Focus on Education
May 2018
Makers And Innovators Were In The (Field)House!!
A Brickie Designer and the Hobart Water Festival!
Scheduling Classes - Be Ready! Hobart University
Why Early College in high school?
We are fully committed to combining high school and college in a rigorous, supportive environment that enables any interested and qualifying Hobart High School student to graduate with high school and college credit.
We know, from research, that Early College students are outperforming their peers nationwide:
- 90% graduate high school vs. 78% of students nationally
- 94% earn free college credit while in high school
- 30% earn an Associate's degree or other post-secondary credentials while in high school
Take a look at the links below for more information!
Blue Encourages The Brickies To "Be The Best You Can Be!"
Too Good For Drugs Graduation!
Hobart's Participates in Their First Unified Track Meet!
Unified Sports were first developed by the Special Olympics as a means of providing a quality experience for sports training and competition in an inclusive environment that allows friendships to form. It is the vision of this joint IHSAA/Special Olympics Indiana (SOIN) sports project to allow high school students with and without intellectual disabilities to collectively represent their high school in an IHSAA sanctioned activity by participating together on a Unified Sports team.
This was an amazing opportunity that Hobart plans on becoming more involved with as more is learned about the program. Our Brickies rocked it and more importantly, had an amazing experience! #GoBricks
Help your child succeed by setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals!
Our students can login into Google and access these forms. You can do this together and have them submit to their teacher. Monitor progress together!
Student Plan to Achieve My S.M.A.R.T. Goal -
https://goo.gl/forms/qle9Kv4RAgfnte7k2
S.M.A.R.T. Short-Term Goal Setting Worksheet -
https://goo.gl/forms/l0AlcQs4UwdApvAr1
3rd Quarter S.M.A.R.T Goal -
https://goo.gl/forms/Gfoo13evpbWqdJMG2
4th Quarter S.M.A.R.T Goal -
Academic Brickyard
“A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.” - Simon Sinek
Over the past few months, a group of HHS senior students (Samantha Meyer, Rebecca Meyer, Emily Zanolla, and Paige Nestich) met with our Superintendent, Dr. Buffington, and our Director of College and Careers, Mr. Krieg, and together created the Academic Brickyards. The Academic Brickyards are modeled after writing centers and tutoring centers found at most colleges and universities. During their Success Period, these students (along with some other senior student leaders they recruited) voluntarily give up their time in order to serve others. They meet with their peers to help them with Math or English work. In doing so, they are modeling the leadership skills Sinek points out since they are helping their peers figure out how to solve difficult math problems, work through syntactical difficulties, navigate the blurry lines involved in a citation, apply difficult concepts and mathematical formulas, and other related concepts. Together, they are helping one another succeed beyond what was once thought to be possible.
Our student leaders are determined to leave a legacy, and this legacy is all about service and helping our Brickies build their skills, knowledge, and competencies brick-by-brick. As leaders, this group of students is already planning the next phase of what these Academic Brickyards could entail. They are meeting with English and Math teachers, talking with Administrators, and most importantly getting feedback from their peers. In addition, they are even utilizing marketing approaches they learn about in their Business courses to promote the Academic Brickyards. They even worked with Mr. Crouch (Radio/TV Instructor) to create a promotional video that was shown to all of the students at Hobart High School, and they worked with our Director of Technology to create Academic Brickyard banners (as displayed) that are now displayed in front of each converted Learning Centers. From time to time, an English tutor may even go over to the Math Lab to get some extra help and vice versa.
Looking to the future, these students are even looking to recruit the next group of student tutors who can pick up where they left off. Leadership, as these students are experiencing, is much like a relay race - they’re running their leg but getting ready to pass the baton off to the next leaders. Not only are our Brickies getting extra help, but our student leaders are also growing as leaders and gaining experiences that will yield dividends for years to come. As these student leaders say, they hope their peers take advantage of this resource and build their knowledge and abilities one number or one word at a time.
Khan Academy - Can Help You Achieve More On Your SAT's! Just Ask Zack!
Zack Fattore is currently a senior at Hobart High School. He serves as a leader in a number of ways, including serving as the Senior Class President and a captain of the wrestling team. He is graduating at the top of his class with a 4.61 GPA and is currently ranked as the number 2 wrestler at 170lbs in Indiana. In the Fall, he will be attending the University of Chicago on scholarship for both academics and wrestling.
His GPA and class rank were not the only things that guaranteed his acceptance into a great college or university. There is another piece of the college application puzzle that he, like every other student planning to go to college or earn a technical certificate, had to face - the SAT. With a goal in mind to help educate others about the importance of the SAT, Zack worked with Dr. Buffington, Mr. Krieg, Mr. Crouch, and the Radio/TV class to script, film, and produce a public service announcement on how Khan Academy helped him earn a PERFECT score of 800 on the Math section of the SAT and raise his overall score by over 200 points in just 15 months. You can see the video below!
When we asked Zack about how he prepped for the SAT using Khan Academy, he said:
“When I practiced, I first learned how the SAT is formatted. This helped me because when I took the SAT, I was aware of how the test works and what common questions it asks. The second thing I did was that I took a practice test to determine my current skills. After I saw where my weaknesses were, I planned to improve them. You must do the same and utilize the website’s full potential by targeting what you need. Khan is useful for learning personalization. Once I knew the test and strengthened my weaknesses, the best thing I could do was continually take practice tests and learn from what I was missing.” In Zack's closing statement, his best advice was "Start early. I made so much progress in just 15 months, when I wasn't even practicing the entire time. Imagine if you have 2 or 3 years of practice under your belt. You need to invest your time in this website because it is extremely beneficial.” Hear more from Zack in his video below!
If you haven’t already done so, please go to khanacademy.org and sign in with your school-provided Gmail account.
You Khan do it!
Barnyard Book Bash at the ELC!
Middle School Home Economics Class Is Teaching Life Lessons
EL (English Learner) Parent Night!
2018 - 2019 School Year Calendar
Help ALL Brickies Get A Lunch!
Here Comes The Bus App
Middle School Choir Concert
Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 07:00 PM
Hobart Middle School, East 8th Street, Hobart, IN, USA
High School Band Concert
Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 07:00 PM
Hobart High School, East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, USA
Orchestra Concert
Thursday, May 3, 2018, 07:00 PM
Hobart High School, East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, USA
Middle School Band Awards Concert
Thursday, May 10, 2018, 07:00 PM
Hobart Middle School, East 8th Street, Hobart, IN, USA
High School Choir Concert
Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 07:00 PM
Hobart High School, East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, USA
6th Grade Parent Orientation
Being held in the Brickie Cafe.
Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 06:00 PM
Hobart Middle School, 37 East 8th Street, Hobart, IN, USA
High School Band Concert
Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 06:00 PM
Hobart High School, East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, USA
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