Hughes Academy Weekly Update
Monday, May 1, 2022
Upcoming Events
May 2 - PTSA Meeting 1:00 - 2:00
May 2 - Staff Appreciation Week
May 3 - Reading All-Stars Baseball Game
May 10 - SC Ready ELA 1
May 12 - SC Ready ELA 2
May 17 - SC Ready Math
May 17 -All sports celebration for all of HUGHES sports. 6-7 pm. We will also dedicate the gym during this time.
May 19 - PASS Science
May 20 - BETA Club Fieldtrip
May 25 - Awards Drive Thru
May 25 - EOCEP Algebra 1
May 30 - Memorial Day Holiday - No School
June 2 - Half Day/8th Grade Day
June 3- Career Day/Half Day/End of Q4/Last day of school for students
Resources to Help with Monitoring Your Child's Phone Activity
PTSA NEWS for week of 5/2/22
Let’s celebrate our amazing Teachers & Staff May 2 – 6!
Each day will be based on all things beach and we will have lots of great surprises and treats planned for our wonderful teachers and staff, and a raffle each morning during the morning news. If you are interested in contributing to gift certificates and raffle prizes, please venmo Cara Puntch @Cara-Puntch.
AY 3rd is TACO TUESDAY @ Tacozzini! We will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo early with fun tacos, pizzas and special drinks. Stay tuned on social media and newsletter for the full fiesta menu.
Cougar Cart returns THIS Friday, May 6th! Everything is $1 or $2 but please bring exact change to help out the volunteers. Thank you!
ARE YOU DOING THIS?
Shop and a % goes to Hughes! Sign up for a Publix.com account and link Hughes to your account. Tell the cashier at Harris Teeter to add Hughes to your VIC card. All the details are HERE.
LOOKING AHEAD…
May 2-6 – Teacher Appreciation Week
May 3 – (Tue) – Spirit Night at Tacozzini
May 6 (Friday) – Cougar Cart
May 20 (Friday) – Cougar Cart
May 30 (Monday) – Memorial Day – No School
Neighborhood Survey
The City of Greenville is currently conducting a study on pedestrian safety and developing a plan that reduces the number of crashes and near misses involving pedestrians. This survey includes Augusta Street, but may include other areas identified by residents. With the large number of students walking to and from Hughes Academy, it is important that we identify how access impacts our families. We encourage you to read more about this project and take the survey to identify areas of concern.
The survey and more information may be accessed at https://www.greenvillesc.gov/1989/Pedestrian-Safety-Study.
See Something, Say Something
Parents,
The single most effective, preventative tool regarding school safety and security is the See Something, Say Something protocol, which every school in Greenville County utilizes. It is critically important that if students see or hear something that is concerning, they say something to a trusted adult or report it anonymously through our reporting system. Reports can be made by phone call, text, email or an online form, which are all accessed here: https://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/Parents/main.asp?titleid=bullying. While Greenville County Schools has had this reporting system in place for many years, we recently updated the icon on student Chromebooks from a “no symbol” to the attached icon, which visually reflects the See Something, Say Something campaign. Your school will be sharing this update with students, but we want to make sure you as parents as aware of this update and know how to report something or direct your student to report something should it be needed. This update has been made on the Greenville County Schools website in multiple places (www.greenville.k12.sc.us), and it is currently being updated on all of our school’s websites. Thank you.
Our Spring Book fair is Buy one Get one Free - a great opportunity to get summer reading books for a deal! We will have a lollipop raffle to win prizes so bring quarters! Try eWallet for an easy cash alternative: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hast
Greenville High Swim Team Information
There will be a parent meeting for all swimmers interested in participating on the GHS swim team next season on Wednesday, May 4 at 6:15 pm in the GHS atrium. Please contact Kathryn Rowan kathrynmrowan@gmail.com with any questions. Rising 7th and 8th graders may participate.
Teacher Vacancies
Hughes Academy is looking for the following teachers for the 2022-2023 school year....
GTT - Gateway to Technology (Engineering)
English Language Arts (multiple positions)
Part-Time Special Education
Please contact our principal, Mr. Jordan Finlay, at jfinlay@greenville.k12.sc.us if you are interested.
Summer Camp Opportunities at the Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) in Hartsville, SC
Tdap Requirement for Rising 7th Graders
South Carolina law states that ALL students are required to have the Tdap vaccine BEFORE they enter 7th grade. This means that your 6th grader should get the vaccination during his/her annual doctor visit this year. The Tdap vaccine can be obtained at your primary health care provider, the Health Department, or various walk-in clinics.
Please make sure your student has the Tdap vaccine before the end of this school year and have the vaccine certificate sent to school as soon as it is completed. If your child already had the Tdap vaccine, please send a copy of the immunization form into school to ensure that we have it on record. Your child will not be able to attend the 7th grade until we have this form on record at school. Your student will not be able to obtain their class schedule for 7th grade in the fall without meeting this state requirement. Thank you in advance for your help. Please feel free to call the Hughes Academy health room with any questions at 864-355-6207.
Hughes Academy School Nurses- Sara Smith, RN & Mayte Pennington, RN
Clemson Tutoring Information
2022-23 student calendars
MAGNET NEWS
Magnet Applications and FAQ sheets are now available. Click here to receive one.
Round one and two have ended. Here is the Magnet Round Processing Schedule..
Round 4 3/7/22 - 5/9/22
Round 5 5/16/22 - 7/11/22
Round 6 7/13/22 - 8/8/22
For more information on the magnet process, please click here and visit the Hughes Academy Magnet Page
Grading Policies and Academic Assistance
In an effort to make grading more meaningful at Hughes Academy, and spark higher levels of student engagement, we have made some adjustments to our late and make-up work policies. Please watch the video presentation linkes below for details about these new policies, as well as opportunities for academic assistance and enrichment at Hughes.
Hughes Academy Grading and Academic Assistance Update
Social Emotional Learning
Part of delivering a high-quality middle school experience is providing students with more than just academic instruction. To help students learn more about things like communication skills, kindness, respect, anti-bullying, character education and more, Greenville County Schools have teamed up with ReThink Ed to provide a standardized method of providing "whole-child" instruction and giving students the tools to thrive and be successful regardless of their path.
2021-2022 District Calendars
Hughes Academy of Science and Technology
Shop and a % goes to Hughes! Sign up for a
Publix.com account and link Hughes to your account. Tell the cashier at
Harris Teeter to add Hughes to your VIC card. We only have 37 people that have linked their VIC cards so far.
WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT! Details
HERE.
