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HVMS E-Newsletter

HVMS Update - 11/7/2022

Hello, HVMS Family!


Please take a few minutes to read through our latest newsletter. As always, please do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions or concerns.


Thank you,

Hidden Valley Middle School

Helping Students Find Their Wings Since 1972

Our mission at Hidden Valley Middle School is to cultivate knowledge, to promote civic responsibility, to provide opportunities for the exploration of interests and abilities, to foster positive attitudes, and to develop essential skills necessary for all students to become productive citizens capable of thriving in the dynamic world of the twenty-first century.

2022-2023 Yearbooks

Please use the link below to order your yearbook!


https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1119431/Hidden-Valley-Middle-School/


Additionally, parents/guardians may purchase yearbook ads through the link above to celebrate their students' milestones and successes.

SCHOOL INFORMATION

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Let’s GLOW-CRAZY!

Students, mark your calendars for our first-ever GLOW Social – it’s glowing down Friday, November 11th! Wear your favorite white shirts or neon colors, bring your glow sticks and necklaces, and plan to come enjoy an afternoon of food, music, and games with your friends!


What: GLOW Social

Where: HVMS Gym

When: Friday, November 11th

Time: 3:30-5:30 p.m.


We’ll have a LIVE DJ playing music, games set up to play, pizza and chips to munch on, photo areas, and more! Let’s glow!


#HVMS #GlowSocial #LetsGlowCrazy #ItsGlowingDown

School Store

Want to purchase some school spirit wear? Please visit the link below to shop at our school store. A portion of all proceeds comes back to the school!


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CELEBRATIONS

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Eagles of the Month

HVMS has begun recognizing eight students from each grade level each month to be our Eagles of the Month. Hidden Valley Middle School Eagles of the Month display outstanding behavior both inside and outside the classroom by consistently meeting HVMS SOAR expectations of being safe, organized, accountable, and respectful. Eagles of the Month demonstrate opportunity ready skills including communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and citizenship. These students exhibit a positive attitude toward their peers, school, and community, and they maintain a focus on continuous improvement.


Our Eagles of the Month for October are the following:

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A Honor Roll - 1st Quarter 2022-2023

