Planning is starting soon! To hold your child's spot, BOTH forms must be turned in by THIS Friday, September 20. Money can be turned in until October 4. If you know your child will not be attending, be sure to fill out the opt out form. Please see the parent email from Mrs. Williams (mwilliams@hhschuskies.org) for additional information.

If your child will need to take medication during the trip, all medications are due to our school nurses by October 10. Please do not send the medications with the students to school. The nurses monitor and distribute the medications during the trip.

If your student will NOT be attending, fill out this form.

If you would like to join the lottery to be a parent chaperone, fill out this form.

The HHMS Fall Book Fair is running from Thursday, 9.19 through Friday, 9.27. Once again this year, we have the ewallet as an option. Parents can load money onto an ewallet (no fees), and students don't have to bring any cash with them to the fair. Click here to watch a video for more information about setting up ewallets (a new wallet must be set up for each fair). You can also shop online at our Book Fair website (Click here).

Each student received the information and order forms last week. The Fundraiser will end on September 24. Pickup will be on October 8 inside Entrance O starting at 2:30. We will have only one trash bag sale fundraiser this school year, so be sure you stock up for the spring. Please contact Mrs. Garrison (sgarrison@hhschuskies.org) if you have any questions or would like to place an order.

Your child should have received printouts of the NWEA score reports on Friday. If you have any questions about the scores, please contact your child's math or English teacher.

This week we will be conducting an armed intruder drill with our students and staff. This drill will involve making an overhead announcement about our safety processes if there is a violent intruder at the school. We practice these drills each year per Indiana code. The goal of each drill is to always inform students in a calm and safe way of what to do in case of an emergency situation.

Classic Tours has online registration for the Washington D.C. trip. Please visit their website at http://www.ClassicToursInc.com and click on "Find My School". You will then have the option to register online. If you do not wish to register online you can click on the printable PDF and print the registration form and mail it in to Classic Tours with your deposit. Click here for for the instructional video.

Our Study Tables program is available again every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:25-5:00. Study Tables is not one on one tutoring, but there is at least one teacher or instructional assistant who supervises and can provide some support. Many students have found this helpful in the past. If you would like your child to participate, he/she should go to the gym to be supervised from 3:00-3:25, then the study tables supervisor will direct the students on where to go for Study Tables (Media Center or the teacher’s classroom). Students must stay for the duration of the study tables unless you provide the office with notification ahead of time that your child needs to be dismissed early. Students may be picked up outside of Entrance O at 5:00.

It takes at least 4 people to help the car rider pick-up process go smoothly each afternoon. If you would like to volunteer to help us for 10-15 minutes after school each day, please contact me. We've had a few great volunteers in the past who really helped us serve our families well with this process. It would be helpful if we had a few more volunteers for the new school year. Thank you for your consideration.

If you'd like me to add you to my daily announcements parent email list, please email me and simply write "add" in the subject line. Anytime you want me to remove you, just email me "remove" in the subject line. All daily announcements are also available on Canvas for students and posted on our middle school webpage (click here).

All 8th grade students will meet with a high school counselor in December to create their schedule for their freshman year. Having all 8th grade students complete the Preparing for College and Careers class helps them explore possibilities for their future prior to choosing their schedules.