Middle School

Your first year or third, we all need a little "How To Middle School" now and then.

The first class of the day starts at 7:40a.

Drop off is between 7:20 and 7:35 am.

Students arriving after 7:40 will be required to sign in and will be considered tardy.

Pick begins at 2:15p in the circle area to the side of the school. Please form a line of cars behind the school buildings.

At normal dismissal time your child will come out and find their person.

Absent? Late? Leaving early? Notes, phone calls, and emails all work great for updating the school on absences, transportation changes, or messages for your student.

207-338-3320
thmsoffice@rsu71.org

Infinite Campus (IC)

Check out your student's schedule, if it is an A-F day, their calendar of assignments due (and that may need attention), grades, attendance and sports information, add to lunch accounts, and much more through Parent Portal of IC.

School Calendar

RSU 71 Student Code of Conduct Handbook

Extra- and Co-Curricular Handbook

Schedule

THMS uses a six day rotating schedule - A through F days. Each day includes six instructional blocks 50-60 minutes in length. Students attend an Extended Learning Time (ELT) and Pride Time around their lunch break. Extended Learning Time provides an opportunity to receive intervention help along with instructional remediation and enhancement. Pride (or Advisory) Time provides an opportunity for team building and personal self-assessment, goal-setting, portfolio work, etc. Band and chorus groups also meet during that time.

Academy Teaming Structure

THMS students are organized in grade-level learning academies.

Sixth graders are carefully and comfortably welcomed into the world of middle school with “Imagination” as their overarching theme. In addition for the first time in their education, sixth graders are allowed choice in participation in music classes. They can select from Band, Chorus or a new dynamic general music class that incorporates singing and playing modern music including an introduction to stringed instruments such as ukulele and guitar.

In seventh grade, the “Ecology” theme (learning connected to and supported by the garden, the greenhouse and the great outdoor opportunities our 60+ acres of fields, woods and trails allow) is experienced by all students.

Eighth grade has latched onto the theme of “Exploration” with kids incorporating the ideas of Redefining Ready to investigate potential career and educational paths as they think about high school, and further college and career training opportunities. Included are: career exploration, a thoughtfully planned job shadow, an interactive visit to the tech center called “the amazing race,” college visits and a visit to BAHS for an orientation program and course sign up with parent and teacher guidance.

THMS teachers meet frequently in grade level teams to organize interdisciplinary learning activities and to plan supports for individual student needs. Content teams (math for example) meet monthly to share best practices and collaborate to offer similar instructional activities and common assessments.