Hendricks Herald
October Newsletter
Message from Mrs. Riddle
Important Dates
September 15 - October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month
October 2-4: Custodian Appreciation Days
October 4: XC at Unicoi State Park
October 6: Picture Make-up Day
October 6: Internet Safety Night at North Forsyth High School at 5:30 PM
October 8: JV Football vs DMS at HMS at 9:00 AM (Home Game)
October 11: Football vs LMMS at EFHS at 6:00 PM
October 12: 8th Grade Career Fair
October 17-21: Bus Driver Appreciation Week
October 19: FCS Flu Shot Clinic at Academies for Creative Education from 2:00-6:00 PM
October 19-20: Block Days
October 19-20: Early Release Days
October 21: No School for Students Staff Professional Development
Contagious Illness Information
Nominate an HMS Teacher for Teacher of the Month
Fall Picture Retakes
If your student had a picture made on August 25th, please read below:
Yearbook picture proofs will be coming from the following email sender: Bowen Photography. Please check all inbox, junk and spam folders. The subject line will include: (Your student's name) 22-23 Hendricks Middle School Fall UC portraits are online and ready to view! If you experience issues viewing your student's picture proof, please contact BPI Photography directly, 866-363-6936.
HMS Football Schedule
News from the Counseling Department
We are very fortunate to have three school counselors here at Hendricks.
Mr. Flath: families with last names A-F
Mrs. Bryant: families with last names G-M
Mrs. Schroeder: families with last names N-Z
We are excited to get the Sources of Strength campaign up and running again this year. We look forward to learning about all the strengths our students have at Hendricks! Click here to learn more about Sources of Strength and the value the program adds to our school.
We need positive mentors for students here at Hendricks. If you or someone you know is interested in mentoring a student at HMS, please click here for training dates.
Car Rider Drop Off Map and Expectations
Car Rider Pick Up Map and Expectations
HMS BYOT Expectations
HMS Communication
There is a lot happening here at Hendricks Middle School! We want to communicate to our
community efficiently and effectively, so our plan for this is the following:
1. Our website is our first line of communication and is updated frequently. Many
parents do not have social media and platform use is inconsistent, so the school
website is where you can find dependable school information.
Each department maintains their own page. For example, parents can find
their students’ sports practice and game schedules on the athletic pages.
Events such as parent nights, conference days, and picture days can be found
on the front page of our website under “School News” and “Upcoming
Events”.
Student News/Announcements contain things like club meeting days/times,
spirit day information and other student interests can be found on the front
page of our website under the “Quick Links” and “School News” sections as
well as our students’ ClassLink page.
2. As a second method of communication, as much information as possible will be
pushed out through social media. Please refer back to our website if you are looking
for more information on a social media post. Most social media posts are simply
highlighting information that exists on our website. If our website doesn’t answer
your questions about a social media post, please email the contact given in the post
or our administration. We don’t always see questions asked on social media or in
direct messages.
3. Our third line of communication will be regular newsletters. These newsletters will
be placed on our website and posted on social media as well.
4. Critical or last minute safety information will also be sent via Parent Portal/IC
Messenger.
Communicating with our students is important to us as well. Many times your student will
have information about upcoming events or other items of interest at Hendricks. Here are
the ways we communicate with them:
1. All students are enrolled in our itslearning student course titled “HMS Student
Information Course”. This course contains announcements and links that may need
to be accessed throughout the year for surveys, tutorials, or events.
2. Announcements scroll all day on digital signage around our school. These
announcements are also posted in our students’ Classlink, Student Information
course in itslearning, and our website.
3. Video announcements air every day. These are also made available in Classlink, HMS
Student Information Course in itslearning, and our website.
We hope that this plan will help our community stay on top of necessary and important
information from HMS. We deeply appreciate your support!
Connect with Us
Website: https://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/hms
Location: 4950 Hyde Road, Cumming, GA, USA
Phone: (678) 965-5038
Facebook: facebook.com/HendricksHawks/
Twitter: @HendricksMiddle