🎃👻 ONE WEEK AWAY!👻🎃 Pine Ridge Middle School’s Halloween Family Night is almost here! 🐝🖤💛 📅 Thursday, October 29th ⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM 📍 Pine Ridge Middle School 🎟️ FREE Family Event! Bring the whole family for a SPOOKTACULAR evening filled with fun, games, treats, and more! 🍬🎃 🚚 Food trucks will also be on-site with delicious food available for purchase! Mark your calendars, invite your friends and family, and join us for a night of Halloween fun! We can't wait to see our Pine Ridge community! 🧡🖤 #LetsSwarm #PineRidgeMiddle #DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren

Ask your student to see their report card! 🐝🤩🎉#DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren #LetsSwarm

🎨🐝 Our Yellow Jackets are STATE FAIR STARS!💛🖤 With over 4,000 entries submitted to the South Carolina State Fair, we are SO proud to celebrate these talented Pine Ridge Middle School artists whose artwork was selected to be displayed at the fair! 🎡🎨 🌟 Congratulations to: * Bella * Jayden * Angely * Emma 🏅 Honorable Mention (6th Grade) * Erik * Zariah * Isabella * Sofia * Mattisyn * Loyal 🏅 Honorable Mention (7th Grade) * Mahogani * Miah * Evelyn A special shoutout to our amazing art teacher, Mrs. Laudenslager, for inspiring our students, encouraging their creativity, and helping their talents shine! 🎨❤️ We are so proud of our Yellow Jackets for representing Pine Ridge on the STATE level! 🐝💛🖤 #LetsSwarm #DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren #PRMSProud

🐝💛🖤 Be YOU. You BELONG! Today, we had the pleasure of welcoming Gina Casazza, an author from Myrtle Beach, who spoke with all grade levels about the powerful difference between belonging and fitting in! Through her personal story, she encouraged our students to embrace their authentic selves rather than trying to become who others expect them to be. She shared how discovering a book she connected with in middle school helped her develop a love for reading and find greater success in school. 📚 Her message was a great reminder that it's okay to try new things, take risks, and be a beginner. Everyone starts somewhere, and you don't have to change who you are to belong! Thank you, Gina, for inspiring our Yellow Jackets to be confident, courageous, and unapologetically themselves! 🐝 #LetsSwarm #DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren #YouBelong

🧪🔬 Hands-on learning in Dr. Elliott’s science class! Students enjoyed sorting natural and synthetic resources before putting their learning into action by making Gak! What a fun and engaging way to explore science through hands-on activities! 🐝💛🖤 #LetsSwarm #TheGreat8 #DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren

In honor of National Principals Month, students, faculty, and staff showed their appreciation of Mrs. Burriss in many tangible ways!

🎶🐝 Our Pine Ridge band students are having a great time at Middle School Band Night at Airport High School! What an awesome opportunity for our students to experience the excitement of high school band and make memories together! 💛🖤🎺🥁 #LetsSwarm #TheGreat8 #DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren

🐝💛🖤 What a great way to wrap up Quarter 1! Today during lunch, Ms. Rabon recognized students who earned positive office referrals! 🎉 We love celebrating our Yellow Jackets who go above and beyond to demonstrate positive behavior and make Pine Ridge a great place to be! Moving forward, we will recognize students with positive office referrals every two weeks! We can’t wait to celebrate even more students doing great things! Keep up the great work, Yellow Jackets! 🐝💛🖤 #LetsSwarm #TheGreat8 #PositiveOfficeReferrals #YellowJacketPride #DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren

🐝🔬 SCIENCE SUCCESS AT PINE RIDGE! 💛🖤 Our Yellow Jackets are making BIG gains! 📈 SC READY Science proficiency increased from 29.9% in 2024–2025 to 40.3% in 2025–2026! That’s an incredible 10.4 percentage-point increase! 🎉 We are so proud of our students and teachers for their hard work, dedication, and commitment to growth! Every point represents progress, and we’re not stopping here! 💛🖤 LET’S SWARM! 🐝 #TheGreat8 #LetsSwarm #PineRidgeMiddle #ScienceSuccess #StudentGrowth

