9th grade-Cassandra Morin

10th grade-Elena Polizotto

11th grade-John Bianco

12th grade-Andrea Ward

Help your student preserve the memories of high school that they can relish for the next 10, 20, and 30 years. Buy online at www.yearbookforever.com. You can use a credit card, debit card, or PayPal. You can also purchase yearbooks in the main office using cash or check. Yearbooks cost $55.

Hobart's PLTW teacher, Brent Vermeulen, and his students were featured in an article in The Times. Click the link to read the entire article.

http://www.nwitimes.com/business/jobs-and-employment/workplace/making-the-grade/hobart-engineering-students-soar/article_5b80bee7-694b-5feb-b10b-17a1fa466392.html

We are in the middle of flu season, and we want to help keep our students and staff healthy. Please keep your child home if they have a temperature greater than 100 degrees. Our district policy states that your child must be fever free for 24 hours without the aid of fever reducing medications before returning to school. Feel free to contact the school nurse if you have any questions.

Below is a link to the press release regarding Higher Orbits. This organization promotes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Students with interests in this field can be involved in projects and expand their knowledge in these areas. Check out Higher Orbits and their current project, Go For Launch.

http://higherorbits.org/category/go-for-launch/

The Hobart Educational Foundation is hosting a Harry Potter Movie Marathon on Friday, January 6. All eight movies will be shown starting at 10 a.m. Tickets may be purchased at the SCOH Administration Building and cost $25. The ticket includes two meals and the movies. Please call 942-8885 for additional information!

Just a few reminders-Two-piece dresses are not allowed-any student with a two-piece dress on will be required to change. Cut-outs in the front or on the sides are not allowed. Dresses must be at least mid-thigh in length without excessive cleavage. Please see the dress code form for more information.

Get your nose in a book and read! You may walk in Mrs. Greenwood's Spanish class and notice students reading books that are upside down. Yes, they really are reading! One side of the book is in the present tense and the other side is in the past tense!

The Hobart High School Choirs presented their annual Christmas Season concert on Wednesday, December 21st. The concerts involved over 80 students who were part of 4 different performing groups: Advanced Choir, Intermediate Choir, Dyna-Mics, and Wolffgang. In addition, many of the songs were accompanied by a live instrumental combo.

Also, during the holiday season, the vocal ensemble Wolffgang performed on 12 occasions outside the school, singing for Veteran's groups, business events, charities, and assisted living homes. The group also was featured guests on Lakeshore Radio's MIDWEST BEAT with Tom Lounges.

January 6-Harry Potter Marathon sponsored by HEF

January 9-Second Semester starts

January 10-Hoops for a Cure Basketball Game

January 16-No School (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)

January 28-Semi-Formal Dance