Hello, HVMS Family!

Thank you,

Hidden Valley Middle School

Our mission at Hidden Valley Middle School is to cultivate knowledge, to promote civic responsibility, to provide opportunities for the exploration of interests and abilities, to foster positive attitudes, and to develop essential skills necessary for all students to become productive citizens capable of thriving in the dynamic world of the twenty-first century.

Let’s GO GREEN!

Students, mark your calendars for our next after-school social – Friday, March 17th! We're going GREEN to go along with St. Patrick’s Day! It’ll be an afternoon of music, games, and food with your friends!

• What: St. Patrick’s Day Social

• Where: HVMS Gym

• When: Friday, March 17th

• Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

We’ll have a LIVE DJ playing music, games set up to play, pizza and chips to munch on, photo areas, and more!

Students may purchase tickets during lunches all week. Tickets are $10, and that includes admission as well as snacks. Parents/guardians, if you know you need to pick your student up before 5:30 p.m., please make those arrangements with your student before the social begins.

All parents/guardians picking up their children at 5:30 p.m. should park in the main parking lot and wait for their students in the lot. No one will be allowed to use the car rider line since we will have many students leaving the building at once and want to make sure they can get into the parking lot safely. Please make sure you arrive promptly at 5:30 p.m. to pick up your students. Traffic can be heavy when leaving, so please be patient once you pick up your student!

Students can receive SOAR cards at HVMS by going above and beyond our school-wide expectations of being safe, organized, accountable, and respectful. Our entire matrix of school-wide expectations is posted to the right. We will be distributing SOAR cards to students and parents/guardians by email, and recipients will be entered into monthly drawings for prizes. The following students have received SOAR cards since our last newsletter:

6th Grade

Carly Johnston

Kayle Coric

Andrew Draper

John Kinzie

Hannah Lambert

Emma McCarty

Jared Sohm

Paige Yeager

8th Grade

Evelyn Sanchez-Miramontes

Emmaleigh Poage

Just-in-time tutoring provides students in grades 6-12 with an immediate online live tutor 24 hours per day/7 days per week. If a student is struggling with independent work, they can get immediate help to get them “unstuck,” even if they are at home late at night.

In addition to covering multiple subjects, just-in-time tutoring provides online help via chat and voice. Tutor.com also provides paper proofreading (12-hour turnaround time) and industry-leading Princeton Review ACT/SAT prep courses and materials.

https://www.rcps.us/justintime

*Be on the lookout for a magnet that will be coming home with students today (Monday, March 13) with useful information you can keep visible at all times!

Our PTSO is instrumental in providing support to our entire school community, and the success of the program depends on you! Dues are $5 per individual who is joining. 100% of our membership fees go directly to supporting our school community. If you have any questions about membership, please contact Meredith Burrow: mereburrow@yahoo.com

Please click below to learn more about our HVMS PTSO:

https://www.facebook.com/hvmsptso/