The Mid-Prairie Girls & Boys Youth Basketball Clinic is back this November! The clinic will include the teaching of techniques, fundamentals, skill competitions, and games. Return your registration to Head Boys Basketball Coach, Daren Lambert. #mphawks

Before Friday night's home varsity football game, the senior boys will be recognizing a staff member who has impacted their life. Thank you to ALL staff who make a difference! #mphawks https://youtu.be/_KhmzW7C4Fw?si=HQVIdfTMM4tDGKQC

NEW to Mid-Prairie! Our FIRST Tech team is off and soaring. Team #25788 Byte Brawlers spent time strategizing their game play, creating the logo and beginning the build. #mphawks

This year's Mid-Prairie Book Fairs, during Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences at East and the Middle School, are going to be epic! More Books. More Choices. More Fun. Start exploring together on our school's Book Fair homepages: East: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/midprairieeastelemschool Middle School: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/midprairiems #mphawks

6th grade students at MPMS are the first to use the new FCS space. It is working great for us, and we all feel very lucky to have it!! #mphawks

It's time to begin preparing and fundraising for post-prom 2025! Help the MPHS Post Prom group raise money by ordering Sugar Bottom Bakery Deep Dish Cookies! The group will receive 20% of sales from Sugar Bottom Bakery! Order NOW through NOON on Monday, October 14th by filling out this order form. #mphawks https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uSLCjj6xpDiw3L7JvISizFGaqqGKjY3iVffIo3yCGh0/viewform?edit_requested=true

Thank you Mid-Prairie FFA for coming to teach all MP East 2nd graders about apples. It was so much fun learning about the life cycle of apples from our FFA friends! Thank you for making it happen. 💙🍎💛

Congratulations to MPHS Student of the Week, Joshua Watkins! Joshua was nominated by Mrs. Baker. Mrs. Baker commented , "Joshua is doing all the homework, asking questions, and working hard in class. He also has a great sense of humor. He works well with everyone in class . He makes class a little more light-hearted and fun. I appreciate having him in class." Great work, Joshua! #mphawks

On Friday, Mrs. Baker's stats class at MPHS investigated permutations and combinations using flags. They created a variety of flags and figured out which ones were the same and which were unique. They will use what they learned in probability problems next week and later as they make games of chance! #mphawks

In geometry on Friday, MPHS students started writing proofs using triangle congruence shortcuts. They put statements and reasons on hexagons and put them together to see the connections between the ideas they are learning about. #mphawks

Mid-Prairie students and families are invited to an informational meeting on September 30th to learn more about an upcoming travel opportunity to Guatemala and Belize during the summer of 2025. Students will be immersed in the culture of the ancient Mayans and discover the natural wonders that these Central American countries have to offer through nature hikes in the Pacaya volcano area, underground cave kayak exploration, snorkeling in one of the healthiest coral reefs in the world while developing their Spanish language skills. This trip is NOT sponsored by Mid-Prairie but is only open to students- in the entire MP district- who have completed Spanish1 and who will have completed or attempted Spanish 2 by May 2025. Find out more information on Monday, September 30th, at 7:00 pm in room 317 at MPHS. #mphawks

In 8th grade math today students used their knowledge of translations, rotations, and reflections to create tessellations. #mphawks

Check out this week's Golden Hawks At A Glance! #mphawks https://youtu.be/Asc0Hqxm1M4

Thank you to Jed Seward from PSI for speaking to our 6th graders in math today! He connected our learning of finding area to calculate the amount of concrete slats needed to build a hog barn for 2480 pigs! #mphawks #mathisfun

Congratulations to Jacob Flynn, as he was named a Commended Student in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program! A Letter of Commendation from MPHS and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation will be presented by Mr. Banks. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2025 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards by taking the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. "Those being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success," commented a spokesperson for NMSC. "These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation." #mphawks

In math, the 6th graders explored surface area by calculating how many sticky notes it would take to cover a filing cabinet, excluding the bottom. Students collaborated well and used a variety of strategies! Great start to surface area :) #mphawks #mathisfun

We had a very successful Mum Fundraiser last week! Thank you to all who came out to support MP-HSAP students! We are definitely within reach of our outdoor picnic shelter goal. We still have a few mums left. If you are interested, feel free to come to the building. It will be self-serve and then you can bring your donation into the office. If you have any questions or need help with getting them, please contact Laura Mallory or call our office. Mum Combo (mum with grass in the middle): orange, pink, and a couple of yellow Mum Only (no grass, just mum): purple and pink #mphawks

Welcome back to our 2024 Mid-Prairie Alumni Award winners and the 2004 Mid-Prairie football team! It was an honor to recognize your achievements at our MP Homecoming games! #mphawks

Check out this week's Golden Hawks At A Glance! #mphawks https://youtu.be/3EcIytH4dH0

Miss V's First Grade class loves to play math games! In math, they have been learning games that help them practice counting, adding 1 or 2 to a number, and subtracting 1 or 2 from a number. The best part about math is getting to play games with friends! #mphawks