Hall Happenings
March 2024
Hall Middle School Families,
As we step into the month of March, a pivotal time in our academic calendar, I want to extend a warm greeting to all our students, parents, and staff. It's a month that not only marks the approach of spring but also a crucial period in our academic journey.
Attendance Matters:
First and foremost, I'd like to emphasize the significance of regular attendance. Your child's presence in school is not just a matter of compliance but a crucial factor in their academic success. Studies show that consistent attendance positively correlates with better academic performance. Let's work together to ensure our students are in class every day, ready to absorb knowledge, engage with peers, and build the foundation for a successful future.
Reach Out, Connect, Thrive:
Our dedicated team of teachers is here to support your child's learning journey. If you ever have concerns, questions, or simply want to discuss your child's progress, don't hesitate to reach out. Open communication between home and school is key to fostering a positive educational experience. Every teacher at Hall is committed to creating a supportive and nurturing environment for your child's growth.
Parent-Teacher Partnerships:
March is an ideal time to initiate or renew our commitment to effective communication. Consider scheduling a meeting with your child's teachers to discuss their progress, strengths, and areas where they may need additional support. Your involvement makes a significant impact on your child's academic success.
Conversations That Matter:
Lastly, let's talk about the importance of conversations at home. Engage with your child about what they're learning in their classes. Show genuine interest in their studies and encourage them to share their thoughts. These conversations not only deepen their understanding of the subjects but also strengthen the parent-child bond. Together, we can create a learning environment that extends beyond the classroom.
As we navigate through March, let's prioritize attendance, foster strong partnerships between home and school, and engage in meaningful conversations about learning. Your active participation plays a vital role in shaping the educational journey of our students.
Thank you for your continued support and dedication to Hall Middle School.
Sean Kenny
Principal
Hall Middle School
(817) 598-2822
Sean Kenny
Marilisa Moore
Josh Mullins
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📅 Important Dates
MARCH
5- Spring Pictures
5- STAAR Interim (8th Grade Science)
6- College and Career Spirit Day
7- STAAR Interim (8th Grade Social Studies)
7- ExtravaBANDza Concert (6:00 PM, WHS)
8- HMS Cheer Try-outs (7:00-9:00 PM,Tison MS)
10- Daylight Savings Time (set clocks forward an hour)
11-15 SPRING BREAK (No School)
20- HMS Science Night (5:30 PM)
20- Auditions for Willy Wonka Jr. (HMS Theatre Room, 4:00-6:00 PM)
22- Blue Belle Spring Show (7:00 PM, Durant Auditorium)
23- Blue Belle Spring Show (2:00 PM, Durant Auditorium)
26- Theatre Production (HMS Cafeteria, 6:30 PM)
27- HMS Honors Band: UIL Concert and Sight-reading Evaluation (Burleson HS)
29- No School
Coming soon...
APRIL
3- College and Career Spirit Day
5- Professional Development (Students- No School)
6- WISD Job Fair (HMS, 8:15-1:00)
8- Work Day (Students- No School)
16- STAAR Reading (6th-8th)
18- STAAR Science (8th)
23- STAAR Social Studies (8th)
30- STAAR Math/Algebra (6th-8th)
*Keep reading below for more information about each event!
📝 HMS Tutoring Schedule
Spanish Tutoring
If you are in need of tutoring for Ms. Gonzalez's Spanish class, please go to her classroom.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 7:35-8:05am
🌟 8th Grade Science Reach for the STAAR
Starting the week of January 15th, all 8th grade students will begin their STAAR enrichment activities. At the beginning of each week, 8th graders will bring home a worksheet that focuses on the TEKS of the week. This worksheet will be due on Thursday each week. For additional support, students will be able to attend STAAR enrichment tutoring every Friday morning from 7:35-8:00 AM and after school from 3:45-4:15 PM.
🏆 UIL Academics
UIL teams competed at the UIL Academic Meet at Joshua Nichols MS on February 20th and 22nd. Thank you to our students and coaches for their hard work and dedication to a successful UIL Season!
UIL ACADEMIC MEET RESULTS:
Mathematics (Coach Abbott)
5th place- Warren Pattillo
6th place- Jeffrey Caudle
Spelling (Coach Payne)
5th place- Melanie Dillard
Number Sense (Coach Grissom)
5th place- Ivy Scott
Impromptu Speaking (Coach Grissom)
2nd place- Ivy Scott
6th place- Natalia Requena
Science (Coach Loran)
2nd place- Carson Wagner
5th place- Josiah Fuller
1st place- Ian Edwards
2nd place- Warren Pattillo
3rd place- Jeffrey Caudle
Maps, Graphs & Charts (Coach Queen)
1st place- Warren Pattillo
4th place- Danielle McElroy
Dictionary Skills (Coach Alford)
2nd place- Miriam Fuller
Art History (Coach Queen)
5th place- Malachi Bucklin
3rd place- Mac Ellis
Listening Skills (Coach Payne)
3rd place- Carson Wagner
4th place- Mason Delgado
6th place- Ethan Carroll
😊 Helpful Links for You!
