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  • Mrs. Stephanie Worley has been recognized as a JCPS Employee of the Year Finalist

    Stephanie Worley, Smithfield Middle's media specialist, has been recognized as a JCPS Employee of the Year Finalist. She has been a media specialist in Johnston County Public Schools since 2005 and is in her fourth year at Smithfield Middle School. Ms. Worley began her teaching career in 1996 as a kindergarten and first grade teacher and became certified in Reading and Academically Gifted. In 2009 she completed the Masters of Library Science at East Carolina University. She is married with two boys.

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  • Smithfield Middle School Administrators Surprise Staff

    The administrators of Smithfield Middle School surprised staff members at their homes for Staff Appreciation Week. Staff Appreciation Week is May 4, 2020 - May 8, 2020. Teachers and staff recieved special packages with fun gifts. Ms. LaShunda Faison (Principal), Ms. Angel Shepherd (Assistant Principal) and Mr. Thomas Callon (Assistant Principal) are shown here making a delivery to the home of Mr. Massey.

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  • Victor E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship Winner

    Smithfield Middle School AVID student, Yazmine Garcia, is one of fifteen promising North Carolina seventh graders who have been named as recipients of the Victor E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship. College Foundation, Inc. (CFI) is thrilled to recognize these students for their hard work, leadership, and dedication to school.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-March

    The 6th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for March are: Marrisa Escobar, Lorenzo Martinez-Galindo, and Fatima Munoz Munoz. Congratulations to these students for being Ethical.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-March

    The 7th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for March are: Esdras Curiel, Kristopher Sanders, and Melany Barron Mendez. Congratulations to these students for being Ethical.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-March

    The 8th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for March are: Yudid Garcia-Melchor, Colby Jones and Ricardo Jones. Congratulations to these students for being Ethical.

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  • Employees of the Month - February

    Congratulations to Donna Hawkins and Russell Holder for receiving the Classified and Certified Employees of the Month Recognition. Staff members are nominated by their peers monthly.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-February

    The 6th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for February are: left to right: Trinity Corbin and Sherly Reyes Lopez (not pictured Aeris Ebert). Congratulations to these students for being critical thinkers and inquirers.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-February

    The 7th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for February are: left to right: Alessandra Vences, Ryan Vo and Sol Beltran Galindo. Congratulations to these students for being critical thinkers and inquirers.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-February

    The 8th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for February are left to right: Larissa Nunez-Rivas and Alexia Barrios-Maldonado (not pictured Slymasia Brice). Congratulations to these students for being critical thinkers and inquirers.

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  • Employees of the Month - January

    Congratulations to Shirley Strickland and Suzanne Pernell for receiving the Classified and Certified Employees of the Month Recognition. Staff members are nominated by their peers monthly.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-January

    The 8th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for January are left to right: Bryan Camacho, David Cintron Torres, and Ramiyah Richardson. Congratulations to these students for being balanced.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-January

    The 6th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for January are: left to right: Melanie Morales-Aquino, Bernie Avila-Fuentes, and Bryan Rey Tecla. Congratulations to these students for being balanced.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-January

    The 7th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for January are: left to right: Alanna Massey, Leslie Chula-Jaimes, and Tasneem Sarama. Congratulations to these students for being balanced.

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  • Smithfield Middle School Spelling Bee

    Congratulations to the following students who participated in the Smithfield Middle school-wide spelling bee: 6th graders: (Aidyn Capps, Justin Artirp, and Tiease Edgerton) 7th grader: (Gavin Nguyen) 8th Graders: (Dalvin Richardson, Tyriq Glenn, and Omarii Bethea). This year's words were especially challenging. Eighth grader, Dalvin Richardson, will represent Smithfield Middle on February 27th at the Johnson County Bee.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-December

    The 7th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for December are: Jazmine Acevedo, Liani Sierra and William Johnson. Congratulations to these students for being excellent communicators and collaborators.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-December

    The 6th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for December are: Hailey Starling, Jayda Mitchell and Margo Grimes. Congratulations to these students for being excellent communicators and collaborators.

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  • JCPS Portrait of a Graduate Winners-December

    The 8th Grade Smithfield Middle School winners of the JCPS Portrait of a Graduate attribute for December are: left to right: William Taylor, Krista Hill, and Vance Lawrence. Congratulations to these students for being excellent communicators and collaborators.

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  • Winter Concert and Art Exhibit

    The Smithfield Middle School Band and Chorus performed their Winter concert for the students, parents, staff and community on Tuesday, December 3, 2019. Members played to a packed house in the gym. The Art Classes also had their projects on display from the first semester. Congratulations to all of our performers and artist that participated in the wonderful show. Thank you to Mr. Grant, Ms. McCoy and Ms. Schaffer for their hard work and making sure the show was a success.

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  • Robotics Team Receives Award

    Smithfield Middle's Mighty Mecha Robots competed at the FIRST Lego League regional competition at SSS on Nov 23. The competition is based on Core Values, a Project, Robot Design, and Robot runs. FIRST believes that teamwork and cooperatition are key beliefs that are key skills in robotics and engineering careers. The team did extremely well on Core Values and Project and was awarded the Judge's Award. Team members are Gabriel Zamora, Allanah Taylor, Lawrence Taylor(not pictured), Kohlbie Stevens, Miranda Rojo-Olguin, and William Broad. They are coached by Beverly Harper and John Tercheria.

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