Middle School -

Ms. Chapman's 5th grade Ag class has reached the long awaited unit: Bugs! Today students continued to expand on their knowledge of why insects are important to agriculture and learned about Orders of insects. In our last few days of the unit they will also discuss life cycles, adaptations and habitats. Stay tuned as they are very eager to get to look at Ms. Chapman's bug collection!

Ms. Chapman's 8th grade AFNR classes are learning about FFA LDE Contests this week. Today they got to watch some LDEs in action and work together to put themselves in the shoes of the judges. They discussed the rubrics and what to look for in public speaking- things like pace, tone, volume, gestures, poise, and mannerisms. Students had good comments and critiques. Some of them could make some pretty tough judges!

Ms. Chapman's 8th grade AFNR classes are wrapping up learning about FFA LDE Contests. Yesterday they got to put themselves in the shoes of the judges. Today they got to put themselves in the shoes of a competitor! Students chose lyrics from songs and used what they learned about LDEs to present them to the class as a speech.

It's officially "Fair Season" for Palmer FFA! Ag Product ID up and at 'em early this morning for their contest at the State Fair of Texas! Proud of these students for their dedication to practice and studying for the competition! More to come from the State Fair and Heart O' Texas throughout the next month!

MS volleyball Mondays Home Game 9/29 We will play at home in the High School Gym against Rice starting at 5pm. 7B,7A,8A NO 8B GAME Tickets; https://events.hometownticketing.com/boxoffice/palmerisd/L2VtYmVkL2V2ZW50LzM0NT9zaW5nbGU9MA%3D%3D

See you tomorrow! Please park at the pavilion and come in the gym foyer.

Volleyball 🏐 7A, 7B, and 8A beat Blooming Grove tonight. 8B fought hard, but came up short. Next week we play at Rice at PHS.

TONIGHTS GAME UPDATE: 🏐 Blooming Grove just reached out and changed the games all to one gym. So all teams will play at the High School Starting at 5pm; 7B,8B,7A,8A

REMINDER! Parents, join us for an important workshop on Social Media Safety! Learn how to help your child use social media responsibly, spot potential dangers, and set healthy boundaries online.

Our Jr FFA ag mechanics program has really taken off. Here are some of our returning members picking up where they left off last year. These young builders are building a chicken coop that they will show at the State Fair of Texas Ag Mechanics Project show next month. We are looking forward to lots of new students joining our program in the next few weeks as they began learning valuable skills and begin construction on their projects.

It's that time of year again...

Support your Palmer FFA chapter and knock items off your grocery list for Thanksgiving and Christmas at the same time!

Find an FFA Member or contact an Ag Teacher to place your order!

Orders are due 10/9 and will be delivered before Thanksgiving!

Lots of after school happenings with Palmer FFA: Ag Product ID practice, LDE script reading and Jr. Ag Mechanics! A full Ag Building after school makes for happy Ag Teachers ☺️

Our football 🏈 teams played hard, but came up short tonight against Edgewood. Our next game is Thursday vs Ferris at home.

"See You At The Pole" is Wednesday, September 24th at 7 AM in the back foyer at MS.

Volleyball games at Blooming Grove 8th grade will be at the High School Gym 7th grade will be at the Middle School Gym Both B teams will start at 5pm with A teams to follow immediately after. Tickets ; https://www.bgisd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=424977&type=d&pREC_ID=2047125

1st home MS football 🏈 game today vs Edgewood. 7th grade - 5pm 8th grade - 6 pm Remember, tickets are only sold online! https://events.hometownticketing.com/boxoffice/palmerisd/L2VtYmVkL2V2ZW50LzM0Mz9zaW5nbGU9MA%3D%3D

Color wars day!

Middle School silent auction tonight - bidding starts at 6pm and will end around 7:15pm. We have great auction items! Metal works by our Ag dept, Scentsy warmers, Gift cards to local businesses, Fly your College flag, Sports passes, VIP pick up, take the fire truck to school, and name the street sign! These are just a few of the great items we have tonight. Come out tonight and support our awesome staff and students.

Can't wait to see our students and parents tonight! Don't forget about our brief Title I meeting at 6pm in the cafe and our silent auction. See you all tonight!

Greeting our awesome MS students this morning!