📘 Hall MS Parent Lending Library
🆔 Student ID Badges
All secondary students are required to wear their badge on a lanyard, around their neck, every day. Students will receive a new ID card each school year. While every student's first ID card is provided at no cost, a replacement fee of $5.00 will be charged for any damaged or lost cards. If a child forgets their badge, they can get a temporary one in the front office.
- ID cards must be hung on a lanyard around the neck during the entire school day.
- ID cards must be worn with the picture facing out.
- ID cards must not be defaced or altered (no personal stickers, no coloring, etc.)
- ID cards must be worn on the outermost layer of clothing.
Please help your child build a routine so they can come to school, with their student ID, ready to learn each day. We appreciate your partnership as we work toward safety for all!
❤️ Our Counselors
Melisa Hightower
817-598-2822 x3902
Dinah Stringer
817-598-2822 x3918
Sarah Reno
817-598-2822 x3913
Character Trait of the Month: CARING
For the month of March we will be practicing the character trait of caring. What does it mean to be caring? At Hall MS, caring for others means showing concern, being kind in word and deed, and considering the needs of others without expecting anything in return. This month, let’s remember that Roos choose to use our words and actions to help others.
😎 8th Grade Information
GRIT Academy Opportunity
What is GRIT?
In partnership with Weatherford College, the Grizzard Regional Institute of Technology (GRIT) is an innovative option for students from Weatherford ISD and surrounding districts to receive a high school diploma, an industry credential, and/or an associate degree at no cost.
8th Graders will soon be registering for their first year at Weatherford High School! Our GRIT principal, Trista Stueart, came to visit with them about their opportunity to register for the GRIT Academy in November. There will be 6 pathways available: welding, automotive technology, cosmetology, elementary education, cybersecurity, and a health service pathway (TBD).
***The application window for the 2024-2025 school year will be open until March 1st.***
Questions? Please contact: Trista Stueart, tstueart@weatherfordisd.com.
🩹 Nurses' Clinic
7th Grade Immunization Requirements
Dear 6th Grade Parents/Guardians:
The state of Texas has set requirements for students entering the 7th grade. Immunization requirements are mandatory for school attendance in public schools. They are outlined in both the Immunization Requirements of the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Administrative Code. Students will not be allowed schedules for middle school classes in August of 2024 until vaccines are current, received and verification given to the school.
The requirements for 7th graders are as follows:
• Meningococcal Vaccine – one dose
• Tdap – one dose within the last five years
If your child is currently up to date on immunizations, please send us the most recent copy of their immunization records. This may be emailed, faxed or turned into the campus nurse.
Email: kward@weatherfordisd.com kmitchell@weatherfordisd.com
Fax: 817-598-2854 attention to nurse clinic
If your child has an immunization waiver, please check with your campus nurse to make sure it is up to date. In the state of Texas, a waiver expires every two years and it can take up to two weeks to receive a new waiver. If the waiver is not up to date, notarized and the original copy turned into the nurse your child will not be allowed to enroll.
The Parker County Hospital District is offering the required vaccines.
Please call (817) 458-3254 to receive information.
Kanga Care- Telemedicine
Please contact the campus nurses on Kanga Care FAQs and instructions on how to enroll your student for Kanga Care. Remember, sign up for Kanga Care now if you would like your student to be tested or seen by our PCHD doctor at any point during the school year.
Medication
If you would like your student to have medication available to them on campus, an adult MUST be the person to drop off medication in order to sign the correct forms. Students are NOT permitted to carry medication on them unless they have a doctor’s note filed in the clinic stating otherwise. This includes prescription and over the counter medication.
We are here for you if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for helping keep our students healthy and safe!
Kelsey Ward, RN
Kirstin Mitchell, LVN
817-598-2822 x 3910
💙 Jr. Belles
We are so proud to share that the Weatherford Jr. Belle teams received 1st place in all team and officer routines entered! These students have worked very hard the past few months.
Please congratulate the Junior Belles on this amazing achievement!
