Hall Happenings
October 2019
From Mrs. Wynne
I can't believe the 2nd 6 Weeks is already here! Thank you for your support in our efforts to encourage students academically, socially, and emotionally. We have seen what a positive impact your support is having on our kids everyday.
Principal: Stephanie Wynne
Assistant Principal (A-L): Chris Gaines
Assistant Principal (M-Z): Kaycee Venekamp
What We're Learning the 2nd 6-Weeks
6th Grade
- Reading - Read, respond to/write about and discuss multiple poems, scenes from plays, and fiction texts
- Writing - Personal narrative
- Math - Operations with positive fractions and decimals; represent integer operations with models; add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers
- Science - Physical properties of matter
- Social Studies - United States, Canada, and Europe (culture, politics, economics)
7th Grade
- Reading - Analyze a variety of argumentative texts to identify and explain each author’s claim, as well as identify the author's strategies to create effective and ineffective arguments
- Writing - Argumentative
- Math - Write, model, and solve one-variable, two-step equations and inequalities; represent linear relationships using descriptions, tables, graphs, and equations
- Science - Human body systems and homeostasis
- Social Studies - Texas colonization (Spanish Colonization, Mexican Colonization and the Empresario System)
8th Grade
- Reading - Analyze a variety of informational texts for key ideas, with a focus on organizational patterns and text features to convey these ideas
- Writing - Expository
- Math - Develop an understanding of slope and y-intercept; proportional and non-proportional functions; predictions in statistical data
- Algebra - Linear functions and the application of linear equations/data analysis
- Science - Chemical formulas and reactions
- Social Studies - Revolutionary Era
Contact the Counselors
Niki MacKenzie (A-L)
817-598-2822 x 3909
Darla McKinney (M-Z)
817-598-2822 x 3902
Value of the Month
Home Connection
The counselors and staff of HMS invite you to have real conversations about courage with your child because these conversations help them grow in their social-emotional learning.
- What does courage look like to you?
- Who do you know that is courageous? What makes them so?
- Have you ever had a time when you had to be courageous?
- Can you think of a situation you might find yourself in the future that would call for you to have courage?
Social & Emotional Learning
Optimist Club
SEPTEMBER
Boy of the Month - Dakota Gardner
Girl of the Month - Zoe Tesi
OCTOBER
Boy of the Month - Cameron Davis
Girl of the Month - Bonnie Jones
Important Reminders
- Cell Phones: We are focused on the academic and social/emotional needs of students. In order to protect instructional time and provide a safe, nurturing environment for students we are asking that cellphones remain in backpacks throughout the school day.
Below we have provided the most common areas of dress code concern at HMS. Please remember, students who are not in dress code will be asked to contact a parent to correct the dress code violation. Students will complete class work in ISS until the violation is corrected. Thank you for helping us monitor our dress code policy! We appreciate your support!
Violations Occurring Most Commonly:
- Hair color must be a natural color.
- Shorts or skirts must allow students to be able to stand, sit, and/or bend with modesty. Shorts and skirts must be “finger-tip length,” that is the length cannot be shorter than the level where the fingertips fall when the student’s hands are at his/her sides. Skirts featuring high slits above “finger-tip length” are not appropriate for school. Garments must have a finished, stitched hem. Manufactured boot-cut slits are acceptable. Rips in jeans that are above the fingertip length area will be considered a violation. Rips or holes that expose large areas of skin will not be permitted.
- Shirts that show the bare midriff when the student’s hands are extended above the head are not permitted.
- Tight-fitting clothing is not permitted without a covering garment that when worn alone meets the other guidelines of this dress code. This may include but not be limited to: camisoles, leggings, biking shorts/tights (spandex), or athletic/athletic-type girdle.
- Hats, caps, beanies, bandannas, sweatbands, or other head covering apparel are not allowed in the building.
Upcoming Dates
2- College Colors Day
4- Student Holiday
14- Student Holiday and Parent/Teacher Conferences
23- Picture Day
23- Family Night (5:30-7:00)
COMING SOON...
November 1- ZAP Day
November 15-16 Frozen, Jr. (HMS Cafeteria, Performed by HMS Theatre Production Class)
Fall Family Night
5:30-7:00
Please join us for a night to celebrate all our students are learning in English, History, and the Arts. More details to come!
Choir Event
The Junior Roo Band Boosters are Hosting a 5K
Athletics
1- Football (7th @ Cleburne Wheat/8th Home)
2- Cross Country (Away- Brock)
3- Volleyball (Away- Joshua Loflin)
8- Football (7th Home/8th @ Joshua Loflin)
9- Tennis (Home @ NGC)
10- Volleyball (Home)
12- Volleyball (A Team Tournament- Peaster)
15- Football (7th @ Granbury MS/8th Home)
16- Cross Country (Away- Cleburne)
16- Tennis (Home @ NGC)
17- Volleyball (Away- Joshua Nichols)
22- Football (7th Home/8th @ Joshua Nichols)
24- Volleyball (Home)
28- Volleyball (Away- Cleburne Smith)
29- Football (7th @ Henderson JH/8th Home)
Nurse
Kanga Care is a minor care center here at school that is run by our school nursing staff and a local doctor. We treat minor issues using telemedicine via the MedPod Medical Cart. We can treat the issues listed but not limited to:
- Fever
- Sore throat
- Rashes
- Allergies
- Ear pain
- Eye infections (pink eye)
- Flu-like illnesses
Parker County Community Sign Language Class
Where: Parker County Co-op Special Services, 612 N. Rusk Weatherford, TX 76086
Phone Number: 817-596-0024
Blue Belle Dance Clinic
Cost is $40 and includes t-shirt, instruction and game entry for participant.
Please visit the link for registration.
Library
Stephanie Jester, 817-598-2822 ext. 3901 or sjester@weatherfordisd.com.
Roo Spirit Wear Sale
Use school ID# 42426.
Yearbook
Taking photos this year? At the game, the dance, the musical? Share them by using Community Upload! When you submit your amazing photos to the yearbook staff via Community Upload, your pictures have a chance to be featured in the yearbook!
Submit your photos now with Community Upload:
1. Go to yearbookforever.com and search for Shirley Hall Middle School.
2. Under Community Upload, enter access code ROOS1920 and click Enter.
3. Click Upload Photo to begin uploading your photos.
4. You can also send pictures using your cellphone by downloading the Yearbook Snap app and
following the same procedures above.
ZAP Day
Lunch
HMS has four 30-minute lunch periods:
- Lunch 4A: 10:47-11:17
- Lunch 4B: 11:19-11:49
- Lunch 5A: 11:53-12:23
- Lunch 5B: 12:25-12:55
- Parents who bring lunch to their student will be required to go to the front office, present their ID, and complete the Student Food Delivery Form. Once the form has been approved, the food will be delivered to the HMS cafeteria during your student's lunch.
- Parents who would like to eat with their student will be required to get a visitor’s pass and eat in a designated area. Other students will not be allowed to eat with you.
- No restaurant delivery services are allowed. Only parents/guardians may deliver lunch to their student.
- Parents may bring food for their student only.