2023 HMS Basketball apparel and merchandise are available today! Click the link here: https://www.walloffame247.com/hartley-melvin-sanborn-high-school
The link will be active until 11/8/2023.
It's Scholastic Book Fair week!
If you are unable to make it to the book fair in person or simply prefer to shop online, please use the link below to access the online book fair.
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hartleymelvinsanborn
The book fair will be open from 3:30 - 8:00 p.m. on Monday, October 30th and Thursday, November 2nd in the 1/2 DaVinci Studio in the Elementary School. See you there!
Each year, elementary students are invited to decorate pumpkins as their favorite book characters to fill the Library Pumpkin Patch! What an awesome display of some of our very talented students!
Can you spot your favorite book character?
What a fun bunch of people who made it a great morning at HMS Elementary! Thank you Iowa State Bank for joining us on this chilly morning to welcome our students and the added bonus of breakfast pizza for the staff! We love having members of our community involved in the schools!
#HawkPride
Big applause and congratulations go out to Kate Rodriguez (7th Grade), for being selected into the 7/8 Opus Honor Choir!!
A special congratulations to Emery Camman for being selected as an alternate into the 9th Grade Opus Honor Choir!!
Over 2,400 students were nominated by their directors for 720 positions in the four Opus Honor Choirs. Selections were made by means of a recorded audition.
The 2023 Opus Honor Choirs will perform at 4:00 p.m. on November 16th at the C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in the Iowa State Center in Ames. The Opus Honor Choir Festival is made possible by the Iowa Choral Directors Association, Inc.
Last week Friday, HMS Elementary celebrated our annual Cancer Awareness Event. This year’s theme was Cutting into Cancer, and we honored Donna Thorn. Donna is the mother-in-law of Kristin Thorn, a preschool teacher at HMS. Donna was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer a few weeks ago, so we wanted to show her she is not in this fight alone.
Students and staff brought their money to help fill the fish tank. They collected $1,870 to be given to the Abben Cancer Center where Donna has her treatments! Everyone wore a cancer color shirt, and some kids colored their hair a cancer color. Posters and banners were made, and we ended the assembly with Madilynn Stueben, a 4th grade student, cutting her hair to send to Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs for cancer patients, in honor of Donna.
The final part of our Cancer Awareness Event is the balloon release. Balloons that represented people who have cancer, people who had cancer, and people who lost their lives to cancer were released! Cancer is a terrible disease, and each year this day is about creating an awareness of all types of cancers and a day for HMS Elementary to help others. Our staff and students have the biggest hearts!
This morning, employees from Valero joined us for High Five Friday! Thank you for helping welcome our students to school and thank you for treating the ES staff to some delicious donuts!
#HawkPride
Last Friday, we had some of our very own community heroes join us for High Five Friday! Thank you to the Hartley PD for joining us and helping start our students' days off right!
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It's almost time for the Elementary Book Fair!
Monday, October 30th & Thursday, November 2nd (PT Conference Nights)
3:30-8:00pm
1/2 DaVinci Studio
Every year, HMS Schools have a Veterans Day Program. A slideshow is created to honor all members of our Military branches and is shown during the program. If you would like a family member, former HMS graduate, or friend recognized, please complete the form below.
https://forms.gle/FjeSsHeBmu3BLYUj7
If you have any questions, please contact Breana Biery at the High School, 712-928-3406 or bbiery@hartley-ms.k12.ia.us
October is National Principals Month!
Be sure to thank a principal if you see them!
#HawkPride
Save the date!
The Scholastic Book Fair will be held on Monday, October 30th & Thursday, November 2nd.
More information is to come!
THANK YOU to our HMS Custodians!
Be sure to thank a custodian for their hard work and dedication to HMS Schools!
HMS Homecoming Parade is canceled for today.
We did High Five Friday BIG this morning! It was so much fun to have all fall sports and activities represented!
#HawkPride
The HMS Varsity Football Game scheduled for 9/22 has been moved up to 6pm in an attempt to avoid potential weather delays.
Hey Hawk Fans!
Check out our Homecoming events scheduled for tomorrow! Come out and support your HMS Hawks!
Pep Rally - 12:15pm
Parade - 2:15pm
Varsity Football vs. Kinglsey-Pierson - 7:00pm
Happy IT Professionals Day!
Thank you for everything you do! You are appreciated!
On Friday, we had the HMS FFA members welcoming staff and students to school for the day!
#HawkPride
On Wednesday, HMS student council members volunteered at the Clay County Fair! They helped those with disabilities as they entered the fairgrounds. They greeted people, assisted in helping individuals off buses, carried equipment, stamped hands, and handed out food vouchers. It was a great day!
