We appreciate everyone who donated toward our 15 Days of Christmas to celebrate our staff. We are thankful for your support and encouragement, and our staff are enjoying the good food and other goodies you have provided.

Monday: First Year HHHS Student Panel

A day in the life of an HHHS First Year student. Q and A was very helpful and impactful for students last year.

Tuesday: HHHS Counselor Presentation About Course Offerings

Understanding options, resources, and requirements

Wednesday: Junior and Senior Panel

What does life at HHHS look like near the end of a student's journey from the students' perspective? Having students talk about the various clubs and internships they were associated with last year helped some HHMS students set a vision for themselves.

**Mrs. Duncan and Ms. Pacheco are meeting with 8th graders during health on Tuesday. They are going to leave space for questions and talk through how not to stress about some of these decisions they will be making.

Art Club 5/6 will begin on Tuesday, January 7. Interested students may pick up an application form Mrs. Goodman in the art room beginning Monday, December 9.

Currently 41 of our original 50 seats for the DC Trip over Memorial Day weekend are FILLED. To ensure that your student is able to go on this trip, we recommend signing up to claim one of those 9 remaining spots as soon as possible.

If we have more than 50 people sign up, they will be placed on a wait list until we have 80 total participants, which would get us a second bus. People on the waitlist are NOT charged for the trip until there is a spot available for them. So, once we fill bus #1, if your child is interested, go ahead and sign up for the waitlist. If we have 30 more people interested in the trip, you'll receive an invitation to pay the $250 deposit to join the trip in full.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. White, the trip coordinator.

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 a link to a video for parents to view.

The last chance to get the HHMS yearbook for $35 is December 20th. Order here. Also, if you would like to share photos you have taken at school events or activities, go to Yearbook Snap and use code: hhmsphotos".

The HHMS counseling staff and Youth Assistance Program have teamed up to create a safe place for students and staff to come together and grieve and grow. The Gathering Place is a grief support group that will meet during school hours, and provide support, activities, and community in a safe environment. Our hope is that all students who have experienced loss at any level would know they are welcome in this place. The Gathering Place will meet every week for 6 weeks. We will start meeting on 12/9.

The meetings will take place on Mondays during homeroom. This is an open group, so students may join at any time, and are not required to come to each session. There is no cost for students to be involved. Please let your child know if you sign them up.

Please fill out this link if you are interested in having your student involved in The Gathering Place.

If you have any questions or would like to know more, please feel free to reach out to: Mary Ann Haymaker Youth Assistance Advocate HHSC 317-984-1530 ex. 3056 or mahaymaker@hhschuskies.org.

We are in need of substitute teachers, especially as we enter the cold and flu season during the school year. Good substitute teachers who can help us continue the learning process when a teacher is absent are critical to supporting all students. We also provide $10/day premium pay for the day immediately preceding and following Breaks: Fall, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring. Please click here or contact Monica Leibert (mliebert@hhschuskies.org) if you have any interesting in becoming a substitute teacher. That is how I began my education career.

Our 5th grade students will participate in the BizTown experience at Junior Achievement on December 10 and 12. One group will attend first on that Tuesday and the second group will participate on that Thursday. This is an immersive career-based learning opportunity where students are part of a community, and everyone has their own career with specific duties and responsibilities. We appreciate the 5th grade teachers organizing this opportunity for our students each year.

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.