HAWK TALK

September 15, 2023

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CALENDAR AT A GLANCE

October 6 Fall Picture Day

Great lineup of fall Spirit Days and Nights--Update your calendar and tell your friends!

Sept. 17 - Aurora Cineplex Birthday Bash specials and events from 10 am - 8 pm

Sept. 26 - Parent Prep webinar for college planning at noon and 7 pm

Sept. 28 - Waffle House (location near HBMS) Spirit Night Dinner from 6 - 8 pm

Oct. 24 - From the Earth Spirit Night Dinner

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School Hours and Important Times

Office Hours: 8:15 - 4:15

Instructional Hours: 8:55-4:05

Arrival: Please do not drop off students prior to 8:25 AM. We cannot provide supervision of students prior to 8:25, therefore students may not enter until this time.

Breakfast: 8:25 - 8:55 AM

Students should be in class by 8:50 AM.

Dismissal is at 4:05 PM.

Walkers/Car riders are dismissed first, followed by bus riders.

Bus students are dismissed in the order that buses arrive.

Car line: Students must enter/exit a vehicle at the sidewalk area. Please pull forward as far as possible to keep the car line moving. All students must be picked up by 4:25 PM.

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Home Soccer Game Schedule

ALL students who attend a home sports event MUST be accompanied by the adult who is driving them home. Unaccompanied students will not be permitted to enter games.

Come cheer on the Hawks soccer team at home this season. All games start at 5:30 PM.

Wednesday, September 20 vs. Webb Bridge MS

Friday, September 22 vs. Taylor Road MS

Friday, October 6 vs. FAST MS

Friday, October 13 vs. Crabapple MS

Live College Prep for HBMS Families on Sept. 26

HBMS has a new opportunity for parents and families to build their knowledge of the college admissions process as your students get closer to high school.

Parent Prep 101 educates people on paths to college. Trish Caputo, founder of Parent Prep 101, offers a webinar for parents of 7th and 8th graders that gives a timeline and info on what to expect over the next several years, explains what students can do now to prepare for college application, and how to earn free tuition.

She'll talk about AP classes, GAfutures, HOPE grants and scholarships, when to take the PSAT, SAT and ACT, athlete recruiting, and more. There will be a Q&A session. After, you'll get access to a Facebook group for additional info and resources.

The live webinar for HBMS is Tuesday, Sept. 26 at noon and 7 pm. Registration is $55 per family and $10 will be given back to our PTA.

Registration is now open. Please send questions to Trish at 678-777-7141 or parentprep101@gmail.com

https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScbcY6.../viewform...

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Help Us Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 - October 15

We are looking for parents and guardians who might be interested in helping us create and lead fun, interactive, and informational Hispanic Heritage Month experiences for our students here at the Bridge.

We'd love to be able to offer these opportunities in our media center either in the morning before school (from 8:20 to 8:45 each morning) or during our Flex period times (between 11:19-12:48 pm Monday, Tuesday, Friday and between 11:43 - 1:12 on Wednesdays and Thursdays).

Some ideas for experiences that could both entertain and inform our students about different Hispanic and Latinx cultures could be:

Craft experiences: make and take items such as papel picado, folk art recreations, traditional jewelry, etc. We would pair these items with informational flyers so that they can also learn some of the history and significance of the items that they are creating during the crafting experience.
Dance experiences: teach students and staff the basics of traditional/cultural dances
Story experiences: read aloud from one of our many books that celebrate Hispanic characters and cultures, share traditional folk stories from a specific Hispanic culture or, for our Hispanic families, share a story from your family history that reflects something about your family's country or culture
Teaching experiences: share information with kids about a specific Hispanic country or culture

Other ideas are also welcome. We'd be happy to brainstorm and talk about the possibilities for celebration and learning with you.

If you'd like to run a student activity and are ready to sign up for a day and time, please use this form: https://forms.office.com/r/bPrpf3eMQH

To be eligible to volunteer and work directly with students, we will need you to complete the volunteer registration and application process. This can be found here: https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/MjI2OmVuLVVT

We would also love to host another Hispanic Heritage Month luncheon for our teachers and staff (not students); last year's was a huge success! If you'd like to volunteer to make or bring food or help with setup or cleanup for this, please fill out the form here: https://forms.office.com/r/DivKMDUm95

Thank you, and please feel free to reach out any time to our school librarian, Ms. Keown at KeownL@fultonschools.org and/or our bilingual liaison, Maria Baron, at Baronm@fultonschools.org with questions or suggestions.

7th Grade MAP Testing

All 7th grade students will take the MAP Growth Assessment in the upcoming weeks. The math assessment will be given the week of September 25 and ELA will be given the week of October 2.

NWEA's MAP Growth test is a computer-adaptive test that measures skills in Reading and Math. As students answer questions correctly or incorrectly, the test adjusts the level of difficulty based on individual performance. Students' results can be made available upon request once scores are back from the vendor.

MAP Growth is a nationally normed assessment, which provides schools with performance norms by utilizing data from more than 10 million U.S. students. Teachers can use the results to help inform instruction, personalize learning, and monitor the growth of individual students. Administrators can use the results to help see the performance and progress of a grade level, school, or the entire district. MAP Growth is not used as a part of a student's grade. MAP Growth can be used as a criterion for TAG eligibility.

Please visit NWEA's MAP Growth Family Toolkit at www.nwea.org/familytoolkit

Did you miss the Title I Parent Meeting?

If you missed the Annual Title I Parent Meeting last night, you can review the presentation below and provide us with feedback using this survey link: https://bit.ly/FCSEvaluation_Survey

Please review our School Family Compact and Parent-Family Engagement Plan (PFEP)

A School-Family Compact for Achievement is an agreement that families, students, and teachers develop together. It explains how families and teachers will work together to make sure all students get the individual support they need to reach and exceed grade-level standards. Parents and students over age 10 should sign off digitally to acknowledge you have read, received, and agree to the School-Family Compact. Directions to sign off are included on the graphics below.

Read our School Family-Compact here: https://www.smore.com/dtj0w

The Parent-Family Engagment Plan establishes the school’s expectations for parent and family engagement and describes how the school will implement many parent and family engagement activities, and it is incorporated into the school’s plan submitted to the local educational agency (LEA).

Read our Parent-Family Engagement Plan here: https://www.smore.com/jwkda

ACTING CLASS UPDATE-After School Enrichment-NEW DATES

Hello To All Those Registered or Considering taking THE ACTING CLASS WITH THE PROS with the Atlanta Workshop Players during after school enrichment. It's a busy time of year & the Paperwork with Fulton County is still pending, SO we cannot begin classes YET. BUT we will soon. For now, the class is on hold. We will send out the word the moment we get the "Go ahead". We can't wait to launch this creative adventure with all of you!!! Hang in there and we'll see you soon!!!! Please see flyer below for registration details or visit www.awp.corsizio.com .