12/8/22: HMS will be dismissing at 1:45pm due to weather. No evening activities.
12/5/22: 2 hr delay due to icy roads. No AM Activities.
:HMS (12/5/22) No Before School Activities.
Congratulations to this month's Student of the Month for the Elementary! These students are safe, responsible, and respectful!🎉
From Left to Right
Back: Kalvin S., Lincoln M., Elliot M., Milton O., Madi S.
Front: Weston W., Mason D., Kinley E., Alisson N., Bentlee N., Jaielle K.
Not Pictured: Averie Storm
** Winter Weather Notifications **
HMS is using a different platform this year to notify parents, students, and community members about weather notifications.
This platform updates the district Facebook page, send emails, text messages, and makes voice phone calls.
If you have some missed calls from HMS, this is why.
11/29/22: HMS will be closed today due to weather.
11/29/22 HMS CSD will have a 2hr delay today.
All HMS before school activities are cancelled on 11/29/22 due to anticipated winter weather.
Students in 4th grade played a game while learning about the different styles of architecture during the Islamic Classical Age.
We welcomed Sanborn Savings Bank to the Elementary School to join us for High-Five Friday this morning! Thank you so much for making this Friday morning a fun one!
We would like thank all of the High School parents and students who attended conferences earlier this month. We would also like to recognize these individuals for a job well done. The participation from our students and parents was incredible. When we work together we can accomplish more for our students!!!
Congratulations to the HMS High School November Students of the Month! One student is selected from each grade after being nominated by High School staff members. Students are nominated for many different reasons. Criteria can include working to the best of the student's ability, being a good role model for other students, doing well academically, having positive character, or simply having a positive attitude in class. Congratulations to these students! We are proud of their efforts and accomplishments!! Thank you to the Stoplight Lounge for your sponsorship.
The HMS FBLA club attended the United Fall Leadership Conference November 13th and 14th in Des Moines. This conference was attended by over 900 students and advisors. Joining FBLA at the conference this year was BPA and DECA organizations. The theme for the year is Amplify.
We joined Sheldon’s FBLA club for dinner and met Shenandoah BPA at the restaurant as well.
Members attending were: junior Alexis Grover, sophomore Skyler Shaffer, and freshmen Owen Tifft, Trannetta Hayes, and Reyna Tamayo.
The Melvin and May City Fire Departments joined us for High-Five Friday! What a fun morning! Thank you for welcoming the students and for bringing the staff breakfast pizza!
Siouxland AG came to talk to the Second graders about the market pig growth and the importance of pigs in Iowa’s agriculture. The students got to see a real pig heart!
Thank you to these ladies from United Community Bank for helping us welcome our students to school for High-Five Friday! It was wonderful to have you!
For the past few weeks the Preschool classes were working on a Creative Curriculum study on spheres. The students experimented with different types of round objects to decide if they could bounce, roll, and if they were solid or hollow. To celebrate the end of their study, both preschool classes went bowling in Sanborn! Thank you to the Sanborn Bowling Alley for hosting our celebration!
CONGRATULATIONS to the newest members of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn National Honor Society!!! Tonight, new members were inducted in a ceremony led by NHS advisor Mr. Jim Thomas. Special thanks to our speaker John Haack. #Character #Leadership #Service #Scholorship #NationalHonorSociety
The O’Brien County Naturalist, Hootin’ Hannah, came to the HMS Kindergarten and TK classrooms and gave a lesson on how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs. Students were able to act like beavers and build dams from clay and sticks.
Compete for a Cure! Yes, our annual cancer awareness event was held at HMS Elementary on Friday and it was an awesome day! I can’t say enough about our staff and students ! They have the biggest hearts ever! ❤️. Not only were we creating an awareness about this awful disease but we were also having this event for our friend Adam Burns. Adam is a graduate of HMS and he has been fighting brain cancer. While fighting cancer, Adam and his family created the “Compete for a Cure” foundation.
HMS students and staff raised $2,440.42!! The money given to this foundation helps other families who have been affected by cancer and will also help doctors develop new treatments for cancer. A special thanks to Mrs. Prins for planning and carrying out this amazing event!
No One Fights Cancer Alone!
