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Hello, HVMS Family!

Please take a few minutes to read through the latest newsletter. As always, please do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions or concerns.

Thank you,

Hidden Valley Middle School

Our mission at Hidden Valley Middle School is to cultivate knowledge, to promote civic responsibility, to provide opportunities for the exploration of interests and abilities, to foster positive attitudes, and to develop essential skills necessary for all students to become productive citizens capable of thriving in the dynamic world of the twenty-first century.

If your child participated in the Fall Growth Assessments for grade 6-8 math and reading, you will receive a handout with your password and web address to access your student's results. The form will be sent home on October 24th through your student's English class. This parent portal provided by the Virginia Department of Education allows you to view the assessment results for math and reading. There is also a short video on the website explaining the results and reports you can access.

Please participate in Red Ribbon Week with us! We kick off our themed days on Wednesday, and we will conclude on Tuesday, October 31. Students, please make sure your attire meets dress code daily (if a hat is part of your costume on October 31, you may wear a hat)!

Hidden Valley Middle School's PTSO is hosting a Glow Social on October 27th! We’ll have a LIVE DJ playing music, games set up to play, pizza and chips to munch on, photo areas, and more! Let’s glow!

Students may purchase tickets during lunches all week. Tickets are $10, and that includes admission as well as snacks. Parents/guardians, if you know you need to pick your student up before 5:30 p.m., please make those arrangements with your student before the social begins.

All parents/guardians picking up their children at 5:30 p.m. should park in the main parking lot and wait for their students in the lot. No one will be allowed to use the car rider line since we will have many students leaving the building at once and want to make sure they can get into the parking lot safely. Please make sure you arrive promptly at 5:30 p.m. to pick up your students. Traffic can be heavy when leaving, so please be patient once you pick up your student!

Please use the following link if you would like to sign up for a parent/teacher conference on Wednesday, November 1: Parent/Teacher Conference Sign-Up Sheet

Roanoke County Public Schools is seeking input from parents, students, and staff regarding the development of the 2024-2025 school calendar. Please review the information at the following link and submit your response by November 30, 2023:

https://www.rcps.us/24-25calendarsurvey

Please see the flyer below for information regarding upcoming community conversations about current substance trends and laws in our area.

Please use the following link to order 2023-2024 yearbooks through Josten's website:

HVMS Yearbook Link

8th Grade Yearbook Ads are available for purchase. Please visit the Josten's website for more information: HVMS Yearbook Ads

Want to purchase some school spirit wear? Please visit the link below to shop at our school store. A portion of all proceeds comes back to the school!

HVMS Spirit Wear

Students can receive SOAR cards at HVMS by going above and beyond our school-wide expectations of being safe, organized, accountable, and respectful. Our entire matrix of school-wide expectations is posted to the right. We will be distributing SOAR cards to students and parents/guardians by email, and recipients will be entered into monthly drawings for prizes. The following students have received SOAR cards since our last newsletter:

6th

Anna Moores

7th

Ruby Rominger

Natalie Thorell

Congratulations to our new National Junior Beta Club inductees:

Megan Austin

Maryam Aziz

Tanner Bishop

Alex Bitton

Alesha Bratton

Audrey Budnick

Isaiah Bush

Anabelle Canfield

Jordan Carr

Xavier Charles

Addison Chase

Owen Cummings

Matvey Deryabin

Chloe Dowdy

Erin Downes

Sicily Fender

Sofia Fusco

Nathalia Garcia-Peguero

Claire Gardner

Lilah Harding

Grayson Harrington

Liliana Hasis

Ryan Havens

Charlotte Hieber

Tate Hostetler

Kaybree Howell

Shannon Howell

Chloie Hutchinson

Caroline Jarrard

Carly Johnston

Makenzie Jones

Amelia Karolyi

Katherine Karolyi

Leisel Katerba

Dante Keck

Mae Kochenderfer

Amir Liftawi

Logan Luoma

Tamara Madhoun

Sawyer Marks

Elena Martin

Seth Miller

Jay Moreno

Kevin Morsink

Eva Munoz

Katelyn Nieminen

Seth Norris

Madeline Orange

Geet Patel

Isha Patel

Leila Pineda

Ava Plunkett

Tanner Polakowski

Kensingtyn Raymond

Emery Scutellaro

Sohini Singh

Lilly Smith

Jackson Smith

Katherine Sollinger

Josephine Spring

Caleb Sullivan

Jack Swank

Armaan Tanveer

Eleri Tarran

Hope Thomas

Natalie Thorell

Graham Tokarsky

Atticus Tyree

Ellie Underwood

Avery Weaver

Marshall Webb

Blair Wiegard

Ashton Woodson

Congratulations to the following students who received all A's for the 1st 9 Weeks!

