Hendricks Herald
January Newsletter
Message from Mrs. Riddle
Happy New Year! Welcome 2023! Hope the new year finds you safe, connected, and thriving!
When you think of a new year, you might think of a fresh start, a new one word, or New Year’s resolution. I encourage each of you to take a moment and reflect on your last year, your last semester and think of ways, goals, or resolutions that will lead you to a path of continued success or improvement. This new semester gives everyone the chance to start fresh.
With the change in semester, some changes to schedules were thoughtfully made to best meet the needs of students and balance the number of students in each class. We have had a few changes in personnel, as well. We appreciate your continued patience as we continue to grow, thrive, and build our NEST. Our Mission at Hendricks Middle School is to Navigate life with a purpose, where Everyone feels valued, Safe to be their most authentic self & Take risks, responsibly.
Welcome back to the Nest and Happy New Year, Hawks! Let’s continue to thrive and flourish in 2023!
Important Dates
January 12: Basketball VS PGMS, Lady Hawks at PGMS & Hawks at home
January 16: Martin Luther King Holiday-No School
January 25-26: Block Days
Hawks Academy
Contagious Illness Information
Nominate an HMS Teacher for Teacher of the Month
Order Your Yearbook Today
News from the Counseling Department
We will begin transition activities soon for our rising ninth graders to prepare for high school. Please check the counseling website regularly for information and updates.
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!
2023-2024 Kindergarten Registration Information
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