Thank you to everyone that volunteered to make Prom 2019 a huge success! A special thank you goes to April Lerner, Liz Stocklin and Jon Hawkins- our senior class sponsors. If you like these pictures, there are many more on the Baltimore Sun site below.

Monday- Trail Mix Day

Tuesday- Breakfast

Wednesday- Lunch (Picnic Style)

Thursday- Lunch (Salad Bar)

Friday- Sweat Treats

Colleagues,

Lisa Sivell and Tracy Lerer have chosen to step down as ITLs after this school year. They have both been long time ITLs at Hammond and deserve a great deal of praise for their leadership and commitment. Please thank them!

Our new ITLs for next year will be:

• Erin Isch (English)
• Alex Kosisky (Student Services)

On Saturday, May 4th several Hammond students were awarded scholarships through the Howard County graduate chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Peal Foundation. The students were awarded scholarships in the amount of $500-$4,000 dollars. Please congratulate the following students when you see them: Chris Miller, Mariah James, Eberechi MDadugha, Chelsea Amihere, and Nia Anderson. Job well done Golden Bears!

Our employee well-being workgroup has pulled several resources together for schools and offices and we have two very specific requests:

1. Please take a minute to create an account and explore the Staff Counseling and Support Program (formerly referred to as the Employee Assistance Program).

Hammond Softball (13-2) won their first County Championship in more than 10 years! Be sure to congratulate Coach Russ Kovach and his student-athletes. Time to make some noise in the playoffs!

• May 6- Faculty Meeting

• May 28- Graduation at 3:00pm (MPP); School Dismisses at 1:30pm

• June 1 - Flexible Work Day logs due from certificated staff to principals Flexible Work Day log
  

• June 5 - 8th grade students visit high schools
  

• June 18-June 21: High school exams
  

• June 21- LAST DAY of SCHOOL

• September 5 (Thur)- Back to School Night

BearTime Updates

HCPSS is cancelling all flextime periods (BearTime) from May 1 - June 5th. We will operate using the normal bell schedule on Wednesdays during this time.

We will issue reminders to our students closer to that date. In the mean time, we want to continue encouraging our students to arrive to Bear Time on time.

1. Our STAFF bookclub will meet this Wednesday (May 8th) after school in the Media Center. We will be discussing Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
2. Our next Hammond Hike will be for students AND staff. It is scheduled for Friday, May 17th from 12pm - 2pm. This is an articulation day. If you do NOT have any other scheduled/required work related activities, please consider joining students on this hike. This hike will be back at the Cascade Falls Trail at the Avalon area of the Patapsco State Park (our first Hammond Hike was located here). To register, please call 410-461-5005 to let the park service know you will be attending the hike!
3. May Maker Monday - Monday, May 13th - after school in the Media Center we'll be making flowers from the pages of old books. Come and join us to make one!
4. June Maker Monday (our final one of the year) - Monday, June 10th - after school in the Media Center. Please place an old shirt in the donation bin in the staff lounge. I'll wash them and bring them to the Maker Monday so you can deconstruct them and make them into reusable shopping bags. Pat Hersey from Less Plastic Please will be joining us and leading this final Maker Monday workshop!

Regular 3-Hour Dismissal Bell Schedule on Friday, May 17

Colleagues,

This is just a reminder that our A/B Day calendar does not change due to snow/inclement weather days. I have attached a copy below for your reference.

Thank you for continuing to provide feedback through the feedback form. Admin will do its best to address the concerns and pass along the praises. If you want/need follow up, please remember to include your name so we can follow up with you!

Please keep in mind, this form is not for anything that needs immediate feedback and/or action. For anything of that nature, please reach out to your administrator.