Horace O'Bryant Middle School
We are proud to be an "A" school
(DOE info)
1105 Leon St., Key West, Florida 33040
Phone: (305) 296-5628
Fax: (305) 293-1644
School Hours 8: 25 A.M. - 3: 15 P.M.
Office Hours 8: 00 A.M. - 3: 30 P.M.

HOB has implemented the Positive Behavior Support Model in our school for the second year. PBS is a research based practice that has proven to be very successful in schools across the nation.  PBS aims to build effective environments in which positive behavior is more effective than problem behavior.  Students will be rewarded for exhibiting the school expectations and we could use your help!  Any monetary donations or donations of products, services, and items of interest to young teens would be greatly appreciated.  Contact Kellie Meczka or Brett Unke for details. 

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Thank you to George Twyman, Key West Golf Club, and the teacher volunteers who helped to make the PBS Golf Outing a huge success!


 

Congratulations to our 8th grade Graduates.  Have a great summer and good luck at Key West High School. 

 

A big thank you to Mr. Oakwood for taking the Honor Roll students to Fort Jefferson on the Dry Tortugas on Friday, May 21. 

On Friday, March 26, 2010, students from Horace O’Bryant Middle School’s D-team Executive Board held an Easter Egg Hunt for the children at the Wesley House’s Inez Martin Child Development Center. Prior to the hunt, board members collected donations of jelly beans from their classmates at school and used them to fill over 200 plastic eggs provided by the center’s director, Christine Patterson. The 100  little ones serviced by the VPK (voluntary pre-k) program located at 1100 Varela Street were all very excited and appreciative. Some of them even remembered the students from their visit in December to distribute children’s books they had collected at school through a holiday book drive. The executive board members also had a great time helping out, and they hope to be able to attend (and, of course, assist with) the 5-year-olds’ graduation ceremony in May.
                                                   

 

Congratulations to the 6th grade Math and Science Bowl Participants and for bringing home 2nd and 3rd place trophies! 

Students from Horace O’ Bryant Middle school recently participated in the district wide Odyssey of the Mind Competition held at Coral Shores High School.  The team which was made up of Kaley Lynch, Harley Douvier, Joseph Foster, Jada Rivers, John Matthews, Cain Bracey, Eliot Shae-Denwood, Vincent Chang (roadie) and Ivan De Mier (roadie), took 2nd place.  Their sponsor, Ms. Zuelch, would like to congratulate the students on all of their efforts.  We look forward to participating again next year.

The HOB band thanks Mrs. Dallas for their wonderful Orlando Trip!

The H.O.B. Geography Club, which is a part of the school’s 21^st Century after school program, would like to thank all the students, parents, and teachers who donated rice to our collection for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Because of your support, we were able to collect over 330 pounds of rice as well as over 40 pounds of beans! With the help of community members John and Emily Hardner, the rice was loaded aboard The Wolf, which sailed from Key West Bight on February 9^th to bring aide to people living near small Haitian ports.

Thanks to Mrs. Walker and the AVID students for collecting relief items for Haitian earthquake victims


 

Congratulations to the new Take Stock in Children scholarship recipients!  What a wonderful program!

Thanks to Mrs. Vanloon and Sunrise Rotary for collecting Thanksgiving goods for families in need.

Thanks to the efforts of Dion Oil Company of Key West, Horace O'Bryant has been awarded a $750.00 ExxonMobil Educational Alliance grant The money will be used to purchase student planners.  Funded by the ExxonMobil Corporation, the ExxonMobil Educational alliance program is designed to provide Exxon retailers like Dion's with an opportunity to invest in the future of their community through educational grants to neighborhood schools. 

Congratulations to H.O.B.'s teacher of the year, Mrs. Stephanie Manaher


Mrs. Stephanie Manaher is an 8th grade Language Arts Teacher at Horace O'Bryant Middle School.  She is also the environmental club leader and a PBS member.  Originally from Michigan City, Mrs. Manaher relocated to Key West 11 years ago and has touched the lives of many HOB students.  

Mrs. Zuelch's Edible Cell Project.  Yummy!


Mrs. Paterson's Customs House field trip

Congratulations to Nicholas and Delio for their first and second place trophies in cycling for the Special Olympics.  You have represented your school well

The Social Studies Department of Horace O’Bryant Middle School would like to THANK the Supervisor of Elections Harry L. Sawyer Jr. and his staff for their support of our Presidential Mock Election 2008.  On Wednesday, October 28^th 2008 642 students took part in a school wide event, which allowed each student to cast a vote for their choice of America’s next President.  Students enjoyed casting their ballot using the AccuVote System.