Hernandez Happenings
Hernandez Middle School an IB Middle Years School
April 1, 2019
Hernandez Mission
We will nurture and challenge all students, empower diverse thinking, facilitate the collaborative exchange of ideas, and encourage authentic engagement in the classroom, community, and global society.
Hernandez Vision
IB MISSION
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end, the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
Message from Dr. Ephlin, Principal
Celebrations
National School Breakfast Winner
Track Highlights
7th Grade Girls: 4th place out of 11 schools - 10 total participants
*The three schools finishing above us each had 25 or more girls participate for them
7th grade boys: 6th place out of 11 schools - 11 total participants
*Five schools above us had no less than 20 participants each
8th Grade Boys: 6th place out of 11 schools - 10 total participants
*Five schools above us had no less than 20 participants each
The following students are DISTRICT CHAMPIONS in their respective events:
Javian Taylor - Shot Put
Serenity Lichtenstien - 100m Dash
The following students placed TOP THREE in District in their respective events:
Javian Taylor - 2nd place Discus
Simone Moore - 3rd place 200m dash
Willie Freeman - 2nd place 800m run, 2nd place Mile Run
Troy Davis - 3rd place High Jump
Simone Moore, Serinity Lichtenstien, Lorryn Johnson, Mykala Spencer - 2nd place in the 4x100m relay, 2nd place in the 4X200m relay
Terrance Showels - 3rd place Shot Put, 3rd place Discus
Peter Osagi - 2nd place High Jump, 2nd place Long Jump
Israel Gonzalez - 3rd place Mile Run
In the News
8th Grade EOY Field Trip
All eighth graders are invited to attend the upcoming eighth grade field trip with certain
expectations, established guidelines and understanding that it is an earned privilege.
The Hernandez Middle School eighth grade field trip will take place on Wednesday May
8th at the Twin Lakes Family YMCA. Please see the attached permission form for all the details. If you have any questions please feel free to contact ladee_maxie@roundrockisd.org
Stony Point High School Boys & Girls Soccer Camp - June 3-6 8a.m.-12p.m.
IB Corner
What is IB?
IB stands for International Baccalaureate. The IB is celebrating their 50th year in education and has over 4,000 schools worldwide. It began as a program to provide educational continuity for military and expat families that were moving around the world and wanted a rigorous academic program for their children that would remain constant regardless of the country.
The Middle Years Program (MYP) at the middle school level are both an overlay to the district and state aligned curriculum. Each one focuses on the development of the whole student with TEN Learner Profile Traits, and its goal is for students to gain a global perspective while fully participating in their local communities.
Water Walk was a Great Success
A Message from Mrs. Hinegardner-
Thank you to ALL of you who helped make Water Walk so successful!
As you plan a big event, you try to foresee all that could go awry and hope that all of the pieces come together like you have planned. However, until it is set into motion, you never know exactly what will occur. As I shared with the 8th graders, I am so proud of each and every one of them as well as students in all grades!! They were all focused and reflective of the true meaning of "walking for water." Whether they chose to walk with a water bottle, a gallon, several gallons, or for some of the students - the five gallon (forty pound) water cooler bottle, each one participated in their own way.
Update on 8th grade IB Community Projects
Parents/guardians, please check in with your 8th grader to see where they are in their IB Community Project. They should be meeting with their supervisor to fill out Checkpoint #3 right now. The detailed project timeline and checklist for the project phases can be found on pages 10 & 11 of the IB Community Project Handbook. Click HERE for the digital version of the handbook.
We have many activities for our 2018-2019 school-wide IB Community Service Project with the Austin non-profit Well Aware, and other IB events that are coming soon.
- Week of April 22 - 29 - SHOWER STRIKE - fundraiser for Well Aware (raising $ for the rehabilitation of a clean water well in Mbalawala, Tanzania) - "Skip showers, raise funds, save lives" Click this link for more information - https://wellawareworld.org/get-involved/shower-strike
- April 23 (Tuesday) - IB Community Project formal presentations (students present/ teachers rate projects according to rubrics in handbook)
- April 26 (Friday) - make-up presentations (IB Community Project)
- April 30 (Tuesday) - EXHIBITION - IB Community Projects (9:00 - 10:00 am in cafeteria). We encourage parents/ guardians/ grandparents/ etc. to join in the celebration exhibition - see what our 8th graders focused on for their 8th grade community projects.
Fostering Success
Be a HERO
- walk and talk
- keep to the right
- keep electronics and headphones put away
- manage time
- keep hoods off
- keep hands, feet and objects to yourself
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, April 9: STAAR 7th Grade Writing and STAAR 8th Grade Math
Wednesday, April 10: STAAR 8th Grade Reading and STAAR Make-Up 7th Only
Thursday, April 11: Boys Soccer: HeMS vs. Walsh @ Walsh MS
Thursday, April 11: Girls Soccer: HeMS vs. Walsh @ Walsh MS
Friday, April 12: School Dance 3:45-5:45 p.m.
Friday, April 12: STAAR Make-Up 7th and 8th
Hernandez Middle School
Email: hernandez_newsletter@roundrockisd.org
Website: hernandez.roundrockisd.org
Location: 1901 Sunrise Road, Round Rock, TX, USA
Phone: 512-424-8800
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Twitter: @HernandezMiddleSchool