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Hawk Talk
March 22, 2024
CALENDAR AT A GLANCE
April 12 - PTA Spring Fling
April 22- May 10 Milestones Testing
May 10 - LAST day to turn in missing assignments for credit
Save the Dates:
May 21: 6th (1:30 PM) and 7th Grade Awards (9:30 AM)
May 22: 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony (1:00 PM)
School Hours and Important Times
Office Hours: 8:15 - 4:15
Instructional Hours: 8:55-4:05
Breakfast: 8:25 - 8:55 AM
Students should be in class by 8:50 AM.
Dismissal is at 4:05 PM.
Walkers/Car riders are dismissed first, followed by bus riders.
Bus students are dismissed in the order that buses arrive.
Car line: Students must enter/exit a vehicle at the sidewalk area. Please pull forward as far as possible to keep the car line moving. All students must be picked up by 4:25 PM.
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming! SAVE THE DATE for March 21-27 and get ready to empower your reader with book choice. Learn more about how to load your child's eWallet for the fair, book selections and pricing, and more at our HBMS Book Fair Website:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/holcombbridgemiddleschool
Start exploring together:
#ScholasticBookFairs
Book Fair Homepage (scholastic.com)
We are excited to have the Book Fair at Holcomb March 21st - 27th and could use some volunteers to help. Ideally we'd love to have 2 volunteers per shift, if possible.
Student Attendance is as follows:
6th Friday 22nd
7th Monday 25th
8th Tuesday 26th
Thursday March 21st & Wednesday 27th open to anyone before school and during class period (sent with teacher passes)
Here is the sign up link with the shifts broken down:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0545A5A92FA31-48326493-hbms#/
Please feel free to share with others that you think would be interested in helping.
Student Laptops
Each student has the opportunity to be issued a laptop for school use. We need parents to help us improve the number of students who come to school daily with a charged laptop. We do NOT have loaner laptops available for students in our inventory. Create a routine at home for students to plug in their laptop each night before bed, and bring their laptop to school every day! Thank you for your support.
HBMS Parent Engagement Input Wanted!
If you missed our parent input meetings on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, we still want to hear from you! The presentation is attached for your reference. Please give us your input on our family engagement programming and how we can better serve parents. We use your input to guide our planning for the next school year. Survey Link: https://bit.ly/Input-Survey_MS_HS_2023
We are collecting your feedback on:
- HBMS School-Family Compact
- HBMS Parent-Family Engagement Plan
- 1% set-aside of Title I funding for parent engagement activities
- The above resources are available on our school website: https://www.fultonschools.org/domain/6142
Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024 - School Implications
On Monday, April 8th, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. The sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk. This is an exciting and significant event from both an instructional and a safety perspective, respectively. In Atlanta, we will experience an 80% partial solar eclipse. The partial eclipse will begin at 1:08 PM, hit maximum at 3:04 PM, and end at 4:21 PM.
All student absences and/or checkouts on this day will be counted as excused without requiring written documentation from the parent. Parents who wish to pick up their students should do so prior to 1:00 P.M. We will take our students outside to view the eclipse from 2:45 - 3:15 PM. Solar eclipse glasses will be provided to students and staff who are on campus that day. If you do NOT want your child to participate, please notify the school in writing by Friday, March 29. Dismissal will proceed as normal and students will be sent home with their solar eclipse glasses.
The following safety information will be reviewed with all students who participate in the viewing at school:
- One of the most important messages to convey is not to look directly at the eclipse with your naked eyes. You should only use sanctioned or certified eclipse-viewing glasses or some other type of solar viewer. The danger is permanent damage to the retina of the eye.
- NASA's website is very clear: The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters, such as "eclipse glasses" or hand-held solar viewers. Homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun.......Do not look at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun through an unfiltered camera, telescope, binoculars, or another optical device. Similarly, do not look at the sun through a camera, a telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while using your eclipse glasses or hand-held solar viewer — the concentrated solar rays will damage the filter and enter your eye(s), causing serious injury.
Federal Program Input Meeting 2025
HBMS Parents & community are invited via Teams. See below for information on the meeting options.
FEDERAL PROGRAMS FY25 INPUT MEETING
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REUNIÓN DE APORTES DE PROGRAMAS FEDERALES PARA EL AÑO FISCAL 25 TRADUCIDA AL ESPAÑOL
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Attendance Matters ALL DAY, EVERYDAY
If you haven't done so already, now is a great time to check in on your child's school attendance. You can do so via the parent portal. Click HERE to sign up. Daily and on time attendance is crucial to your child's academic success and future! 🙂
WHEN DO ABSENCES BECOME A PROBLEM?
GOOD ATTENDANCE: 5 or fewer absences
WARNING SIGNS: 6 to 10 days
CHRONIC ABSENCE: 10 days or more
Have a planned absence or emergency? Contact the school to request a "participate remotely" day. Students can use up to 5 per semester and the day be considered "present"!
Help Your Child Succeed in School: Build the Habit of Good Attendance! School success goes hand in hand with good attendance!
Happening in our Community
Jr. Knights Cheerleading Interest Meeting
Junior Knights Cheer is preparing for the 2024 season. Please join us as we host an Interest Meeting for prospective athletes (Rising 5th-8th graders). The meeting will take place in the Media Center of Holcolmb Bridge Middle School at 6:00pm on Thursday, April 11th. For any questions, please reach out to Mikkia Lewis at juniorknightscheer@gmail.com.
Who can I contact for help?
Kim Kapella, Assistant Principal, 6th Grade administrator
470-254-8422
Hannah Milligan, 6th grade counselor
470-254-8425
7th Grade:
Kenneth Greene, Assistant Principal, 7th grade administrator
470-254-2423
Hannah Milligan, 7th grade counselor - GIRLS
470-254-8425
Glenn Johnson, 7th grade counselor - BOYS
470-254-8424
8th Grade:
Jennifer Cassidy, Principal, 8th grade administrator
470-254-5285
Glenn Johnson, 8th grade counselor
470-254-8424
Student Records/Enrollments/Withdrawals/Immunizations:
Ansel Comer (bilingual - Spanish)
470-254-8428
Bilingual Parent Liaison (Spanish):
Maria Baron
470-254-8427
Front Office - Attendance/Absence Excuses:
Sarah James
470-254-5280
Clinic (Bilingual/Spanish)
Lina Nava
470-254-8438
navadeparral@fultonschools.org
Special Education Services
Leslie Mason
470-254-8444
Holcomb Bridge Middle School
Website: https://www.fultonschools.org/holcombbridgems
Location: 2700 Holcomb Bridge Road, Alpharetta, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-5280
Twitter: @HolcombBridgeMS