Hamlin Middle School Newsletter

November 2024

Principal's Message

Greetings Hamlin Families,

Each Spring, Hamlin staff engages in a process to identify school improvement goals for the following school year. This year, our staff and students are working on a behavioral target as well as an academic target. Below I have included the targets and our data so far this fall.

School Improvement Targets:

Target 1:

Reduce the percentage of students at risk or at high risk in reading comprehension. HMS students will show increased understanding in grade level content in all content areas by reducing reading risk in comprehension from 45%-30%.

Target 2:

Hamlin students will show improved behavior indicated by increasing the percent of students with 0-1 behavior referrals from 69% to 85% throughout the 2024-25 school year.

Reading Data: Our fall Easy CBM data graph is below. The percentage of students in the white bar, are students who are at or above grade level in reading. The students in the yellow bar, are students with some risk and slightly below grade level. The students in the red bar, are students with high risk and significantly below grade level in reading.

Behavioral Data:

The first two graphs represent our behavior triangle. A healthy school culture is one where 80-85% of students fall within the green. The triangle on the left represents the 2023-24 school year and the one on the right represents where we are up to the end of October. Currently 93% of our Hamlin students have received 0-1 behavior referrals.

The second two graphs are a comparison of referrals per day for 2023-24 and 2024-25. The graph on the left shows that during the month of October 2023 we were averaging 18.35 behavior referrals per day and in October of 2024, we are averaging 5.35 per day. This is definitely a data point to celebrate!

I am incredibly proud of the hard work that both our staff and students have put in this fall and am looking forward to our continued growth.

Thank you for all you do to support your students and our staff as we work to make Hamlin a place where all students are safe and can learn!

Sincerely,

Brandi Starck

Principal

Student Led Conferences

Dear Parent/Guardian:

You are formally invited to our annual Student-Led Conferences at Hamlin Middle School.

WHEN: Thursday, November 21st, 2024 from 4:15 pm to 8:00 pm

or

Friday, November 22nd, 2024 from 8:00am to 11:45 am

**Your student’s conference will take approximately 30 minutes

WHERE: Grade Level Hallways

Student-Led Conferences are a required event for all students and families. By having students lead their conferences, they take accountability for their own learning and share their progress. They will share strengths, acknowledge challenges, and set goals for the 2nd Quarter. Please complete and return the bottom half of this page. We look forward to seeing you in November!

Thursday, November 21st, 2024 from 4:15 pm to 7:45 pm

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Friday, November 22nd, 2024 from 8:00am to 11:45am

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Conferences will occur in person at Hamlin Middle School. Your student will lead you through their self evaluation, grades, reflection and work from each class. Teachers will be on hand to connect and answer questions, but your student will be taking the lead. Each student is required to complete a student led conference. Your student will show you work samples from their classes, go over first quarter grades, their successes and areas for growth. If desired, you will have the opportunity to connect with your student’s teacher to discuss questions or concerns.

Below is a video that shows what a student-led conference looks like.

Please feel free to contact us via phone or email if you have any questions or concerns. Hamlin phone: 541-744-6356

Family Resource Center

Hamlin Food Pantry will be open on November 15th from 1:00-4:00 in the Hamlin Family Resource Center.

We are collecting items for our holiday store for students. If you have any new or gently used items to donate, we would gladly take them!

Please feel free to reach out to Kahlea if you have needs around, food, clothing, or supplies for your family.

kahlea.babbitt@springfield.k12.or.us.

Hamlin Holiday Store

In December, our students have the opportunity to use their Logger Loot to buy holiday gifts for themselves or others. We are looking for new or gently used items for our store. To donate, please send them in to our Family Resource Center. We have created an Amazon wish list if you are able and willing to provide an item or two for our store. You can access the wish list at this link https://a.co/9xI0tRq

Field Trips

8th Grade Trip to UO- Tour and Natural History Museum

Our 8th grade students did an outstanding job on their fall field trip to the Natural History Museum and tour of the UO campus. See below for pictures of the event!

6th Grade Outdoor School

Our 6th graders had a great experience at Outdoor School! I want to thank all of our staff and volunteers who made this opportunity possible. See below for some fun photos!

YouTube Channel

Daily Video Announcements

During Nutrition Break on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, our students watch our daily announcements. You can subscribe to our YouTube Page at www.youtube.com/@HamlinLoggers.

If you click on the Live tab you can see all that we have filmed so far.