Gladiator News
February 12 -February 16, 2024
Hello Garcia Families,
What a great week! Not only did we start our track season, but we competed in theatre and dance too! Theatre did an outstanding job at their competition this past week with some outstanding student honors:
Crew Award - Rubbi Singh
Honorable Mention - Ian Ridge (Dallas)
Honorable Mention - Audrey Light (Two-Bit)
All Star Cast - Tatum Tidwell (Ponyboy)
All Star Cast - Roen Woolf (Johnny)
Congratulations to our HGMS dancers for securing a division 1 rating at the DEAL competition this past week. This is the highest rating!! Thank you to Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Vicana for all your hard work!
This coming week we have "Random Acts of Kindness" week!! We are having some fun spirit days! We want students to have fun with it!! See the flyer below. There is one day in particular next week, "anything but a backpack". This will allow students to bring their belonging in anything but a backpack if they wish. We have not done this before, so we want students to use their best judgement when they participate. Please nothing too large, nothing that will need to be dragged (wheels only), and everything must be within our normal school rules.
Thank you for all your patience with morning traffic this past week. We are officially going to cone off the first left turn into the parking lot each morning. We monitored the traffic all week and from there it was typically a 2 to 3 minute wait to drop off at the front of the school. If you need to park, simply take the second left turn into the parking lot. We will not allow any student drop off in the parking lot.
Friday is also NISD rodeo day!!! Along with the spirit week we are having, students have the option of dressing up in western attire to celebrate the rodeo.
We have some great events on the way. We will have Rey Feo visit our campus on Feb. 13! We can't wait to have them again! We have our Garcia Family Fiesta gearing up for March 22.
Wanna tape some admin to the wall on Feb. 9????? Check out the information below!
The 7th grade dance is fast approaching, and as always, we could use some dentations to help make ththe dance a memorable event! Please click on the link below to help with donations!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0B4FAAAD2CABF49-47568262-7thgrade
NJHS Announcement:
Hello Gladiator parents. The NJHS invitations have been distributed. Some current NJHS members received an invitation letter; please disregard it. 6th & 7th grade who are not current members given an invitation. Applications are available in the library with an extra recommendation sheet for your Gladiator to cut strips and give to her or his teacher. The day of the information session on the invitation letter is incorrect. The following information is correct-Wed. Feb. 7th 5:30-6:30 pm in the cafeteria. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. On behalf of the NJHS we can't wait to see all our future NJHS members.
Music Mondays are back! This time for students. Each Monday we play music from 8:30-8:40 am while students go to class. Students can now request music they would like to hear on the QR code 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
Traffic Reminders
As we begin our spring semester, we wanted to share our some friendly reminders about school traffic:
1. Please be patient, courteous and neighborly in our parking areas. All traffic rules and laws apply in our parking lot. We are all trying to do our best to keep our students safe.
2. Please do not cut off drivers, speed, or make extra lanes
3. Our busiest times are from 8:20-8:30 am and from 3:55- 4:10 pm each day. Please consider dropping off early or picking up a little later to avoid having to wait in lines.
4. Please do not pick up or drop off on Kyle Seale. This is a VERY dangerous practice for students
5. Please do not pick up or drop off on Tall Heights. This is also VERY dangerous and impedes our buses.
We will be monitoring the traffic in the morning more closely next week. We will not allow drop offs in our parking lot, only in the drive. Please be patient with us. This is to keep students safe. Our parking lot is for individuals to park to enter the building.
Important Dates
February 12-16- Random Acts Of Kindness Week, see flyer below
February 13- Rey Feo visit
February 14- Early release at 12:40pm
February 16- NISD Rodeo Day
February 16- 7th grade dance, 4:30-6:00pm
February 17- Garcia Day of Service, TBD
February 19- Student Holiday
February 23- Bus driver appreciation day
What's Happening at HGMS?
We LOVE our counselors!
Superior rating for our HGMS dancers!
Great job at competition theatre!
Orchestra performing at the Legacy Luncheon in Corpus
Orchestra performing at the Legacy Luncheon in Corpus
Divison 1 Rating!
Donations to Jones Middle School!
Thank you PTA!
Donations to Boone Elementary School!
Panorama Student Survey Information
HGMS Tutoring Schedules
HGMS Club List
HGMS Counseling Department
HGMS Library
HGMS PTA
Hello Gladiator Nation!
This time of year, our Garcia family steps up to help our sister schools, Boone Elementary and Jones Middle School. This year they have asked for hoodies and coats, hygiene items and snacks. Next week, PTA, Watch Dogs and NJHS students will be out in the morning during drop off to collect items. Items can also be dropped off in the lobby. In addition, we are always grateful for monetary donations that will be used to purchase additional items to add to our donations. Monetary donations can be made on our website, hgmspta.com, or dropped off in the office in an envelope addressed to PTA.
Gladiator Grant applications have been distributed to our faculty and we're excited to see the fun and imaginative ways our teachers are planning to enhance their classrooms and lessons!
We will also start the process of taking nomination for PTA Board positions. If you have been thinking about getting involved, please complete the form at https://forms.gle/KmKR9jUuVsFtzz1V6. You will be contacted to discuss positions your are interested in and have any of questions answered.
Best Wishes,
HGMS PTA
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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