The Falcon Connection
Your link to Quail Hollow Middle School | October 14, 2019
Important Dates
Dates are current as of publication. Check the QHMS website and social media for updates.
OCTOBER
- Mon 14 Home Softball/Volleyball vs. Crestdale
- Tues 15 Football at South Charlotte
- Wed 16 EARLY RELEASE DAY QHMS STUDENTS END AT 1:15
- Thur 17 Volleyball/Softball at Community House
- Thur 17 School Wide Incentive
- Mon 21 FALL PICTURE DAY!
- Mon 21-Fri 25 Kindness Week
- Mon 21 Softball/Volleyball at Southwest
- Tues 22 Softball/Volleyball at South Charlotte
- Wed 23 Home Football vs Carmel **Tailgate! Rescheduled from 10-2-19**
- Thur 24 Home Volleyball/Softball vs. South Charlotte
- Fri 25 Last Day of 1st Quarter
- Mon 28 Teacher Workday: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
- Tues 29 Volleyball/Softball at Carmel MS
- Wed 30 Home Football v. JM Robinson MS
- Thur 31 Softball/Volleyball at JM Robinson MS
- Fri 1 Honor Roll Celebration, Step It Up Day of Awesomeness
SCHOOL NEWS
STEP IT UP! Challenge!
We did it! WOW! We raised $24,000!! We knew we had amazing students and parents, but this is truly an overwhelming wave of AWESOMENESS! Thank you for making a difference during the STEP IT UP and Falcon Fund fundraisers! To celebrate our success, Step It Up is sponsoring a Day of Awesomeness on November 1st for ALL Quail students. Get ready for outdoor games, inflatables, and chances to win even more prizes. PARENTS: can you volunteer as a chaperone that day? Come watch the fun https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E44AFAE2AA75-quail
THIS YEAR’S STEP IT UP DRAWING WINNERS:
Miko M. - Apple Watch
Katie C., Melany M., Shanuel C. and Timmy N. – Mini-fridges stuffed with cash
Jaden T. and Branden M. – Apple AirPods
CONGRATULATIONS TEACHER EMAIL CONTEST WINNERS!
Ms. Clawson – 255 emails sent
Ms. Watts – 280 emails sent
Mr. Purcell – 207 emails sent
These teachers will get a turn in the Hurricane Cash Vault on the Day of Awesomeness!
Early Release Day Wednesday Oct 16
Picture Day Monday, October 21
new date! Show your School Spirit! Oct 23 Home Football
Our originally scheduled Tailgate had to be postponed due to extreme heat (in October!). We hope that you and your family will join us for the rescheduled date on Wednesday, October 23 for the Home Football Game! Come cheer on the undefeated Falcon Football team! The QHMS Booster Club will be there and all QHMS families are invited to join in for our first Falcon Family Tailgate of the school year. The concession stand will be packed with goodies and Kona Ice will be here, too! Falcons must have a wristband to attend the game and wristbands can be requested during 1st core on Wednesday. The game begins at 5:00. Represent QHMS with your maroon and gold!
Go Falcons!
Student Incentive System: HERO
This year, we have begun using HERO to recognize positive student behavior. This online system captures data about what students are doing in a platform that students can view and that parents can view, too. Want to learn more about HERO? Click the link below to see the explanation. Parents can also log in to see their student's progress! Check out those directions below, too!
Lunch Benefits: Free & Reduced Meals
Quail Hollow Middle School is no longer a CEP school and lunch is no longer provided for free. Families only need to submit one application for all students. Applications can be found at:
https://www.wearecms.com/apps/pages/applyforfreeorreducedmeals
Families have a 30 day grace period in to a new school year to complete meal applications but this period will come to a close on 10/8/19. Students that do not have an approved meal application for free or reduced price lunch will need to pay $2.75 beginning 10/8/19. Breakfast will continue to be served to all students, every school day, at no charge.
Pre-K, elementary and middle school students who do not have an approved application on file and do not have money in their account will receive a complete meal. The price of the meal will be charged to the student’s account. Students will be asked to return any extra items on their tray to the cashier. Parent/guardian is responsible for reimbursing the cafeteria for any money charged to the student’s account, even if an application is approved at a later date.
