Stuart Middle School

🚀 Exploring future possibilities! Our Career class students are diving into Career Lab Clusters, exploring a variety of exciting career fields, including small engines, structural engineering, criminalistics, nursing, hospitality, mental health, and personal finance. 🛠️🩺🔬 These hands-on learning experiences are helping our Jaguars discover new interests and explore potential career paths! 🐆💙🧡

📚✨ Calling all 8th-grade parents and families! Join us for an AP Capstone Presentation and Q&A to learn how JBHS can help your student build a pathway to success! 📅 November 18, 2026 ⏰ 6:30 PM 📍 JBHS Auditorium We hope to see you there! 💙🩵

📚📝 Building Thinkers in ELA! 📝📚 Today in Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC), students in Mr. Quijano, Ms. Derkach, and Ms. Sizemore’s ELA classes explored poetry while strengthening their comprehension skills! 🐾 Students analyzed main idea, tone and mood, and figurative language as they worked to deepen their understanding of each poem. Through collaboration and critical thinking, our Jaguars are learning to look beyond the words and discover the meaning behind them! 💙🧡 #SMSJaguars #BuildingThinkingClassrooms #ELA #JaguarPride

📚📝 Building Thinkers in ELA! 📝📚 Today in Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC), students in Mr. Quijano, Ms. Derkach, and Ms. Sizemore’s ELA classes explored poetry while strengthening their comprehension skills! 🐾 Students analyzed main idea, tone and mood, and figurative language as they worked to deepen their understanding of each poem. Through collaboration and critical thinking, our Jaguars are learning to look beyond the words and discover the meaning behind them! 💙🧡 #SMSJaguars #BuildingThinkingClassrooms #ELA #JaguarPride

📜🗣️ HISTORY HAS TWO SIDES! 🗣️📜 Our Jaguars are thinking like historians! 🐆🧠 Through a collaborative Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) activity, students explored the different perspectives surrounding the Stamp Act of 1765 and the growing tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 Students examined the British point of view, why the tax on printed materials was implemented, and why the American colonists believed it was unfair. By looking at both sides of the argument, our students practiced critical thinking, collaboration, and evaluating historical perspectives! 💡📚 🗽 TONIGHT’S DINNER TABLE CHALLENGE! 🍽️ Ask your student these fun questions: 📰 Fun Fact #1: The Stamp Act taxed many printed materials, including newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards! 💬 Fun Fact #2: The colonists protested the tax because they had no elected representatives in the British Parliament to speak on their behalf. 🤔 Challenge your Jaguar: If you had to pay a tax but had no say in the decisions being made, would you think it was fair? Why or why not? And, of course, students learned one of the most famous slogans leading up to the American Revolution: 📣 “NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!” 🇺🇸 We love seeing our Jaguars collaborate, question, debate, and bring history to life through meaningful learning experiences! 🧡💙🤍 #StuartMiddleSchool #SMSJaguars #BuildingThinkingClassrooms #HistoryInAction #NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation #JaguarPride

Mrs Boyles Biology students have been learning about the structure of DNA this week and today they extracted DNA from a strawberry. 🍓Normally we can’t see DNA with an electron microscope, but because domesticated strawberries are octoploid (they have eight sets of chromosomes), there’s lots of DNA packed into each cell—so much that a white, stringy layer floats above the red juice and allows us to see it perfectly. 🧬👀

