The 8th Grade Cheerleaders would like to shout-out Coach Kempf for being an amazing coach and mentor the past 3 years!! They love her and will miss her so much!! #TeacherAppreciation 2026 #NDMSCheerLovesCoach Kempf #GriffinPride #GriffinFamily #WinningTogether

Zanovia H. is giving Mrs. Thomas a shout out because she makes learning easy and is so helpful. #TeacherAppreciation2026 #MiddleGriffinsAreAwesome #WinningTogether #GriffinPride #GriffinStrong

Kylie P. is says Coach Walsworth is her favorite teacher and is giving him a shout out because he is nice and a great teacher. #TeacherAppreciation2026 #MiddleGriffinsAreAwesome #WinningTogether #GriffinPride #GriffinStrong

Ethan A. is giving Mrs. Conly a shout out because she is nice. #TeacherAppreciation2026 #MiddleGriffinsAreAwesome #WinningTogether #GriffinPride #GriffinStrong

Harper M. is giving Mrs. Morrison a shout out because she is always kind and helps her improve. #TeacherAppreciation2026 #MiddleGriffinsAreAwesome #WinningTogether #GriffinPride #GriffinStrong

NDMS National Junior Honor Society is having an ice cream fundraiser Wednesday, May 6. Ice cream is $2 and available at lunch.

2026-2027 NDMS 6th and 7th Lady Griffins interested in soccer camp...money due by June 2 to guarantee a t-shirt size.

SAVE THE DATE, Middle Griffins: ➡️Thursday, May 7⬅️, is a PTO fundraiser. Middle Griffins paying $5 are allowed to wear school approved joggers (SOLID COLORS, NO WORDS or SYMBOLS) with a spirit shirt. Cash will be collected in the gym, and you will receive a wristband.

Middle Griffins, remember to bring your charged Chromebooks to school each and every day! Tomorrow we wrap up LEAP testing with sessions 2 and 3 of social studies. Get a good night's rest, a hearty breakfast, and arrive to school on time.

We would like to thank our PTO, Johnny's Pizza House, Down Home Brand Hickory Smoked Sausage, and the POE federal Credit Union for providing today's lunch, drinks, and desserts. We appreciate each of you helping to make this week amazing! #winningtogether #TeacherAppreciation2026










Middle Griffin 4-H members, 4-H field trip permission slip forms are due ▶️TOMORROW, May 5◀️. Your field trip is Friday, May 8.


Maddox wants to give a special shout-out to Mrs. Truman. He says she is always willing to help and makes learning a lot of fun!

Mrs. Thomas is the best! She is so funny and makes class fun! She is understanding and caring and I look forward to going to her class every day. I wish she could be my teacher every year!
Mathis

Shout out to April 20th's NDMS High Flyers! These students demonstrate hard work and follow school rules. They make good decisions, manage priorities, are kind to others, and exemplify what it means to be a true Griffin! Way to go, Griffins! April's Griffins have the quality of being resilient; they have the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties. Representing 6th grade are Avery and Denim. 7th grade representatives are Luke and Jayeda while 8th grade is being represented by Addison and Cody. Congratulations to each of you! You are proof we are #winningtogether!



Shout out to NDMS's own McKinlee and her 12u Southside Militia teammates for winning the 12u 5v5 flag football championship. Congratulations, ladies! It is their second year, in the row, to win!



Please help us congratulate our North DeSoto Middle School fishing team for winning the Team Trophy in the Junior Division on Cross Lake. Way to go, Griffins! Great job!

NDMS's own Emma competed in Regionals 2026. She finished 2nd All-Around. She also qualified for the Southern Region Team for Nationals scoring in the top 8 out of 60+ girls from LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, NC, SC, and TN!
She also placed:
1st, Beam
7th, Vault
4th, Bars
5th, Floor








Thursday was such an awesome evening listening to our NDMS WIN choir and our Mighty Griffin bands performing. They are amazing!!






Today's the day, May 1, we get to sing the praises of the lunch heroes that keep our Middle Griffins fed...WE APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU!!

