Hosford Middle School

Dear Families,

This week is National School Counseling Week!

We are so thankful to have Ms. Brown and Ms. Benny Leo as our counselors at Hosford Middle School! They are an essential part of our faculty and do so many things for our students and staff. From check-ins, small groups, crisis intervention, schedule changes, classroom lessons and lunch supervision, you can see them all over Hosford caring for our community.

Please take a moment this week to let them know how much you appreciate their hard work and care!

Jill Liddle, Principal

New:

• Happy Black, Black History Month
• Cleveland Boys Basketball Night
• Hosford Students Make the Honor Band!
• Cleveland Cheer Clinic

Reminders:

• Important Dates
• Track Needs You!
• New After School Activities
• PTSA Treasurer - We need you!

• Jewish Student Union Dates

• Logging into Canvas @ Home

• Outdoor School Dates & Information - 6th Grade

• Parent Resource

• Join the Hosford Community Loop

February 4th - 9:30 am Start for Students (Staff Meeting Day)

February 17th - NO SCHOOL President's Day

February 19th - SOL Field Trip

February 21st - AVID Field Trip

February 25th - 9:30 am Start for Students (Additional Staff Meeting Day)

February 26th - Early Release 1:45 pm

March 3rd - NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development Day)

March 19th - Early Release 1:45 pm

March 24th - 28th SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL

April 3rd - End of Quarter 3

April 4th & 7th - NO SCHOOL

Hosford will be celebrating Black History Month during advisory period this month, but there are so many events in Portland!

Don't miss the pop-up museum at The Horizon Enterprise Building in Old Town.

The museum will be open from 10 AM to 4 PM, Wednesday through Saturday and 11 AM to 4 PM on Sunday, all month long. The exhibits will live at The Horizon Enterprise Building in Old Town (433 NW 4TH Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209). Enter on 4th.

You may also want to Check out Travel Oregon's List of Events and Oregon Black Pioneers.

Cleveland Boys Basketball is hosting their annual Youth Night this Saturday, February 8th at 6 PM. This is a really fun opportunity for different generations of athletes to all come together. Any athlete that is competing for a Cleveland Youth Basketball team will be given free entry and special seating behind the varsity bench. There will also be a meet and greet with the Varsity athletes and coaches after the game.

Congratulations to Róisín Crawford, Liam Ortolano, Roland Thomas, Elvis Patrick, and Liam Rupple for their acceptance and participation in the PPS All City M.S. Honor Band. They were among 80 other top musicians from around the district brought together for a two day rehearsal ending with a concert on Saturday afternoon at Cleveland H.S. Amber Yester, Band Director at North Bend High School, was the guest conductor and she was amazing with the young musicians with her command of the baton and high energy approach. There were quite a few former Huskies in the H.S. honor group as well.

Mr. Johnston and the Husky community are very proud of our young musicians for your accomplishment.

Cleveland High School Cheer Team is putting on a youth cheer clinic February 10th, 11th & 13th. They will perform at the Men’s Varsity Basketball game on February 14th at Cleveland High School. The high school cheerleaders will be teaching a series of cheers and a sideline dance to the youth cheerleaders that they will use at the basketball game. Attached is the flyer with a QR code linked to the registration form. This clinic will be for 4th-8th graders and we encourage everyone to try, we look forward to meeting all of the eager youth cheerleaders!

All middle school sports are through the feeder high schools.

Cleveland Youth Track is seeking more adult helpers - paid and volunteer coach positions available! Cleveland's team hovers around 250 athletes each year. Because of this, we always need more hands on deck.

Practices are Monday and Wednesday from 5-6:30 at the Cleveland track and meets are Thursdays from 5-7:30 at various locations around the city. You don't need to be a specialist - just someone who is willing to show up, support lead coaches, and help manage athlete behavior. If you do happen to have any previous knowledge of specific track and field events, areas of support that we are particularly looking to fill are: javelin, long jump, high jump, and discus.

Becoming a coach in any capacity will require some hours of online training. If you are only able to come one of the two days, you would probably fit best in a volunteer rule.

If you can come to both practices and most meets, a paid position is probably for you! Please contact Meghan Eigo at meigo@pps.net if you have any questions or are interested to any degree!

To log into Canvas at home, students need to sign into Google with their user name and password. Then, go to my.pps.net.

Remind will be the PPS communication platform. You may click here to read more and download the app.