Reader Spotlight! Shoutout to this rockstar reader who has already finished 30+ books!
That’s dedication, imagination, and a whole lot of pages turned.
That’s dedication, imagination, and a whole lot of pages turned.

🍿 Uniquely Popped is Open for Business! 🍿
Ms. Angelow’s Extended Resources class has launched a fun new student-run business called Uniquely Popped! This hands-on project helps students build lifelong skills like taking orders, helping customers, and counting money.
📅 Starting Friday, February 13
🗓️ Popcorn will be sold every other Friday
📍 Booth available to students during their regular lunches
🍿 Original Popcorn – $1
🍭 Loaded Popcorn (seasoning & candy included) – $2
#UniquelyPopped #LifeSkillsInAction #SchoolPride
Ms. Angelow’s Extended Resources class has launched a fun new student-run business called Uniquely Popped! This hands-on project helps students build lifelong skills like taking orders, helping customers, and counting money.
📅 Starting Friday, February 13
🗓️ Popcorn will be sold every other Friday
📍 Booth available to students during their regular lunches
🍿 Original Popcorn – $1
🍭 Loaded Popcorn (seasoning & candy included) – $2
#UniquelyPopped #LifeSkillsInAction #SchoolPride

🎶 Pre-Assessment Concert 🎶
The Harrison Choral Program invites you to our Pre-Assessment Concert on February 16 at 6:00 PM at the HHS Performing Arts Center. Come support our talented choir students and enjoy an evening of music!
💚🖤 #HarrisonChoral #GoblinPride #SupportTheArts
The Harrison Choral Program invites you to our Pre-Assessment Concert on February 16 at 6:00 PM at the HHS Performing Arts Center. Come support our talented choir students and enjoy an evening of music!
💚🖤 #HarrisonChoral #GoblinPride #SupportTheArts

Friday is Color's Day at HHS. If your student from HMS plans on checking out early with you or another parent, please send a written note to school on Friday. If you will send the note to the office as early as possible, we will try our best to have the students ready for you when you check them out.
So proud of our students at the FBLA District Spring Conference! 🎉💙💛
These students represented our school so well and brought home some awesome results:
🏅 Kate Sessions – 5th Place, Exploring Business Communication
🏅 Mae Sessions – 5th Place, Exploring FBLA
🏅 Ryan Freeman – 4th Place, Exploring Economics
🥇 Cooper Boswell – 1st Place, Career Exploration
🏅 Stella Parker – 4th Place, Exploring Professionalism
Hard work, confidence, and leadership on display, way to go, FBLA! 👏✨
#FBLA #DistrictConference #FutureBusinessLeaders






👶✨ Calling All 8th Grade Parents & Guardians! ✨👶
The Yearbook Editors are working on a fun “Guess Who?” page and need your help! We’re collecting baby or toddler photos of our 8th graders to see if everyone can recognize these cuties from back in the day. 😄
📸 Please email one baby/toddler photo of your 8th grader to:
📧 tbeardsley@hps.k12.ar.us
Let’s make this year’s yearbook memorable, fun, and full of smiles! 💙📘
#HMSYearbook #GuessWho #8thGradeMemories #GoblinPride #ThenAndNow
The Yearbook Editors are working on a fun “Guess Who?” page and need your help! We’re collecting baby or toddler photos of our 8th graders to see if everyone can recognize these cuties from back in the day. 😄
📸 Please email one baby/toddler photo of your 8th grader to:
📧 tbeardsley@hps.k12.ar.us
Let’s make this year’s yearbook memorable, fun, and full of smiles! 💙📘
#HMSYearbook #GuessWho #8thGradeMemories #GoblinPride #ThenAndNow

