April 2nd is recognized as World Autism Awareness Day! On this day, we celebrate the diversity all students bring to HMS Schools while promoting inclusion and acceptance for those on the Autism spectrum.
#AutismAwarenessDay #Inclusion Matters
We Are Hiring!
JH Head Football
JH Assistant Football
JH Softball Assistant
JH Girls Basketball
JH Boys Basketball
HS Varsity Volleyball
HS Assistant Volleyball
HS Bowling Coach
HS Assistant Football Coach
For more information and a coaching application, please visit the HMS district employment page at: https://www.hartley-ms.k12.ia.us/page/employment or contact any building principal or Mr. Carlin, HMS Superintendent, at pcarlin@hmshawks.org with any questions!
We Are Hiring!
Do you know of any individuals looking to join an excellent school district? If so, send them our way! The HMS Community School District is seeking highly qualified, dynamic individuals to serve in a variety of roles within the school district. For more information, please visit the HMS district employment page at: https://www.hartley-ms.k12.ia.us/page/employment
Questions regarding any of these positions can be directed to any building principal or Mr. Carlin, HMS Superintendent at pcarlin@hmshawks.org.
The Middle School had a visit last week Friday from Mike Broderick, a representative from the Ronald McDonald House. He spoke to the Middle School students and challenged them to continue to collect pop tabs in support of that organization. So if you see any pop tabs lying around, send them to school with a Middle School student!
At the Middle School PBIS assembly on Friday, the students showed their WINGS by presenting custodian Steve Varner with a giant birthday card to celebrate his 60th birthday!
TK-4th grade students had fun and worked hard on their black-light-themed art show projects. They did a great job, and their skills were certainly glowing! A special thanks to the high school art students and Mr. Spier for assisting with setup as well as the high school painting class for helping with the backdrop. Thank you to everyone who came to support our students and our fine arts programs. What a great night!
Ms. Schuppan's Geometry class took their learning outside today, practicing their graphing using chalk!
A special shout-out to the high school Speech team as well as the boys and girls Golf teams for joining us this morning for High Five Friday! Thank you so much for making our morning fun!
The 2025 Golf Clothing Store is now open! Use the link below.
https://hmsgolfwof25.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Order are due by March 31st at 10:00 am!
Last night was the War Eagle Conference Academic Award Banquet. Each school in the War Eagle Conference honors their top 5% of students in both the junior and senior classes. The dinner took place at Trinity High School and had Dr. Dan Cox, chief administrator of Northwest AEA, as the keynote speaker. Our Junior honorees were Payton Diehm and Lillian Van Loon. The Senior honorees, who were unable to attend, were Gracie Knobloch and Samantha Berends. Congratulations!
We Are Hiring!
Do you know of any individuals looking to join an excellent school district? If so, send them our way! The HMS Community School District is seeking highly qualified, dynamic individuals to serve in a variety of roles within the school district. For more information, please visit the HMS district employment page at: https://www.hartley-ms.k12.ia.us/page/employment
Questions regarding any of these positions can be directed to any building principal or Mr. Carlin, HMS Superintendent at pcarlin@hmshawks.org.
Friday, April 4th from 7:45-8:15 join us at the Middle School for our Goodies with Gals breakfast event. We want to celebrate all the important gals in our students' lives. Be it a mom, aunt, grandparent, sister, friend, or neighbor.
Please come with your student to the Middle School lunchroom for goodies, coffee, and laughter.
Congratulations to our High School February Students of the Month and nominees! Keep up the great work, Hawks!
Senior: Moises Gonzalez
Junior: Eva Stammer
Sophomore: Mason Johnson
Freshman: Lexi Schmillen
We have had a busy past few Fridays! Thank you to the HS Choir and HS Track for joining us for High Five Friday!
This week in Mrs. Francis’ Advanced Foods class, students took a deep dive into the world of noodles! To wrap up their unit, students rolled up their sleeves and made fresh, homemade fettuccine from scratch — and, of course, finished it off with a delicious alfredo sauce. Pasta perfection!
Join us for the elementary Spring Concert and Art Show tonight and tomorrow! Dress rehearsals are open to the public.
If you are unable to make it to the evening concerts, use the link below to access the live stream! The live stream is for the evening performances only.
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ia/hartley/organization/6636/hartley-melvin-sanbo-high-school/video
We are pleased to announce the February Students of the Month at the Middle School. These students were selected for being great role models and exemplifying what it means to be an HMS Hawk!
5th: Kipten Ebel
6th: Kalvin Sadler
7th: Keegan Van Roekel
8th: Zoila Ramos
Way to show your Hawk WINGS; Working Together, Integrity, Never Giving Up, Generous in Spirit, and Show Respect!
There is an additional calendar update due to the school closure yesterday, March 19th. The last day of school for students will now be Monday, May 27th. Students will be dismissed early at 1:15/1:30.
🧦💙 Join Us for World Down Syndrome Day! 💙🧦
World Down Syndrome Day is Friday, March 21st. To celebrate, were inviting students, staff, and community members to "rock your socks" by wearing your most colorful, fun, and funky socks to bring awareness and increase support for those with Down syndrome!
Last week, The naturalist visited the fourth grade to talk about reflection, refraction, transmission, absorption, and chromatography of light waves!
