Model Middle School

What a fun first week back to school! The 5th grade students started the year with building rectangular prisms to discover how to find the volume.

A great Friday at MMS with grade level meetings, Coach Henderson’s whoot-whoot wagon, and a sweet treat from

The Model Middle School Sofball team took the field today and came away with a win against Armuchee. Congratulations to the players, coaches, and everyone involved in getting softball recognized as an FCAA sport. The future of the softball program is bright!!!!!

Today in Miss Woodall's class, we explored the statistical process and the different types of data we can collect! Students participated in a gallery walk where they analyzed questions created by their classmates and determined whether each would produce numerical or categorical data. It was so much fun listening to their discussions and seeing their mathematical thinking in action. What a great day to be a Blue Devil at MMS! 💙

Thank you D***s Creek Baptist Church for the cookie cake and all of your support! It’s going to be a great year! 💙

Connections and 5th/6th Grade Lunches are rolling on day 1!!!!

1st Homeroom of the 2026-2027 school year. Everyone is excited to be back!

All traffic entering MMS will need to use the Mango Road entrance. The gravel access road may be used in the afternoon to prevent backups onto Mango. Staff will be out to help direct traffic this week. Arrival is 7:15 to 7:55 and Dismissal is 3:00-3:30. Silent Dismissal cards were given out at open house or will be sent home with your student tomorrow. Please have these each day for pickup.

We can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow. Jandy’s will be on campus for the afternoon sessions.

We love Nurse Emily 💙

When Emily was 6 years old, she began choking on a peppermint candy. A nurse named Paula quickly performed the Heimlich maneuver and saved her life.

Twenty-six years later, Emily walked into a job interview for a school nurse position at Atrium Health Floyd and realized the nurse across the table was the same person who had saved her that day.

The unexpected reunion became a full-circle moment that reinforced Emily's decision to become a nurse.

"I didn't realize how much that experience impacted me until years later," Emily said. "Paula's ability to stay calm, act quickly and care for people definitely influenced the nurse I wanted to become."

For Emily, Paula's impact extended far beyond the medical care she received that day.

"What I learned from Paula is that nursing is about more than giving medicine," Emily said. "It's about loving and caring for people as whole people."

Those lessons continue to guide Emily as she begins her career in school nursing at Model Middle and High Schools.

"At a school, it's rarely just about a stomachache," she said. "It's about understanding what's really going on and helping students through whatever they're facing."

For Paula, welcoming Emily into school nursing is especially meaningful.

"To me, that's the biggest honor there is," Paula said. "Nursing is the best field there is." Throughout her career, Paula has believed nursing is about more than medicine.

"It's about helping people be their best selves," she said. "Teachers are there to teach. We're here to take care of students' health and welfare. You can't learn if you're not healthy."

When asked what advice she would offer Emily, Paula's answer was simple.

"Treat every child like you would want your child to be treated," she said. "Love them. They know when you really care about them."

Reflecting on the journey that connected their lives, Paula hopes the same compassion that helped shape Emily's career will continue through the next generation of nurses.

"Maybe she'll be in the right place at the right time and help somebody like I did," Paula said. "And I know she would."

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