6th Grade

Andrew Abudan

John Anderson

Elijah Arthur

Kerem Aydogan

Zain Aziz

Trent Bassett

Peyton Boyd

Chandler Burke

Mason Byers

Graham Camp

Brantley Canada

Madison Cojocariu-Graczyk

Abigail Craft

Laura Croft

Lennox Cutright

Isabella Louise Dela Cruz

Jenna Dillon

Tyson Dorlini

Victoria Foos

Asher Foutz

Mia French

Tyler Frewin

Willa Furcron

Alexander Gilbert

Logan Haley

Morgan Houchins

Tvisha Jha

Conan Jones

Charlotte Kadela

Isabelle Kadela

Savreen Kaur

Lyric Kelly

Abigail Kinzie

Hadley Krause

Madelyn Lecas

Taym Madhoun

Emerson Mast

Sawyer McClure

Berkeley McFarland

Anna Moores

Thomas Nguyen

Hara Oh

Frederick Owens

Avery Patterson

Avery Plott

Ella Poff

Lila Powel

Mera Powel

Charlotte Price

Lyla Remines

Abigail Rominger

Amelie Rosado Lopez

Harper Rowan

Lily Rubiano

Trista Rucker

Savannah Scott

Ariel Smith

Madison Smith

Sylas Tronstad

Temperance Tyree

Jordynn Vest

Ayden Wade

Rilynn Weatherford

Garrett Whitt

Isabella Xia

7th Grade

Megan Austin

Maryam Aziz

Anasofia Betancourt Cuellar

Claire Bishop

Tanner Bishop

Alex Bitton

Audrey Budnick

Anabelle Canfield

Addison Chase

Samuel Claros Hortua

Owen Crawley

Chloe Dowdy

Erin Downes

Sicily Fender

Sofia Fusco

Claire Gardner

Madelyn Gillespie

Ava Hammond

Lilah Harding

Liliana Hasis

Lincoln Havens

Ryan Havens

Jake Hayes

Charlotte Hedges

Henry Hopkins

Shannon Howell

Chloie Hutchinson

Carly Johnston

Makenzie Jones

Amelia Karolyi

Katherine Karolyi

Mae Kochenderfer

Eliza Lubeck

Logan Luoma

Elena Martin

Jay Moreno

Kevin Morsink

Katelyn Nieminen

Seth Norris

Madeline Orange

Thomas Pan

Isha Patel

Rudra Patil

Amelia Raring

Valeria Saucedo-Sifuentes

Emery Scutellaro

Abigail Sedgwick

Sohini Singh

Josue Smales

Lilly Smith

Katherine Sollinger

Imani Spangler

Josephine Spring

Caleb Sullivan

Eleri Tarran

Hope Thomas

Natalie Thorell

Selah Tronstad

Atticus Tyree

Eleanor Underwood

Mason Vaughan

Avery Weaver

Blair Wiegard

Knox Yost

8th Grade

Hasti Aghdasi

Vesa Bajrami

Erin Baxley

Mary Bayer

Yehor Belko

Anaya Bharucha

Zara Bhowansingh

Allison Blake

Abigail Boothe

Cullen Burke

Emma Carter

Matvey Deryabin

Adriana Donodeo

Andrew Draper

Tre Dunleavy

Lara Elsayed

Bailey Hall

Kaitlyn Henk

Charlotte Hieber

Emma Holmes

Ella Houchins

Madelyn Hurd

Chance Ison

Addison Johnson

Mia Jolley

Misri Karia

Uzma Khan

Madison Knowles

Nikita Larin

Cabyll Lindstrom

Kendall Link

Emiliano Lopez Martinez

Emery Luoma

Sawyer Mast

Slade McClure

Maddison McGarry

Mary Mercure

John Mill

Jaiden Moreno

Molly Morgan

Lucas Murariu

Jaidyn Musolff

Nolan Nguyen

Claire Nieminen

Dylan Ortiz

Mason Palmer

Geet Patel

Leila Pineda

Sarah Polakowski

Omega Princely

Sara Settle

Isley Shepard

Julie Sherrill

Hannah Stamps

Mickela Stewart

Noah Stewart

Alexis Swartz

Katherine Walsh

Garrett Waters

Megan White

Ashton Woodson

Congratulations to the following students who made all A's and B's for the 1st 9 Weeks!

