Gladiator News
November 27-December 3, 2023
Hello Garcia Families,
We hope all our Gladiator families were able to enjoy a fun, relaxing week with family and friends. It is always a nice week for teachers, students, and staff to recharge for the holiday season! Speaking of the holiday season, we have a lot planned for our campus! We have Gladiator Glee starting for students tomorrow. This is 15 days of themed dress up days! Both staff and students participate and we have a blast! We have our holiday concerts, and more. We currently are in the middle of our annual HGMS fundraiser called Color battle. Hopefully you have read all about it! Our color battle will occur this Friday during 8th period, right after Gladiator Games. Don't miss out!
Check out the color battle from last year!
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Saturday is our next HGMS Day of Service at the Food Bank. All our slots have been filled up, but our Student Council is working on adding some more. If some come available we will let you all know.
HGMS is known during the holiday season for giving. Before the break we held a dodgeball tournament which benefited the Food Bank. We raised over $3000 cash and over 13 barrels of food for the food bank. We helped others and had fun doing it! Thank you to PTA, Watch Dogs, our teachers and our students for all the fun!
A friendly reminder: we do not accept any outside food deliveries. If a student forgets their homemade lunch we will happily deliver it to them, but no outside food deliveries. We do this to limit the amount of people who come to our campus, lessen the amount of traffic in the front office, and to avoid students from sharing with other students who may have allergies. We thank you for your understanding.
Each year we send out a community survey. This year NISD will be sending out a survey to provide feedback on our campus, hence we will not be sending one out. We ask you fill out the NISD survey for us. Thank you!
We would like to ask your help with something. We love students brining water bottles to school. We are asking for students to make sure they bring bottles with lids that secure tightly and without straws. We are having students spill the entire contents of their water bottles often in our hallways due to unsecured lids and cups with straws. Please make sure your students bring water bottles which close completely. Thank you for your support!
We have attached the NISD online tutoring information below for any student who needs online tutoring help in the evenings. And it's a FREE service offered by our district.
We ask you to connect with us via social media. All of our information is below:
NISD
Twitter: @NISD
Garcia Middle School
Twitter: @NISDgarcia
Instagram: @nisdgarcia
Facebook:Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School and Hector Garcia Middle School PTA
Principal- Mark Lopez
Twitter: @DrMarkJLopez
Academic Dean- Lori Persyn
Twitter:@LoriPersyn
Associate Principal: Mateo Macias
Twitter:@APMateoMacias
Assistant Principal- Jennifer Christensen
Twitter: @teach_jen
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Middle School
Counseling
Twitter- @HGMSCounseling
Instagram- @garcia_counseling_dept
Featured Staff Member Of The Week
What's Happening At HGMS?
HGMS Career Day!
Congratulations Patriot's Pen Winners!
HGMS Color Games Update!
Kindness Club Field Trip!
Important Dates
Nov. 20-24- Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 29- Elective Night (incoming 5th graders only), 5:30 pm
Nov. 29. -Girls Basketball Vs. Briscoe
Nov. 30- Boys Basketball Vs. Briscoe
HGMS Tutoring Schedules
HGMS Club List
New Vaping Law Information
NISD Families:
The Texas Legislature recently enacted HB 114 requiring all school districts to implement mandatory disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP) placement for students found in possession of, using, selling, giving, or delivering e-cigarettes or vaping devices on school grounds or at a school-related event.
This alternative school placement, required by law, is made regardless of whether the substance being vaped is a controlled substance or not.
We ask that you discuss this new state law with your child(ren).
From the HGMS Nurse
HGMS Counseling Department
HGMS Library
HGMS PTA
Hello Gladiator Nation!
PTA will be kicking off our major fundraiser of the year...Color Games! Apex representatives will be at school on Tuesday to kick things off with a pep rally. In addition to raising money, the kids have a lot of fun! During lunches they will get to compete for prizes and play games. The fundraiser continues through December 1st when we hold our Gladiator Games. At the end of the day, students who have raised a minimum of $30 will participate in the Color Games. It was evident that everyone that participated last year had a great time!
The money raised through this event goes directly back to the school, and therefore our kids, through Classroom Grants. Last year we raised over $20,000 and awarded over 40 grants! Items awarded included things like furniture for the student lounge areas, classroom sets of novels for ELA classes, Sphero Bots for GT, lots of art and general classroom supplies, video camera for Journalism, table saw for CTE, flexible seating and collaborative tables, custom logo chairs for Athletics, sensory items and exercise equipment, large speaker for Dance, and lots of individual dry erase boards to use as classroom study aides...and these is just a few of the items!
We are constantly working to make sure we are supporting our school...students, parents, teachers and staff... to make Garcia the best it can be, but it's only possible with your help. So please, talk to family and friends, let them know what we're raising money for and to consider donating when those texts start coming in from the kids. We can't do this without you!
Lastly, be sure to visit our website frequently for information updates, to buy spirit gear or to sign up for PTA membership at www.hgmspta.com. We're still working to reach our goal of 1,000 members this year. If you haven't become a member, please do so. It's not too late!
Thank you!
Garcia Middle School PTA
HGMS Calendar Of Events- Click Image For More Detail
Upcoming Events/Announcements
Connect With Dr. Lopez!!
Email: mark.lopez@nisd.net
Website: https://www.nisd.net/garcia
Location: 14900 Kyle Seale Parkway, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 210-397-8400
Twitter: @DrMarkJLopez