The Hive

Dear HMS Families,

We hope this newsletter finds all of you ready for the weekend. We cannot believe it's already October! We are looking forward to supporting HHS tonight at the football game, please stop by and say hello if you see us.

Last week, our spirit week was a huge success! We had the best time and we hope your kids and families enjoyed it as well. It is so important to us to continue to create a spirited community where kids feel like they belong. We hope you were able to look at our Facebook and Instagram pages to see how creative our students are with our spirit days. Our student body participation for each day ranged from 47%-94%, which is amazing!!! Our biggest participation day was color wars, and our second biggest was Nike vs. Adidas.

This week, we were excited for HMS to be officially given our Schools on the Rise banner and our certificate. We are thrilled that you can now see our banner hanging at the front entrance of our building.

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

With Kindness,

BC & SS

Our first picture day was during Hornet Academy for 6th graders and Orientation Day for 7th & 8th.

For those students who didn't get their pictures taken on that day or you would like retakes, we have make-ups on Wednesday, October 9th. You can order pictures using the link below.

ONLINE PICTURE ORDER

Just a reminder that there is no school on Friday, October 11th for a teacher in-service day.

We have our annual Unity Day celebration on Wednesday, October 16th. At HMS Unity Day is about building a sense of belonging in our community for all of our students. We do this through being kind, accountable for our actions, and working together for a common purpose.

All students are encouraged to wear orange to celebrate this day. We will be having an afternoon assembly on Wednesday to celebrate Unity Day.

Our 8th grade HMS band will be joining the HHS band at the football game on Friday, October 18th. We are excited for our students and this opportunity. This is such a great experience for our band students and they have been working really hard to prepare for it. We hope you will consider joining us!

The PWT is preparing for our annual Halloween carnival at the elementary school. It is being held on Saturday, October 26, from 4:30-7 pm. We are looking for student volunteers to help with games and handing out candy at different doors. If you are interested, please use the Google Form linked below for more information. More details will be sent to those who sign up.

HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL VOLUNTEER FORM

We hope that you will have an opportunity to support our programs this season.

Upcoming Games -

Volleyball - 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Blended

10/7 HOME vs. Woodland

10/9 HOME vs. Canyon Creek

10/14 HOME vs. La Center

10/16 HOME vs. TBD

Cross Country -

10/9 HOME vs. Woodland

10/15 District Championship Meet

Save the Date: Volleyball & Cross Country athletes, we will have our fall sports awards on Monday, October 21st at 5:00 pm in the HMS gym.

Registration is open...

Winter I sports registration opened October 1st and the season will begin Oct. 24th. Please make sure that your athlete has a current physical on file, and all forms are signed through FinalForms. All athletes must complete 8 practices prior to competing in their first competition.

Final Form Registration

Boys Basketball is open to 7th and 8th graders. We will have 3 teams and not all athletes who tryout will make a team. Tryouts will be 10/24 & 10/25.

Boys and Girls Wrestling is open to 6th - 8th grade boys and girls.

We are excited to be using a new vendor for our yearbooks this year. This new vendor gives us more flexibility with creating, ordering, and documenting the year in pictures. What this means is that you won't be ordering a yearbook through Intouch this year, you will order it through Treering.

Please see the flier below for instructions on how to order your Yearbook.

October

October 6th Coach Appreciation Day

October 9th Picture Day Make-Up

October 11th In-Service Day: No School

October 16th PM Assembly: Unity Day (wear orange)

October 18th HMS Band @ HHS Football game

October 22nd Vision & Hearing screening

October 24th Fall band concert

October 30th-November 1st Conferences, 3-hour Early Release

November

November 8th Veteran's Day Assembly

November 11th Veteran's Day: No School

November 27th-29th Thanksgiving Break: No School

We have had requests to create an Instagram account so families can follow us on that platform because they don't use Facebook. So, we are excited to share with you all that we created an Instagram account that is connected to our Facebook page! We are looking forward to connecting with our families using both platforms.

We try to post at least one thing a day! If you are curious what we are up to throughout the day, please consider following our Facebook page. We love to give you all insight to all the amazing things that happen here! We have such an awesome community and it's wonderful to be able to celebrate it!

We teach, guide, and support students and our community by creating a safe environment where we learn and grow together.

School Hours: 8:50am-3:20pm

Wednesdays: 1 Hour Early Release

Office Hours: 8:00am - 3:45am

Email: bess.colpron@hocksd.org
Website: https://hms.hocksd.org/
Location: 15916 NE 182nd Ave, Brush Prairie, WA, USA
Phone: 360-448-6440
Facebook: facebook.com/HockinsonMS/