HMS Spirit Week starts tomorrow with Moody Monday (AKA Pajama Day)! Dress up and show your school spirit all week long - you might even get your picture taken for the yearbook!
Congratulations to the students who received a positive behavior referral this week!
As the first home football game is tomorrow night, Harrisburg High School has asked us to make our yearly reminder to all parents/guardians that middle school students must be accompanied by an adult when attending high school athletic events.
The HMS baseball and softball games scheduled for tonight at Herrin have been canceled due to excessive heat. We are working on rescheduling those games and will provide more information once a new date is set. Tomorrow's home baseball and softball games with Benton will start at 6:00 pm.
Reminder: Soccer tryouts are tomorrow at HMS.
HMS cross country will begin practicing on Monday, August 18. Practice is from 4:00 - 5:00 pm at HMS Monday through Friday except on days where there are meets. To participate, athletes must have a current physical on file as well as a signed insurance packet. Coach Herren will have the forms at practice if students didn't get them during signups.
Harrisburg Middle School 25-26 yearbooks are on sale now for the back-to-school sale price of $28. Order online now to lock in this deal. You won't want to miss out on this opportunity! jostens.com/btsyrbk
Baseball and softball pictures are scheduled for August 25. Individual pictures will be taken at the school starting at approximately 1:00. The team pictures will be taken at the fields after school.
Congratulations to Alicyn Dowdy on winning her 100th game as the head softball coach at HMS!
We would like to thank the following individuals for their help with getting the H on our Bulldog at Taylor Field:
Micheal Baldwin for laser cutting the H, Chris Barter for painting the H, and Russell Hunt for attaching the H to the base.
Soccer tryout information!
There will be an HMS Baseball parent meeting on Tuesday, August 5th at 6:00 pm in the commons area at HMS.
HMS softball open fields are canceled for today, July 29, due to the heat. Reminder: Baseball and softball tryouts are Thursday, July 31 and Friday, August 1. Any student trying out must have an updated physical and a signed insurance packet.
HMS cheerleaders loved being able to participate in Harrisburg Library’s Summer Reading Program Finale Party!
Check out our new conference banners hanging in the HMS gym! Thank you to our custodians for working to get them installed.
HMS would like to wish 8th grader, Jaxon Mott, good luck as he will be competing in discus this weekend at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championship in Savannah, Georgia!
HMS softball open fields are canceled for today, July 24, due to the heat. Open fields will resume on Tuesday, July 29 from 5:00-6:30 pm.
Important information regarding HMS baseball and softball tryouts:
Baseball tryouts will be Thursday, July 31 and Friday, August 1 at 9:00 am at Jay Thompson Field (Dorris Heights).
Softball tryouts will be Thursday, July 31 and Friday, August 1 from 4:00-6:00 pm at the park field (Centerfield diamond). Softball open fields will be held on July 22nd, 24th and 29th from 5:00-7:00 pm. Open fields are optional.
Any student trying out must have an updated physical prior to tryouts as well as a signed insurance packet. Incoming 6th grade students are required by Illinois law to have a school physical. Incoming 7th and 8th grade students trying out will need a sports physical. All required forms can be found on the school website (click on HMS Athletics).
https://www.harrisburg3.org/o/hms/documents
Congratulations to the 2025-2026 HMS Cheerleaders! 📣🐾
The HMS Girls' Soccer team defeated the Carterville Lions 1-0 to win the Southern Illinois Middle School Soccer Championship!