Parent/guardian is responsible for making sure their child has an approved application on file. If a letter detailing the status of the meal application is not received within 10 working days after the application is submitted, call (980) 343-6041 to inquire about the status of your application.
Tutoring Times
Here Comes the Bus App
Want to know where your student's bus is in real-time?! Download the Here Comes the Bus App and see where the bus is!
Here Comes the Bus is a school bus tracking app that can simplify morning and afternoon routines for parents and students by giving them real-time bus location and text or email notification alerts to help get them to the bus stop on time. Here Comes the Bus utilizes our GPS data and an easy to use customizable map that works on a computer, tablet or smartphone.
Signing up is EASY! On your desktop computer, you can sign up at https://herecomesthebus.com/getting-started/. You will need the district code (73877) and your student's ID number to sign up. For your smartphone or tablet, download the Here Comes the Bus app from the App Store or Google Play.
Once activated, you can customize or edit features, including how the app will communicate with you and the size of the notification radius around your bus stop.
Pro Tip: If you used the app last year, you may need to uninstall and reinstall the app for all of the features to work!
Dress Code
GET CONNECTED! JOIN CLUBS, ACTIVITIES & SPORTS AT QH!
Join Boy Scouts in Pineville (Girls, too!)
Since the 1940’s Boy Scouts of America had an Exploration Crew, that was coed, that later became Venturing, a coed group for boys and girls ages 14-21.
Scouts BSA, recently decided to add girls. In a society where parents run all over with extracurricular activities, to keep their children engaged and socialized, the BSA basically “wanted to help keep life a little simpler”. No competition with other groups, just simply if a family has boys in a troop, now they can bring their girls as well.
Boys will still be in their patrols, go on THEIR campouts etc, girls will go on THEIR own campouts, adventures. We will meet on the same day, like I said to make it easy on parents, plan campouts on the same weekends, while the boys may be camping the girls will go backpacking, occasionally there will be family trips the whole family can enjoy, for example the bike trip at the Virginia Creeper trail.
The values of the Scout Oath and Law are and will remain the same, but now girls can earn the rank of Eagle Scout!
Scouts BSA (girl troop) like the boys will continue to be courteous, helpful, kind, do service projects, learn leadership skills, help younger scouts, earn merit badges (various interests of study, from Mammal Study to Chemistry to Art, to emergency Prep, even robotics and animation and so many) to encourage interests.
See more in the flyer below!
LEND A HAND, SUPPORT QHMS
QHMS Favorite Things
Proud to be Falcons! Join the Booster Club and register to win your child a Quail Hollow hoodie!
Your Booster Club funds go directly to Quail Hollow sports programs, to supplement our physical education department and growing school spirit!
Forms to join Booster Club are in the front office or went home with your child this week. Return the form to the front office or their homeroom teacher.
If you are interested in volunteering or would like specific information on what the Booster Club supports please contact Sara Harb at scharb2317@gmail.com
GO FALCONS!
It's time to re-link your Harris Teeter VIC Card!
NEW NAME: Amazon Smile *Quail Hollow School PTA*
Proud Falcon yard signs
Tell ‘Em QHMS Sent You! “The Rusty Onion” Gives Back!
CMS NEWS & COMMUNITY PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tech Tip: How to Log in to Your Chromebook from Home
- Connect to your home Wi-Fi
- Log in to Chrome with your Chromebook user name: StudentID@student.cms.k12.nc.us password: your Chrome password
- Once you enter the first website, you will encounter the filtering process. Type in your: user name: StudentID@cms.k12.nc.us
- Last screen of credentials type in your: user name: StudentID@cms.k12.nc.us password: YYYYMMDD (8 digit birthdate)
There is also a tutorial video here.
Let Us Know about Amazing Falcons, QH News, or Share Photos!
Email: jaimes.mccaughna@cms.k12.nc.us
Website: https://wearecms-quailhollowmiddleschool.edlioschool.com/
Location: 2901 Smithfield Church Road, Charlotte, NC, United States
Phone: 980-343-3620
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QuailHollowMiddleSchool
Twitter: @QuailHollowMS