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Hello, HVMS Family!

Please take a few minutes to read through our final newsletter for the 2023-2024 school year. 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.

It has been a wonderful 2023-2024 school year here at HVMS! Thank you to all of our students, parents/guardians, and staff members who have contributed to the success of our school as a whole. We look forward to seeing the great things our eighth graders will do in the future, and we look forward to the 2024-2025 school year with our sixth and seventh graders!

Dr. Christopher Benson

Principal

Congratulations to Mrs. Becker, who is retiring after 24 years of service with Roanoke County Public Schools. Your students are fortunate to have had you as their teacher, and we have all benefited from your positive influence on the school. We wish you the best in retirement!

Congratulations to our students who successfully completed eighth grade and are moving on to Hidden Valley High School! We have enjoyed having all of you here as Eagles, and we look forward to seeing your continued success as Titans. We know you all will keep SOARing with everything you do!

The Eagle Eight Award is a tradition at Hidden Valley Middle School. Our eighth-grade faculty nominate and select eight eighth-grade students to receive this award, and students selected can be outstanding in the areas of achievement, service, citizenship, or overall performance. Our Eagle Eight for this school year are the following:

Yehor Belko

Tre Dunleavy

Deon Franklin

Emma Holmes

Madison Knowles

Leah Rice

Sara Settle

Noah Stewart

Each department awards certificates to students it determines to be outstanding in the academic area according to criteria established by the department. Please see our departmental awards below.

Emery Luoma

Erin Baxley

Tania Cordoba Saavedra

Lia Hernandez Garcia

Abigail Boothe

Evan Brown

Anaya Bharucha

Nolan Nguyen

Noah Stewart

Joshika Karthik

Leah Rice

Holli Livaudais

Yehor Belko

Zara Bhowansingh

Joshika Karthik

Briana Macias

Kanario Young

Geet Patel

Paige Yeager

Yehor Belko

Adriana Donodeo

Zara Bhowansingh

Tyrone Molina

Lucas Murariu

John Kinzie

Isley Shepard

Benjamin Hirsch

Ella Houchins

Cabyll Lindstrom

Mila McDonough

David Bandy

Aiden Milliner

Hannah Stamps

Vesa Bajrami

Garrett Waters

Abigail Boothe

Bailey Overstreet

Lucas Murariu

Emiliano Lopez Martinez

Spanish – Yehor Belko & Sophie Tribble

Latin – Madison Knowles

French – Aleksander Bratic

John Mill

Tre Dunleavy

Katie Walsh

Ezra Stanley

This award is presented to students who have completed 30 hours or more of volunteer service within the school year and have turned in the verification form. This year, we had two eighth-grade recipients of the award:

Zara Bhowansingh

Katie Walsh

This award is presented to eighth graders who have maintained a 4.0 GPA from the start of sixth grade through the first semester of the eighth grade:

Vesa Bajrami

Erin Baxley

Mary Bayer

Yehor Belko

Zara Bhowansingh

Abigail Boothe

Aleksandar Bratic

Emma Carter

Matvey Deryabin

Andrew Draper

Tre Dunleavy

Kaitlyn Henk

Charlotte Hieber

Emma Holmes

Madelyn Hurd

Addison Johnson

Misri Karia

Uzma Khan

Madison Knowles

Nikita Larin

Kendall Link

Emery Luoma

Sawyer Mast

Maddison McGarry

Lucas Murariu

Nolan Nguyen

Claire Nieminen

Mason Palmer

Geet Patel

Omega Princely

Matthew Racz

Sara Settle

Julie Sherrill

Hannah Stamps

Noah Stewart

Garrett Waters

Megan White

Ashton Woodson

This award is presented to eighth graders who have a cumulative 3.5 grade point average from the beginning of sixth grade through the first semester of eighth grade and an advanced pass on a seventh-grade math or reading SOL test:

