HMS Connection

Greetings from HMS!

This week we want to congratulate and thank our students who were recognized as "team members of the month" for our grade level academic teams for the month of October. Teachers were asked to select students that they wished to highlight as positive members of their teams, for any reasons that they felt were important. While there were many characteristics and attributes that these students demonstrated that made them worthy of selection, the word used most often to describe them was "kind", which I'm sure you would agree is the most important thing we can ask our kids to be.

We could not be prouder of them!

This fall, Hingham Public Schools will begin a process known as Portrait of a Graduate (POG), or Vision of a Learner (VOL), which will serve as "pre-work" for our district's formal strategic planning that will begin in January. Through the Portrait of a Graduate/Vision of a Learner process, our community will work together to outline the skills and competencies that Hingham students will need to thrive in learning, work, and life.

We invite all parents, caregivers and community members to provide input through the attached survey.

Term 1 Report Cards for HMS students are ready to be viewed and printed using your X2 login and password. A PDF copy of your/your child’s report card will be available until November 29, 2024 in the Pages view under the heading Published Reports. After clicking on the PDF icon, you may open, save, and print the report card.

If you have questions about a specific grade please contact the teacher directly. If you are experiencing login difficulties or would like to request that a paper copy be mailed to you please contact Mrs. Shea in the guidance office at lshea@hinghamschools.org or 781-741-1550.

Team Great White Sharks will be collecting lightly used or new children’s books (ages 0-14) from 11/18 - 12/6 for the Christmas in the City organization. Christmas in the City helps to provide a Christmas for kids and family members from families living in Boston area shelters. Find out more at their website. Christmas in the City Your student can drop off book donations in their English classes or in the labeled boxes inside the entrance to the school.

Congratulations to Mr. Ferguson's Grade Six A Block Science Class, who emerged victorious in this year's Sixth Grade Soccer Tournament! Great job to all who participated in the games this fall!

HMS Ski Club sign-up is now open!

If you are interested in attending any of the three trips to Pats Peak with HMS this year, please complete the form below and return it to HMS by Monday, November 18.

As a reminder, the trip dates this year are:

• January 4, 2025
• February 1, 2025
• March 8, 2025

Students can also order Ski Club hoodies if they are interested. (Form is also attached.)

Thank you to everyone who donated Halloween candy for the troops. On Veterans Day our elementary and middle school volunteers packed 87 boxes of candy to be shipped to Hingham soldiers who are stationed domestically and abroad. They also made about 120 smaller bags of candy to be distributed to local veterans. We hope they enjoy this treat from home.

Last Thursday, November 7th the 8th grade Family and Consumer Science students had the opportunity to learn all about being a food truck owner, entrepreneur, budgeting and chef. June Summers from Mom on the Go food truck came, spoke and served our students grilled cheese sandwiches for the day as part of a HEF grant that was awarded to our program here at the middle school.

• 11/19 HMS PTO Meeting via Zoom, 7:00 PM
• 11/25 Harvard Veritones Performance for Students
• 11/27 Early Release
• 11/28 - 12/1 Thanksgiving Recess

Interested in what's going on after school next week?

Check out our Week-at-a-Glance below!

Join us on Wednesday, November 20, from 5:00-6:00 PM at East Elementary to learn more about all of Hingham Public Schools' early childhood education programs.

Next PTO Meeting: November 19th at 7pm via Zoom.

Kristina Yannotta, Harbor Media’s Senior Producer and Hingham Education Access Coordinator, will be speaking for a few minutes about Harbor Media. Please join us!

Click here to join the meeting.

Please reach out with any questions!

Crystal Sullivan, President (csullivan@sullivan-solutions.com)

Alison Chamberlain, Vice President (alison.deliachamberlain@gmail.com)

Molly Richards, Treasurer (mrichards0614@gmail.com)

Vanessa Peregrine, Secretary (Vanessa.Peregrine@gmail.com)

Kids grow like weeds! If your closets are overflowing in the way your kids Halloween candy stash is, save yourself a trip to Savers!

HMPA is seeking donations of youth sizes of the following items for our community concert clothing swap:

• Black pants/trousers (sizes to fit grades 5-12)

• Black shirts (sizes to fit grades 9-12- no t-shirts)

• White shirts (sizes to fit grades 5-8- no t-shirts)

Drop your middle school and high school kid’s outgrown black and white attire in the bins at the entrance of the middle and high school through the month of November and benefit other music students who need to swap up a size.

Bins will be available for donations throughout the month of November. Families will be invited to select complimentary items for their music students in advance of the winter concerts.

Please reach out with questions to hmpa.news@gmail.com.

Hingham High School Drama Presents: Hadestown: Teen Edition, November 21-23rd. Tickets on sale NOW! All performances will be at the Hingham Middle School Auditorium. Come see this not to miss musical theater extravaganza! For more information and to purchase tickets click here: https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/hingham-high-school/