🤠📚 Yeehaw, Readers! The Scholastic Book Fair Is Riding into Town! 📚🤠
Saddle up, Harrison Middle School! The Scholastic Book Fair is galloping its way to HMS February 16–19 and will be set up in the School Library. From page-turnin’ adventures to can’t-put-it-down favorites, there’s a book for every reader on the trail.
So grab your hat, hitch your wagon to a good book, and mosey on down to the library to discover your next great read. Don’t miss out—this is one stop on the trail you won’t want to skip! 🌵📖
#BookFairRidingIntoTown #ScholasticBookFair #HarrisonMiddleSchool #WildAboutReading #ReadersOnTheRange 🤠📚
Saddle up, Harrison Middle School! The Scholastic Book Fair is galloping its way to HMS February 16–19 and will be set up in the School Library. From page-turnin’ adventures to can’t-put-it-down favorites, there’s a book for every reader on the trail.
So grab your hat, hitch your wagon to a good book, and mosey on down to the library to discover your next great read. Don’t miss out—this is one stop on the trail you won’t want to skip! 🌵📖
#BookFairRidingIntoTown #ScholasticBookFair #HarrisonMiddleSchool #WildAboutReading #ReadersOnTheRange 🤠📚

🎨💻 EAST@HMS Upgrade Grant in Action! 💻🎨
Here’s another item our EAST@HMS students purchased using Upgrade Grant funds—the XP-Pen Artist 15.6 Pro Drawing Tablet!
Dean, one of our resident artists, has taken on the responsibility of learning how to use this new tool and then training other EAST students to use it as well. We are excited to see how this technology will inspire creativity and collaboration within our program.
We can’t wait to see what you create, Dean! 👏✨
#EASTatHMS #UpgradeGrant #StudentArtists #DigitalArt #CreativeTechnology #StudentLeadership #ArtAndTechnology #HarrisonMiddleSchool
Here’s another item our EAST@HMS students purchased using Upgrade Grant funds—the XP-Pen Artist 15.6 Pro Drawing Tablet!
Dean, one of our resident artists, has taken on the responsibility of learning how to use this new tool and then training other EAST students to use it as well. We are excited to see how this technology will inspire creativity and collaboration within our program.
We can’t wait to see what you create, Dean! 👏✨
#EASTatHMS #UpgradeGrant #StudentArtists #DigitalArt #CreativeTechnology #StudentLeadership #ArtAndTechnology #HarrisonMiddleSchool
🤝💙 EAST Project Spotlight: Food for Friends 💙🤝
Bellah and Abbey are working on an EAST project focused on addressing food insecurity called Food for Friends. As part of their project, they set up a meeting with representatives from Ozark Share and Care.
Ferrin Carlton visited with this group and 6th period EAST, sharing insight into Ozark Share and Care’s mission, what happens day to day, and the many volunteer opportunities available.
Ozark Share and Care is truly an amazing asset to the people of Harrison and the surrounding area, and we are grateful for their time, knowledge, and continued service to our community. 🌟
#EASTProject #FoodForFriends #CommunityService #OzarkShareAndCare #StudentLeadership #LearningBeyondTheClassroom #GivingBack #HarrisonAR
Bellah and Abbey are working on an EAST project focused on addressing food insecurity called Food for Friends. As part of their project, they set up a meeting with representatives from Ozark Share and Care.
Ferrin Carlton visited with this group and 6th period EAST, sharing insight into Ozark Share and Care’s mission, what happens day to day, and the many volunteer opportunities available.
Ozark Share and Care is truly an amazing asset to the people of Harrison and the surrounding area, and we are grateful for their time, knowledge, and continued service to our community. 🌟
#EASTProject #FoodForFriends #CommunityService #OzarkShareAndCare #StudentLeadership #LearningBeyondTheClassroom #GivingBack #HarrisonAR
✏️🎨 Art in Action! 🎨✏️
Mrs. Morgan’s 5th and 6th grade students have been hard at work creating still art pencil drawings, and their creativity truly shines! This is an incredibly talented group of students, and their attention to detail and artistic growth is impressive.
We are so proud of the dedication and effort these students put into their artwork—great job, artists! 👏✨
#HarrisonMiddleSchool #StudentArt #StillLifeArt #PencilDrawing #YoungArtists #ArtClass #CreativeStudents #ProudMoment
Mrs. Morgan’s 5th and 6th grade students have been hard at work creating still art pencil drawings, and their creativity truly shines! This is an incredibly talented group of students, and their attention to detail and artistic growth is impressive.
We are so proud of the dedication and effort these students put into their artwork—great job, artists! 👏✨
#HarrisonMiddleSchool #StudentArt #StillLifeArt #PencilDrawing #YoungArtists #ArtClass #CreativeStudents #ProudMoment
🎨🖍️ Student Artist Spotlight! 🖍️🎨
Student artist Josalyn L, an 8th grader at Harrison Middle School, created this beautiful pastel zebra, now proudly on display at the Boone County Library.
This artwork was created under the guidance of her art teacher, April Mattix, and is part of the 2026 Ozark Mountain Student Art Show, which features artwork from 10 talented HMS students. We are so proud of our young artists and their creativity!
#HarrisonMiddleSchool #HMSProud #StudentArt #OzarkMountainStudentArtShow #BooneCountyLibrary #YoungArtists #FineArts #ArtEducation #HMSArtists 🦓✨
Student artist Josalyn L, an 8th grader at Harrison Middle School, created this beautiful pastel zebra, now proudly on display at the Boone County Library.
This artwork was created under the guidance of her art teacher, April Mattix, and is part of the 2026 Ozark Mountain Student Art Show, which features artwork from 10 talented HMS students. We are so proud of our young artists and their creativity!
#HarrisonMiddleSchool #HMSProud #StudentArt #OzarkMountainStudentArtShow #BooneCountyLibrary #YoungArtists #FineArts #ArtEducation #HMSArtists 🦓✨
🎨🏆 Harrison Middle School Student Art Winners! 🏆🎨
We are proud to announce that four Harrison Middle School students were selected as winners at the Ozark Mountain Student Art Show! Their artwork is currently on display upstairs at the Boone County Library in Harrison during February and March—be sure to stop by and see their incredible talent.
👏 A special thank-you to Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Mattix for encouraging and supporting our students’ creativity.
🏫 Harrison Middle School (Grades 7 & 8)
🥇 1st Place – Colbie R., Grade 8
🎨 “Papa John’s Ole Work Boots”
🏫 Harrison Middle School (Grades 5 & 6)
🥇 1st Place – Kinslee C., Grade 5
🎨 “Apple Delight”
🥈 2nd Place – Keagan B., Grade 5
🎨 “Pineapples”
Congratulations to our talented artists! 🎉🖌️