6th Grade

Peyton Adams

Emma Ashworth

Bentley Austin

Romello Avis

Parker Baba

Ethan Baird

Mal Bajrami

Lev Baker

Timothy Bayer

Aryana Bhagat

Fallon Blankenship

Cynthia Bonilla

Harrison Church

Tyler DeHart

Elizabeth Devereaux

Ashley Diaz

Kenneth Diaz

Emmett Divers

Ajla Divovic

Hannah Donald

Lillee Douglas

Adalyn Eborall

Christy Farag

Virginia Foos

Caleb Francisco

Emmett Gerner

Elizabeth Graham

Lilly Hayes

Layan Hendi

Gavin Henk

Jaden House

Taylor Hyers

Janine Irizarry

Annaleigh James

Emma Jones

Kynlee Jones

Charles Kepley

Frederick LeClaire

Liane Maloney

Carter Massie

Avery McFarland

Elianna Morris

Ellie O'Brien

Margaret Owen

Samuel Peevey

Leah Perzan

Eva Puckett

Owen Richardson

Charlize Riddle

Leighton Rorer

Ella Ross

Michael Ryan

Susannah Schroeck

Malcolm Simmons

Donald Smith

Kinleigh Sparks

Charles Speck

Bailey Spencer

Gabriella Spencer

Lucille Spiker

Avery Stokes

Lucas Strom

Liza Szechenyi

Peyton Tarr

Tristan Vass

Marlee Vaughan

Dainelis Vigo Colon

Liam Walker

Lily Walker

Abigail Webb

Andrew White

Jayce White

Raylan Williamson

Peyton Windel

Ariana Woyonski

7th Grade

Noor Al-Jizani

Mason Baba

Jacob Barton

Gabriella Belgarde

Alesha Bratton

Isaiah Bush

Jordan Carr

Alexander Carter

Andreana Charitable

Xavier Charles

Ethan Coates

Mikayla Collins

Liam Copus

Cesar Cubas

Owen Cummings

Siri Varshini Devupalli

Luke Driscoll

Atticus Fraim

Elizabeth Gallagher

Dillon Godfrey

Braxton Hall

Grayson Harrington

Erika Hashimura

Mohammad Hassanzada

Landon Hayes

Tate Hostetler

Kaybree Howell

Ibrahim Jaradat

Caroline Jarrard

William Jones

Dante Keck

Vance Lavinder

Matilda LeClaire

Kaylee Lehrer

Genesis Lemus Martinez

Amir Liftawi

Max Lilly

Nathan Lovell

Tamara Madhoun

Sawyer Marks

Easton McLain

Joey Merlino

Seth Miller

Eva Munoz

Collin Murray

Eli Orange

Isabella Osorio

Reese Pinson

Tanner Polakowski

Matthew Privitera

Kensingtyn Raymond

Mikayla Ryan

Nikko Sanchez

Barry Slade

Jackson Smith

Olivia Smith

Jackson Swank

Armaan Tanveer

Graham Tokarsky

Diego Torres Reyes

Doriana Waldoch

Marshall Webb

Shawn Wickham

Cornelius Woodard

Kenly Wray

8th Grade

Jillian Adkins

Jack Albin

Thomas Bandy

Caroline Bass

Natalee Bowling

Aleksandar Bratic

Tyler Brislin

Evan Brown

Kemper Christiansen

Annabelle Combs

Peiton Donahue

Lilly Dunn

Landon Fender

Amelia Floyd

Jayden Ford

Chase Frewin

Madison Gee

Garcia Hernandez

James Hill

Dylan Holloway

Dmitry Hoppe

Caroline Houchins

Jade Karpen

Joshika Karthik

Leisel Katerba

John Kinzie

Cameron Landis

Briana Macias

Isabella Marrero

Emma McCarty

Mila McDonough

Aspen McFarland

Ella McMahon

Gibson Mitchell

Bailey Overstreet

Gabrielle Panton

Cadence Passeretti

Isabella Peterson

Abigale Plasters

Zoee Pruitt

Treydon Quallis

Matthew Racz

William Reynolds

Nikolai Rhodes

Leah Rice

Camden Tarr

Payton Tingler

Sophie Tribble

Nathaniel Viar

Annabella Wheeler

Bella Williamson

Just-in-time tutoring provides students in grades 6-12 with an immediate online live tutor 24 hours per day/7 days per week. If a student is struggling with independent work, they can get immediate help to get them “unstuck,” even if they are at home late at night.

In addition to covering multiple subjects, just-in-time tutoring provides online help via chat and voice. Tutor.com also provides paper proofreading (12-hour turnaround time) and industry-leading Princeton Review ACT/SAT prep courses and materials. This levels the field for students who don’t have the same amount of parent support or financial resources at home.

