Focus on Education
February 2017
A First in Hobart! HMS Orchestra Performs at ISSMA Solo & Ensemble
Hobart High School Diving Won Conference!
Hobart Middle School Wrestlers Are Undefeated - AGAIN!
Reality Store at Hobart Middle School
This event helps to teach our kids the "reality" of life and the importance of working hard to achieve their goals. For many of them it is an eye-opening experience that helps put into perspective what their parents do everyday! The students did a great job!
A special thanks to all who volunteered to make this possible!
Hobart's Annual 'Hoops for a Cure!'
Maryssa Is Bowling for Indiana Tech!
Mianna Receives Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship!
Senior, Carson, Featured In a Commercial! - Faces of the Region
Harry Potter Marathon Was a Huge Success!
Joan Martin Visits the Challenger Learning Center!
Hobart Middle School Cafeteria Construction
WAKE UP CALL - Special Presentation!
Wake Up Call Special Presentation
Monday, February 27, 2017
Hobart High School
6:30-8:00 PM
Wake Up Call is a life-size exhibit of a teen's bedroom with more than 20 "red flags" that can signal drug or alcohol use. The Wake Up Call bedroom identifies spots where teens may hide drugs, household items that can be used as drug paraphernalia and ways teens try to cover up drug and alcohol use. The goal of this presentation is to educate parents and other adults who are influential in the lives of youth so they know what seemingly innocent items can actually be as indication of substance abuse.
In addition to learning about various hiding spots and items that may indicate use, audience members will also learn about the signs and symptoms associated with alcohol and drug abuse. There will also be an opportunity for participants to ask questions and get a closer look at the items located in the bedroom.
For more information or to register for this FREE event, please visit:
https://wakeupcallhobart.eventbrite.com - be sure to indicate if you will need childcare and would like to reserve a spot for dinner.
This event is sponsored by the School City of Hobart, Your Choice to Live, Inc. and Rosecrance
For questions about the Wake Up Call presentation, please contact Sarah Ramos at (219) 942-8885 or sramos@hobart.k12.in.us or Sandi Lybert at (262) 367-9901
Important Information and Dates for Testing!
Khan Academy - Learn Anything. For Free. For Everyone. Forever.
Khan Academy is a resource that offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and personalized learning that empowers learners to study at their own pace. Students can work on skills in math, science, computer programming, PSAT/SAT Test Prep, and more. Additionally, parents can coach and monitor their children while they work through the program. Join us at Khan Academy for Parents and we’ll look at Khan Academy and how it works, and we’ll show you how you can become a coach. See below for the date and time of the Khan Academy for Parents Workshop!
Khan Academy for Parents Workshop
Tuesday, Feb 21, 2017, 06:00 PM
Hobart High School, East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, United States
Need Help with Math and Science? Just askrose.org!
Middle School PSAT Score Night for Parents
As you consider a PSAT goal in 2016's competitive scholarship qualification process, it is wise to understand the average scores and qualifying scores for various scholarship programs. Taking the PSAT gives you a chance to qualify for several scholarship programs, most notably the National Merit Scholarship Program. The PSAT is also excellent practice for the SAT and can help you stand out to colleges. PSAT scoring can be pretty complex and we would love to help explain them to you. Please come to the informative meeting and get all of your questions answered about how they are tested, scoring, and why it is so important! Can't make it but would like more info? Visit http://hobart.schoolwires.com/collegeboard
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2017, 06:00 PM
Hobart Middle School, East 8th Street, Hobart, IN, United States
Digital Public Library of America - Great Tool for Research!
Apply for Scholarships Through the Legacy Foundation
FAFSA Completion Event
Students and their parents looking for help completing the FAFSA are encouraged to attend one of these workshops. ISM College Planning Team Members will be at Hobart High School to help families complete the FAFSA on the Web or answer any questions a family may have.
Being held in the Learning Center at HHS - Room 1111 - Please enter at Door #1
Thursday, Mar 2, 2017, 08:00 AM
Hobart High School, East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, United States
FAFSA Completion Event
Same as the earlier session - Students and their parents looking for help completing the FAFSA are encouraged to attend one of these workshops. ISM College Planning Team Members will be at Hobart High School to help families complete the FAFSA on the Web or answer any questions a family may have. Come to this and stay for the Paying for College Workshop held at 6pm!
Being held in Room 1316 - Please enter at Door #1
Thursday, Mar 2, 2017, 04:00 PM
Hobart High School, East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, United States
Go For Launch! Program
- STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math)
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Leadership
You can expect to learn about human spaceflight directly from experts in the fields of space & STEAM including:
- An Astronaut and Astronaut Instructor
- International Space Station Flight Controller
- Scientists and Engineers
Students will work in teams on collaborative activities over the 3 days and define and design their own space experiment! They will present this to the judges of the Space and STEAM fields and if chosen the winner, will continue on to compete against other projects in the same division. The winning experiment will be launched into space!
