News & Announcements

Please save the date for our Summer Enrichment Program! The program will be held on June 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, and 17 for a total of 7 instructional days. Daily instruction will take place from 9:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. This program is available only to students advancing to 7th and 8th grade. Families with students advancing to 6th grade at EMS will need to use the same registration link if one is not provided by your school. This year’s host site will be Davis Middle School. Please be sure to quickly complete both registration and transportation forms once registration opens. The link for registration will be in next week's email message, and we look forward to your participation! If you have any questions, please email sclark25@rockdale.k12.ga.us.

Edwards Middle School

Lady Patriots Softball

2026–2027 Tryouts

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CLICK HERE if you are interested in trying out for the 26-27 EMS Lady Patriots Sofball team.

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WHEN:

May 7–8 and 12–13, 2026

WHERE:

EMS Softball Field

Time:

4:30–6:00 PM

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Your ride needs to be at school at the end of tryouts; we will end promptly at ending times
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WHAT TO BRING

• Physical, consent forms, and insurance card uploaded into Rank One

• Softball Gear – Cleats, glove, bat, helmet
  Slides or crocs, school appropriate workout clothing
  If you do not have equipment it is ok, we have extra.

• Lots of Water

• GREAT ATTITUDE

April 1, 2026

Dear Parents:

The Technology Department at Edwards Middle School hopes that the laptop we have provided your child has been of great benefit both on and off campus and for personal productivity in school, college and career preparation, and the future in general.  Summer will be here sooner than we realize, so we wanted to share some information to prepare you and your child for laptop collection at the end of the school year.  This is also an excellent time to get these items cleared up before testing so your student can enjoy the best testing experience possible.  Your child should bring his/her laptop to school every day, and we ask that your child is especially mindful of doing so during Milestones Testing.

Tentatively, we have scheduled laptop collection to begin Monday, May 18^th.   As we collect laptops, there is a six-digit number on the bottom of the laptop, and it must match the same number on the bag and charger.  Students will be held financially responsible for missing AND/OR mismatched items!  Should we locate the mismatched item later, charges will be removed and/or refunds will be issued.

If your child currently has mismatched equipment, it is likely that it was switched up by accident.  We can assist in locating mismatched equipment, but the sooner we receive notice, the more likely we will succeed.  If you need assistance, or have any other questions about technology, please contact me at nburnfin@rockdale.k12.ga.us.

 

 

The following are the prices for lost/mismatched equipment:

 

Damaged/Lost Case	$10.00
Damaged/Lost Dell Charger	$10.00
Student Damaged/Lost Dell Latitude	Dell Latitude Laptop:  $400.00

 

 

Sincerely,

Neil Burnfin

Digital Learning Specialist

G. L. Edwards Middle School

The 8th Grade Moving on Ceremony is Wednesday, May 27th, 2026 in the EMS gym. The ceremony starts promptly at 6:30 pm and all students must be in the auditorium for roll call by 6:00 p.m. Due to space concerns, please limit guests to four per student and refrain from bringing balloons or other items that may block others' view of the ceremony. Please note that Open Gate will be utilized and we will adhere to the RCPS clear bag requirement for all attendees.

The 8th Grade Dance is scheduled for Saturday, May 16th, 2026 at EMS from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Tickets for the dance are $35 cash only. Students can pay Mrs. Sanders (C-15) from April 13-May 1.

UPDATE:  The Parent/Student Agreement for High School Carnegie Credit courses has been sent to students who registered for and were accepted into the classes. Parents will receive a message in Infinite Campus with the required documents to review and sign prior to student enrollment in Carnegie courses. If you have any questions, please email AP Taylor at qtaylor@rockdale.k12.ga.us 

 

Below are the links to the RCPS Middle School Carnegie Course virtual meeting recording and the form to register for Carnegie courses for the 2026-2027 school year.

Click here to view the recording.

 

Click here to access the Carnegie Course Selection Form.

Please use the form below if you are interested in participating in Chorus next year at Edwards Middle School.

 

Rising 6th Grade Interest Form

Parents of students with an IEP, please take a few minutes to complete the Georgia Special Education Parent Survey. Your feedback is valuable and helps us strengthen supports, improve services, and better serve students and families across our district. The survey will remain open through May 31, 2026. You may access the survey using this link. Thank you for your continued partnership and support.

PASSIONETTES
DANCE CAMP

JUNE 22–26
10AM–2PM

AT EDWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM

$100 per athlete

Athletes of all skill levels
are encouraged to sign up.

SPONSORED BY EMS Passionettes

Registration is Now Open for
Middle School Athletes located
in Rockdale County!

Click here to access the registration form.

For more information, please email the head coach.
Head Coach Woods:  mwoods@rockdale.k12.ga.us

Take a look at our Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship resources.  EMS has consistently been recognized as a Common Sense School as we seek to have all our students and other stakeholders to be good digital citizens.  Take a look under Quick Links under Family in the upper-right navigaion for links to the Common Sense Media website and to download forms such as the Family Media Agreement.  The direct link is below.

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/

 

Students in RCPS now have an online tutoring app, Tutoring.com, available to them in Classlink.  

CLICK HERE for an informational video about Tutor.com.  See Resources under Quicklinks to the right for

more information.