The Elementary School was proud to have members of our school board present for High Five Friday last week. Thank you for joining us and welcoming the Elementary students with enthusiasm!
The Middle School is collecting pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House!!! Drop off your tabs with any middle school student, teacher, or at the middle school building. They will be collecting until Friday, April 14th.
The Ronald McDonald House takes the pop tabs and recycles them and receives money, which they use to help offset expenses for families of children who are receiving medical care in the hospital. Families are able to utilize the Ronald McDonald House for lodging and use family rooms in the hospitals that provide more comfort than a normal waiting room.
7th and 8th graders recently participated in the NW-AEA Math Bee at Northwestern College, in Orange City. Students competed in 5 individual tests and 1 team test.
8th grade science is working with air pressure changes. Mrs. Kroese placed a small amount of liquid in a pop can and heated it to boil point, where it turns to water vapor. The can was then flipped into a bowl of ice water. The warm water vapor is less dense than the ice cold water we submerged it into, causing the high pressure of the cold air to crush the can inwards.
Wishing our middle school students luck today, as they start
presenting their projects. They will spend two days in Ames. This time
will include the competition, meeting Iowa scientists, campus tours,
and courses. Good luck!
State Science Fair information: https://sstfi.org/
We are pleased to announce the March 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! Way to show your Hawk WINGS; Working Together, Integrity, Never Giving Up, Generous in Spirit, and Show Respect!
5th: Ellisyn Scroggin
6th: Hunter Ahrenstorff
7th: James Carlin
8th: Kynlee Dolphin
The HMS Business Club still has some Brats available for purchase.
3/23/23: HMS 2 hour delay; no AM activities.
💙💛Don't forget to post your pictures in the comments!
Tuesday, March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day! To celebrate, we are encouraging staff, students, and community members to wear crazy socks! On the day of, post a picture of you and your crazy socks in the comments so we can see!
3/16/23: HMS will be dismissing at 11:45am today. Hard surface routes only. MS/HS Parent Teacher Conferences scheduled for tonight will be postponed to Thursday, March 23rd. All conferences will keep the same scheduled times.
HMS bus routes will travel on hard surface only on Thursday, March 16th.
Tuesday, March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day! To celebrate, we are encouraging staff, students, and community members to wear crazy socks! Post a picture of you and your crazy socks in the comments so we can see!
Breakfast at HMS is served each morning, Monday through Friday, from 7:45 AM to 8:25 AM.
School breakfasts play a big role in helping kids get the nutrition they need to learn, grow, and be healthy. The School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study* showed that school breakfast is a big supplier of foods most kids don’t eat enough of—whole grains, fruits, and dairy. The study also found that kids who eat school breakfast eat more of these foods than kids who eat breakfast elsewhere.
Kids also learn how to have a healthy eating pattern at school breakfast. These healthy habits can help kids grow into healthy adults that have lower risks of chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease. Learn more about school breakfast at: TeamNutrition.USDA.gov.
The 3rd Graders in Mrs. Schimmer's class have been busy creating their own reader's theater scripts based on Nicolaus Copernicus and what he observed about space!
This year, HMS Elementary adopted a new ELA curriculum and we are loving how it ties in other content areas into our reading block!
The 4th Graders in Mrs. Dokter's room are busy collaborating to come up with an invention to help rid the floor of garbage. The goal is to have the garbage end up in the garbage can.
Congratulations to the 7th & 8th grade girls on completing their basketball seasons last night. Saw a lot of growth and development from this group this year. Appreciated all the effort and hard work that was put in. Nice job!
Individual Speech Results
Jaela Anlinker received a rating of I at the Individual event Speech contest in Milford on Saturday, February 25. She will move on to state contests March 11 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Her selection entitled "Phone in in" was written by D.M. Larson. Speech coach Mr. Fisher commented that "the school can be proud of how Jaela Represented us at the speech contest."
Way to represent HMS!!!
Get your HMS 2023 Golf merchandise here!
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This sale closes March 3rd, 2023 @ 10am
The bus routes will return to the regular routes for the afternoon dismissal today.
2/24/23: No morning activities. Bus routes will be hard surface only.