This Saturday (October 4th), the wrestling team will be holding its Pancake Fundraiser in the gym lobby at ESMS from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. They will be selling plates for $10. Each plate includes three pancakes, sausage, eggs, and a drink.

Accepted payment methods: cash, Venmo, and Cash App.
about 2 months ago, Krista Griffin
Wrestling Pancake Breakfast
🌱 The Tift FFA Plant Sale is here! 🍂 Stop by Eighth Street Middle or Northeast Middle on Oct. 3 & 6 from 8:30–5:00 to grab your fall veggies, herbs, and flowers. Don’t miss out! 🌼💚
about 2 months ago, Krista Griffin
FFA Fall 2025 Plant Sale
🚀 Blast Off to “Go Light Up Your World!” 🌟

Join us Tuesday, October 14th, from 6–9 PM at the ESMS Track for an unforgettable evening!

✨ What’s Happening:

Free Food & Drinks 🍔🥤

Live Entertainment 🎶

Powerful Lessons on how to address gangs, teen violence, and bullying 💡

This is a FREE community event — everyone is welcome! Bring your friends, family, and neighbors and let’s light up our world together! 💙

#4theT
about 2 months ago, Dana Spurlin
Blast Off Go Light Up Your World
Shoutout to our ESMS students who kept their Chromebooks charged and ready all month! 💻🙌 We hope you enjoyed the structured free time and sweet treat. We’re already looking forward to our next PBIS event! Huge thanks to our ESMS Counselors and PBIS Team for organizing the event, and to all the teachers who tracked PBIS data throughout September to make sure our students were rewarded. 🍪💙
about 2 months ago, Krista Griffin
September PBIS Event
Paper vs. Electronic: The Debate is on at Eighth Street Middle School!
about 2 months ago, Krista Griffin
Healthcare Debate 7th Grade
📅 October Menus Now Available!

We will continue to share menus each week on our Tift County Schools page, but for those of you who like to plan ahead, the breakfast and lunch menus for the entire month of October are now posted.

👉 You can also view them at: https://www.tiftschools.com/documents/school-nutrition/menus/18803049

#4theT
about 2 months ago, Dana Spurlin
October Breakfast and Lunch Menu
October Breakfast and Lunch Menu
October Breakfast and Lunch Menu
October Breakfast and Lunch Menu

Our Ag students just wrapped up their Entomology Unit, connecting to the Natural Resources standard.

Students:
✨ Designed their own insects, complete with a written description of diet and habitat.
✨ Brought their ideas to life by creating 3D models.
✨ Participated in Bug Collection Day and built insect collections after freezing specimens. Two students even took their collections home to continue labeling and collecting for their SAE projects!

One of the most exciting discoveries happened right in our greenhouse, students found caterpillars munching on the parsley! 🌱 These turned out to be Black Swallowtail caterpillars, and we observed their full life cycle in the classroom. On Friday, we had the amazing experience of watching one butterfly emerge from its chrysalis! 🦋

Hands-on learning like this shows just how connected agriculture and natural resources truly are. We’re proud of our students for diving in and exploring the insect world with curiosity and creativity! CTAEDelivers!

about 2 months ago, Krista Griffin
Ag Entomology Unit

📣 Future Cheer Camp Registration Closes this Friday 📣

Girls in PreK – 5th grade sign up now for the 2025 Future Cheer Camp!

📅 Camp Date: October 11, 2025 at TCHS
💲 Cost: $55 (online payments only)
📅 Performance: October 24th at Brodie Field
🛑 Registration Closes: October 5th

👉 Register by scanning the QR code on the flyer OR online here: https://forms.gle/U5pMgAuS4Dpfe93v9

Don’t miss out!
#4theT

about 2 months ago, Dana Spurlin
Future Cheer Camp

Blue Devil Baseball parents—join us this week! ⚾️
• High School: Wednesday, Oct 1 at 5:30 PM
TCHS Media Center
• Middle School: Thursday, Oct 2 at 5:30 PM
NEMS Baseball Field
Meet with the Blue Devil Dugout Club to talk fundraising and plans for the 2026 season. See you there! #4theT

about 2 months ago, Dana Spurlin
Baseball Parent Meeting

Parent PAC Meeting – Migrant Education Program
We invite all of our migrant parents to join us for our first Parent PAC meeting on Tuesday, September 30 at 6:00 PM at the Tift County School Administrative Office. Come and learn about important school updates such as the new Cell Phone Policy, how to stay connected with your child’s grades and attendance, and other valuable resources. We will also have special guest speakers, including representatives from our school JROTC program, and more!

Your participation is important and valued—we hope to see you there!


