Students in Mr. Davis’ 7th grade science class spent time in the STEM Lab Tuesday. Students participated in a virtual lab on traits and heredity.

Students in Mr. Gupton’s Health Science class learned about Lungs and Ventilators yesterday. #CTE #weareDPS #bestyearever

Students in Ms. Williams’ 6th grade Science class visited the STEM lab on Friday. Students participated in an Energy Transfer lab. #smsgrind #weareDPS #bestyearever

All students were able to participate in Kids Voting Durham (KVD) today. KVD helps youth under 18 understand in the power of voting. Thanks to Ms. Reid for organizing this event. #smsgrind #weareDPS #bestyearever

Thanks to Mrs. Tyler and Weldon Middle School for visiting Shepard today. Their school had an optional teacher workday today and traveled to Shepard for PD today. They were able to visit classrooms and talk to teachers and staff about our success. We are all in this together.

Students in Ms. Majette’s 6th grade math class applied real world problem solving by using a menu to purchase food items and calculate the sales tax in order to get the total. Students used their money wisely making sure they didn’t go over the allotted amounts.

Students who participated in the Reflections Art Contest received a pizza party today. Students created original works of art in response to the theme “Show Your Voice”

Today we are handing out food bags to families in need! Any family can grab a bag. Stop by before 6 PM and get you one of these! #NovemberCommunityService

Join us for our IB Ambassador Ceremony this morning at 8:45am

Our chorus and band performed last night during our Fall Concert. Thanks to our chorus teacher, Ms. Ledbetter and our band teacher, Mr. Jones for orchestrating the concert.

Today we delivered toys to Burton, CC Splauding, & WG Pearson for our December service project.

It was a pleasure to have such phenomenal scholars visit us! #IBisMe

This school year we added new seating in our cafeteria to offer students a more flexible cafe style seating. Today we added booths to the cafe. Students were excited to see the new addition.

Special thanks to the NCCU football team for visiting Shepard today. The 2022 HBCU National Football Champions spoke to students about the importance of goal setting and academics.

Students in Mrs. Lloyd’s 6th grade science class participated in a lab yesterday. Students used the cream of the cookie to demonstrate different moon phases.

On Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, Ms. Lanier’s 8th grade Science Classes visited the Brite Center at North Carolina Central University's lab. Students participated in an electromagnetic spectrum & volumetric dilution lab.

Students enjoyed the weather while learning outside today. #outdoorclassroom #smsgrind

Last Friday, our Band and Chorus participated in The Festival of Music at Kings Dominion. Our chorus received a Superior Rating! Shout out to our chorus teacher, Ms. Ledbetter and our band teacher, Mr. Jones for planning this great experience for our students.

#WeAreReaders #SomosLectores.-During Shepard’s awards program, students received novels to read during the summer.

Join us this morning via livestream for our 8th grade moving on ceremony. ow.ly/iSyw50OHPK2