MayberryMagnetMiddle

Free breakfasts and lunches offered to children 18 years old and younger at 39 locations for the Summer Food Program, 5/30 - 7/28. Changes in federal regulations require children to be present to get a meal, all meals must be consumed onsite. Learn more at usd259.org/summerfood

Started Panthers Care: A Day of Service, with an assembly. Drum-line played, we had inspirational messages from Gil Alvarez, Deputy Superintendent of WPS and Councilman Blubaugh, and celebrated School of Excellence and Challenge Awards! Perfect start to a perfect day! #wpsproud

Fabulous turn out for our Pops in the Park concert! Many families joined us for sunshine, food trucks, and beautiful music! There is still plenty of time to come out and enjoy outstanding performances by our outstanding musicians!!

Mrs. Hayes and I were proud to accept the Magnet School of Excellence award on behalf of the Mayberry family at the MSA Conference! We embraced the opportunity to share stories and amazing things going on at Mayberry! Proud to be part of the Panther family! #wpsproud

So proud of our Mayberry staff and students for being awarded a Challenge Award for the 2nd year in a row! The staff and students are working hard to make this a yearly honor! #WPSProud

This week is Assistant Principals Appreciation week. I want to recognize these two for their service and contributions to the Mayberry community. Mr. Johnston and Mr. Wiseman, thank you for all you do for our staff, students, and families!

Congratulations to our 2 Good Apple award recipients! These ladies are an amazing asset to our building and they make Mayberry better. Christina Holmes and Jan Jones we are blessed to have you!

We had another fantastic Magnet Day to celebrate the end of our 3rd quarter! These days are full of fun activities, smiles, and laughter and are just one of the many things that make Mayberry special!

Honored to host Mayor Brandon Whipple today! Mayor Whipple spoke to our AVID classes about his college and career path. Such a treat for our kids to hear about real life experiences from one of our local leaders! A big shoutout to Ms. Hughes for making this happen! #wpsavid

So proud of the Panther NAL team for finishing 3rd in the west league! Got to celebrate these kiddos at the NAL banquet tonight. Some of our kids had to miss due to the band concert. The problem you run into when you have such amazingly talented students! #WPSProud

Today we watched an impactful video and heard a powerful message by Tracey Mason from CHD Boxing Club about the dangers of drug usage and how deadly Fentanyl is. Thank you Coach Tracey for sharing your stories and experiences with us! I hope this message resonated with our kids!

So excited for the opportunity to partner with John Blackwell and The Yonkofa Project and be a sister school with the middle school in Enchi, Ghana! The experiences for our students and our Ghanaian friends will be so special! John spoke to Tyler Morgan’s 7th gr SS classes today!

Today we welcomed Nationally Recognized Illusionist David Corn who put on an amazing show! This show was provided free of charge thanks to a local church and other generous sponsors! Thank you to the sponsors and David for all of the smiles and laughter today!

A huge thank you to our Restorative Practices Coach, Kevin for teaching our student leaders about Restorative Practices and the positive impact it can have on a community! So excited to see how are kids will share this with others! #WPSProud

Congratulations to Ben Sackett, Lexa Horseman or Irene Ruckle whose performance piece over King George III placed in the EduHamOnline program contest through the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History!! They won an all expense paid trip to NYC in April!!! #WPSProud

Mayberry has been named a 2023 School of Excellence by Magnet Schools of America! School of Excellence is the top merit award category and is only awarded to a select group of magnet schools. Mayberry is the only magnet school in WPS to be awarded School of Excellence!

Ended Magnet Day - Art Days of Winter with a concert by our Jazz Band. What a treat by these amazing musicians! #WPSProud

Thank you to Detective Pearman for coming out to teach our 8th graders about Internet and Social Media safety! Detective Pearman - thank you for sharing this important message with us!

Congratulations to our Fall 2022 Good Apple award recipients! These amazing staff members are very well-deserving of this award! Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Giddens, and Mr. Herrera - thank you for the contributions you bring to Wichita Public Schools and our Mayberry family! #WPSProud

First ever Native American Heritage assembly on Friday. A huge shout out to Tyler Morgan for organizing the assembly and the Wichita Public Schools Native American Program for teaching us about Native American culture and heritage! @WPSNativeEd