Mead Middle School

Mead Middle is an academically rigorous, standards-based school with an EXCEL focus, committed to preparing our students for the future.

FOCUS: Extra Curricular Engagement and Learning (EXCEL)

PRINCIPAL: Joshua Barnett

ENROLLMENT: 533 Students

CONTACT INFORMATION: 620 Welker Ave., Mead, CO 80542 | 970-535-4446 | mms.svvsd.org

MASCOT: Bulldogs

Highlights

• Mead Middle has won multiple Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Awards and has been recognized as a Colorado School to Watch

• More than half of Mead students are in advanced math classes such as Algebra and Geometry

• Mead Middle offers an Introduction to Energy course for eighth graders that prepares students for the Mead High School Energy Academy

• Students learn about future careers through monthly “Pizza with Professionals” when students have lunch with professionals from various fields across the region

• Mead Middle has been in the top 10 for growth for all Colorado schools numerous times during the past decade

• The EXCEL program engages students in the extensive opportunities available in before and after-school activities

• Mead Middle promotes a positive and inviting climate with the Bulldog BARK program

• The Student Council honors veterans every year with the Veteran’s Day Breakfast

• Mead students put on an annual dinner theater production for the community

• Mead Middle offers strong music programs and ensembles in choir, band, and orchestra; students perform regularly for the school and community

• A robust art program featuring Art, Graphic Art, and Photography; Mead Middle also has an art club

• Mead Middle School offers STEM, CSI, and Robotics as elective options

• Approximately 90% of students are involved in co-curricular activities

Athletics for Character, Discipline, and Collegiality

Basketball, Cross Country, Track, Volleyball, Unified Basketball, Unified Bowling, and Wrestling

Visual and Performing Arts

Music: Band, Choir, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Pops Orchestra, and Vocal Jazz Art: Art, Graphic Art, and Photography Theater: Theater, Annual Dinner Theater Production

Co-Curricular

Activities Art Club, Best Buddies, Cheer Club, Craft Club, Geography Club, Junior Honor Society, Junior Solar Sprints, Math Counts, National Robotics, Strategy Games, and Student Council

What makes your school community unique across St. Vrain Valley Schools?

The inclusiveness Mead Middle School has in its extracurricular activities make it unique. As a middle schooler, students can experience a variety of activities like sports, arts, music, and more with different classmates.

-Kerrigan Fairley, 8th Grade