https://www.rcps.us/justintime

Our PTSO is instrumental in providing support to our entire school community, and the success of the program depends on you! Dues are $5 per individual who is joining. 100% of our membership fees go directly to supporting our school.

Parents, students, teachers, and more are ALL welcome to join HVMS PTSO! Together we can make a difference: Join here!

Please click below to learn more about our HVMS PTSO:

https://www.facebook.com/hvmsptso/

Students should restart their computers daily. Restarting laptops daily helps ensure they remain up-to-date with the latest software. If a student is having any issue that is not resolved by restarting, please have your student let his or her teacher know, and they will contact our Computer Depot for support.

If you see or hear anything that is concerning, tell a teacher, an administrator, or a police officer!

We encourage students to speak up to report bullying and other concerns. SpeakUp is a program where students can send a confidential email, text or phone call to share concerns about a classmate or school safety. Students can send an email to speakup@student.rcps.us, or they can call or text 540-595-0706. All reports are anonymous and will be quickly acted upon. Once a report is sent, school administrators are notified and resources can be deployed depending on the nature of the report.

6th, 7th, and 8th grade students are allowed to compete on the middle school athletic teams. All participating students must have a current VHSL sports physical dated on or after May 1, 2023. No student will be permitted to participate in tryouts or practice without a completed VHSL physical form on file. Additionally, all students must have health insurance if they want to participate.

Admission to athletic events is $5 for adults and $2 for school-age students. These funds are used to help offset the cost for officials, transportation to away games, and team equipment.

Wednesday, October 25: 3-hour Early Dismissal

Friday, October 27: HVMS GLOW Social (3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)

Wednesday, November 1: Schools Closed (Parent/Teacher Conference Day)

Tuesday, November 7: Teacher Workday (schools closed)

Friday, November 10: 2nd 9 Weeks Midpoint

Wednesday, November 22 - Friday, November 24: Schools Closed (Thanksgiving Break)

Monday, November 27 - Friday, December 1: Book Fair

Friday, December 15: End of 2nd 9 Weeks

Monday, December 18 - Monday, January 1: Schools Closed (Winter Break)

Tuesday, January 2: Teacher Workday (schools closed)

Monday, January 15: Schools Closed (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)

Friday, January 31: 3-hour Early Dismissal

Monday, February 5: 3rd 9 Weeks Midpoint

Monday, February 12: Schools Closed (Parent/Teacher Conference Day)

Tuesday, March 5: Schools Closed (Presidential Primary)

Monday, March 11: Teacher Workday (schools closed)

Monday, March 25 - Friday, March 29: Schools Closed (Spring Break)

Wednesday, April 17: 3-hour Early Dismissal

Friday, April 19: 4th 9 Weeks Midpoint

Thursday, May 23: Last Day of School (3-hour early dismissal)

Website: http://www.rcps.us/hvms
Location: 4902 Hidden Valley School Road, Roanoke, VA, USA
Phone: (540) 772-7570
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Twitter: @HVMSConnect