Hasti Aghdasi

Jack Albin

Vesa Bajrami

Erin Baxley

Mary Bayer

Yehor Belko

Zara Bhowansingh

Abigail Boothe

Aleksandar Bratic

Evan Brown

Cullen Burke

Emma Carter

Annabelle Combs

Matvey Deryabin

Andrew Draper

Kaitlyn Henk

Charlotte Hieber

Benjamin Hirsch

Dylan Holloway

Dmitry Hoppe

Ella Houchins

Addison Johnson

Misri Karia

Leisel Katerba

John Kinzie

Madison Knowles

Cameron Landis

Nikita Larin

Kendall Link

Emiliano Lopez Martinez

Emery Luoma

Sawyer Mast

Mary Mercure

Jaiden Moreno

Molly Morgan

Lucas Murariu

Nolan Nguyen

Claire Nieminen

Dylan Ortiz

Mason Palmer

Leila Pineda

Geet Patel

Omega Princely

Sara Settle

Julie Sherrill

Hannah Stamps

Noah Stewart

Katherine Walsh

Garrett Waters

These awards go to students who have maintained all A's or all A's/B's through the first three nine weeks of the school year:

A Honor Roll (1st 3 9 Weeks):

Vesa Bajrami

Erin Baxley

Mary Bayer

Yehor Belko

Zara Bhowansingh

Abigail Boothe

Emma Carter

Matvey Deryabin

Adriana Donodeo

Andrew Draper

Tre Dunleavy

Kaitlyn Henk

Charlotte Hieber

Emma Holmes

Madelyn Hurd

Misri Karia

Uzma Khan

Madison Knowles

Nikita Larin

Emery Luoma

Maddison McGarry

Mary Mercure

Jaidyn Musolff

Nolan Nguyen

Claire Nieminen

Mason Palmer

Geet Patel

Leila Pineda

Omega Princely

Sara Settle

Isley Shepard

Hannah Stamps

Noah Stewart

Megan White

A/B Honor Roll (1st 3 9 Weeks):

Jillian Adkins

Hasti Aghdasi

Thomas Bandy

Anaya Bharucha

Allison Blake

Aleksandar Bratic

Tyler Brislin

Evan Brown

Cullen Burke

Kemper Christiansen

Annabelle Combs

Chase Frewin

James Hill

Benjamin Hirsch

Dylan Holloway

Ella Houchins

Chance Ison

Addison Johnson

Mia Jolley

Leisel Katerba

Joshika Karthik

John Kinzie

Cameron Landis

Cabyll Lindstrom

Kendall Link

Emiliano Lopez Martinez

Briana Macias

Sawyer Mast

Emma McCarty

Slade McClure

Mila McDonough

Aspen McFarland

Jaiden Moreno

Molly Morgan

Lucas Murariu

Dylan Ortiz

Bailey Overstreet

Gabrielle Panton

Cadence Passeretti

Isabella Peterson

Sarah Polakowski

Zoee Pruitt

Matthew Racz

William Reynolds

Leah Rice

Julie Sherrill

Camden Tarr

Payton Tingler

Sophie Tribble

Nathaniel Viar

Katherine Walsh

Garrett Waters

Ashton Woodson

Kanario Young

These awards go to students who have maintained all A's or all A's/B's through the first three nine weeks of the school year:

A Honor Roll (1st 3 9 Weeks):

Megan Austin

Maryam Aziz

Claire Bishop

Tanner Bishop

Anabelle Canfield

Chloe Dowdy

Erin Downes

Sicily Fender

Sofia Fusco

Claire Gardner

Madelyn Gillespie

Lilah Harding

Liliana Hasis

Lincoln Havens

Ryan Havens

Jake Hayes

Charlotte Hedges

Henry Hopkins

Makenzie Jones

Amelia Karolyi

Katherine Karolyi

Mae Kochenderfer

Eliza Lubeck

Elena Martin

Jay Moreno

Kevin Morsink

Katelyn Nieminen

Seth Norris

Madeline Orange

Thomas Pan

Rudra Patil

Emery Scutellaro

Abigail Sedgwick

Sohini Singh

Lilly Smith

Katherine Sollinger

Caleb Sullivan

Eleri Tarran

Hope Thomas

Natalie Thorell

Atticus Tyree

Eleanor Underwood

Mason Vaughan

Avery Weaver

A/B Honor Roll (1st 3 9 Weeks):

