Barker Middle School

Barker Middle School, a state of Indiana STEM Certified Middle School, celebrated 2021 National Chemistry Week with many activities.  The 2021 National Chemistry Week was October 17th-23rd. The History of “Chemistry Day” In 1987, the 1st...

Students at Barker Middle School recently took part in a school-wide History Fair, presenting projects on a variety of topics. Twenty-five of the 117 projects submitted were selected as school winners and will now advance to the National History Day...

Barker hosted the 5th Annual 8th Grade CAREER WEEK, March 18-22nd. Classes infused different career activities throughout the week. Amy Hamann, Barker Curriculum and STEM Coach, organized the week of events for Barker 8th grade students. Below are...

The Indiana Department of Education announced last week that Barker Middle School is among the most recent schools in Indiana to be awarded certification in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). There are now 32 such schools...

Barker Middle School 7th and 8th grade Social Studies Teacher, Mariah Pol, has just been announced as one of 50 teachers in the United States who has received the USS Midway Institute for Teachers of History and Social Studies Fellowship! The...

Mrs. Gushrowski, 8th grade Algebra and Math teacher, and Mr. Blakeney, Special Needs teacher, wrote a Michigan City Education Foundation Small Grants for Teachers in October for the project “Measuring Up”. During December her Algebra students...

Barker Middle School’s first Homeroom STEM Community Challenge was held on Friday, November 20th to close the celebration of American Education Week. The challenge was to build a ramp that a ping pong ball would travel the longest distance using...

Barker Middle School hosted its final STEM Community Challenge for the school year on Friday, May 8. Students, staff and special guests gathered on the football field to launch water bottle rockets into an overcast sky... the goal was to engineer a...

Barker Middle School students took part in a "Humpty Dumpty" egg drop engineering challenge last week, testing devices designed to protect an egg dropped from the top of the school's gym bleachers. Homeroom teams were able to protect their fragile...

On Thursday, May 22, Barker Middle School inducted 45 new members into the John H. Barker Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society. The new members joined 83 seventh and eighth graders who were already members. The 2014 inductees included: Connor...