Kaitlyn Mahaffey-McGee is the Director of Choral Activities for Magnolia Middle School and Assistant Director of Choral Activities for Magnolia High School. She instructs approximately 200 students daily in the numerous choral ensembles at Magnolia Middle School.
Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee’s ability to recruit and retain students is an asset that sparks great personal pride. Last year, Cub Choir only had twenty-two members enrolled in the ensemble. This year, Cub Choir has one hundred and fifteen members in the chorus demonstrating a 422% growth rate.
Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee is an active member of the Arkansas Chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association. She holds the position of ArkCDA Event Coordinator for Junior High All-Region Honor Choir Auditions and Clinic. She manages Region 3-East Auditions, All-Region Clinic, and serves as Clinic Host for this prestigious competition that features over thirty participating schools and programs. Magnolia Middle School students actively participate in this competition as well. This past all-region season, sixty-two Magnolia Middle School choir members received the honor of making the honor choir with twelve students earning placement in the top ten chair positions of their voice parts.
In November of 2023, Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee was recognized for her hard work and dedication by the choral directors of Region 3 who awarded her the title of Middle School Director of the Year.
In December of 2023, Magnolia Middle School Prima Bella, Bella Dolce, Cub Choir, and IV (G.E.N.T.) performed for our Arkansas State Legislatures for their annual Sounds of the Season Celebration. The Attorney General made an appearance to hear IV (G.E.N.T.) chorus for their performance at the Capitol.
Also in December, Magnolia Middle School’s Prima Bellas performed for the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce during the holiday season upon special request.
In the Fall, Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee will serve as the region clinician for the Junior High Treble Chorus.
January and February of 2024 brought about one of the most successful competition seasons of Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee’s career. After weeks of after school rehearsals and private voice lessons, Magnolia Middle School presented their talents at Choral Performance Assessment and Solo and Ensemble. Magnolia Middle School Prima Bella and IV (G.E.N.T.) received Superior Ratings in both performance and sightreading at ArkCDA’s Choral Performance Assessment. Both Prima Bella and IV (G.E.N.T.) were the highest scoring Middle School/Junior High groups at Choral Performance Assessment! The day after CPA, select Prima Bella choir members participated in ArkCDA’s Solo and Ensemble competition and came back with the most Superior Ratings out of any participating school in the competition.
While fulfilling her duties at Magnolia Middle School takes up most of her time, she also will provide her talents and insight at the High School level as well. When able, Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee will aid in the endeavors of the Magnolia High School Choral program fulfilling chaperone duties and providing extra aural support when requested.
I am happy to announce Mrs. Mahaffey-McGee has the prestigious honor of being named Magnolia Middle School Teacher of the Year for her outstanding dedication to her students and her profession.
Congratulations Kaitlyn!
Thank you Coach Malone and Mrs. Mesick for allowing the Panther Disc Golf Team to come show off the sport we love to the kids of East Side. We had a blast and can't wait to see some of these kids grow the sport.
Congratulations to our February Teachers of the Month, Ashley Ruthardt and Angela Watson. They are both Academic Reading teachers who recently passed their CALT certification test. We are so thankful to have their dedication and expertise for the students at MMS.
MMS students participated in a school wide Writing Blitz this morning in preparation for Monday's ATLAS Writing Assessment. We know our students are prepared to do awesome work!
Mrs. Young invited State Investigator, Leron Fielding and State Trooper, Akari Alexander to speak to a few of our students about law enforcement. We appreciate you both taking time out of your busy schedule.
Congratulations to the Magnolia Middle School Choral Program! They completed their competition season this past weekend with spectacular scores!
Prima Bella and IV (G.E.N.T.) received Superior Ratings in Performance and Sightreading. Not only that, they were the highest scoring Middle School/Junior High group at Choral Performance Assessment! Magnolia is the ONLY program who performed at CPA to receive Superior Ratings across both their Middle School and High School Choirs!
Congratulations to the following Prima Bella students who received Superior Ratings at Solo and Ensemble : Lilyann Hughes, Abrielle Brown, Londyn Jacobs, and Kelly Groguhe! Magnolia Middle School had the most superior ratings at Solo and Ensemble!!
Congratulations to Rhianna Daniels, Alisha Easter, Asia Easter, Jerry Hastings, Roderick Henderson, Jada Weatherwax and Damarion Wafer for winning 2nd place in the Special Olympics Basketball Tournament!! We are so proud!!
Cameron Savoy won the Columbia County Spelling Bee and will compete in the Arkansas State Spelling Bee on March 9, 2024 at The Vines Center in Little Rock, AR
Congratulations, Cameron!
Awesome opportunity today for our student council. Thank you to our Governor for taking time and speaking to our kids.
The 8th grade football players got some coaching and encouragement from SAU football players in practice yesterday. Go Panthers! Go Muleriders! ❤️💙
The HE❤️RT of a Panther makes $1000 donation to Arkansas Children’s CVICU
To bring awareness and celebrate national HEART week, our students at Magnolia Middle School made a $1000 dollar donation the CVICU unit at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. On Monday, our students passed off the donation to Nash so he could make the delivery today, 2-20-24, at his 6 month cardiology appointment. The money was raised by our students during Super Bowl week.
2024 Magnolia Middle School yearbooks are for sale online.
https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/product/yearbooks
use school code #3254
Thank you, Mrs. Sharee Berry, from Emapct Realty Group for coming to speak to some of our 6th grade students about the ins and outs of real estate.
One of the better days at MMS!
We got to get a few kids off campus and spread hearts, joy, and cheer to the wonderful people at Wentworth Place!
Great day to be a Panther!
Happy Valentine's Day!
During National School Counselors Week, we want to honor our incredible counselors, Kelly Ribble and Brandi Young. They really do put the heart in HEART of a Panther!
USDA
COLUMBIA COUNTY COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTION
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Friday, February 16, 2024
The Hospitality House
100 Meadowbrook Lane
Distribution starts at 9:00 am
Congratulations to the MMS quiz bowl team! They competed in their regional tournament today and are bringing home 2nd place. They had one loss and it was against an all 9th grade team. Xola Schlamp was the tournament high point player with an average of 9.5 questions answered per game. Darius Adcock had an average of 6.5 questions per game. Both of these young men qualified for the all tournament team. The team will compete at the state tournament on February 17th.
These students were the top eight in the 6th grade Spelling Bee. They competed in the Magnolia Public Schools Spelling Bee for grades 4th, 5th, and 6th and the top winners were
1st place Cameron Savoy
2nd Rylee Murphy
They will move on to compete in the Columbia County Spelling Bee
Congratulations to to Jacob Flaherty for being named our January teacher of the month! He does a fantastic job teaching social studies in STAR Academy.
Congratulations to our 8th grade students of the month for January, Alisha Easter and Gabriel Hebert. They were nominated by their teachers for being outstanding students. Thank you to Dominoes for sponsoring their reward.
