Knight News

  • Envirothon Winners

    "Earth Lovers" Place 6th at Envirothon

    The Earth Lovers competed in the Area IV Envirothon at West Point on the Eno City Park in Durham on Thursday, March 16th. The team qualified 6th and will head to Cedarock Park in Burlington for the State Envirothon. Team Members are Esli Chirinos Pastrana, Joely Hernandez, Gabriel Macedo, and Aaron Martinez Hernandez. The team is coached by Amber Carter and Beverly Harper.

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  • Anne Frank Exhibit Comes to SmMS

    Anne Frank Exhibit Comes to SmMS

    Student docents trained one weekend to set up the exhibit and then to escort students through the exhibit and answer questions about Anne Frank's life. The student docents for Smithfield Middle were Emily Flores Ortiz, Joely Hernandez, Elsy Hernandez, Ayonna Best, and Daniela Carino. 

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  • Shining Armor Cafe Earns a 5 Star Rating!

    Shining Armor Cafe Earns a 5 Star Rating!

    Ms. McClarney and her students are a big hit at Smithfield Middle with the Shining Armor Cafe. Pictured are: Emily Summers, Xander Gomez, MJ Grady, Daniel Garcia, and Jason Spivey.

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  • African American History Awareness Competition Team

    African American History Awareness Competition Team

    Congratulations to Gabriel Robertson (Grade 8/Year 3) Bria Hall (Grade 7/Year 2) and Alyana Richardson (Grade 8/Year 3) for winning 1st Place in the 20th Omega Psi Phi African American History Awareness Competition! Toni McLeary & Destiny Fullwood coached these students to victory!

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  • IB Learner Profile of the Month - Caring

    IB Learner Profile of the Month - Caring

    Each month, two students from each grade level who demonstrate the IB Learner Profile of the month will be selected. This month our students demonstrated what it means to be caring.  

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  • Employees of the Month - February

    Employees of the Month - February

    Congratulations to Alicia Hewitt and Evelyn Sanders for receiving the Certified & Classified Employees of the Month Recognition. Staff members are nominated by their peers monthly.  

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  • Battle of the Books Team

    Battle of the Books Team

    12 Smithfield Middle Knights competed in the district's Battle of the Books competition on Friday, February 24th; they were coached by Mrs. Beadle and Ms. Hewitt. Students read books from a list established by the state Battle of the Books committee and compete in a quiz-bowl-style tournament to test their knowledge of these books.

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  • All County Chorus Selectees

    All County Chorus Selectees

    Congratulations to these Smithfield Middle Knights! They were selected for the All County Chorus! Jaida Padilla - 7th Grade/Year 2 - Soprano & Jocelyn Palacios Rodriguez - 6th Grade/Year 1 - Soprano

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  • IB Learner Profile of the Month : Open-Minded

    IB Learner Profile of the Month : Open-Minded

    Each month, two students from each grade level who demonstrate the IB Learner Profile of the month will be selected. This month our students demonstrated what it means to be open-minded.

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  • Employees of the Month - January

    Employees of the Month - January

    Congratulations to Tonya Sanderson and Gary Boyd for receiving the Classified & Certified Employees of the Month Recognition. Staff members are nominated by their peers monthly.  

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  • MATHCOUNTS Team competes in district competition!

    MATHCOUNTS Team competes in district competition!

    6 Smithfield Middle Knights competed in the district's MATHCOUNTS competition on Friday, January 20th. To prepare for the competition, students from Years 2 & 3 (Grades 7 & 8) were coached by Mrs. Spivey and Mrs. Boyd in geometry, counting, probability, number theory and algebra.

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  • All County Band Selectees

    All-County Band Selectees

    Congratulations to these Smithfield Middle Knights! They were selected for the All County Band! Kevin Canas - 7th Grade/Year 2 - Trombone/ Natalie Silva Deras - 8th Grade/Year 3 - Flute/Grant Brice - 8th Grade/Year 3 - Trumpet

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  • IB Learner Profile of the Month - Principled

    IB Learner Profile of the Month - Principled

    Each month, two students from each grade level who demonstrate the IB Learner Profile of the month will be selected. This month our students demonstrated what it means to be principled.

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  • Smithfield Middle School Spelling Bee

    Smithfield Middle School Spelling Bee

    Students at each grade level competed with each other and the winner from each grade level went on to compete against each other.

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  • IB Learner Profile of the Month - Communicator

    IB Learner Profile of the Month - Communicator

    Each month, two students from each grade level who demonstrate the IB Learner Profile of the month will be selected. This month our students demonstrated being communicators.  

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  • Employees of the Month - November

    Employees of the Month - November

    Congratulations to Joevince Baldonado and Olga Hinson for receiving the Certified and Classified Employees of the Month Recognition. Staff members are nominated by their peers monthly.

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  • International Peace Poster Contest Winner

    International Peace Poster Contest Winner

    The International Peace Poster Contest is an annual international art contest sponsored by Lions Club International; this year's theme is "Lead with Compassion".

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  • Virtual Author Visit

    Virtual Author Visit

    On Wednesday, November 2, some of our Smithfield Middle School students had the opportunity to participate in a virtual author visit with best-selling author Ellen Potter. 

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  • IB Learner Profile of the Month - Thinker

    IB Learner Profile of the Month - Thinker

    Each month, two students from each grade level who demonstrate the IB Learner Profile of the month will be selected. This month our students demonstrated being thinkers.

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  • Johnstonian News - Creative Kids Winners

    Johnstonian News - Creative Kids Winners

    Congratulations to these 6th grade students: Marisa Barnes, Aaliyah Holmes and Zaymarion Boone!

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