Gladiator News
April 10-April 14, 2023
Hello Garcia Families,
Our football field will be getting a face lift! We do not have a time line of when work will begin on our field, but once it does our field, and lower field, will be closed until the work is complete and sometime after is completed. We will keep you posted once we receive some concrete dates. Because of the anticipated work, all our soccer games will be played at Brandeis. Let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We are excited to have our fields looking good again!
Have you heard of an organization called RootEd? They are a fabulous organization who support public education! We will have them out soon to speak to our PTA, our teachers and our community. Stay tuned for information. Check them out here: http://www.proudlyrooted.com/
We ask you to connect with us via social media. All of our information is below:
NISD
Twitter: @NISD
Garcia Middle School
Twitter: @NISDgarcia
Instagram: @nisdgarcia
Facebook:Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School and Hector Garcia Middle School PTA
Principal- Mark Lopez
Twitter: @DrMarkJLopez
Academic Dean- Lori Persyn
Twitter:@LoriPersyn
Associate Principal: Mateo Macias
Twitter:@APMateoMacias
Assistant Principal- Jennifer Christensen
Twitter: @teach_jen
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Counseling
Twitter- @HGMSCounseling
Instagram- @garcia_counseling_dept
Important Dates
April 6- Soccer @ Brandeis
April 12- Early Release
April 14- Soccer @ Brandeis
April 18- RLA STAAR test, all grade levels
April 21- Soccer @ Brandeis
What's Happening At HGMS?
Great job track!
Great job track!
HGMS Educators Of The Year!
Family Fiesta! Thank you Sul Ross MS!
Launching CO2 cars!
Family Fiesta
Kindness Club Field Trip
Online Tutoring Information
HGMS Academic Coaching Schedules
HGMS Counseling Department
HGMS Bell Schedule 2022-2023 (Updated)
HGMS Calendar Of Events- Click Image For More Detail
Upcoming Events/Announcements
HGMS PTA
A message from the BEST PTA IN NISD!!
Hello Gladiator Families!
It's hard to believe Spring Break has already come and gone. With our fundraising events completed for the year, we are now in the process of putting those funds back into the school and looking forward to next year. We are looking for individuals that are interested in getting involved with our HGMS PTA. There are so many benefits to being a part of the PTA board: 1) You get to know the faculty, staff and admin; 2) You get to be a partof events and activities at the school; 3) You get to meet great people who share a goal of making HGMS the best place for our kids!
Positions available include:
1. Top Dog for our Watch Dog program - This includes working with HGMS administration to be sure volunteers have completed background checks, organizing volunteer sign up events, communicating with volunteers with available days and times, and finding volunteers for special events as needed.
2.Reflections – Reflections is an annual district wide art competition where students get to show their creative talents and locally and potentially district and state-wide as well. This person will be responsible for HGMS students entries. They will coordinate submissions, display artwork and present awards to those that entered.
3. Programs - The programs chairperson will work with admin to coordinate various food and/or clothing drives for our partner schools. In addition, this person will coordinate special interest education programs, such as social media safety, anxiety, dangers of vaping and drug use, bullying, or any other topic that is deemed a value-add to our school community.
4. Spirit Gear Committee - Additional people are needed to assist the committee chair with spirit gear design, sales and inventory.
5. Additional Committee members - all our committees can use additional people. If you are
interested in getting involved, but aren't sure of what you want to do, call me, we can find a spot for you.
Keep an eye on our social media in the coming week. We will be delivering items to our Gladiator Grant winners! This is what being on the PTA is all about. The tangible aspect of all that we do. This year we purchased lots of books, furniture for our student lounge areas, collaboration stations, instruments for orchestra, art supplies, white board tables, a video camera for Journalism, custom sideline chairs for athletics, and Sphero Bolt robots for
GT...and those are just a few of the items! We also gave Mr. Brooks and Mr. Briones items for their classroom in recognition of their Educator of the Year award.
Be sure to visit our website at http://www.hgmspta.com to join PTA for only $10, become a Gladiator Sponsor, and buy Garcia Spirit Gear. We are still accepting members and no volunteering is required. And anyone can join: parents, grandparents, students, even neighbors or friends. We'd love to hit our goal of 1,000 members this year!
PTA is doing great things and we’d love to have you join us!
Andi Schmid
22/23 HGMS PTA President
Connect With Dr. Lopez!!
Email: mark.lopez@nisd.net
Website: https://www.nisd.net/garcia
Location: 14900 Kyle Seale Parkway, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 210-397-8400
Twitter: @DrMarkJLopez