💙 School Counselor Appreciation Week 💙
This week, we celebrate and give thanks for our amazing HMS School Counselors! Every day, they encourage students, help solve problems, and support our school community through both everyday moments and times of crisis.
Thank you Mrs. Keele, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Arnold, and Mrs. Flowers for the care, compassion, and dedication you show our students and staff. We are so grateful for all you do! 💙✨
#SchoolCounselorAppreciationWeek #ThankYouCounselors #HMSProud #StudentSupport #MakingADifference
This week, we celebrate and give thanks for our amazing HMS School Counselors! Every day, they encourage students, help solve problems, and support our school community through both everyday moments and times of crisis.
Thank you Mrs. Keele, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Arnold, and Mrs. Flowers for the care, compassion, and dedication you show our students and staff. We are so grateful for all you do! 💙✨
#SchoolCounselorAppreciationWeek #ThankYouCounselors #HMSProud #StudentSupport #MakingADifference

🎭✨ Auditions Update! ✨🎭
Our first round of auditions went smoothly thanks to the leadership of our student director, Griffin Motley—we’re off to a great start!
Missed auditions? No worries! You’re welcome to join us Wednesday, February 4, after school in the 5/6 gym at HMS. We can’t wait to see you there!
#HMS #HMSTheatre #StudentLeadership #Auditions #TheatreKids #GetInvolved #AfterSchoolActivities #FineArts #WeAreHMS 🎬👏
Our first round of auditions went smoothly thanks to the leadership of our student director, Griffin Motley—we’re off to a great start!
Missed auditions? No worries! You’re welcome to join us Wednesday, February 4, after school in the 5/6 gym at HMS. We can’t wait to see you there!
#HMS #HMSTheatre #StudentLeadership #Auditions #TheatreKids #GetInvolved #AfterSchoolActivities #FineArts #WeAreHMS 🎬👏



