Author: MARK HILLABRANDT

FIRST PLACE WINNERS!  On Saturday, February 22nd, 2025, our incredible Dan McCarty Middle School students made DMMS HISTORY, taking 1st place in the Florida Regional Science Bowl Competition in the STEM category! Their innovative geometric design stood out among the competition, earning them well-deserved recognition for their exceptional collaboration, creativity, and engineering skills! We could not be more PROUD of our phenomenal team—your dedication, teamwork, and brilliance truly embody what it means to be 1% better every day! Great job to the team members Cameron Yarmesch, Connor Yarmesch, Conner Williams, Dillon Francis, and Maz Gutierrez.  The team was coached by … Read More

Dan McCarty Middle School teamed up with the City of Port St. Lucie Water Department to provide our AVID students with an exciting event. Students were able to test out their semester-long water tower projects by competing for $2000 in prizes. Each water tower had to be created within weight, height, and budget restrictions and were tested to withstand water intake and flow back out. It was amazing to see our future engineers at work. Thank you, Pierre, Louiza, and the rest of the Water Department team, for helping to make this such a special day for our sixth-graders!

This year Dan McCarty has become an AVID(Advancement Via Individual Determination) school. This designation allows for our sixth graders to learn about college and career readiness! Our first activity to expose students to different careers, started today with Retired Officer and current IRSC Professor, Chris Fulcher! Mr.Fulcher alongside Officer Stephens teamed up to discuss career opportunities in law enforcement and crime scene investigation! The students had the opportunity to process and extract shoe impressions and fingerprints. It was a total hit! Students loved the opportunity to do this, and it looks like we will have many future law enforcement career … Read More

Dan McCarty is celebrating the 8 students that are representing the school at the Science Fair. The students received wings and fries from JoJo’s for lunch and received awards for their projects. Each student will be receiving a paid trip to Busch Gardens.

Congratulations to the Dan McCarty Middle School 6th grade student winners of the science fair! Alexander Barrios Raymos Nesbitt Denia Cruz – Cuellar Juanita Morales Devin St. Vil