Go For Launch! is a unique experience that gives high school students the tools and skills that can lead to success in any venture that requires imagination, leadership, teamwork, and problem solving skills. To register your high school students and for more information visit http://higherorbits.org/student-programs/go-for-launch/hobart-college-2017/
Midwinter Band Concert
HHS Performing Arts Production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
We want to prepare you for the spring drama production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream! March 12th The Legacy Foundation would like to treat you to some appetizers followed by a great production! Our senior citizens will get to enjoy appetizers at 2 pm followed by the great performance at 3pm! Reservations are required, please RSVP at (219) 942-8521 ext. 8193 and leave your name, number and how many are attending. Feel free to RSVP for the Midwinter Band Concert (February 16th) and Spring Concert (March 21st) at the same time!
Spring Choir Concert
Healthy Brickies
You are also invited to take advantage of the track at the HHS Frank Kurth Fieldhouse. Please enter Door 18 and show your driver's license or state ID as proof of residency. Monday - Thursday from 6am - 7:15am and 5:30pm - 7pm when school is in session. Athletic competitions and inclement weather may force canceling. Please watch for signage.
Brickie Cove Book Club 2016-2017 Meeting dates
Brickie Cove Book Club 2016-2017
Meeting dates
Where: HHS Media Center
Time: 2:45 – 3:45
When: Third Wednesday of Every Month
February 15, 2016 - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
March 15, 2016 - Echo Park by Michael Connelly
April 19, 2016 - Funeral Dress by Susan Gilmore Gregg
**May 17, 2016 – Last book club meeting of the year – Discuss April Book!
FREE SEASON PASSES FOR THE BRICKIES
The Spring Drama of a Midsummer Night's Dream
6th Annual SpringFest!
Midwinter Band Concert
Thursday, Feb 16, 2017, 06:00 PM
Hobart High School, East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, United States
HHS Choir Concert
Wednesday, Mar 22, 2017, 07:00 PM
Hobart High School, East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, United States
How do we distinguish a delay or cancellation.
School Delays and Closings
Due to Inclement Weather
The School City of Hobart's first priority is the safety of our students and personnel. We encourage you to have a plan in place for school delays, cancellations, and emergency dismissal situations.
Many factors go into the decision to close or delay the opening of school. It is important for you to know the process.
Monitoring Current Conditions & Forecasts: School City of Hobart personnel continually monitor forecasts and live radar. Depending on the certainty of weather conditions, the close or delay school call may be made the prior evening.
Personnel on the Street: The School City of Hobart and City personnel (Hobart Police Department and Street Department) drive Hobart's streets to determine actual road conditions. They begin the process as early as 2:00 am when bad weather is expected. The roads are continually assessed for safety, and we remain in contact with city, county, and state transportation departments. If by 6:00 am the roads are favorable and conditions are expected to be good to get the students safely to school, then school will be open.
Ability to Clear Pathways: The School City of Hobart also factors in our ability to clear school sidewalks and parking lots in a timely manner, or if snow will accumulate faster than we can clear.
Visibility: Blowing snow is also a factor in a delay or cancellation.
Beliefs
- Parents have a child specific perspective regarding their child and the threat of inclement weather.
- A parent may make a determination for their child, and should respect the perspective of another parent regarding their child.
- The School City of Hobart respects a parent’s determination regarding their child’s attendance at school during inclement weather. If school is open, or delayed, because of inclement weather, the school will respect the parent’s decision to keep their child at home. Parents are expected to contact the school and inform school officials of their determination. The student will be counted as absent, per state code, and students will be given an opportunity to complete their academic work in the same manner as an excused absence from school.
- The School City of Hobart believes the public expects schools to be open and to provide education, supervision, and other services to its students (including meals that are provided for free and reduced lunch children).
- The School City of Hobart believes all parents are committed to keeping children safe and these parents will dress their children appropriately for the weather when sending the children to school.
- Variable weather conditions are to be expected in Northwest Indiana. The School City of Hobart believes parents have plans in place for weather related delays and closures.
Delaying or Closing School is Based on Multiple Variables
Freezing Rain/Sleet
- The most unpredictable weather variable is freezing rain/sleet. Freezing rain/sleet is temperature sensitive and fast-occurring. It begins and ends with little notice. When freezing rain/sleet are predicted, the decision regarding school is delayed until the latest possible time in an effort to observe the most current and local conditions. Such a decision will generally be made in the morning.