Jacob Barton

Anasofia Betancourt Cuellar

Alex Bitton

Alesha Bratton

Audrey Budnick

Isaiah Bush

Jordan Carr

Andreana Charitable

Xavier Charles

Addison Chase

Samuel Claros Hortua

Liam Copus

Owen Crawley

Cesar Cubas

Owen Cummings

Siri Varshini Devupalli

Luke Driscoll

Atticus Fraim

Dillon Godfrey

Ava Hammond

Erika Hashimura

Tate Hostetler

Kaybree Howell

Shannon Howell

Chloie Hutchinson

Caroline Jarrard

Carly Johnston

William Jones

Dante Keck

Genesis Lemus Martinez

Max Lilly

Nathan Lovell

Logan Luoma

Tamara Madhoun

Sawyer Marks

Easton McLain

Joey Merlino

Seth Miller

Eva Munoz

Collin Murray

Eli Orange

Isha Patel

Matthew Privitera

Amelia Raring

Kensingtyn Raymond

Mikayla Ryan

Nikko Sanchez

Valeria Saucedo-Sifuentes

Barry Slade

Josue Smales

Jackson Smith

Josephine Spring

Jackson Swank

Graham Tokarsky

Selah Tronstad

Marshall Webb

Knox Yost

This award is presented to students who have completed 30 hours or more of volunteer service within the school year and have turned in the verification form. This year, we had one seventh-grade recipient of the award:

Amelia Raring

Hope Thomas

These awards go to students who have maintained all A's or all A's/B's through the first three nine weeks of the school year:

A Honor Roll (1st 3 9 Weeks):

Andrew Abudan

John Anderson

Elijah Arthur

Kerem Aydogan

Trent Bassett

Peyton Boyd

Chandler Burke

Brantley Canada

Abigail Craft

Laura Croft

Lennox Cutright

Isabella Louise Dela Cruz

Jenna Dillon

Asher Foutz

Willa Furcron

Alexander Gilbert

Morgan Houchins

Tvisha Jha

Conan Jones

Charlotte Kadela

Isabelle Kadela

Lyric Kelly

Hadley Krause

Emerson Mast

Berkeley McFarland

Anna Moores

Thomas Nguyen

Hara Oh

Avery Patterson

Josephine Pears

Ella Poff

Charlotte Price

Lyla Remines

Amelie Rosado Lopez

Harper Rowan

Lily Rubiano

Trista Rucker

Ariel Smith

Madison Smith

Temperance Tyree

Rilynn Weatherford

Garrett Whitt

Isabella Xia

A/B Honor Roll (1st 3 9 Weeks):

