Harmon Weekly Update

Monday, 10/7 -

Tuesday, 10/8 - Family Night!

Wednesday, 10/9 -

Thursday, 10/10 - NO SCHOOL- Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday, 10/11 - NO SCHOOL

Monday, 10/14 - NO SCHOOL- Parent/Teacher Conferences

Tuesday, 10/15 -

Wednesday, 10/16 -

Thursday, 10/17 - Dental Sealants

Friday, 10/18 - Dental Sealants, Fall Fun Night

October 21- NO SCHOOL

October 24- 5th Grade Sidekick Luncheon

October 25- 6th Grade Sidekick Luncheon

November 5 - NO SCHOOL

November 27-29 - NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Break

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The teachers will be sending out direct emails/text messages to schedule conferences. But just in case, the links are below! Please find your child's team/teacher, and use the link to schedule a conference.

Team Awesome (Hicks, Hillerich)

Team Bravery (Krznar, Welsh)

Team Explorer (Allison, Hanson, Weisman)

Team Harmony (Bates, Bauer, Phillips)

Team Horizons (Orzechowski, Overfield)

Level-Up (Byers)

Team Compass (Jackson, Lovely, Shreffler)

Team Grateful (Burre, Muck)

Team Synergy (Wilson, Wolter)

Team Wonder (Brinn, Harris)

Team Unity (Anda, McCurdy, Moore) Please email homeroom teacher to schedule.

Level-Up (Byers)

Each year, Harmon hosts a Fall Fun Night for the students. This will be separated by grade and will be a drop-off and pick-up event.

Middle School is a time that we strive to not only prepare the kids for Junior High, but it is a time that we must allow them each a little bit of personal freedom to teach them the appropriate behavior for these times.

Enter, Fall Fun Night!

This will be a PAY TO ENTER event. Admission will be $5.00 in advance and $6.00 at the door. This will include a bottle of water and a snack bag of chips. Additional snacks and water will be available for purchase for $1.00 each.

Each grade will have an an hour and a half to hang out with their friends in a safe and controlled chaos. Parents and Guardians will drop off the students at the start time, and then pick up their kids at the end of the event. If you would like to stalk, I mean help chaperone, you can!!

We will be sending home the info sheet along with the permission slips this week.

This is a low-key event, and dressing up is not needed. School expectations on behavior are enforced.

New Harmon Swag is here!! Swag makes AMAZING gifts!! If you are ordering for a gift and would like your child to NOT know about the order, feel free to mark this info in the comments section and we will contact you directly for pickup instead of sending the items home. 😉

Click HERE to view and order swag!

If you missed the Book Fair last week- it is available ONLINE this week!!

Click HERE to access the online book fair!!

Classroom Visits

The focus during classroom visits this month will be Bullying Prevention. Students will learn what bullying is, how to spot the signs, recognizing different types of bullying, and how to be an upstander. Students have the opportunity to complete an October Counselor Connection Activity to be entered into a drawing for a reward.

October Awareness Weeks

Red Ribbon Week will take place October 28th-November 1st. Red Ribbon Week focuses on drug and alcohol education and prevention. We will also focus on healthy choices. There will be a spirit week this week as well.

Free Thanksgiving Meals

Holidays can be a stressful time for families. Some of our local families and a local church have teamed up and would like to help those in need by providing a Thanksgiving Meal to enjoy on Thanksgiving Day. If you are in need of this service please RSVP by 11/11/24 by contacting the person below. OR by clicking HERE to complete the request form.

More details will come with the date and time of pick up to follow!

Please contact our school counselor,

Ashlyn Shilling, if your family is in need

(614)835-2000 / ashlyn_shilling@plsd.us

FREE BREAKFAST & LUNCH

Exciting announcement: PLSD student breakfasts and lunches will be free this school year! (Yay!) There is nothing you need to do for this. It is automatically free. However, If your child would like to buy extras or additional items from the cafeteria, they must have funds on their lunch account. If by chance you need help with that (financially), don't forget to fill out the free/reduced lunch application for school-fee reductions.

HOPE Packs

PLSD offers HOPE Packs to students who need additional food resources over the weekend. These packs are given out at the end of the day each Friday and the students can take them home directly. To request a weekly HOPE Pack for your child, please reach out to me by email or phone.

Morning Latchkey

The Jerry L. Garver YMCA and Pickerington Local Schools are exploring options for the YMCA to potentially provide before school care to middle school students for this or next school year at Harmon Middle School. Please complete this survey by Friday, October 4th. The results of this survey will determine the next steps.