Hero Headlines HMS Staff News
February 24, 2020
General Announcements.....
1.Our Huddle will start @ 3:25 this Tuesday. Please get to the LMC as soon as possible. I know many of you are still on duty, find your person that is going to take notes for you so you can get the info you may miss. I will also share the slides we will use on Tuesday.
2. If your program has tryouts or an application, please give me your dates ASAP. I am publishing this info in the parent newsletter starting this week.
3. I have been asked by a few teachers to remind you that you have to refresh your scenes in GoGuardian when you get a class of students. When you do this, it will override any previous scenes. This will help when they seem to be blocked from something they need.
4. Send home a conference time request form with your students this week. I have linked one here that you may use or create your own. Conference time confirmations need to go home NO LATER than March 9th.
5. We are getting some new student Chromebooks!!! All of the G1s that are out of warranty are getting replaced, which is about 550 new devices. This includes most of 6th grade with the exception of Eaton, McDonald, & Ridgik. We will then move to a few 7th grade CBs. Sheilah and the tech department will do approx. one cart a week - so it will take some time for the devices to be switched. Please work with Sheilah and be flexible. Her goal is for you to not have to go anytime without devices, but this means we may have to be flexible with our Hero Hour plans.
6. I'm going to be attaching, in the upcoming weeks, a letter about the health clinics in our schools. Our district currently has four health clinics and they are housed at elementary schools - they are adding a 5th to open soon. The clinics are for ALL of our students. They have also recently purchased two vans to help with transportation for families. Please keep this in mind when you know of medical needs your families have. No child will EVER be turned away because they cannot pay.
7. Every staff member: Please complete this one question survey before March 20th. This is from our central admin team.
8. This survey ALSO needs to be completed by every staff member BEFORE March 20th . This is on the topic of Social-Emotional learning and has been developed by a district committee that is collecting data so we can advocate for our kids' needs. It is not very long yet VERY important for us to give feedback.
Conscious Discipline Corner
ESOL Institute - Please Consider (I will post app when it is released)
Taking Roots Award
Hero Hour this week.......
After-School Professional Learning Opportunities
Several of you have asked for the sheet where we are tracking your six PD sessions. Here you go!
- March 3rd - Using our NEW Mobile Makerspaces w/Boggs & Teo - TBD
- April 7th - Grant Writing with Ripp (Ripp & Teo have secured THOUSANDS in grants this year.)
- April 21st - Anchor charts to support reading w/Trina Pergeson - this is a "make and take" session. Many of you requested this after our last ROOTS PD day.
- NEW: May 5th - Stop the Bleed training - You have to RSVP for this so they bring enough stuff. Please RSVP by April 28th
Upcoming Dates
February
This week: Send Conference time sign-up with students through advisory
24th - Drill Day! (Hero Hour)
25th - Huddle & Conscious Discipline Book Study (ch. 3 & 4)
28th - Club Day & designated food day
28th - Herobotics selling Little Debbie's to raise money for trip to South Carolina
March
4th - Faculty Photo @ 3:15pm
5th - Professional Clarinet Ensemble during HH for all band students
9th-13th - JH & HS Student-Led conferences
9th - Deadline to confirm conference times with parents through paper notice
10th - Spring Indiv. Picture day
10th - Huddle
10th - School Board meeting @ 5pm
13th - End of 3rd quarter
SpEd Update
Current Grant Opportunities
- shared by Dr. Shawna Lyons, Grant Coordinator
- Funding, competitions, & award opportunities - lots of STEM, robotics, innovation awards.....
Hellstern Middle School
Website: http://hellstern.sdale.org/
Location: 7771 Har-Ber Avenue, Springdale, AR, USA
Phone: 479-750-8725
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hellstern-Middle-School