6th Grade

Abdurrahman Alabbasi

Megan Austin

Claire Bishop

Tanner Bishop

Alex Bitton

Alesha Bratton

Audrey Budnick

Isaiah Bush

Anabelle Canfield

Jordan Carr

Xavier Charles

Addison Chase

Samuel Claros'Hortua

Colton Corazza

Siri`Varshini Devupalli

Chloe Dowdy

Erin Downes

Luke Driscoll

Sicily Fender

Sofia Fusco

Elizabeth Gallagher

Madelyn Gillespie

Ava Hammond

Lilah Harding

Lincoln Havens

Ryan Havens

Charlotte Hedges

Tate Hostetler

Shannon Howell

Chloie Hutchinson

Carly Johnston

Makenzie Jones

Amelia Karolyi

Katherine Karolyi

Dante Keck

Makayla Keefer

Mae Kochenderfer

Eliza Lubeck

Logan Luoma

Sawyer Marks

Seth Miller

Kevin Morsink

Seth Norris

Madeline Orange

Thomas Pan

Rudra Patil

Tanner Polakowski

Kensingtyn Raymond

Emery Scutellaro

Lilly Smith

Katherine Sollinger

Josephine Spring

Caleb Sullivan

Jackson Swank

Armaan Tanveer

Eleri Tarran

Hope Thomas

Atticus Tyree

Avery Weaver

Blair Wiegard

Knox Yost

7th Grade

Hasti Aghdasi

Ashir Ali

Vesa Bajrami

Erin Baxley

Mary Bayer

Anaya Bharucha

Zara Bhowansingh

Abigail Boothe

Aleksandar Bratic

Cullen Burke

Emma Carter

Annabelle Combs

Kayle Coric

Matvey Deryabin

Peiton Donahue

Andrew Draper

Tre Dunleavy

Nathalia Garcia`Peguero

Kaitlyn Henk

Charlotte Hieber

Benjamin Hirsch

Dylan Holloway

Emma Holmes

Madelyn Hurd

Chance Ison

Addison Johnson

Misri Karia

John Kinzie

Madison Knowles

Cameron Landis

Kendall Link

Emiliano Lopez`Martinez

Emery Luoma

Isabella Marrero

Emma McCarty

Maddison McGarry

Mary Mercure

Jaiden Moreno

Lucas Murariu

Nolan Nguyen

Claire Nieminen

Mason Palmer

Geet Patel

Zoee Pruitt

Matthew Racz

Sara Settle

Isley Shepard

Jared Sohm

Hannah Stamps

Noah Stewart

Megan White

Ashton Woodson

8th Grade

Virginia Barbour

Mahee Bhagat

Rachel Bobo

Madison Call

Evan Cobb

Victoria Collins

Maren Cox

Vincent Croteau

Layla Diaz

Landon Donahue

Patrick Doyle

Kelsey Dudley

Lauren Dudley

Penelope Durham

Rimonda Faltas

Adelyne Gardner

Sara Green

Isabella Harrison

Sarah Hernandez`Sanchez

Hailey Hoyt

Kathryn Kadela

Kate Kasmer

Greyson Keaveney

Kaya Kingery

Lucy Kochenderfer

Natalya Kwaramba

Olivia Lovern

Lucy Lubeck

Noel Lupton

Aryan Madan

Ethan Malaga`Ortiz

Stephen Neale

Anika Parashar

Jiya Patel

Norah Poff

Jacob Power

Fiona Ramey

Adam Raya

Brynnigan Raymond

Eli Raymond

Autumn Rose

Olivia Russell

Madison Salinas

Ashlynn Shabana

Joshua Shepard

Penelope Simmons

Sophia Smith

Alishba Sofi

Jacob Sohm

Grace Stacy

Jackson Stevens

Aidan Strange

Vada Szechenyi

Olivia Viar

Carson Waters

Addison Weaver

Ella Westerhold

Noah Womeldorf

A/B Honor Roll - 1st Quarter 2022-2023

6th Grade

Noor Al`Jizani

Remington Arthur

Maryam Aziz

Mason Baba

Gabriella Belgarde

Caleb Blankenship

Lennox Campbell

Aiden Carter

Alexander Carter

Ethan Coates

Mikayla Collins

Liam Copus

Owen Crawley

Cesar Cubas

Anasofia Cuellar`Ortiz

Daelyn English

Atticus Fraim

Claire Gardner

Evelyn Gish

Dillon Godfrey

Damian Godinez`Chavez

Emma Gregory

Aditi Gupta

Braxton Hall

Grayson Harrington

Erika Hashimura

Landon Hayes

Loftin Hazelwood

Dominic Hoch

Henry Hopkins

Kaybree Howell

Sophey Howell

Ibrahim Jaradat

Caroline Jarrard

Na`Ryyah Jones

Aline Karout

Vance Lavinder

Genesis Lemus`Martinez

Amir Liftawi

Max Lilly

Nathan Lovell

Tamara Madhoun

Oziel Martinez`Ramos

Falon McCarty

Matthew McIlwraith

Brandon Mistele

Jay Moreno

Eva Munoz

Collin Murray

Robyn Nelson`Isaacs

Katelyn Nieminen

Chloe`Ann Owens

Isha Patel

Charles Paterno

Bryce Phelps

Reese Pinson

Ava Plunkett

Amelia Raring

Mikayla Ryan

Nikko Sanchez

Valeria Saucedo`Sifuentes

Sohini Singh

Barry Slade

Jackson Smith

Olivia Smith

Imani Spangler

Brynn Testerman

Natalie Thorell

Graham Tokarsky

