Hughes Academy Weekly Update
September 26, 2022
Upcoming Events
September 26 - Volleyball vs Ralph Chandler (home) 5:30, 8th grade night
September 27 - High School Magnet Coordinators Showcase - 8th graders
September 28 - Volleyball at Greer Middle 5:30
September 29 - Jimmy John's Spirit Night 4:00 - 8:00
September 30 - ROCKstar Student Luncheon
September 30 - Parent Party
October 12 - PSAT
October 13 - Prospective Parent/Magnet Night 5:30 - 7:00
October 14 - End of Q1
October 14 - Career Day
October 17 - Student Break/Teacher Work Day
October 19 - Family Fest 2022
October 20 - Report Cards distributed
October 24-28 - Red Ribbon Week
October 25 - Moes on Augusta Spirit Night 5:00 - 8:00
October 28 - Rockstar Luncheon
November 1 and 2 - 7th Grade Career Fair
November 4 - Q1 Reward Day
PTSA MEMBERSHIP- Join the PTA for $5 (Faculty, Students & Parents), Student members will be rewarded with a “Dress-Down” day. Please join PTSA TODAY!
Join the PTA for $5 (Faculty, Students & Parents)
Student members will be rewarded with a “Dress-Down” day. We are only 5 members away from our goal of 50% of enrollment. Please join PTSA TODAY!
*APPAREL ORDERS – Orders were placed on September 1st through BSN Sports. The items should arrive by the end of September.
We need your SUPPORT for Hughes Academy! Your tax-deductible donation will be used to purchase technology, assist with school improvements and beautification, and provide funding that our teachers put to work in their classrooms every day. Click HERE for several ways to contribute. FYI - Business sponsors must join or renew by September 30 in order to get a carpool banner
HUGHES SPIRIT NIGHT @ JIMMY JOHN’S – Sept. 29! Jimmy John’s will donate %15 of net sales to our school on Thursday, September 29th from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. So we will see you there for dinner!
We’re having a PARENT PARTY! Join us on Friday, September 30 from 7-10 pm at the home of Katie & David Phipps, 107 Meyers Drive. Tickets are $40 each and $70 per couple. The evening includes appetizers, assortment of beverages, and dinner from Local Pie Pizza Co food truck.
Come meet and mingle with other Hughes parents while helping our school! Get Tickets HERE.Shop and a % goes to Hughes! Sign up for a Publix.com account and link Hughes to your account. Tell the cashier at Harris Teeter to add Hughes to your VIC card. All the details are HERE.
LOOKING AHEAD…
September 29 – SPIRIT NIGHT at Jimmy John’s
September 30 – Parent Party
September 30 – Sponsor deadline to get carpool banner
October 7 – Cougar Shack
Clemson's Math Plus Tutoring Program
Please register before accessing the Zoom link.
Registration Link:
https://apps.ideal-logic.com/cuparticipant?key=S2QM-6QBSB_K9KH-5PTF_70d9e8047d89
Math-Plus tutoring link:
Hughes Academy Magnet/Prospective Parent Open House
Hughes Academy Magnet/Prospective Parent Open House
October 13, 2022
5:30 to 7:00
This meeting is for all interested magnet and prospective families!
Come and experience our 21st century middle school activities from 5:30 to 7:00!
We will have an informational meeting about Hughes Academy and the Magnet Process from 6:00 to 6:30.
Click here for more information!
MAGNET NEWS
Greenville County Schools is excited to announce the addition of online magnet applications to the Parent Backpack Portal. Paper copies of applications for the 2022-2023 school year will still be accepted, but parents now have the option to apply online through their backpack accounts. To access the online version of the magnet application, parents should login into their parent backpack account. Parents of students outside of Greenville County Schools can create a new user account. Select "Programs" from the column on the left. Then select "Apply to a Program." Available programs will show on the screen. Select "Apply" beside Magnet Academies to begin the application process. Parents will be able to apply for multiple magnet academies in the online system, but they will only be able to submit the magnet application once. Parents should make sure to select all schools for which their student desires to apply and complete all sections of the application before selecting submit.
Magnet Applications
The GCS Magnet Academy application window for the 2023-2024 school year will open on Monday, November 14, 2022. Magnet applications will be available in “Parent Backpack.” For more information, visit the GCS Magnet Page .
For more information on the magnet process, please click here and visit the Hughes Academy Magnet Page
PEER & WISE/NEXT Engineers Social Media Information - CLEMSON
Twitter: @ClemsonWISE
Facebook: @peerwiseclemson
Instagram: @cu_peerwise
College and Career Day
College and Career Day will be Friday October 14th, 2022 from 8:30-10:05 AM. If you are interested in talking to our students about your career please fill out the following form so that we can get you registered. Here is the link to the form https://forms.gle/tCjZxygfdseByiYz6
Teacher Vacancies
Hughes Academy is looking for the following teachers for the 2022-2023 school year....
Spanish Teacher
GTT - Gateway to Technology (Engineering)
English Language Arts
Part-Time Special Education
Full Time Special Education Aid
Please contact our principal, Mr. Jordan Finlay, at jfinlay@greenville.k12.sc.us if you are interested.
Parent Backpack
A backpack for parents account provides parents, guardians, or contacts with a central place to sign in to do the following:
- View their student's information including demographics, attendance, classes, grades, lunch balances, and test scores
- Apply or register their student to Special Focus schools and programs (Fine Arts Center, Career Centers, etc.)
- Receive alerts and notifications regarding their students
- View their student's school and contact information
- Manage parent and contact information for their students
To access Parent Backpack, go to https://parents.gcsbackpack.com and create an account. Please access directions by clicking on Creating a Parent Backpack Account.
2022-23 student calendars
4K Calendar English 2022-23
https://indd.adobe.com/view/09a8be20-cff9-4ce8-b17e-5c3065b8d821
5K-12 Student Calendar English 2022-23
https://indd.adobe.com/view/e3cf4f86-0ab6-47ff-82c4-c387c7e7d32d
4K Calendar Spanish 2022-23
https://indd.adobe.com/view/1eafdee3-ab35-4415-8edb-a6b6cf698ee7
5K-12 Student Calendar Spanish 2022-23
https://indd.adobe.com/view/741f164b-66c9-4ace-a4d4-66fca472605eHughes Academy of Science and Technology
Email: vmhams@greenville.k12.sc.us
Website: www.greenville.k12.sc.us
Location: 122 Deoyley Avenue, Greenville, SC, USA
Phone: (864)355-6200
Facebook: facebook.com/Hughesacademyofscienceandtechnology
Twitter: @hughesacademysc