MRMS Updates & News
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SAVE THE DATE!
Get ready, MRMS families!
Mountain Ridge Middle School will be holding a Community Night on Monday, August 10th from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM for all enrolled students for the 2026-2027 school year!
This is a great opportunity for students and families to meet staff, explore the school, make new friends, reconnect with old friends, and start getting excited for an awesome school year ahead.
We can’t wait to welcome everyone to MRMS!
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MRMS DCSD Track & Field Champions
A huge congratulations goes out to our Track & Field team for an incredible accomplishment on Friday night at the DCSD district championships. The team brought home their 3rd consecutive overall team championship and completed the THREE-PEAT!
What an outstanding reflection of the hard work, dedication, and competitive spirit of our student-athletes and coaches.
We are proud of the way they represented Mountain Ridge!
* 7th grade girls: 1st place
* 7th grade boys: 1st place
* 8th grade girls: 1st place
* 8th grade boys: 2nd place (by 1.5 points)
Overall Team Champions: Mountain Ridge
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We are so excited to meet all of our incoming students, play games and help everyone connect.
Bounce into MRMS 2026:
Incoming 6th graders (current 5th grade)
Tuesday, May 5th, 2026, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Thursday, May 14th, 2026, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Incoming 7th graders (current 6th grade)
Tuesday, May 12th, 2026, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Monday, May 18th, 2026, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Please make sure you are on time to pick up your students after each Bounce session.
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The annual art exhibition of the Douglas County School District highlighted the creative endeavors of remarkable student artists. Congratulations to our four winners in the art show! There were many wonderful pieces this year and a lot of competition. I'm so proud of our students for standing out among the rest!!
Winning Students
First Place in Printmaking: Adalie Wheeler -- White face with the blue swirls in the background.
Third Place in Printmaking: -- "No One Knows"
Honorable Mention in Printmaking: -- "Vote"
Honorable Mention in Photography: Aarayna Krithiga Rajasubramanian -- Blue foreground (looks like a bird) with yellow background.
26-27 Choice Awards
Olive Dipoma for her photograph of a ladybug.
Jackson D'Aurio for his photograph of a wasp's nest.
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Mountain Ridge Middle School is excited to welcome incoming 6th and 7th graders for the 2026–2027 school year! Our New Beginnings program helps students transition to middle school by introducing procedures, expectations, and new connections.
Registrations is now closed for all New Beginnings sessions
Any questions about New Beginnings, please reach out to Samantha Whittemore at slwhittemore@dcsdk12.org.
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Our counselors recently visited our feeder elementary schools to meet incoming students and share this video, hosted by our amazing Peer Counselors, to give you a real look at life at Mountain Ridge. From clubs, sports, electives, lunch, and core classes to transition supports like Bounce and New Beginnings, this video is designed to help answer questions, calm nerves, and show you that middle school doesn’t have to be scary. You’ll also meet some of our staff and learn an important truth: everyone has awkward middle school moments, even adults. We’re excited to welcome our newest Rams and can’t wait to see you next year!
![Attention Families New to MRMS for the 2026–2027 School Year:]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1768330075/dcsdk12org/oqqneoiwyivuoelqu5o6/MRMSWebsiteThumbnailTemplate17.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1768330075/dcsdk12org/oqqneoiwyivuoelqu5o6/MRMSWebsiteThumbnailTemplate17.png","width":384}])
If your student is open-enrolled or coming from a non-feeder school to MRMS, information regarding electives and registration will be sent via email in late January to early February.
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