Selah Tronstad

Eleanor Underwood

Marshall Webb

Shawn Wickham

Cornelius Woodard

Kenly Wray

7th Grade

Jillian Adkins

Jack Albin

Caroline Bass

Wyatt Beale

Allison Blake

Natalee Bowling

Tyler Brislin

Evan Brown

Sonya Canull

Daniel Caterino

Kemper Christiansen

Allison Couch

Lauren Couch

Adriana Donodeo

Aven Ebuen

Lara Elsayed

Chase Frewin

Madison Gee

Aaron Gordon

James Hill

Ella Houchins

Mia Jolley

Chloe Jones

Leisel Katerba

Uzma Khan

Nikita Larin

Madalyn Lewis

Cabyll Lindstrom

Holli Livaudais

Briana Macias

Ava Martin

Sawyer Mast

Slade McClure

Aspen McFarland

Ella McMahon

Melanie Mendez`Pasco

Molly Morgan

Jaidyn Musolff

Dylan Ortiz

Bailey Overstreet

Trevor Overstreet

Gabrielle Panton

Leila Pineda

Lincoln Pinson

Abigale Plasters

Andrew Poms

Omega Princely

Treydon Quallis

William Reynolds

Nikolai Rhodes

Leah Rice

Sean Rose

Ezra Stanley

Mickela Stewart

Alexis Swartz

Camden Tarr

Sophie Tribble

Katherine Walsh

Garrett Waters

Annabella Wheeler

Lyza White

Paige Yeager

8th Grade

Lujein Abuzaid

Maleah Albright

Victor Avila

Aurora Barker

Lila Barone

Naziah Battle

Colin Bentley

Owen Bingeman

Anna Blake

Angelina Booan

Kenley Brown

Aydan Burkart

Teagan Burrow

Harrison Camp

Isabella Cortorreal

Jocelynn Dixon

Ella Donald

Luca Dorlini

Cohen Downey

Carter Dralle

Riley Eades

Zahraa Faraj

Joselyn Francisco

Tessa Furcron

Norah Fuselier

Hailey Guilliams

Brittyn Havens

Wesley Hostetler

Kayla Hunt

Gray Hutchinson

Olivia Jager

Lincoln Jones

Vivian Lanier

Landon Lankford

Isaac Lawhorn

Camila Lemus

Kayleen Loi

Henry Lucas

Delta Mangieri

Danielle Martin

Leon Mbithi

Aaden McLain

Susannah Metz

Joshua Mowles

Julian Neighbors

Savanah Nichols

Rachel Paredes

Steven Park

Noah Press

Andrew Ricketts

Casen Robinson

Evelyn Sanchez`Miramontes

Sophie Sekinger

Sydney Semones

Jakobe Smales

Nathan Stevens

Addison Strom

Andrew Underwood

Kenton Walters

Nolan Woodard

Carter Yost

SOAR Card Recipients

Students can receive SOAR cards at HVMS by going above and beyond our school-wide expectations of being safe, organized, accountable, and respectful. Our entire matrix of school-wide expectations is posted to the right. We will be distributing SOAR cards to students and parents/guardians by email, and recipients will be entered into monthly drawings for prizes. The following students have received SOAR cards since our last newsletter:


6th Grade

Megan Austin

Anabelle Canfield

Jordan Carr

Xavi Diaz

Alex Dormeus

Aline Karout

Mae Kochenderfer

Nathan Lovell

Connor Markham

Seth Norris

Maddie Orange

Amelia Raring

Liam Sanchez

Armaan Tanveer


7th Grade

Carlos Baxter-Lanier

Zara Bhowansingh

Zander Dickey

Maddy Hurd

Uzma Khan

John Kinzie

Briana Macias

Dawson Peters

Ali Sifuentes-Saucedo

Jared Sohm

Annabella Wheeler


8th Grade

Charles Tabor

INSTRUCTION

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Eagles are Opportunity Ready

RCPS Mission: To invest in our community's future by preparing our students with Opportunity Ready skills as defined in the RCPS Profile of a Graduate.


RCPS Vision: Preparing every student, in every school, and in every classroom to be Opportunity Ready.


Our HVMS students demonstrate opportunity ready skills on a daily basis both in the classroom and in the community. We would love to start sharing out more of what our students are doing that demonstrate the following skills:

  • Citizenship
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Career Plan
  • Creativity
  • Competence
  • Centeredness
  • Critical Thinking


If you have photos of your students demonstrating the above opportunity ready skills, please email them to the Chris Benson (cbenson@rcps.us) to be included in a future newsletter.

