Middle Grades Houses Build Community at TMS

TMS Middle School team is excited to announce our inaugural year of the House system! This House system’s mission is to create a positive, inclusive, and cooperative community across grade levels to give students a sense of belonging and collective ownership of our Middle School.

Mission Statement

The Museum School House System aims to create a positive, inclusive, and cooperative community across Grade levels to give students a sense of belonging and collective ownership of our Middle school.

Students have been sorted into one of 4 Houses:

“My favorite part of the House system is when we cheered for each others house also when we did our handshake.” – Sa’Nya Burns

“My favorite part about the house system so far is the time we spend with our teachers and friends.” – Milen Ermias

“My favorite part of the House System is all of the grades getting to know each other better in each group, and all of us having tons of fun!” – Madison Huefner

Throughout the year, houses will earn points for positive behaviors like helping to push in all the chairs in a classroom, putting away and organizing laptops into the cart, offering for a friend to borrow a pencil, or reminding the class to recycle.

Additionally, students may sign up for “House Duties” like breakfast and cafe assistants, hallway greeters, litter pickup and dismissal assistants.

House points may be redeemed for a reward of choice (decided at Conclave) and the house with the most points each quarter gets the House Cup trophy and reward
of choice (decided at Conclave).

“Me and David haven’t been in the same class for 6 years but were in the same house!” – Declan Okwu