Merrill Middle School

  The baseball season ended May 10th with a tough loss to Skinner in the 2nd  round of the playoffs. As with every game this season, the team played excellent baseball and demonstrated a tremendous show of sportsmanship.   Please congratulate the team for representing Merrill with such class.

Saturday, May 19th 9 am to 12 pm At the track between the schools. $10 Includes t-shirt, drink and loads of fun! Prizes Too! Music, Tattoos, Nail and Hair Painting, Basic Kneads Food Truck Pizza, Teacher Sponger Toss, and  Two Giant Hamster Balls from Games2U. Due to problems with our online payment system, please register …

Each year, the Mayor of Denver honors Denver Public School students as Mile High Scholars in a city-wide ceremony.  Students are selected by the principal and faculty of their school for modeling good leadership, respect for self, others, and the school environment, and for supporting their peers. This year’s honorees were Paradise Frank and Macey Walker. Both students are …

Please read the below letter to understand what immunizations are required for kids going to school and which ones are recommended.   ParentLetter-Immunization Chart En Español

Merrill Middle School offers a rigorous Accelerated program in Math and Language Arts for 6th grade and a Pre-Advanced Placement (Pre-AP) program in all core content areas for 7th and 8th grade students.  The Accelerated and Pre-AP programs are comprehensive programs designed to challenge motivated students to understand rigorous content.   The coursework requires students to …

At the recent Denver Mayor’s Youth Award ceremony, twenty students received awards from the mayor’s office.  Two of the recipients were Merrill’s own, ChoCho Htay and Honey Hadafo.  Sponsored by the Mayor’s Office for Education and Children, the Mayor’s Youth Awards began 24 years ago as a way to recognize young people for showing fortitude, …

Check out this wonderful video from Jerry Lassos and Steven Haas on strength-based programming, Visual-Spatial learning style strategies, and 21st Century technology for ALL American Indian students. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jiziUo6mGs&feature=youtu.be Bravo Mr. Lassos and Mr. Haas and the students in the Indian Ed Focus Program at Merrill! We are proud of you!

  On Friday, February 10th, Merrill Middle School received word that we were awarded the School Improvement Grant. We are excited about the terrific new resources coming to Merrill in the 2012-2013 school year. The award included the following: SmartLab and part-time technology teacher: A SmartLab is a 21st century learning lab designed for the exploration of STEM, digital media arts and …

Please join us for dinner and a presentation series on 40 Developmental Assets February 9th February 23rd March 8th April 5th April 26th 6pm – 8:00 pm (Room 102/103) Building blocks for raising healthy and successful children and youth. As part of our school’s Parent Engagement plan you are invited to attend a family dinner at Merrill …

Merrill Middle School offers a rigorous acceleration program in Math and Language Arts for 6th and a Pre Advanced Placement program for 7th and 8th grade students.  The Pre Advanced Placement program is a comprehensive program that provides in-depth, accelerated instruction in Language arts, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science.  The pace of these programs is …