Message from 6th Grade FCA
A big thank you to Mia for sharing a powerful message about Faith Over Fear during 6th Grade FCA! 💙 The students were encouraged and inspired by her words. We appreciate her willingness to lead and speak truth to our students!
A big thank you to Mia for sharing a powerful message about Faith Over Fear during 6th Grade FCA! 💙 The students were encouraged and inspired by her words. We appreciate her willingness to lead and speak truth to our students!


📣 Reminder! Free Volleyball Clinics 🏐
🏐 Today: 5th Grade Volleyball Clinic
🏐 Tomorrow: 6th Grade Volleyball Clinic
⏰ Time: 3:30–5:00 PM (after school program)
With the recent snow days, we wanted to send a quick reminder—hope to see lots of students there for some volleyball fun! ❄️➡️🏐
#VolleyballClinic #AfterSchoolFun #5thGrade #6thGrade #StudentAthletes #SchoolSports #SnowDayReminder
🏐 Today: 5th Grade Volleyball Clinic
🏐 Tomorrow: 6th Grade Volleyball Clinic
⏰ Time: 3:30–5:00 PM (after school program)
With the recent snow days, we wanted to send a quick reminder—hope to see lots of students there for some volleyball fun! ❄️➡️🏐
#VolleyballClinic #AfterSchoolFun #5thGrade #6thGrade #StudentAthletes #SchoolSports #SnowDayReminder
🗽✨ HMS Semi-Formal Dance! ✨🗽
Get ready for a New York–themed night at Harrison Middle School!
This event is ONLY for Harrison Middle School 7th and 8th grade students.
Join us on February 13, 2026, from 7–9 PM in the HMS Cafeteria & Atrium.
🎟️ $5 per person
🚪 Enter at the back of HMS
Please be sure to review the General Guidelines and Dress Code Guidelines for important event details.
We can’t wait to see our students shine! 💙💛
Get ready for a New York–themed night at Harrison Middle School!
This event is ONLY for Harrison Middle School 7th and 8th grade students.
Join us on February 13, 2026, from 7–9 PM in the HMS Cafeteria & Atrium.
🎟️ $5 per person
🚪 Enter at the back of HMS
Please be sure to review the General Guidelines and Dress Code Guidelines for important event details.
We can’t wait to see our students shine! 💙💛

A note from the after school program:
Auditions for Big Bad have been rescheduled for Monday, February 2 and Wednesday, February 4. If you want to audition, just show up after school in the 5-6 gym.
📣 Calling all Goblin 7th & 8th Grade Basketball Fans! 🏀💚
The HMS Yearbook staff is collecting photos of our boys’ and girls’ basketball teams for this year’s yearbook, and we’d love your help! If you’ve captured any great game-day moments this season, please email your photos to Mrs. Beardsley at tbeardsley@hps.k12.ar.us.
Thank you for helping us showcase our Goblins and preserve these memories! 📸✨
The HMS Yearbook staff is collecting photos of our boys’ and girls’ basketball teams for this year’s yearbook, and we’d love your help! If you’ve captured any great game-day moments this season, please email your photos to Mrs. Beardsley at tbeardsley@hps.k12.ar.us.
Thank you for helping us showcase our Goblins and preserve these memories! 📸✨

A message from the 5th Grade FCA 🙌
A huge thank you to Charlotte for speaking at our 5th Grade FCA! The students truly enjoyed her message and were inspired by her words about living for Jesus. We’re so grateful for her time, heart, and encouragement—it made a meaningful impact on our kids! 💛✝️
A huge thank you to Charlotte for speaking at our 5th Grade FCA! The students truly enjoyed her message and were inspired by her words about living for Jesus. We’re so grateful for her time, heart, and encouragement—it made a meaningful impact on our kids! 💛✝️




