Harlan Middle School

Reminder: Gear up for Red Ribbon Week October 27th-31st! Join us as we take a stand for making wise, healthy choices and showing our school pride! 🐉 #RedRibbonWeek #BeDrugFree #WeAreHarlan

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our Cross Country team for their incredible accomplishments today!! 💫Boys Cross Country Team- Regional Runner Up 🥇 Tanner Daniels- 1st place-15:44- Broke the school record!! 🎉All boys ran under 22 minutes!! 🎉 💫Girls Cross Country Team- 4th Place 🏆Harper Carmical-3rd place- 21:16- Broke the school record!! 🐉BOTH TEAMS ARE STATE BOUND!!! This is the first time that the boys team has qualified for state since 1987!! We are so proud of our athletes! Go Dragons!!!! 🐉

👟Our Cross Country team is carb-loading this evening at the Portal in preparation for regionals tomorrow at West Liberty. Join us in wishing them the best of luck! Good luck, Green!! 🐉🐉🐉

🎉 Dragon Attendance Incentive Winner! 🐉

This year, Harlan Independent Schools rolled out a brand-new attendance incentive to celebrate students who show up and give their best every single day!

Each week that a student has perfect attendance — meaning no check-ins late and no early checkouts — they earn a ticket for a chance to win a district prize at the end of the nine weeks. That means a student can earn up to nine chances per quarter! As part of the incentive, students must be present the day of the drawing to claim their prize.

👏 Congratulations to this nine-weeks winner, Hunter Brock! Your dedication and commitment to being present each day truly make you a role model for your fellow Dragons.

💚 A special thank you goes out to our community partner and generous prize donor, the Boys & Girls Club of Appalachia, for supporting our students and helping us celebrate the importance of attendance!

#EveryDayEveryDragon #AttendanceMatters #HarlanIndependent

HMS/HHS Students: Gear up for Red Ribbon Week October 27th-31st! Join us as we take a stand for making wise, healthy choices and show our school pride! 🐉 #RedRibbonWeek #BeDrugFree #WeAreHarlan

🏀 Season Opener!! 🏀

It's basketball time at HMS!! Join us in wishing our HMS Dragons the best of luck as they travel to Lynn Camp to take on the Wildcats!! 5/6 grade tip-off is set for 6:00 PM, with 7/8 grade action to follow. #FamilyofDragons

🎶🎺 Congratulations to the Harlan High School Marching Band for placing 8th in the regional competition at Madison Southern High School this Saturday! Your hard work, dedication, and talent make us proud! 🎶#GoDragons

🏐 It’s Tournament Time, Green Dragons!

Come out tonight and support your Harlan Lady Dragons as they take on the Harlan County Lady Bears in the first round of the 52nd District Volleyball Tournament! 🐉

📍 Location: Harlan High School
🕕 Game Time: 6:00 PM

Let’s pack the gym, show our Dragon pride, and cheer our girls on to victory! 🔥
#GoLadyDragons

🐉Best of luck to Zoë Lawson as she runs solo in the Middle School State Championship today at 4:00 PM, in Lexington, KY. Go, Zoë! 🐉

🔥🐉 It’s Playoff Time, Green Dragon Nation! 🐉🔥

Our 5th & 6th Grade Football Team is hitting the road and heading into the 1st Round of the KYMSFA State Playoffs TODAY!

🆚 Harlan Green Dragons vs. Betsy Layne Bobcats
📍 At Betsy Layne
🕛 Kickoff: 12:00 PM

These players and coaches have been working so hard all season and are always fired up!! 🐉 LET’S GO, GREEN DRAGONS!! 🐉 #MoreThanASchool #FamilyofDragons

🏈 IT’S PLAYOFF TIME! 🏈

Come out and support your Harlan Green Dragons as they take on the Leslie County Eagles in the First Round of the KYMSFA State Playoffs! 💪🐉

📍 Joe Gilley Athletic Complex
🕖 Kickoff at 7:00 PM
🆚 Harlan vs. Leslie County

Let’s pack the stands, bring the energy, and show these boys what our Dragon Nation is all about! 💚#GOBIGGREEN

🏐 It's GAMEDAY for the Lady Dragons! Good luck to our Lady Dragons as they host the Berea Lady Pirates. JV starts at 6:30 pm.
*Students don't forget to scan the QR code to earn points for your class!

Thanks to HHS Senior, Tiana Penny, for today's gameday graphic! 🐉

On Friday, our students, staff, and community had the special privilege of welcoming Senator Scott Madon to Harlan Independent School District. His visit was both inspiring and encouraging—a wonderful reminder of how powerful it is when leaders invest time in the next generation.

Throughout the day, Senator Madon joined families for the HES Grandparents Breakfast, toured classrooms to see students actively engaged in learning and leading their own projects, participated in the District Cancer Walk, and spoke to classes about public service, civic engagement, and leadership. He also spent meaningful time with teachers and staff, celebrating successes, listening to their experiences, and hearing firsthand about the opportunities and challenges in education today.

Thank you, Senator Madon, for taking time out of your busy schedule to visit Harlan Elementary, Harlan Middle, and Harlan High School. Most of all, thank you for encouraging our future leaders and showing how much you care about education and community. 💚🐉
#EveryDayEveryDragon #LeadershipInAction #CommunityMatters

🔥🏈 IT’S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME DAY!! 🏈🔥

Get ready, because our 5th & 6th Grade Football Team is heading into battle this morning in the Mountain Middle School Athletic Championship! 💥

They’ll be taking on the Pineville Mountain Lions at 10:00 AM in Williamsburg - and we’re here to tell you, they’re coming for that title! 🏆

These young athletes and coaches have worked hard all season! Show up, be loud, and let’s cheer these Dragons to victory!! #WEAREHARLAN #Morethanaschool #FamilyofDragons

📍 Williamsburg
🕖 Kickoff: 10:00 AM

🏈 It's GAMEDAY, Dragon Nation!!! Tonight, the Green Dragons host the Thomas Walker Pioneers. Homecoming festivities will begin at 6:15 pm, and kick-off is set for 7:30 pm. Wear your green and white and come support the Dragons!
*Firepit 🔥- tonight's theme is NEON!!!

🏐 It's GAMEDAY for our Lady Dragons! Tonight, the Lady Dragons travel to Harlan County to take on the Lady Bears. Good luck, ladies!!! #GoBigGreen 🐉

Thanks to Senior Reagan Lundy for the gameday graphic!

🍨Rolled Ice Cream after school tomorrow! FBLA will be setting up outside the back doors! Come and get some delicious ice cream.

🏈 💖 PINK OUT + PLAYOFFS 🏈 💖

Our 5th/6th Grade Football Team has DOMINATED all season long, going undefeated and earning the #1 seed in the entire conference! 💪💯

Now it’s time for the playoffs, and we’re doing it PINK OUT style in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month! 📣

📍 Joe Gilley Athletic Complex
🕖 Kickoff: 7:00 PM TONIGHT
🎀 Theme: PINK OUT!! Wear pink to show your support!

They’ve worked hard, played with heart, and made our community proud!! Now let’s cheer them on as they chase the championship! 🏆

We wish our Middle and Elementary Cross Country teams the best of luck as they compete at Lynn Camp today in the Region 13 Championships. Go green!!! 🐉🐉🏃