Just a reminder about notifying Student Services of an absence:

If a student is going to be absent, the parents or guardians must contact Student Services within 24 hours and provide an explanation. The Student Services office is open Monday through Friday from 7am-3pm and a phone answering machine is utilized during non-school hours.

Student Absences may be excused if a parent/guardian has called off the absence by 7:20 am of the next school day. Parent notes, if used, must be turned in to Student Services by 7:50 am of the next school day. If they are not called off or have not turned in a note during the allotted time, the student will then earn a truancy.

Hobart High Schools attendance policy can be found on pages 23-26 of the Student Handbook.

Scott Buhmann, JRTOC lead at Hobart High and Junior Achievement advocate, has been nominated as a Junior Achievement Volunteer Champion.

From Junior Achievement:

For several years, Scott has been instrumental in driving JA’s High School Heroes program for his JROTC students. Through the collaboration, this year alone Scott was able to bring more than 90 Hobart High School Students to both Ridgeview and Liberty Elementary, making an impact in 27 classrooms and inspiring hundreds of Hobart Elementary kids with JA’s Work Readiness, Personal Finance and Entrepreneurial programs that help foster a positive attitude and provide the knowledge and skills that will help our youth set personal goals and become successful adults.

I witnessed first-hand the JROTC students being teachers and mentors working with the elementary kids. It was amazing and the teachers at Liberty were truly impressed. The level of training Scott puts into preparing his students for the JA experience was probably the most in depth I’ve seen. He truly helps those kids find their inner strengths and prepares them to be successful in the classroom and feel great about their JA experience. Providing these service learning opportunities for the JRTOC students has also allowed them an opportunity to apply for JA’s High School Hero scholarships. What we are accomplishing here in the region through Junior Achievement is only possible because of advocates like Scott who see the impact that JA programs and volunteer opportunities make for area youth including his students as well.

Senior Jacob Torres won the Northwest Crossroads Conference diving championship title today for Hobart! He is now a two time conference champion!

Senior Eric Zyzanski finished right behind Jacob for a strong 2nd place finish and his personal best 11 dive score!

Freshman Alivia Ahner finished 3rd for the girls.

Congratulations to the Hobart High School music students who participated in the District 1 ISSMA Solo and Ensemble Contest at Munster High School.

Senior Abigail Ganske and sophomore Noelani Howland both earned gold medals in Group 1 Solo Performance in Group 1 and qualified for the state competition on February 17th.

Wolffgang earned gold medals and also qualified for state. Wolffgang members are Abigail Ganske, Noelani Howland, Abbey Leonard, Amelia Marshall, Madeline Olson, Caitie Ramirez, Lia Rodriguez,

A trio consisting of Riley Carmichael, Noelani Howland, and Caitie Ramirez earned gold medals and qualified for state.

A quartet consisting of Lillian Bianco, Elyse Hostetler, Rayna Mueller, Alliya Umrani also earned gold medals.

Dyna-mics earned silver medals for their performance. Dyna-mics members performing were Kira Arredondo, Lillian Bianco, Olivia Hernandez-Curotto, Ashley Montalvo, Cora Moyers, Rayna Mueller, Dashiana Robinson-Bingham, Nicholas Sanchez, and Inshallah Sheriff.

The state solo and ensemble contest will be held at Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis on Saturday, February 17th.

HHS Jazz Band traveled to PU West Lafayette Saturday and performed in their festival alongside 75 schools across the Midwest.

The band performed for college educators and jazz professionals in the Purdue Memorial Union. One judge commented that the band was small but mighty. Lily Kollross and Nick Sanchez both received solo recognition. After the performance, the band learned from clinics and attended performances throughout the day.

HHS Jazz Band will be performing at the Ball State Jazz Festival on March 4, Valparaiso Jazz Festival on April 5 and at the HHS Talent Show with Wolffgang.

SECTIONAL CHAMPS – TYLOR TRIANA (120) DANTE COLZA (160) and ZACH FATTORE (170).

106- James Corgan 3rd

113- Christian Padilla 4th

126- Nathan Schammert 2nd

132 Quentin Gomez 2nd

138-Hayden Homoky 3rd

145-Tyler Turley 3rd

152- Michael Hunter 2nd

182- Jacob Vode 4th

195- Mark Mummey 3rd

220- Bob Babcock 5th

285- Ryan Pisarski 3rd

Hobart High School DECA came away from the DECA District #1 Competition on Saturday, Jan. 13th with many winners who have the opportunity to advance to state level competition in March. Students from 7 area high schools came to compete in business testing situations.

CONGRATS to the following Hobart students:

• Angelina Cavazos & Ariana Stojancevich won 1st place in Financial Services Team Decision Making

• Torii Sheriff 1st place and Coen Lollis 2nd place in Entrepreneurship

• Alexa Ray won 2nd in Marketing Communications

• Cassidy Belk won 2nd in Sports & Entertainment Marketing.

• Matt Moreno placed 3rd in Accounting Applications

• Kelsey Black & Noelani Howland: 6th Place Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making

• Joey James achieved 3rd place in Hospitality Sales

• Renee Aguilar-Delgado place 4th in Personal Financial Literacy.

These DECA students advancing to state will greatly appreciate your support as they furiously fundraise to pay for their trips.

Mrs. Roach and Mr. Lewis are SUPER PROUD of this group of kids.

Safety is everyone's responsibility. There is no safety in silence! Use the tip line 942-TIPS or go to the School City of Hobart's website and access School Safety through the Cool Tools. All tips are anonymous.

February 19: No School-Presidents' Day

March 16: Spring Fest

March 26-30: No School-Spring Break

April 11: Maker Faire