🌎🪨 PUTTING THE PIECES OF THE PAST TOGETHER! 🪨🌎 Our seventh-grade scientists are ROCKING their learning! 🐆🔬 Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Jones’ science classes put their detective skills to work as they matched rock, glacier, and fossil evidence to reconstruct Pangaea, the ancient supercontinent that once connected much of Earth’s land into one giant landmass! 🌍🧩 Through hands-on investigation, our Jaguars explored how scientists use evidence to uncover Earth’s history. After piecing the puzzle together, students completed journal entries to document their learning and reflect on their discoveries. 📝💡 🌋 TONIGHT’S DINNER TABLE CHALLENGE! 🍽️ Ask your seventh grader these fun questions: 🦕 Fun Fact #1: Fossils of the same ancient plants and animals have been found on continents that are now separated by vast oceans. That’s one clue that those continents were once connected! ❄️ Fun Fact #2: Evidence of ancient glaciers has been found in places that are warm today. This helps scientists understand how continents have moved over millions of years! 🤔 Challenge your Jaguar: If you could use just ONE piece of evidence to prove that the continents were once connected, would you choose rocks, fossils, or glacier evidence? Why? We love seeing our Jaguars investigate, think critically, and discover how the clues left behind by Earth’s past help us understand the world we live in today! 🧡💙🤍 #StuartMiddleSchool #SMSJaguars #ScienceInAction #Pangaea #HandsOnLearning #JaguarPride

🏛️📚 THINKING LIKE HISTORIANS! 📚🏛️ Our sixth-grade historians explored Mesopotamia today while collaborating, problem-solving, and bringing history to life through Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC)! 🧠💡 🏺 TONIGHT’S DINNER TABLE CHALLENGE! 🍽️ Ask your sixth grader: 🌾 Did you know? Mesopotamia is often called the Cradle of Civilization because some of the world’s earliest cities developed there! ✍️ Fun Fact: The ancient Sumerians created one of the earliest writing systems, cuneiform, by pressing wedge-shaped marks into clay tablets! 🤔 Challenge your Jaguar: Why do you think the invention of writing was such a big deal for ancient civilizations? We love seeing our Jaguars think critically, collaborate, and connect the past to the present! ❤️🧡💙 #StuartMiddleSchool #SMSJaguars #BuildingThinkingClassrooms #HistoryInAction #JaguarPride

🧡💙 Celebrating Our SMS Teacher of the Year! 💙🧡 Please join us in congratulating Mrs. Ryan, Stuart Middle School’s Teacher of the Year! 🐾🎉 As a dedicated 7th-grade Science teacher and our PBIS School Sponsor, Mrs. Ryan goes above and beyond to make a positive impact on our Jaguar family. Through her commitment to student success, her passion for education, and her dedication to promoting positive behavior, she helps create a school culture where students are encouraged to learn, grow, and ROAR with pride! Her contributions to our students and school community make her truly deserving of this special recognition. We are incredibly proud to have her as part of our SMS family! Congratulations, Mrs. Ryan! Thank you for all you do for our Jaguars! 🐆🧡💙 Please help us support Mrs. Ryan by voting for her on the Education Foundation of Martin County website: https://www.educationfoundationmc.org/p/327/place-your-vote #SMSJaguars #TeacherOfTheYear #JaguarPride #OnceAJaguarAlwaysAJaguar

🧠🎉 Calling all word lovers, Jaguars! 🐆 Is your student in 3rd–8th grade and ready to put their vocabulary, word patterns, and logical thinking skills to the test? Linguistik Academic Games is a fun way to challenge students and sharpen their minds! 🔤🏆 We’re especially excited that our very own Mr. Quijano will be one of the coaches this year! 🙌🐾 📅 Practices & Games begin October 26! Check out the flyer for the full schedule and registration information. 📝 Ready to join the fun? Register here: 🔗 www.martinschools.org/page/academic-games Let’s go, Jaguars! 🐆💙🧡 #SMSJaguars #AcademicGames #JaguarPride

Schedule your Conference Night appointments now! Limited spaces are available.

🗓️EARLY RELEASE DAY COMING SOON🗓️

We have an early release day this Wednesday, October 14. Students will be dismissed two hours earlier than normal.