🐝💚 Exciting things are happening at Pine Ridge Middle School! Today, Mrs. Petersen and Mrs. Burriss were recognized at the Lexington County Council meeting as representatives of one of only FOUR schools in Lexington County participating in a new program with Green Steps! 🌎🌱 We are also proud that our community representative on School Improvement Council (SIC) was recognized for their support! We are excited about this opportunity to make a positive impact on our school, community, and environment! 💛🖤 #LetsSwarm #GreenSteps #PineRidgeMiddle #TheGreat8 #ChampionsForChildren #DestinationSchools

Come out tonight and see our Lady Jackets at their last home game! 🐝💛🖤#LetsSwarm #DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren

🐝💛🖤 Pine Ridge is making PROGRESS! We are excited to share that Pine Ridge Middle School earned a GOOD rating in Student Progress on our SC School Report Card! 🎉 Our Student Progress points increased from 13.37 to 18 points! 📈 This growth reflects the hard work, dedication, and commitment of our students, teachers, and staff! We are proud of the progress we’re making and excited to keep pushing forward! Every point matters. Every student matters. Let's keep growing! 🐝 Let's SWARM! 💛🖤 #TheGreat8 #LetsSwarm #PineRidgeMiddle

📊🐝 South Carolina School Report Cards are being released today! At Pine Ridge Middle School, we are committed to continuous growth, student success, and creating a school where every Yellow Jacket can thrive! 💛🖤 School Report Cards provide families and communities with important information about school performance, student achievement, and growth. We encourage our Pine Ridge families to take a look at our report card and celebrate our progress as we continue working together to make PRMS the best it can be! 📚 View school report cards at https://screportcards.com #LetsSwarm #PineRidgeMiddle #DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren

Coach Williams will be at Pine Ridge Tuesday to talk to any students who are interested! #LetsSwarm #DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren

🐝💛🖤 A Great Day of Learning at Pine Ridge! We had a great day of professional learning at Pine Ridge today! Two highlights from our inservice day included: 📚 Book Study: Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Spears led Part 2 of our "99% Human, 1% Amazing" book study, giving our staff an opportunity to reflect on their personal vision and purpose! 📊 Zearn Training: Our teachers participated in on-site Zearn training, digging into student data and learning how to use it to drive instruction and student growth! We are thankful for a staff that continues to learn, reflect, and grow together to make Pine Ridge the best it can be! 🐝 #LetsSwarm #PRMS #ProfessionalLearning #GrowingTogether #DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren

🔬🧪 Bringing Science to Life at Pine Ridge!🐝💛🖤 Yesterday, our 6th grade science classes welcomed Dr. Jones, Physics and Chemistry Professor at Columbia International University (CIU)!Dr. Jones shared his expertise on energy transfer, states of matter, and convection, helping our students make real-world connections to what they are learning in science! We love providing opportunities for our students to learn from experts and explore science beyond the classroom! #LetsSwarm #PRMS #FutureScientists #ScienceInAction #DestinationSchools #ChampionsForChildren

🐝💛🖤 We loved celebrating our students who earned Positive Office Referrals today during lunches! We are so proud of these Yellow Jackets for making great choices and demonstrating SWARM behavior! Keep up the amazing work! 🐝 #LetsSwarm #PRMSProud #ChampionsForChildren #DestinationSchools

Our Book Fair is the first week of November.

Make sure your kid won’t miss out on the most highly anticipated books of the season! Preorder your copy now through our school’s Book Fair homepage. Use code FAIRSHIP for free shipping to your home.

Asegurese de que su nino o nina no se pierda los libros mas esperados de la temporada! Reserve su ejemplar ya mismo desde la pagina web de la Feria del Libro de nuestra escuela. Use el codigo FAIRSHIP para obtener envio gratuito a su hogar.

We are excited about basketball season. Here's information for the girls. Email Coach Brown at rcbrown@lex2.org if you have any questions. 🐝 💛🖤#LetsSwarm #ChampionsForChildren #DestinationSchools