Harmon Weekly Update

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, LAST DAY FOR SWAG

Monday, 10/21 - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, 10/22 -

Wednesday, 10/23 -

Thursday, 10/24 - 5th Grade Sidekick Luncheon

Friday, 10/25 - 6th Grade Sidekick Luncheon

October 28 - November 1st - RED RIBBON WEEK

November 5 - NO SCHOOL

November 27-29 - NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Break

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1. persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.

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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!

Swag sale ends on FRIDAY, October 18.

View and order at https://shop.jostenspix.com/login

• HARMON MIDDLE SCHOOL
• Event Code: FE69524
• Also Needed: Lunch ID

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/alcohol education and prevention. We will also focus on healthy choices. There will be a spirit week this week as well.

DID YOU KNOW? Children of parents who talk to their children regularly about drugs are 42% less likely to use drugs than those who don’t; yet, only a quarter of teens report having these conversations. Red Ribbon Week® (October 23-31), the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the nation, is your opportunity to get the ongoing conversation started. This year’s theme is Life Is A Movie, Film Drug Free.™ Visit www.redribbon.org to learn more about Red Ribbon Week® and get tips for talking to your kids about drugs. The life you save may be that of your own child or a dear friend.

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.

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

Hello Harmon Middle School families,

Thank you for completing our needs assessment to open a before-school program at Harmon Middle School. Our next step is to create our program roster. Please complete the below registration for the program. This will help us determine if we can open in January 2025.

Details:

Complete a questionnaire required by child care state licensing.

Added to a waitlist.

No fee will be required at this time.

Click here to register!

For registration challenges or if you need Title XX information you can contact our Child Care Coordinator:

Robin May

garverregistrar@ymcacolumbus.org

614-425-8178

Thank you in advance! We hope to serve Harmon MS families!