Snowfall
- Snowfall is more predictable than freezing rain/sleet. Meteorologists generally give a 2 inch variable when predicting snow accumulation. Because the variation in actual snowfall, when compared to predicted snowfall, the decision regarding school status is delayed until the snow accumulation indicates a need for action. Such a decision, except in extreme situations, will generally be made in the morning.
Extreme Snowfall Situations
- When snow has accumulated to a significant level, or is at such a level with more snowfall predicted, then the decision regarding school may be made the previous evening. A significant level is one in which local authorities have indicated it is unlikely streets will be passable by the following morning.
Extreme Cold
- Temperature prediction is increasingly accurate. The School City of Hobart uses the hourly temperature predictions for its zip code from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (noaa.gov). If air temperature is predicted by NOAA to be -10 degrees or below (the starting point for wind chill concerns with calm wind) at 6:30/7:00 a.m. the school will consider a two-hour delay for the start of school. If the air temperature is predicted to remain at -10 degrees or below at 9:00 a.m. the school will consider closing. Such a determination will be made as early as possible, perhaps the evening before, but certainly by 6:00 a.m. in the morning.
Extreme Wind Chill
- Wind chill prediction is not as accurate as temperature prediction because wind speed is more variable by time and location. While NOAA observations and predictions are based upon the open conditions of the Gary Airport, these conditions are often different Northwest Indiana. Local observations of wind speed will affect the decision regarding delaying or closing school. Wind chill concerns emerge at a predicted wind chill temperature of -20 degrees. If wind chill is predicted by NOAA to be -20 degrees or below and local wind conditions are predicted to mirror the airport wind conditions at 6:30/7:00 a.m., the school will consider a two-hour delay for the start of school. If the wind chill is predicted to remain at -20 degrees or below and local conditions mirror the airport wind conditions at 9:00 a.m., the school will consider closing. The variability of wind speed is a key factor. Such a determination will be made as early as possible, perhaps the evening before, but certainly by 6:00 a.m. in the morning.
Functional Facilities and Transportation
- Utility issues (gas, electricity, water) may cause a school to close. Issues associated with cold, including water supply to a building and electricity to a building or neighborhood, may cause school to be cancelled.
- Buses are critical to transporting students. Issues associated with cold, including not starting, may cause school to be delayed or cancelled depending on the severity of the situation.
Delayed Start
In order to provide time for roads and weather conditions to improve and become safer for travel, the School City of Hobart may use a delayed start of school.
A delayed start to school allows the school district to do the following:
1. Provide more time to assess for safe conditions to start school including roads, buildings, and transportation.
2. Project whether a closure of school is needed.
3. Allow school to be held with improved conditions and not have to make up a weather day because of a school closure.
If a two-hour delay is called lunch will be served.
The following schedule for classes will be used:
Hobart High School will start at 9:45 a.m.
Hobart Middle School will start at 9:45 a.m.
Elementary Schools will start at 10:55 a.m.
Early Learning Center @ GE will start at 11:10 a.m.
*When riding a bus, please catch the bus two hours later than you normally would.
School Cancellation
All School City of Hobart schools will be cancelled. This includes all after-school events, meetings, and practices. Exceptions may occur with approval by the Superintendent if the emergency situation no longer exists, but will be on a case to case basis. The state of Indiana requires 180 student days. Please refer to the school calendar regarding make-up days. Additionally, the School City of Hobart will communicate these dates with you on the School City of Hobart Website, Facebook, and Twitter.
Emergency Closings and Delays
In the event of inclement weather or other conditions, notifications regarding delays and closures may be obtained from the following:
Radio: WAKE (1500am), INDIANA (105.5fm), WZVN (107.1fm), WGN (720am), WBBM (780am)
Television: CBS (Channel 2), NBC (Channel 5), ABC (Channel 7), WGN (Channel 9), FOX (Channel 32), CLTV, Lakeshore Public TV
Internet: School City of Hobart Website: Information will be posted in large red letters; please make sure to refresh your web browser each time you check. Information is also posted on Facebook and Twitter.
Phone: School Messenger Notification System: Parents can control what numbers are contacted in an emergency through Skyward under the Skylerts tab. Please ensure that your contact information is updated.
Emergency Closing Center: Emergency Closing Center
Parents and students are responsible for knowing about emergency closings and delays.
Here Comes the Bus
Parents and students are encouraged to use Here Comes the Bus to determine when the bus is approaching and know when to go to the bus stop. Here Comes the Bus allows for the monitoring of bus location with GPS. If you need more information, or to sign up for Here Comes the Bus, visit the Here Comes the Bus website. The school code to sign up is 46342. Please contact the Transportation Department for assistance. (219) 947-2413.Published by:
The School City of Hobart does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or disability, including limited English proficiency.