York Middle School

Would you be willing to contribute to the York community and its children by becoming a York School Committee member in 2024? There will be two openings available for York residen...

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Remote Learning Day Tomorrow York schools will have a Remote Learning Day tomorrow, Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Again, all York schools will have a Remote ...

We are proud that 8th Grader India Veilleux was selected to participate in the Maine Student Cabinet! This year’s Maine Department of Education (DOE) Student Cabinet convened ...

In addition to recognizing our Q2 Wicked Good Wildcats during our assembly last Friday, we kicked off the beginning of Quarter 3 with a new value to focus on after spending last q...

Our YMS WInter Chorus concert was amazing! Under the guidance of teacher Jen Etter, 5th - 8th Grade students sang a varied repertoire, including outstanding solo performances by a...

Throughout Quarter Two at York Middle School, the staff engaged in a new initiative called Wicked Good Wildcats. This project encouraged staff to recognize the good things student...

Congratulations to Paddy Fahey, an 8th-grade student at YMS! We are proud to announce that he has been declared the State of Maine winner in the 2023-2024 Veterans of Foreign War...

January 17, 2024 Dear York Families, The York School Committee has accepted Village Elementary School’s proposal to create two public PreK classrooms at Village Elementar...

To kick off their poetry unit, 7th grade ELA classes from both teams visited the library this week to create spine poetry. Students scoured the shelves to find books whose titles ...

Many 8th grade students participated in the Patriot’s Pen Essay contest, a national writing contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and supported by our Social Studies t...

In the days leading up to Thanksgiving members of the YMS 7th and 8th grade Student Council were busy supporting local non-profit organizations in York. The students organized and...

YMS ended Quarter 1 with a full school assembly! Students and staff have been working hard to start the school year off on the right foot with respect, responsibility, and perseve...

Thanks to the work of Social Studies teacher Suzi Young and a generous donation from the York Education Foundation, 5th-graders at YMS were treated to an in-school program about W...

In honor of Veteran's Day, the YMS library has set up a White Table. The table is a tradition dating back to the Vietnam War to honor prisoners of war (POWs) and missing-in-actio...

YMS and YHS French students were joined by 10 other schools for a Friday concert at York High School by Flo. Flo is a Franco-Ontarian rapper of Haitian origin whose hip hop and ra...

7th Grade Snow Leopards participated in an advisory-based pumpkin decorating contest. Our esteemed judging panel voted Mrs. Mirick's advisory as the winner!

6th grade Jaguars went on a hike to Mt. Blue Job, in Farmington, NH on October 24th. The first summit has a staffed fire tower from 1915 with beautiful views of a snow capped Mt....

Our 5th graders have been stepping back in time for their Living History program, hosted by the Museums of Old York. A cherished tradition in 5th grade, students learn about the h...

We enjoyed our annual 7th Grade trip to Camp Merrowvista in NH this week. YMS has been going for over 20 years, so it's a beloved tradition, and an awesome way to start 7th grade....

As part of the U.S. History classes study of 9/11, each student created a collaged part of an American flag symbolic of the nation coming together following the attacks and in rec...