View our complete school calendar: https://www.martinschools.org/page/calendars

#ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🏐🖤 BLACKOUT GAME! 🖤🏐 Let’s turn up the energy, Jaguars! 🐆💙🧡 Join us Monday, October 12, at 5:30 PM at Hidden Oaks as our Lady Jaguars hit the court! 🖤 Wear BLACK 📣 Get LOUD 🐆 Pack the stands and show your SMS pride! LET’S GO, LADY JAGS! 💙🧡 #JaguarPride #SMSVolleyball #BlackoutGame

Here is this week's calendar of events! 🧡💙🐾

🏐💙 ANOTHER WIN FOR OUR LADY JAGUARS! 💙🏐 Congratulations to our Lady Jaguars on another great volleyball victory last night against Murray Middle School! 🎉🐆 These girls are bringing the energy, the teamwork, and the Jaguar spirit! 💪🏐🔥 Keep it rolling, Lady Jags! We are SO proud of you! 👏💙🧡 ROAR, LADY JAGS! 🐆

🌊🐢ESC OPEN HOUSE 🐊🌿

Want to explore one of the coolest places in the Martin County School District?

The Environmental Studies Center is opening its doors this Saturday, October 10, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.! 💎🐢

Come explore the coastal campus, meet community partners and learn more about the environmental education programs available for families and students.

And, of course, you’ll want to say hello to some of the ESC’s residents!
🐊 Joey the Alligator
🐍 Casey the Red Rat Snake
🐢 Oscar the Alligator Snapping Turtle

📍 Environmental Studies Center
2900 NE Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach

Come see what makes the ESC such a special part of our District and the gem of Martin County! 💎

#ALLINMartin👊 #ESCisThePlaceToBe #MartinMeansMore

🧡💙 ROAR RALLY: WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED! 💙🧡 Today, we held our VERY FIRST ROAR Rally, and our Jaguars showed us exactly what it means to ROAR! 🐾🎉 Students who earned ROAR recognition were entered into a drawing and had the chance to choose a social + one to join them for a special celebration. And to make the day even more exciting…we had a VERY special visitor stop by! 👀🐆 Our Jaguar mascot came out to celebrate with our students and help make our first ROAR Rally one to remember! At Stuart Middle School, we’re all about encouraging our students to be: 🦁 R — Respectful 🦁 O — On Task 🦁 A — Acts of Kindness 🦁 R — Responsible We’ll keep celebrating the positive choices, kindness, responsibility, and school spirit that make our Jaguar family so special. Keep ROARing, Jaguars! 🐾🧡💙

🚂 The Admin Snack Train made a special stop on campus Tuesday! Staff members were surprised with a thoughtful treat featuring a salty snack, a sweet snack, and a soda. It's often the little things that brighten a day and make people feel appreciated. A huge thank you to our administration team for showing our staff just how much they mean to our school community! 🧡💙🐾

🏐🧡 ANOTHER WIN FOR OUR LADY JAGUARS! 💙🏐 The Lady Jaguars are on a roll! 🎉 We’re celebrating another big win and can’t wait to see what they do next! Missed last night’s game? Come cheer them on Wednesday at HOME as they take on MMS! 🐆 📅 Wednesday 🚪 Doors Open: 5:00 PM 🏐 Game Time: 5:30 PM 🎟️ Adults: $5 🎟️ Students: $2 💵 Cash Only Bring your Jaguar pride and help us fill the stands! Let’s go, Lady Jags! 🧡💙🤍

🌟 September Teacher of the Month: Mrs. Sagona! 🌟 Please join us in celebrating Mrs. Sagona, one of our amazing 7th Grade ELA teachers! 📚💙🧡 Mrs. Sagona is a caring and compassionate educator who goes above and beyond to make her students feel supported, valued, and encouraged. Her kindness, dedication, and genuine commitment to her students make a lasting impact both inside and outside the classroom. We are incredibly grateful to have Mrs. Sagona as part of our Jaguar Family and are proud to recognize her as our September Teacher of the Month! 🐾✨ Congratulations, Mrs. Sagona! Thank you for all you do for our students and our school! 💙🧡