Team Awards
- Team Platinum Sweepstakes (scored 95 or higher on all routines)
- 1st Place Team Pom
- 1st Place Team Military
- 1st Place Team Prop
- 1st Place Team Hip Hop
- Team Prop Champions (highest score of the day regardless of age or classification)
- Top 10 Team Overall (out of 35 teams that were mostly high school)
Officer Awards
- Grand Champion Middle School Officers
- Officer Platinum Sweepstakes (scored 95 or higher on all routines)
- 1st Place Officer Pom
- 1st Place Officer Novelty
- 1st Place Officer Prop
- Best in Category Officer Novelty Champions (highest score of the day regardless of age or classification)
- Judges Award for Officer Novelty
- Top 10 Officers (out of 35 teams that were mostly high school)
Division One soloists: Lilah Hernandez and Ariana Neri
🎵 Band 🎵
Honor and Symphonic Bands are headed to UIL on Tuesday, March 26 and Wednesday, March 27.
The schedule will be sent closer to Spring Break. Please wish them good luck!
📣 HMS Cheer & Mascot Tryouts
📣 WHS Cheer & Mascot Tryouts
🤼 Wrestling
👟 Track
Track season is going strong at this point. We have 3 meets in March.
Cleburne on the 7th, Granbury MS on the 19th, and Roo Stadium on the 25th
🎭 Theatre
School Hours
8:05 AM – 3:45 PM
- Students will be allowed in the building at 7:35 each morning. Breakfast is served in the cafeteria until 8:00.
- Students will be supervised outside of the building until 4:05 each day. Please make arrangements to have your student picked up by that time.
⏰ Tardy Policy
✔️ Attendance
Each semester, you may send up to 3 parent notes for students' absences. These absences are coded (N-EN). After the 3 parent-note-limit has been reached, any further absences will be coded "A" unless there is a doctor's note or other approved circumstance. Again, the 3 parent note limit is per semester so after the holiday break it "reset."
At the middle school level, attendance is taken every class period and students are held accountable for attending each individual class and for being there on time.
WISD Attendance Policies
Regular school attendance is essential. Absences from class may result in serious disruption of a student’s education. The student and parent should avoid unnecessary absences.
Two important state laws—one dealing with compulsory attendance and the other with how attendance affects the award of a student’s final grade or course credit—are discussed below.
Compulsory Attendance
Communication is required when a student is absent from school. When the student returns, they need to bring a note (doctor or parent) to be able to excuse the absence. Notes must be turned in within 3 days of the absence. Notes can be turned in to the front office or via email to tcrouch@weatherfordisd.com. A student may have three parent notes a semester each being able to excuse three consecutive days. After three have been submitted, a doctor’s note is required to excuse the absence.
Attendance for Class
The State of Texas requires students to be present 90% of the school year. If a student is absent for more than the allotted days, excused or unexcused, they run the risk of not receiving class credit. The allotted days for the 23/24 school year are 8 days for the first semester and 9 for the second semester.
Secondary Attendance
Attendance is taken every period at the secondary level. Picking up a student early/bringing them late could result in an absence for a period.
2024-2025 WISD School Calendar
Lunch
HMS has five 30-minute lunch periods:
- Lunch A: 11:18 - 11:48
- Lunch B: 11:50 - 12:20
- Lunch C: 12:22 - 12:52
- Lunch D: 12:54 - 1:24
- Lunch E: 1:26 - 1:56
- Parents/Guardians may drop off lunch for their students by coming into the front office.
- There is a cart to place lunches on with markers and notes available to place the student’s name on the lunch.
- Parents/Guardians must communicate with their student that lunch is being dropped off for them, as the front office staff will not be able to call students out of class to come pick up their lunch.
- HMS front office staff is not responsible for lunches that are dropped off.
- Students will be responsible for coming to the office to pick up their lunch.
- Reminder: For safety purposes, no delivery services are allowed. Only parents/guardians may deliver lunch to their student. HMS does not accept food delivery services such as Door Dash, Uber Eats, etc. for students.
- Parents who would like to eat with their student will be required to show a valid form of ID, get a visitor’s pass, and eat in a designated area. Other students will not be allowed to eat with you.
Free and Reduced Meals Application
Free and reduced meals will be available to all who apply and qualify. All families are encouraged to apply for this program.
Parents may apply:
- Online during the Verification of Enrollment process
- Online by visiting Weatherfordisd.schoollunchapp.com
- By completing a paper application (available in the front office)
Gift Deliveries
📸 Yearbooks
Title 1 Parent Information Documents
Our school receives funds for federal programs that are part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA) as amended in 2015. Throughout the school year, we will continue to provide you with important information about this law and your child’s education.