Peyton Adams

Bentley Austin

Romello Avis

Zain Aziz

Mal Bajrami

Timothy Bayer

Aryana Bhagat

Cynthia Bonilla

Mason Byers

Harrison Church

Madison Cojocariu-Graczyk

Tyler DeHart

Elizabeth Devereaux

Ashley Diaz

Kenneth Diaz

Emmett Divers

Ajla Divovic

Tyson Dorlini

Lillee Douglas

Adalyn Eborall

Christy Farag

Victoria Foos

Mia French

Tyler Frewin

Emmett Gerner

Logan Haley

Lilly Hayes

Gavin Henk

Jaden House

Taylor Hyers

Janine Irizarry

Annaleigh James

Emma Jones

Kynlee Jones

Savreen Kaur

Charles Kepley

Abigail Kinzie

Madelyn Lecas

Taym Madhoun

Carter Massie

Sawyer McClure

Avery McFarland

Elianna Morris

Ellie O'Brien

Margaret Owen

Frederick Owens

Samuel Peevey

Leah Perzan

Avery Plott

Lila Powel

Mera Powel

Eva Puckett

Owen Richardson

Leighton Rorer

Ella Ross

Susannah Schroeck

Savannah Scott

Malcolm Simmons

Donald Smith

Charles Speck

Bailey Spencer

Avery Stokes

Lucas Strom

Liza Szechenyi

Peyton Tarr

Sylas Tronstad

Marlee Vaughan

Jordynn Vest

Dainelis Vigo Colon

Ayden Wade

Liam Walker

Lily Walker

Andrew White

Jayce White

HVMS has begun recognizing eight students from each grade level each month to be our Eagles of the Month. Hidden Valley Middle School Eagles of the Month display outstanding behavior both inside and outside the classroom by consistently meeting HVMS SOAR expectations of being safe, organized, accountable, and respectful. Eagles of the Month demonstrate opportunity ready skills including communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and citizenship. These students exhibit a positive attitude toward their peers, school, and community, and they maintain a focus on continuous improvement.

Our Eagles of the Month for April are listed below!

The students below have been awarded a SOAR card for being safe, organized, accountable, and/or respectful in the building. Thank you for your positive contributions to Hidden Valley Middle School!

All students interested in participating in HVMS athletic open gyms, practices, or tryouts must have a valid VHSL physical on file with the HVMS athletic director. VHSL physicals dated after May 1, 2023 are valid through June 30, 2024. Starting July 1, 2024, all athletes must have a VHSL physical dated after May 1, 2024 to continue participating in HVMS athletics. Additionally, all students must have health insurance if they want to participate.

For questions, please email the HVMS athletic director at hriganti@rcps.us.

Hidden Valley Middle School girls' volleyball open gyms are scheduled for May! Athletes interested in participating must have a VHSL physical dated after May 1, 2023 on file with the HVMS athletic director.

Hidden Valley Middle School girls' basketball open gyms are scheduled for May. Athletes must have a current VHSL physical on file with the HVMS athletic director to participate.

Hidden Valley Middle School will host several open fields in May. Athletes interested in participating in football during the 2024 season should attend! For questions, please contact Coach Phelps at dphelps@rcps.us.

Roanoke County Parks, Recreation & Tourism is pleased to announce our Athletics Half-Day Summer Sports Camp lineup for 2024. The following link will take you to a flyer on the Roanoke County Parks, Recreation & Tourism website which provides the names of our summer camps and brief descriptions of those camps.

https://roanokecountyparks.com/DocumentCenter/View/5464/SummerCampAthleticsFlyer2024

Our summer camp offering includes many of our long-time camps such as Archery (Level 1), Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball, but also includes some new/newer camps such as All Sports Camp for Girls, Wrestling Camp, Archery Level 2 and several new Golf Camps. The All Sports Camp for Girls at Hollins University is being held for the 5th year and gives girls the opportunity to explore and learn about several different sports over a 4-day period under the direction of the university's coaching staffs. In addition to that camp at Hollins University, we’re also offering a Basketball Camp for girls and a Volleyball Camp for girls at Hollins University with instruction by their respective coaches/staff. Numerous new Golf Camps are being offered for several different ages/groups including a pre-season high school prep camp for ages 13-18 that focuses on preparing players for upcoming high school tryouts.

For more information about specific camps, ages, dates, times, locations or to register for any of the summer camps, please visit our website at https://www.roanokecountyparks.com/camps or call the Athletics Office at 540-777-8282.

Wrestling

The HVYSA is hosting a youth wrestling camp throughout June on Wednesdays and Fridays coached by HVHS Varsity Coach Steve Horn. Cost is $30 for 8 sessions and athletes MUST have a USA Wrestling Card to participate. Register at http://www.hvysa.com.

Wrestling Link: HVYSA YOUTH (dt5602vnjxv0c.cloudfront.net)

Volleyball

Due to the success of our (sold out) Spring Clinic, the HVYSA and Next Revolution Volleyball are partnering to host several summer camp opportunities in June and July at Hidden Valley High School for K-4th graders and 5th-8th graders. Register at http://www.hvysa.com.

Volleyball Link: HVYSA VOLLEYBALL CAMPS (dt5602vnjxv0c.cloudfront.net)

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