Reunión del PAC de Padres – Programa de Educación Migrante
Invitamos a todos nuestros padres migrantes a participar en nuestra primera reunión del PAC de Padres el martes, 30 de septiembre a las 6:00 PM en la Oficina Administrativa del Condado de Tift. Venga y aprenda sobre actualizaciones importantes de la escuela como la nueva Política de Teléfonos Celulares, cómo mantenerse al tanto de las calificaciones y asistencia de sus hijos, y otros recursos valiosos. También tendremos invitados especiales, incluyendo representantes de nuestro programa escolar de JROTC, ¡y mucho más!

Su participación es muy importante y valorada—¡esperamos verlos allí!

#4theT

about 2 months ago, Dana Spurlin
Migrant PAC Meeting
Migrant PAC Meeting
📢 The Eighth Street Edition 📢 Check out The Eighth Street Edition for the week of September 29-October 3! Don’t miss out on what’s coming up at ESMS! 💙 #4theT
about 2 months ago, Krista Griffin
ESMS Eighth Edition Sept. 29- Oct. 3
🥞💙 Pancake Fundraiser for Tift County Wrestling 💙🥞

Come out and support our 6th–12th grade wrestlers!
📅 Saturday, October 4th
🕘 9:00 – 11:00 AM
📍 Eighth Street Middle School Gym Lobby

Enjoy a delicious breakfast of 3 pancakes, sausage, eggs, and a drink — all for just $10!

🍴 Dine in or Carry Out
💵 Cash, Venmo, or Cash App accepted

All proceeds benefit Tift County Wrestling. #4theT
about 2 months ago, Dana Spurlin
Wrestling Fundraiser
Middle school baseball conditioning begins Monday. All players must have a current physical to participate. Contact Coach Martin with questions brooks.martin@tiftschools.com
about 2 months ago, Dana Spurlin
MS Baseball
A big thank you to our community partner, Off Road Powersports, for letting us borrow a trailer for our ESMS Homecoming Float! We’re so grateful for the support. It made showing off our school spirit even more fun! 💙 #4theT
about 2 months ago, Krista Griffin
OPS Shoutout
Blue Devil Nation, the rain is on its way out! ☔➡️🌤 To give everyone a chance to enjoy the fun, tonight’s Homecoming Parade will now begin at 6:30 PM. Bring your Blue Devil spirit and let’s line the streets to cheer on our community! #4theT
about 2 months ago, Dana Spurlin
Parade Update
Tift County Cross Country is hosting their Tift Invitational this Saturday morning at ABAC!

This isn’t just any meet—it’s the largest cross country event we’ve ever hosted, with over 1,200 runners and 50 schools from across Georgia and Florida. It’s going to be an exciting morning of competition, and our athletes would love to see familiar faces cheering them on as they race!

Please help spread the word — we would love to have a huge crowd there to support our student athletes.

We can’t wait to see you there and show everyone what Tift County pride looks like!
#4theT
about 2 months ago, Dana Spurlin
Tift Invitational CC Meet

🍕🔥 Pizza Takeover! 🔥🍕
Tomorrow, our middle and high school cafeterias are serving up two student tested and approved favorites:

💪 Blue Devil Beast – a meaty monster of a pizza built for serious appetites.

🐷 BBQ Blitz – pulled pork perfection with a smoky flavor and a winning bite!

These pizzas were chosen and named by Tift County students and will be available Thursday, September 25th.
Don’t miss your chance to grab a slice of these new creations!
#BlueDevilBeast #BBQBlitz #4theT

about 2 months ago, Dana Spurlin
New Pizzas
Join us for FCA tomorrow morning at 7:30 on the ESMS Practice Field!
about 2 months ago, Krista Griffin
FCA Event
Congratulations to our ENR CDE team! 🙌
Aaron Hawsey, Will McClendon, Charles Sheppard, and JR Wise placed 4th in the Area V ENR CDE and represented us so well! 💙 They showed off their skills by identifying trees, mammals, fish, reptiles, and birds, navigating a GPS course, and even writing scientific names of trees at their marked spots. 🌳🦌🐟🐍🦅 Way to go guys! We're so proud of you all! CTAEDelivers!
about 2 months ago, Krista Griffin
Eight street middle school


We’re proud of our FFA Meats Evaluation Team! 🥩🔪
Cailan Alley, Kowen Hagin, Luke Holland, Luke Schmeisser, and Greyson Chung competed at the Area V Meats Evaluation CDE at Colquitt County High School and placed 3rd in the region! 👏
Special shoutout to Luke Holland and Luke Schmeisser for finishing in the Top 7 Individuals! 🌟
At the contest, students identified 30 retail cuts of beef, pork, and lamb; naming the primal cut, retail cut, and best cooking method for each. They also ranked retail and carcass cuts to show off their evaluation skills.

Awesome job representing our chapter and proving your hard work pays off! 💙💛

about 2 months ago, Krista Griffin
ESMS Meat Evaluation  Team Results