The Buzz; Hopewell Middle School

Reaching the Hearts and Minds of Every Child

What's Happening at the Hive?

Thank you all so much for your feedback! Overall, we continue to show progress in the areas of student social-emotion health and creating a welcoming environment, but we still have work to do! I will include some specific information on our areas of improvement and opportunities for growth in next week's Buzz. A few of you left comments with some concerns regarding your child, but left no name. I would love for you to reach out to me so that we can discuss your concerns further.

We are all excited about our first Black History Program on Monday and welcome you to join us. As this our first, it is not perfect and we would like to have had more time to plan, but I am thrilled that we have started this new tradition at Hopewell. This late notice is part of the 'not perfect' part. We weren't sure this was even possible until last week. Our guests were only available for one performance, therefore, classes are attending on a first-come, first-served basis. We can't fit the entire campus in the gym. I promise, from here on out we will plan so that all students will attend. The program will begin at 8:30 and end at approximately 9:45. Please talk with your child, and if their class is not attending, but you would like to attend, simply enter through the front office with your child and we will make sure they are not marked absent to first period.

Some of our speakers and entertainment include: NAACP President to share how Black History Month began, Ryia Marin will dance to a poem by Maya Angelou, student Bronson Burleson reciting Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream, Stony Point High School Step Team, and Area Director Natalie Nichols will share how she overcame the odds to become the Area Superintendent for the Stony Point Learning Community in RRISD.

It is sure to be a memorable event and I hope to see some parents there. A huge thank you goes out to our Equity Committee for organizing both the Black History Program and the First Annual Taste of Soul Potluck!! Have a great week everyone.

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Advanced Theater Success!!

Hopewell Advanced Theatre competed at UIL One-Act Play Competition on Thursday, February 13th and placed 2nd in zone with their performance of Lafayette No. 1. The following students received awards at the contest:

Riley Porter- Best Tech Crew Member

Jackie Hoang- Honorable Mention All Star Cast

Ryleigh Phillips- Honorable Mention All Star Cast

Logan Harbolt- All Star Cast

Autumn Reeves- All Star Cast

Hopewell Advanced Theatre advanced to the district level contest last Thursday at Stony Point High School Auditorium. Our Hornets earned third place in District UIL, coming in behind First Place Grisham and Second Place Hernandez. We are Hornet Proud!

Students began rehearsals for the show last November and have worked many hours preparing for this show.

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Hornet Spotlight!

Along with being an outstanding student in the classroom, Nydia is also a great dancer. She has been dancing since the age of three. Her favorite style of dancing is Ballet, Tap, and Contemporary.

Nydia has been chosen for the American Ballet Theater Summer Intensive ballet program at the senior level and Ballet Austin’s 2020 Senior Summer Intensive Program. The Senior Summer Intensive is a concentrated course that provides students with a deeper understanding of ballet technique and related dance styles.

She competed in the Stacy Kaye Danielson Solo and Ensemble competition, the competition is open to all K - 12th-grade students in public schools and studio categories, her ensemble performance at the studio level won second place.

Hopewell is so proud of your accomplishments Nydia!

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STAAR is Around the Corner!

Can you believe we are almost into the month of March? As we are getting closer to our STAAR testing months, we just want to remind you of our upcoming dates.

March 10, 12 - 8th grade will be taking their Science and Social Studies STAAR Interim. This is similar to STAAR and will give students an opportunity to practice what the real STAAR will be like.

March 16-20 - Spring Break

April 7 - 8th Grade STAAR Math - This is the actual STAAR test. Any student who is currently receiving 8th grade TEK instruction as well as Geometry students,will take this test. Test results will be available by April 29, 2020..

7th Grade STAAR Writing - This is the actual 7th grade writing test. All 7th graders will be participating in this assessment. Scores should be available by June 11, 2020.

April 8 - 8th Grade STAAR Reading - This is the actual STAAR. All 8th graders will be taking this test. Test results will be available by April 29, 2020.

May 7 - 8th Grade Science - All 8th graders will take this test. This is the actual STAAR test. Scores should be available by June 11, 2020.

May 8 - 8th Grade STAAR Social Studies - All 8th graders will take this test. This is the actual STAAR test. Scores should be available by June 11, 2020.

May 12 - 6th Grade STAAR Math - All 6th graders will take this test. This is the actual STAAR test. Scores should be available by June 11, 2020.

7th STAAR Math - This is the actual STAAR test. Scores should be available by June 11, 2020.

8th retake STAAR Math - This is the retake for 8th grade students only. Test scores will be available by June 1, 2020.

May 13 - 6th STAAR Reading - All 6th graders will take this test. This is the actual STAAR test. Scores should be available by June 11, 2020.

7th STAAR Reading - All 7th graders will take this test. This is the actual STAAR test. Scores should be available by June 11, 2020.

8th retake STAAR Reading - This is the retake for 8th grade students only. Test scores will be available by June 1, 2020.

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Fundraiser

Attention: Hopewell Community

Hopewell Middle School will once again participate in the annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Fundraiser.

This fundraiser is a school-wide community-service learning project
where students work together to help raise awareness and funds for thousands of children and adults fighting blood cancer.

Every 3 minutes someone is diagnosed with blood cancer and every 10 minutes someone loses their battle. Your donations help to fund lifesaving blood cancer research.

Please have your students consider donating their spare coins each day in the coinboxes provided by their advisory teachers. Donations will be accepted through March 13th. Our goal this year is $500.

If we reach our goal, Coach Saunders and Mr. Garza have graciously agreed to dress up in their finest women's attire on Friday, March 13th. (Coach Jones and Coach Pesqueira has offered to assist Coach Saunders with his makeup and clothes selection).

Thank you in advance for participating, together we can help fight cancer.

Hopewell Student Council

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