School Safety is at the forefront of our team's focus each day at HHMS. Whether Hamilton Heights is mentioned in a social media post or not, we discuss, plan, and implement our safety plans and processes each day. We investigate every safety concern and report we receive, whether our team becomes aware of it on our own or it is given to us by a student or community member. As we continue the school year, please keep saying something if you see something. We are safest when we work together. We have our Quick Tip link available on our HHMS website to quickly report concerns, and you can reach out to our administration or School Resource Officer, Deputy Tindal, as well. While the social media posts were not found to be credible last week, we still approached, and will continue to approach, each day with safety as our focus because your children are our highest priority.

Please closely monitor your child's social media activity and talk to them about the seriousness of never joking or saying threatening things about students or the school. Some students in central Indiana have been recently arrested for making threats online and are facing serious charges in those situations. Sometimes students think this type of activity, and the viral reaction to it online, is a joke, but it is not. Even off-the-cuff comments from students when they are frustrated, angry, or joking must be taken seriously by our team, and we address these situations as well. School safety is a serious matter every day. Students should report any safety information to the school when students see something suspicious and should never post, repost, or spread misinformation or rumors online or in conversations with peers.

Thank you for your partnership as we continue working together to keep our students safe.

If your child was absent last week, please make sure to call our office to verify the absence. All unverified absences (absence without any notice from a parent or guardian) will turn into an unexcused absences. Please contact our office by Wednesday for any absences last week.

Due to the safety concerns last week from the social media posts, we decided to reschedule our Armed Intruder Drill until this week.

Monday, Sept. 31 - Pajama Day

Tuesday, Oct. 1 - Favorite Team Day (College, Pro, School, etc.)

Wednesday, Oct. 2 - Hat Day

Thursday, Oct. 3 - Holiday Day

Friday, Oct. 4 - Orange and White Day

Classic Tours has online registration for the Washington, D.C. Trip. Please visit their website at http://www.ClassicToursInc.com and click on "Find My School". You will then have the option to register online. If you do not wish to register online, you can click on the printable PDF and print the registration form and mail it in to Classic Tours with your deposit. Click here for a link to a video for parents to view.

Forms were due LAST Friday, September 20. Money is due by this Friday, October 4. If you know your child will not be attending, be sure to fill out the opt out form. Please see the parent email from Mrs. Williams (mwilliams@hhschuskies.org) for additional information.

If your child will need to take medication during the trip, all medications are due to our school nurses by October 10. Please do not send the medications with the students to school. The nurses monitor and distribute the medications during the trip.

If your student will NOT be attending, fill out this form.

If you would like to join the lottery to be a parent chaperone, fill out this form.

If you have any questions for the Junior Huskies Basketball League (Includes HHMS 5th Graders), contact Chad Hartwick (chad.hartwick@ebpaving.com) or 765-623-2722.

The HHMS Fall Book Fair runs through Friday, 9.27. The ewallet is an option. Parents can load money onto an ewallet (no fees), and students don't have to bring any cash with them to the fair. Click here to watch a video for more information about setting up ewallets (a new wallet must be set up for each fair). You can also shop online at our Book Fair website (Click here).

The Fundraiser ends on September 24. Pickup will be on October 8 inside Entrance O starting at 2:30. We will have only one trash bag sale fundraiser this school year, so be sure you stock up for the spring. Please contact Mrs. Garrison (sgarrison@hhschuskies.org) if you have any questions or would like to place an order.

Your child should have received printouts of the NWEA score reports a week ago. If you have any questions about the scores, please contact your child's math or English teacher.

Our Study Tables program is available again every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:25-5:00. Study Tables is not one on one tutoring, but there is at least one teacher or instructional assistant who supervises and can provide some support. Many students have found this helpful in the past. If you would like your child to participate, he/she should go to the gym to be supervised from 3:00-3:25, then the study tables supervisor will direct the students on where to go for Study Tables (Media Center or the teacher’s classroom). Students must stay for the duration of the study tables unless you provide the office with notification ahead of time that your child needs to be dismissed early. Students may be picked up outside of Entrance O at 5:00.

It takes at least 4 people to help the car rider pick-up process go smoothly each afternoon. If you would like to volunteer to help us for 10-15 minutes after school each day, please contact me. We've had a few great volunteers in the past who really helped us serve our families well with this process. It would be helpful if we had a few more volunteers for the new school year. Thank you for your consideration.

If you'd like me to add you to my daily announcements parent email list, please email me and simply write "add" in the subject line. Anytime you want me to remove you, just email me "remove" in the subject line. All daily announcements are also available on Canvas for students and posted on our middle school webpage (click here).