Gladiator News
December 4-December 8, 2023
Hello Garcia Families,
We had a busy week of welcoming our incoming 6th graders at our Elective Showcase, boys/girls basketball games, Gladiator and Color games, the HGMS day of service and a weekend choir field trip!! On top of all that we had food chain energy transfer labs in science, dance practice for their Winter showcase and more! A huge thank you to our Student Council and Ms. Martinez for organizing another wonderful HGMS day of service at the Food Bank. A huge thank you to Mrs. Settles for coordinating a great field trip for choir to "tour" some events this past weekend.
Thank you to our entire Gladiator community for your support of our fundraiser. The students had so much fun on the field this past Friday. Once we get a total for funds raised, we will share then with everyone!
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.
Congratulations to our Reflections winners!! See the message below! We are so proud of them and look forward to them advancing to the next rounds of competition.
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 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
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Garcia Middle School
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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 Reflections Winners!
Reflections is a National PTA Art Contest that encourages and recognizes students in many different areas of art including Photography, 2D & 3D Visual Arts, Literature, Music Composure, Dance and Film. Every year students are asked to consider a theme, which bears the largest weight in scoring. This year's theme was “I am hopeful because…” We received 9 entries and the top score in each category will move forward to the PTA District competition. We did not receive any entries in Music or Dance, so 4 entries are moving forward and we anticipate hearing about the District winners some time after Spring Break. Additionally, we are recognizing the top scores regardless of category for our local contest.
Special thanks to our Librarian, Teresa Delgadillo, who helped coordinate and encouraged our students in this process. I also would like to recognize our Judge, Nicole Poole from UTSA. She gave considerable time and thoughtful consideration to each piece and has provided feedback for each student.
Reflections Participants and Winners:
Lincoln Forbes - Lincoln’s entry was in Film entitled What is Hope & How I Use It
Sarah Skok - Sarah’s entry was Visual Arts 2D. Entitled The Wild Hair Girl
Colten Ware - Colten is moving on to District with his piece in Visual Arts 2D entitled - An Urge for Aid
Gwendolyn Jacobs - Gwendolyn is our 3rd place winner for her literature piece The Sunrise
Rithin Kishore - Rithin provided us with multiple entries and will be moving on to District in 2 categories:
- Photography - Strands of Hope, which is also our 2nd place winner locally
- Film - Every Day is a New Adventure;
Additionally, he is receiving an Honorable mention in our local contest for his photography Wonderful World.
Nora Rumsey - Nora is moving on to District for her Literature piece Flowering Hope and is our 1st Place winner
Congratulations to you all! We are proud of your works of art and the skills you demonstrated.
Allison Smith - HGMS PTA Reflections
Apex Color Games!
Poor Mr. Macias
Energy transfer lab in science!
Pied for a good cause!
HGMS Day of Service- Food Bank
Great job Gladiators!
Kindness Club Field Trip!
Important Dates
Dec. 4- PTA Meeting 5:45 pm, cafeteria
Dec. 4- Beginner Band Concert, 6pm- Cafeteria
Dec. 5- Choir Winter Concert, 6pm- Cafeteria
Dec. 6 -Girls Basketball Vs. Straus
Dec. 7- Boys Basketball Vs. Straus
Dec. 11- Advanced Band Concert, 6pm- Cafeteria
Dec. 12- Orchestra Winter Concert, 6pm, Cafeteria
Dec. 13 -Girls Basketball Vs. Folks
Dec. 14- Boys Basketball Vs. Folks
Dec. 15- HGMS Deck the halls, 8am
Dec. 18- Jan. 2- Holiday Break
HGMS Tutoring Schedules
HGMS Club List
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
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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