Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School

Greetings King Families, We hope you had a restorative and restful Winter Recess! Classes resume tomorrow, January 5, with typical bell schedules throughout the week. Please be sure to check in with your student about the new semester–for many, classes will shift in small but significant ways. For example, some classes are only one semester long, or your student may have an intervention class placement. Additionally, in 6th Grade, all students change their wheel and PE teache

Greetings King Families, This is the last week of school in December, and before we know it, we will be ending our first Semester! We want to take a moment to thank you for your partnership and support this school year thus far–this work wouldn’t be possible without you! Here’s what to expect this week: This Wednesday , the King Bands Winter Concert  is happening from 6:30 - 9:30 PM in the Auditorium. On Thursday, the King Orchestra Concert  will perform from 7:00 - 9:30 PM.

Greetings King Families, Approaching the middle of December, I wanted to extend a gratitude to all of the parents who have contributed to our annual Friends of King fundraiser , which directly supports our PTA programming.  As of last week, we cleared the halfway point to the annual goal of $125,000.  As a reminder, this annual goal is what is needed to continue to fund existing programs, which include:    Staff salaries for our amazing Community Building Counselor position T

Crafts Needed to Sell The 8th grade team is currently collecting handmade crafts to sell at the King Winter Craft Fairs that will take place on the nights of the Winter concerts (December 17& 18). Everyone in the King community is welcome to make and donate crafts for this event. All proceeds will be used to support the 8th grade Builders Week. All crafts can be dropped off with Ms. Puckett (room 105) up until the night of the first fair. (Any 8th grade students or Parents/g

Greetings King Families, We hope you had a wonderful and relaxing break! This week, we enter the last few weeks of the first semester, with classes resuming tomorrow (December 1). This is a good time to check grades, ensure that any missing assignments are complete, and that any retake opportunities for quizzes and mastery are taken advantage of! Here’s what to expect this week: The STAR Winter assessment will be happening this week in English and Math classes. This assessmen

Scholarships available for kids, families for City of Berkeley recreation programs Do you live in Berkeley and can’t afford to pay for kids’ recreation programs or a High Sierras camp for your family? We have scholarships to get half or all of the fees waived. We’ll also help you apply.  These fee waivers, which you can get by applying online, include programs for kids such as: A day camp providing up to four sports After-school academic support and activities A skateboard

Greetings King Families, Welcome to the last week of classes in November! After this week, we will have a recess for Thanksgiving Break, with classes resuming in December. Here’s what to expect this week: On Monday, November 19 , there will be a PTA meeting at 6:30 PM in the Staff Lounge. On Tuesday, November 18 , there will be a School Site Council meeting  from 6:00 - 7:00 PM on Google Meet. Tuesday , there is also a  Middle School Matters workshop  in the Staff Lounge from

Greetings King Families, This week will have an unusual cadence, with school tomorrow and a no-school holiday on Tuesday. Classes from Wednesday through Friday will be as normal. Here’s what to expect this week: Tuesday, November 11, is Veteran’s Day , with no school. On Thursday, November 13, there will be an English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) meeting  from 8:45 - 9:45 AM in the Staff Lounge Looking further ahead: Picture Day Makeups  will be on Wednesday, November 19