January 16, 2026
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We are so proud and excited to share that our girls’ basketball team will be competing in the AllA State Tournament next week. To allow our students, staff, and families the opportunity to support our team, we will have no school on Wednesday, January 21st and Thursday 22nd. If our girls advance on Wednesday, we will have no school on Friday, January 23rd . The girls play on Wednesday at 5:00pm Central Time (6:00 pm Eastern Time) at Owensboro Sportscenter and if we win, we will play Friday at 11:30 am Central Time (12:30 pm Eastern Time). We encourage everyone to join us in supporting our student athletes as they represent our school and community at the state level. Thank you for your continued support, and please contact us if you have any questions. Reminder: There is no school Monday. It is Martin Luther King Day.
Sincerely,
Sondra Combs
Superintendent Hazard Independent
2 days ago, Joshua Hurt
Flavor Lab is officially underway at Hazard Middle School! This week, students kicked things off by making tasty pizza sandwiches-and they were a hit! Join us next Tuesday for another round of flavorful cooking! 🍕
4 days ago, Brittany Wilder
NTI #4 - January 15th, 2026.
4 days ago, Brandi Wells
HMS celebrates December birthdays! Happy birthday to you!
4 days ago, Holly Bailey
Happy birthday to our November birthdays! HMS wishes you a happy birthday!
4 days ago, Holly Bailey
NTI Updated Schedule!
This is not, I repeat, not a post to say that there is NTI tomorrow or any time soon. You will still need to pay attention to social media and news outlets for NTI announcements. This post is to inform HMS students and parents about an update to our NTI schedule. Below is our NTI schedule moving forward:
(10:00 - 11:45) Google meet with classroom teachers.
(11:45 - 12:15) Lunch
(12:15 - 2:00) Google meet with classroom teachers.
Teachers will still post the link for Google Meets in Google Classroom, they will still post work to Google Classroom, and those that send packets home will continue to do so, but nothing really changes except that we are starting an hour later. Thank you for helping us make this small transition.
5 days ago, Joshua Hurt
Congratulations to our Students of the Week for the week of January 12th. We are SO proud of your hard work!
5 days ago, Holly Bailey
Snowball Dance January 16th!!!!
5 days ago, Joshua Hurt
Attention Parents -- Please complete this survey about our FRYSC.
The Public Policy Committee is working on providing firsthand accounts of the importance of FRYSC. This data collection effort informs state leadership about the importance of the FRYSC program.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FRYSC-Services265 days ago, Holly Bailey
Band of Gold Fundraiser
6 days ago, Holly Bailey
❄️🏀 SNOWBALL COURT BASKETBALL GAME! 🏀❄️
6 days ago, Brandi Wells
Congratulations to Mrs. Frasure's class for winning the attendance challenge for the week of January 5th with a 99% ADA. HMS is proud of you!
7 days ago, Holly Bailey
Snowball Court Permission Slips Sent Home!
10 days ago, Holly Bailey
Snowball Dance
11 days ago, Holly Bailey
Congratulations to Mrs. Pierre's 5th grade class for winning the attendance challenge for the week of December 15th-19th. HMS is so proud of your attendance.
12 days ago, Holly Bailey
"Christmas Comes to HMS"
Contributing Writer: Silas Roll - HMS Student Leadership Team Member
Gingerbread castles, an inflatable Nutcracker, and Area Fifty-One! Now, that's Christmas themed, and this is just the main floor of Hazard Middle School. The teachers and staff of Hazard Middle School have worked really hard to make the school look like a Christmas Winter Wonderland this holiday season. On the top floor, students and teachers alike have decorated the hallways as well, in a "Classic Christmas" theme, with lockers covered with wrapping paper, lights strung overhead, and each door decorated to represent a classic Christmas movie.
This has made the students of HMS feel great, being able to help decorate the school and take part in bringing Christmas to life in the halls of HMS. Students have been overjoyed to see the school filled with decorations like trees, gingerbread men, and an abundance of wrapping paper.
about 1 month ago, Joshua Hurt
Congratulations to our Prize Patrol winners for the week of December 15-19.
about 1 month ago, Holly Bailey
Congratulations to our prize patrol winners for the week of December 8-12.
about 1 month ago, Holly Bailey
Congratulations to our students of the week. We are so proud of your hard work.
about 1 month ago, Holly Bailey
The Hazard Middle School FCA would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Josh and Taran Holland for their leadership and support in restarting our FCA Huddle. We would also like to thank the Hazard High School FCA students who visited and shared their stories throughout the semester. Additionally, we are grateful to SEKY FCA and ARH for sponsoring the FCA shirts and cups for our faculty sponsors, Mr. Combs and Mr. Miller, and to Summit Student Ministries for providing donuts this morning and "Jesus Won" bracelets for all of our FCA students. On behalf of the Hazard Middle School FCA, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
about 1 month ago, Brandi Wells
