Dr. Andrew Taylor

Principal at Billy Mills Middle School in the @usd497 schools. Sydney’s husband and Henry’s dad. Proud to be #bakerbuilt.

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

Unified PE News! - Bocce Tournament, Feb. 21st

2 teams took Gold & 1 Team took Silver!

Gold 1- Frany, Daniel, Dani, Jaxon
Silver- Carter, Ollie, Marleigh, Addison W
Gold 2- Brison, Isabel, Raylin

Shout Outs to Coach Tiff, Sydney and Dr. Barker for coaching our teams. ☺️🖤💛

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

YEP News! - Feb. 20th Competition

photos courtesy of Douglas County Government FB page

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

Teacher News!

4 LPS educators have been recognized by KU's School of Education & Human Sciences as recipients of the 2026 John Wilson & Mollie Mitchell Tickets for Teachers Award.

- Kate Stoltenberg
- Shana Poettker
- Christy Hunt
- Eric Bradshaw

Congratulations!

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

MLK One Dream! - Jan. 22nd

The MLK One Dream: Mission Possible 2 event was held at the Lied Center on Wednesday, January 22nd.

Students & Staff from LPS Schools were awarded the “MLK One Dream” Award.

This year’s BMMS Award winners are: Ms. Sunny Pippert & Emma Anderson.

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

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Student of the Month Awards December!
Congratulations to:
6th Grader = Cyrus Bowker
7th Grader = Emma Anderson
8th Grader = Jymelia White

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

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Attention soon-to-be Lions!! 🦁

There will be a Parent Informational meeting for the incoming LHS 9th Graders on Monday, January 26th at 6:00pm in the LHS Cafeteria.

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

Boys’ Basketball News! - Seaman MS, Jan. 21st

🖤💛🏀❄️The BMMS Cougars went up against the Seaman Vikings on Wednesday, January 21st.
7th Grade played AWAY at Seaman, while 8th Grade played HOME.

SCORES
7th A: 43-25 W 8th A: 36-38 L
7th B: 28-21 W 8th B: 21-29 L

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

September 12th is National AVID Day, and we celebrated at BMMS!!

[Dr. Andrew Taylor @drtaylorbmms]

The @BMMSCougars are back for 2025-26! Excited to see ALL students for the first day of school tomorrow! @usd497

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

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BMMS Students & Families - please come join us on Monday, August 11th from 5:00pm-7:00pm for our Back-2-School Night.

There will also be a BMMS Athletics Meeting at 6:00-6:30pm, held in the Auditorium with our new Assistant Principal/Athletics Director, Courtney Ellis.

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

🎉 Staff News!
On May 7th, Ms. Merz was awarded the Lawrence Secondary Teacher of the Year; & will be our district’s nominee for Kansas Teacher of the Year in the fall.

LEAP partner Truity Credit Union awarded Ms. Merz with a $1,000 check. Thank you & congratulations, Ms. Merz!

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

🖤💛🏀🏆 Boys BBall Trophy!
Next time you are walking by the BMMS Trophy Case, check out the newest addition:

2025 Boys Basketball City Champions plaque!

Coach Charles wanted a quick snapshot with the plaque before it was placed in its “forever home” aka The Trophy Case!

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

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One of our fav traditions at BMMS is the annual Black & Gold Staff Basketball game!

After school on Friday, Mar 28th, Students, Staff, & Families showed up to support some of their favorite BMMS Staffers battle each other.

Team Gold ended up with the Victory!

[Pat Forde @ByPatForde]

RIP Gene Hackman, who will always be Norman Dale to me.

[Dr. Andrew Taylor @drtaylorbmms]

We are the Black and Gold and we are the City Champs! @usd497 @BMMSCougars

[Billy Mills Middle School @BMMSCougars]

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Student of the Month Awards - January!
Congratulations to:
6th Grader = Mack Franklin-Bey
7th Grader = Jonathan Peltier
8th Grader = Caden Maxwell*

* Caden chose to decline his picture being shared & we respect his right to do so!