D. R. Hill Middle School

🎄 Our 12 Days of Holiday Dress-Up fun begins this Thursday!
First up: Red vs. Green Day! ❤️💚

We can’t wait to see everyone’s festive spirit and kick off the holiday fun together! ✨

A few more days left to donate! 🎁
We’re grateful for the opportunity to give back to such a caring and generous foundation. Shriners Hospital has touched the lives of so many families, and we’re thankful to support their mission this holiday season. ❤️

Thank you for helping make a difference!

Check out the November monthly report for Garden Club and Eco-Schools to hear about our sustainability efforts across campus.

https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3837/Drh/391ce2f5-87a9-4ce8-bbe2-5579cf49d95e/Monthly-Report-November.pdf?disposition=inline

Mr. Gillian's ELA Class did a fun activity using a Tarsia puzzle! Students reviewed drama vocabulary to help students prepare to read "A Christmas Carol."

Student Council wants to give a Tiger Roar for Ms Russo! Our School Literacy Teacher of the Year earned our Presidential Recognition Award from our school president and leadership!
Thank you Ms Russo! Your efforts are greatly appreciated!!

🎉 Teacher Appreciation Awards! 🎉 A huge shout-out to Ms. Norton, Ms. Waters, Ms. Bowles, Ms. Stom, Ms. Peterson, Officer Rob, Ms. Robinson (front office), Ms. Lyles, and Ms. Howard for being named our Teacher Appreciation Recipients! Thank you for the heart, dedication, and excellence you bring every day. We appreciate you! ❤️📚

The orchestra and band students had a great time performing at Lyman this morning for their Arts Encounter Day! Thank you for having us!

📘✨ In Ms. Martin's math class, students used two-color counters to explore adding integers! Hands-on learning helps make tricky concepts click — and they had fun doing it! ➕🔴🟡

#HandsOnMath #IntegerAddition #DRHillTigers

Mrs. Steighner‘s class is working on finding the area of 3-D shape nets. This is part of their unit on calculating surface area.

Today, Mrs. Taylor’s 7th and 8th grade Geometry classes reviewed for their test by playing Among Us with their study guides. Students worked through problems together while trying to find the secret imposter who was secretly attempting to sabotage correct answers. This encouraged working through error analysis and problem solving while having fun! Way to go Tigers!

Ms. Martin's students used Versa Tiles to practice fraction concepts.

Mr. Haskins’ math class is converting unit measurements. The learning is on going as they reinforce unit concepts while operating their classroom economy day to day. Those dollars are not real but sometimes you can mistake it for real cash 😂

Our 8th grade Student Council leadership team held a planning meeting as we plan for our service projects, pep rally, spirit week, and Lyman Reading Buddies Lunch & Learn!
Our leadership team is incredible and our students take pride in their school!

⏳ Two weeks to go! Get ready for our Twelve Days Until the Holidays Dress-Up fun. Start planning your festive looks! 🎄✨

DR Hill Beginning Band Concert tonight at 6:00.

Mr. Haskins spent the week at the Teacher Leadership conference in Myrtle Beach! He represented Spartanburg District 5 and D.R. Hill Middle School. He met the 2026 South Carolina State TOY, Corey Bedenbaugh, and will be seeking state recognition this coming spring. Wish him luck! Go Tigers!

Student Scientists in Mrs. Bowles’ class have been learning about kinetic and potential energy! 🚀
Applying their knowledge, students recently engineered their own Hot Wheels ramps or popsicle stick catapults, aiming to hit a designated target. It was an exciting, hands-on way to see physics in action! Great job, everyone! 💡📐

Mrs. Parlier’s students practiced using Book Creator by making 6-7 books with Mrs. Lyda today. One student said, “This is the best project ever!”

Congratulations to the following eighth grade students who are South Carolina's 2025-2026 Junior Scholars! This recognition is awarded based upon their recent PSAT subscores in the tested areas of Critical Reading & Writing AND/OR Mathematics.