The Hive

September 15th

Happy Friday!

HMS Families,

We had our first full week of school and while it was really warm this week, we had a great time! We hope your students are coming home happy and telling you about all the awesome things going on at HMS. We are really working hard to build our community here and that starts with being visible and getting to know students.

We encourage you to please follow our Facebook page. We have been trying to post one thing each day to give a glimpse inside a school day. It has been so fun interacting with families and our community. We hope some of our posts are making you laugh!

Have the BEST weekend! See everyone Monday!

With kindness,

BC and SS

Free & Reduced Lunch Information

STEM Club

Girls' STEM is open to all girls at HMS! The Girls Who Code module of our Girls' STEM will be starting up Wednesday, October 4th before school. This year club members will also be learning code in order to program robots! We will be meeting most Wednesday mornings until Winter Break from 7:45 am - 8:30 am in Mrs. Lyons's room - 206.

Girls who are interested should turn in an HMS Club/Activity form (available outside the ASB office) and email Mrs. Lyons at Anna-Melissa.Lyons@hocksd.org so she can send you a link to register with Girls Who Code. For more information about Girls Who Code you can visit https://girlswhocode.com/ and/or email Mrs. Lyons with any other questions.

Football Game - 8th Grade Band

Please note that the 8th band and high school football game day has been changed from to Thursday, 9/21, due to a shortage of referees. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding.

Parent Pick-up

This is a friendly request to please don't let younger kids play in the front of the school on the cement blocks during parent pick-up or while you are waiting in line. This is a safety issue as we don't want anyone to get hurt. We appreciate your help with this. Thank you!

Homework Club

Homework Club begins September 18th!

Are you looking for a little homework help?

Do you need a quiet space to study?

Come to Homework Club!

Homework Club provides support to students in a supervised and quiet classroom where students can complete assignments or study.

We will meet in Room 104

Times:

Tuesday and Thursday mornings 8:15am-8:45am and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons 3:30pm-4:00pm

FYI: Community Center parking lot closed 9/16 - 9/20

Due to sealing and finishing up paving.

Athletic Director's Corner

What a week it has been in HMS athletics. Both of our athletic programs hosted home events this week and we want to thank all of our families who came out to support and even volunteer at those events!

Our volleyball program got off to a roaring start on Monday with a 7th grade volleyball game in a packed gym that went to a deciding game 3 against King’s Way. Throughout the evening the cheers echoed throughout the entire building as all 4 teams battled for every point. In both our matches this week we have seen tremendous improvement from all 4 of our teams and throughout the entire program.

Our cross country program hosted their only home meet this season against Washougal on Wednesday and ran a great race. Tavin T dominated the boys race running the 2 mile course in a time of 11:19. Our boys team ran extremely well with 7 runners in the top 10 and won the overall meet against Washougal. On the girls side our small but mighty team competed really well against a very large Washougal cross country program. Kayla came in 2nd overall with a time of 15:24 and all 4 girls ran a great race.

Next week both Hornet athletic programs will be back in action throughout the week. Volleyball will be on the road on Monday at Jemtegaard then hosting La Center on Wednesday. Our cross country team will be in Kalama on Thursday. We hope to continue to grow the support as this season continues and into the upcoming seasons.

Sid Slom

sid.slom@hocksd.org