ECMSSherry Digmon

Keeping the lights on after school
After school programs allow children to have a safe place until they can go home. On Thursday, October 26, Escambia County Middle School, along with thousands of schools nationwide observed Lights On Afterschool, the national celebration of afterschool programs. The event was also a chance for the school to showcase the A-STEM curriculum as students worked on various projects. “This is our first time doing this,” said Marcia Adams, ECMS…
Winners named in ECMS D.A.R.E competition
Marshawn Johnson, La’Niya King, and Quayveon McCants are winner of the recent D.A.R.E. competition at Escambia County Middle School. They answered the most questions correctly throughout the 10-week course.  Marshawn, La’Niya, and Quayveon were presented with a drawstring bag full of treats by their D.A.R.E. instructor Escambia County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeff Weaver.
Lights on after school
Escambia County Middle School will team up with the National Lights On After School Program Thursday, October 26 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. You’re invited to come out and discover a little about what Project A-STEM is doing to provide a safe, educational alternative to being home alone after school. This will be an interactive evening for students and their families to celebrate A-STEM.
Honoring ECMS administrators
Principal Debbie Bolden By DANIELLE LOGAN Teacher, sixth grade After a 30- year career in many areas of public education, Ms. Deborah Bolden has come home to Atmore. This choice was a huge gift to our community, as Ms. Bolden took on the challenge of sitting at the helm of Escambia County Middle School as its principal. Since June of 2016 when Bolden took on her new role at ECMS,…
ECMS, community come to aid of hurricane victims
Most of the time, the only obstacle Escambia County Middle School students have to deal with in the school’s hallways are other students who are rushing to their next class. That wasn’t the case recently, though. Students at the local school not only had to dodge other students, they also had to make their way around stacks of bottled water, cartons of paper goods and boxes filled with other supplies…