong collaborative culture! #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang

Main Idea and Central Message...WHO KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE? Students in Mrs. Deterding's class sure do! I had the pleasure of listening to students in Mrs. Deterding's class explain main/central idea! What a great discussion!

Before and after! The principals took pies 🥧 to the face at the fall festival. What an awesome time had by all!

We had an amazing time at the 4th annual fall festival. Thank you for coming out and enjoying the evening with us! 🍂🍁🎃

Lots of helpers getting ready for the fall festival tonight! My favorite part of this event, is everyone coming together as a school family to pull it off!