Hero Happenings!
Hellstern Middle School Newsletter, Springdale, AR
September 9, 2024
Need to know...
- You should have been contacted by your student's advisor to schedule a conference time on September 16th or 17th. If you have not received a text, please reach out to your child's advisor to make sure we have you scheduled.
- Unfortunately, riding a bus that is not on a student's transportation plan is not an option. Our busses are very full and many are already at maximum capacity. Students use their IDs to gain entry on the bus and and a student not assigned to that bus should not be riding it.
Questions of the Week
Keep them talking!
Do you ever ask your child about his/her day and you get a one word answer? or a shrug? Use these questions to find out more about your child's day!
Careers 6- Which Career Clusters have you learned about and can you name some occupations in each Cluster?
Science 6 - Explain the difference between Potential and Kinetic Energy.
Keycode - What two letters guide you as to where to place your hands on the home row?
Band - Have you learned how to play your first 5 notes yet? Will you play them for me?
Acc. Math 7 - How can you determine if a fraction will convert to a terminating or repeating decimal?
Science 7 - How do you make a model of a chemical formula?
ELA 6 - What are the parts of the plot mountain?
Choir - What are the first three things you identify in music?
Math 7 - What is the additive inverse property?
Math 6 - -5 is greater than -7. How can you explain this to someone who thought it was the other way around?
Social Studies 7 - Tell me something you have learned about the Native Americans that lived in Arkansas.
ELA 7 - What are the five elements of literature?
EAST 6 - What software did you research this week?
EAST 7 - Tell me about the 9/11 Breakfast.
ELA 6 - What is the difference between explicit and implicit?
PE - What goal are you most excited about working towards for the FitnessGram?
Health 6 - What are the 3 components of our health and what does each mean?
Social Studies 6 - Can you tell me what GRAPES stands for in Social Studies? (Answer: Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, Social Structure)
GT 6/7 - How is your unit project going?
Band instruments went home Friday, 9/6.
Thank you, parents, for pulling up to the awnings for loading the large instruments.
From PTO
Dri-fit preorder ends FRIDAY, SEPT. 13! Get your orders in!
Buy your Hellstern spiritwear now! Orders will be delivered to your child at school.
Be a Sonic Drink Hero! We treat our teachers and staff to Sonic drinks once a month. If you’d like to contribute to the cost of drinks for a month (about $120 per month) and help deliver the drinks to school, please sign up here. This is a great opportunity for several families to work together to support our teachers and staff each month!
October 1st Deadline
The district has set October 1 as the Immunization deadline. Students who miss this deadline will not be allowed to return to school until immunizations are scheduled. Please be sure to meet the deadline. Contact our nurse if you have any questions.
Breakfast & Lunch Menus - Sept. 9-13
Upcoming Dates
September
10 - School Board meeting
10 - New to Hellstern EAST parent meeting (5:30pm)
10 - EAST Parent Board meeting Sept 10. 6:10pm
11 - First Responders Breakfast hosted by EAST
16 & 17 - Parent Teacher Student Conferences @ Hellstern
17 - Fall Picture Day!
16-20 - Book Fair in the Library
28 - Springdale Band Car Wash
October
1 - PTO (8:30am)
2 - School Custodian Appreciation Day
5 - XC Pancake Breakfast @ HMS
8 - School Board Meeting (5pm)
11 - End of 1st Quarter
11 - Team Day & PTO Sponsored Hero Hangout
14 - 2nd Quarter Begins
18 - No School for Students - Teacher Day
Hellstern Athletic Schedules
Football
9/12 - 5:30 - Ramay - Away
9/19 - 5:30 - Kirksey - Away
9/26 - 5:30 - HTMS - Home
10/3 - 5:30 - Ramsey - Home
10/10 - 5:30 - Chaffin - Home
10/24 - 5:30 - Elmwood - Away
10/31 - 5:30 - Washington - Away
11/7 - 5:30 - KMS - Away
Cross-Country
9/14 - Elkins Invitational
9/21 - Sugar Creek Showdown (Bentonville)
9/24 - Alma Invitational (Tuesday)
9/28 - Chile Pepper
10/3 - Greenwood (Thursday)
10/12 - Springdale Invitational
10/22 - 7th-8th Conference
10/29 - Mountie Classic (9th Conference)
Volleyball - All HOME games played at CJHS
9/9 - 4:30 - Chaffin - Home
CHANGE: 9/11 - 4:30 - Oakdale - Away
9/16 - 4:30 - KMS - Home
9/17 - 4:30 - Lincoln - Home
9/23 - 4:30 - Darby - Away
9/24 - 4:30 - Woodland - Home
9/30 - 4:30 - HTMS - Home
10/1 - 4:30 - Grimsley - Home
10/7 - 4:30 - Lingle - Home
10/8 - 4:30 - Ramsay - Away
10/14 - 4:30 - SMS - Away
10/15 - 4:30 - Washington - Away
10/21 - 4:30 - Kimmons - Away
10/22 - 4:30 - Ramay - Home