Physical Science

Mr. Coleman's 8th Grade Science students demonstrated critical thinking, communication, and collaboration as they designed, constructed, and tested their own roller coasters!

Tech Ed

Mr. Van Gerven's 6th Grade Interest Block students engaged in creative thinking and collaboration as they practiced woodworking using a scroll saw and a laser engraving machine.

HVMS PTSO

Our PTSO is instrumental in providing support to our entire school community, and the success of the program depends on you! Dues are $5 per individual who is joining. 100% of our membership fees go directly to supporting our school community. If you have any questions about membership, please contact Meredith Burrow: mereburrow@yahoo.com


Please click below to learn more about our HVMS PTSO:

https://www.facebook.com/hvmsptso/

Moe's Taco Kits

We have partnered with Moe’s Southwest Grill to offer Taco Meal Kits with all the ingredients needed for an easy, fun family dinner for only $35.99 plus tax.


$5 from every Taco Kit sold during this event will go directly toward supporting HVMS! Pick-up will be at Hidden Valley Middle School between 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.


This will be a monthly fundraiser, and our next date is Tuesday, November 15.


Future dates tentatively include the following:

  • December 13
  • January 17
  • February 14
  • March 14
  • April 11
  • May 16


Please click the link below to find information on ordering closer to the event dates:

https://www.facebook.com/hvmsptso/

TECHNOLOGY CORNER

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Technology Issues

Students should restart their computers daily. Restarting laptops daily helps ensure they remain up-to-date with the latest software. If a student is having any issue that is not resolved by restarting, please have your student let his or her teacher know, and they will contact our Computer Depot for support.

SCHOOL SAFETY

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School Safety Starts with YOU!

If you see or hear anything that is concerning, tell a teacher, an administrator, or a police officer! Students may also use SpeakUp to report concerns anonymously.
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ATHLETICS

General Information

6th, 7th, and 8th grade students are allowed to compete on the middle school athletic teams. All participating students must have a current VHSL sports physical dated on or after May 1, 2022. No student will be permitted to participate in tryouts or practice without a completed VHSL physical form on file. Additionally, all students must have health insurance if they want to participate.


Athletic ticket prices: adult tickets will be $5, and student tickets are $2. These funds are used to help offset the cost for officials, transportation to away games, and team equipment.


Please visit the following page to access schedules: HVMS Athletics

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UPCOMING EVENTS

November 7-11

Tuesday, November 8: Schools Closed (Election Day)

Friday, November 11: GLOW Social (3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)

Looking Ahead

Tuesday, November 15: 2nd 9 Weeks Midpoint

Wednesday, November 23 - Friday, November 25: Schools Closed (Thanksgiving Break)

Friday, December 16: End of 2nd 9 Weeks

Monday, December 19 - Friday, December 30: Schools Closed (Winter Break)

Monday, January 2: Schools Closed (Teacher Workday)

January 10: State Growth Assessments for 6-8 Reading

January 12: Report Cards Sent Home

January 16: Schools Closed (MLK, Jr. Day)

January 25: 3-hour Early Dismissal

February 3: 3rd 9 Weeks Midpoint

February 7: State Growth Assessments for 6-8 Math

February 13: Schools Closed (Parent/Teacher Conferences)

March 7 - March 8: SOL 8th Grade Writing Test (2-day test)

March 9: End of 3rd 9 Weeks

March 10: Schools Closed (Teacher Workday)

March 15: 3-hour Early Dismissal

March 22: Report Cards Sent Home

March 27 - March 31: Schools Closed (Spring Break)

April 7: Schools Closed

April 21: 4th 9 Weeks Midpoint

May 9 - May 12: SOL Testing: Algebra, Geometry, Science 8, Civics, Math 6-8, Reading 6-8

May 23 - May 25: 3-hour Early Dismissal

May 25: Last Day of School

HELPFUL LINKS

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