H. E. McCracken Middle School

Today, the 7th and 8th grade students in Mrs. Richardson's class took on the role of healthcare professionals as they worked to keep their patients in homeostasis!

Students were challenged to maintain proper fluid levels and healthy patient color, quickly discovering that patient care requires strong communication, critical thinking, and teamwork. Throughout the activity, our future medical professionals worked together to make important decisions and respond to changes in their patients' conditions.

It was amazing to watch students collaborate, problem-solve, and support one another as they worked to keep their patients healthy. By the end of the lesson, they had a much deeper understanding of how the body's systems work together to maintain balance and why teamwork is so important in the healthcare field.

We continue Growing Together. Every Student. Every Adult. Every Day. 💚🖤

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🚤🐛 Today in Mrs. Richardson’s classes, students practiced their communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills through the "Saving Fred" challenge!

After Fred (a gummy worm) fell out of his boat and lost his life jacket, student teams were tasked with getting him safely back into the boat using only a Life Saver, paper clips, and teamwork. The catch? They could only use the paper clips to help Fred!

This fun activity sparked great conversations as students worked together to plan, communicate, and solve problems. Communication is especially important in healthcare careers, where teamwork, listening, and clearly sharing information can directly impact patient safety and quality care. Today's challenge gave students a hands-on opportunity to practice these essential skills while having fun!

👏 Great job to all of our future healthcare professionals and problem-solvers!

Attention parents wanting to order spirit shirts. Also, our amazing PTO is in need of volunteers to help make shirts and many other things to support our school.

Spirit Shop | HEMMS PTO Webstore

🐾💚🖤 BACK TO THE PACK WAS A HUGE SUCCESS! 🖤💚🐾

Bulldog Nation SHOWED UP today! We had an incredible turnout for Back to the Pack, and seeing our halls filled with students, families, staff, and community partners made us even more excited for the year ahead!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped make today so special, including PTO, FCA, Beaufort County Library, BCSD Transportation, Palmetto Pops, Kona Ice, and all of the businesses and community partners who came out to support our Bulldogs! 💚

And a very special shoutout to our AMAZING HEMMS STAFF! 🐾 They worked hard all day helping families with schedules, tablets, registration, payments, questions, and everything in between. We appreciate you!

And now… TOMORROW IS DAY 1! 🎉📚🐾

We cannot wait to welcome ALL of our Bulldogs back!

⏰ School starts at 8:45 AM ON THE DOT!
💻 If you received your tablet today, bring it back to school tomorrow along with your purple sheet!
💚 Come ready for an amazing first day!

Get some rest, Bulldogs — we’ll see you tomorrow!

🐾 Growing Together. Every Student. Every Adult. Every Day. 🐾

Please arrive early and bring your patience with this first week of school and the traffic. Students who picked up the their laptops today should charge them tonight. ***Please make sure they bring back the purple log in sheet to help them remember their passwords. 😉That usually takes a week or two to become routine. Thank you all for a great Back to the Pack Event today!! We’re excited for tomorrow!!
We continue Growing Together. Every Student. Every Adult. Every Day. 💚🖤

Parents, here is link to information posted on our website about our Morning Care option for families.

Morning Care Information - H. E. McCracken Middle School Morning Care Information - H. E. McCracken Middle School

🐾 MEET OUR NEW BULLDOGS! 🐾

Today we’re excited to welcome Kaitlin Davidson to the H.E. McCracken Middle School family as our ESOL Teacher!

Please join us in giving Kaitlin a warm Bulldog welcome as we continue Growing Together. Every Student. Every Adult. Every Day. 💚🖤