Harlan Middle School

🏈 Tonight's game against Morgan County has been rescheduled for tomorrow night at 7 p.m. due to weather. #GoBigGreen 🐉

🐉 Our HMS Back to School Dance will be tomorrow evening in the elementary gym from 6:00-8:00. Tickets can still be purchased in the front office tomorrow at the middle school! We can't wait to see everybody there! 🪩

🏈 Join us in wishing our Middle School Football Teams the best of luck this evening as they travel to Union College to take on the Jackson County Generals!! 🏈 Kick-off is slated for the 5/6 grade game at 6:00 PM, with the 7/8 game to follow!! #GOBIGGREEN

🏀 HOME GAME!! ⛹️‍♀️ The Lady Dragons will host the Lady Redhounds this evening in basketball action!! Tip-off for the 3/4 grade game is at 6:00 PM with a 5/6 grade game to follow!! 🐉

💫Our teachers have had an excellent training day with Capturing Kids' Hearts. As a National Rising Star School, we've learned invaluable strategies and made exciting plans to engage our students' hearts and minds this school year. Together, we’re ready to lead and inspire our students to reach new heights! It’s going to be a fantastic year ahead! 💚🐉 #CapturingKidsHearts #RisingStarSchool #EveryDragonEveryDay #FamilyofDragons

🏐 Good Luck to our Lady Dragons in tonight's home match-up against Lynn Camp. JV starts at 6 pm! #GoBigGreen! 🐉

⛹️‍♀️ Our HMS Lady Dragons are on the road this evening tonight, ready to face the Lynn Camp Lady Cats!! ⛹️‍♀️ Tip-off for the 5/6 grade game will begin at 6:00 PM, followed by 7/8 grade action!!

Just a reminder: there will be NO SCHOOL for Harlan Independent Schools on Monday, September 1st, in honor of Labor Day, and Tuesday, September 2nd, for a teacher in-service day. 🐉

🏈 Best of luck to our 7/8 Grade Football Team as they are heading to Middlesboro this evening to take on the Yellow Jackets!! 🏈 Kick-off is set for 6:30 PM. Let's go, Green!! #FamilyofDragons #GOBIGGREEN

🐉 Harlan Middle/High School would like to congratulate the Junior class for being the Attendance winners for the first two full weeks of school! The 6th-grade class is giving them competition in the runner-up position.

This week, the district continued to give out attendance tickets for a chance to win a brand new iPad at the end of the 9 weeks. All students who had 100% attendance Monday through Friday were given their tickets Monday morning. Keep it up, Green Dragons! #AttendanceMatters #EveryDayEveryDragon 🐉

🐉👟Congratulations to our Cross Country team! We had several runners place! High School Race: Tanner Daniels led the boys' varsity with a first-place finish. Excited to see what this boys varsity team will do this season. Middle School Race: Zoë Lawson, 5th place, and Aiden Burnette, 9th place led our middle school runners Elementary Races: MJ Taylor took 1st place for the 1st through 3rd-grade girls! Close by were Shelby Parsons, 4th place, and Lucy Miller, 9th place. Emmett Alred led the 1st-3rd-grade boys today with a 9th-place finish. Julianne Miller crushed the 4th-6th-grade girls' race with a 3rd-place finish. Braxton Sizemore powered through the rainstorm and gained a 5th-place finish for the 4th-6th-grade boys!

🏀 Home game for our HES and HMS Girls' basketball teams!! 🏀 Come out tonight and support our Lady Dragons as they take on the Barbourville Lady Tigers beginning with the 3/4 grade game at 6:00 PM. 5/6 and 7/8 grade games will follow!! Let's go, Lady Dragons!!

🚨 HOME Football Game!! 🏈 Tonight the HES and HMS Dragons will host the Leslie County Eagles!! 3/4 grade kickoff begins at 5:30 PM, with both 5/6 and 7/8 grade games to follow!! #GOBIGGREEN #FamilyofDragons

Save the date! 🐉 🏠HHS/HMS Open House will be on Monday, September 15th.

🎶✨ Get Ready to Go Back in Time! ✨🎶

Harlan Middle School is throwing an 80s Themed Back-to-School Dance on Thursday, September 5th in the Elementary School Gym! 💿🕺

🎟 Tickets: $10.00
Tickets go on sale Monday in the office!

Your ticket includes:
🌮 A walking taco
🍰 A snack cake
🥤 A drink
👕 Entry into the 80s Costume Contest

🔥 House Competition Bonus! 🔥
The House with the most points on August 29th will get discounted tickets to the dance! Don’t miss your chance to earn points and help your house!

💡 Break out your neon, leg warmers, and big hair — it’s time to party like it’s the 80s at HMS!

The Harlan FRYSC Advisory Council will meet on the following dates for the 25-26 school year.  All meetings will be held in the HISD Central Office and are open to the public.  Parents, guardians, and community members are welcome to attend.  For more information, contact FRYSC Coordinator Mrs. Adams at cecilia.adams@harlanind.kyschools.us or 606-573-8700, option 6.  

⛹️‍♀️ Best of luck to our Lady Dragons as they are traveling to Middlesboro this evening to take on the Lady Jackets!! 🏀 3/4 grade tip-off will begin at 6:00 PM with both 5/6 grade and 7/8 grade games to follow!! Go Big Green!! #LadyDragonBasketball #FamilyofDragons

🐉 Great things happening at Harlan Middle School! Recently, Harlan Middle School was recognized as a 2024-2025 BETA Club School of Distinction and was presented with a banner to commemorate this achievement. The BETA Club is founded on the principles of achievement, character, leadership, and service. This is a prestigious service organization that allows students an opportunity to serve and grow in leadership opportunities while giving back to the community. We are thankful for BETA Sponsor, Mrs. Rachel Wheeler for her dedication to serving our kids and giving these amazing opportunities! 🏆