Shepherdstown Middle School

For more than five years, Library Media Specialist, Mrs. Athey, has welcomed incoming sixth grade students with the gift of a new book of their own. What began as a simple idea...

The Shepherdstown Middle School band delivered an impressive performance at the county fair Tuesday evening. The young musicians entertained fairgoers with a four-song program ...

Community support was on full display Tuesday night at the Jefferson County Fair as Shepherdstown Middle School students earned thousands of dollars for future projects and serv...

The West Virginia Department of Education released statewide assessment results Wednesday, August 12, 2026, and Jefferson County Schools (JCS) is reporting encouraging cohort grow...

On the last day of school, students at SMS had FUN! Staff provided a wide variety of activities including eating contests, a D&D game room, face painting, a Cake/Treat Walk, craft...

To begin the banquet, FFA members, their family, friends and supporters enjoyed a catered meal provided by The Feedlot. Ashley Ware supplied the sweet treats which included dirt c...

Mrs. Kessler's Science classes conducted a maple syrup taste test. SMS has a maple tree behind the school. Mrs. Kessler drilled a hole into the tree during late winter/early sprin...

Mrs. Schriever's STEAM class is using Tinkercad, which is a 3D design tool to create lantern parts to laser cut. Students can choose a premade design or decide to alter it or crea...

Ms. Matczak’s Health Class uses CPR mannequins to practice resuscitation on an adult and baby. Students were singing “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees to keep the correct tempo fo...

Today, Jefferson County Schools received a threat directed at Charles Town Middle School. Our team, alongside law enforcement partners, acted immediately to protect students and s...

Dear JCS Families, I want to start by saying that all students and staff are safe. This morning, Jefferson County Schools received a threat directed at Wildwood Middle Sch...

Students in Ms. Collins class were dating rocks this week. Students dug through the sand to locate rocks of different types. Then using their chart's descriptions, they would det...

Charles Town, WV - In a first-of-its-kind exercise for Jefferson County Schools, our community partners, law enforcement, and hospitals came together on April 22, 2026, to test th...

8th graders in Mrs. Ring's Spanish class had a tasty assignment this week. They brought in cookies to share for the assignment. The students had to learn descriptive adjectives s...

Jefferson County Schools (JCS) celebrated the very best of public education at its annual Employee of the Year Banquet, honoring each school's Teacher and Service Person of the Ye...

SMS FFA members and their sponsor, Miss. Brown, attended the Winter Career and Leadership Development Events (CDE) at WVU March 25-27th. In Agriscience, Hunter Ware came in 7th pl...

Three teams from Shepherdstown Middle and one team from Wildwood Middle attended the Vex State Robotics Tournament in Fairmont, WV, this past weekend. Thirty-two teams from throug...

On Friday of FFA Week, the FFA members cooked a tasty breakfast for SMS Staff. Members cooked pancakes on griddles and brought in other breakfast delights for everyone to enjoy. T...

Our first chick has hatched, and we're counting them! After the first chick arrived, it took 2 days for the 17 other chicks to hatch in the Ag room. Students were allowed to hold...

Agriculture Education teacher, Rylee Brown, is teaching her classes about flower arranging. The students learned to prep the flowers first. Then using coffee mugs for their arrang...