Hudson Hawks Family

Dear Hudson Hawk Families,

On behalf of the Hudson Middle School family, I am happy to welcome you to the 2019-2020 school year! We are looking forward to a productive partnership with you to ensure our children can achieve their highest potential. We recognize that in order to be successful in school, our children need support from both the home and school. We know a strong partnership with you will make a great difference in your child’s education. As partners, we share the responsibility for our children’s success and want you to know that we will do our very best to carry out our responsibilities.

As we prepare for Monday, August 12, 2019 please find some information that maybe helpful as we begin the school year. Please know that you can always find information regarding events/activities on the website and you will also receive a memo on Monday's that will provide you with important information for the upcoming week. Please know that I am always a phone call, email or visit away. Looking forward to an amazing school year! Please remember that Individually...we are one drop. Together...we are an ocean. #HudsonStrong

Sincerely,

Dr. Nicole Bradford

ndbradfo@garlandisd.net

If you have not completed the required back to school forms please visit Garland ISD skyward, and complete the forms today. The following back to school forms can be found at:

www.garlandisd.net/content/skyward

Please pardon our dust. We still have a few areas that are being worked on in the building including:

*All restrooms

*HVAC system

*Locker rooms

The faculty/staff have been working very hard to get the classrooms, and common areas prepared for our students. However, the other areas mentioned above are still a work in progress. If you have any questions/concerns, please feel free to contact me at ndbradfo@garlandisd.net or 972-675-3070.

First Day of School Procedures- August 12, 2019

• Doors will open at 7:45 a.m. and students will be directed to the competition gym as they arrive. Please do not drop them off before 7:45am because there is no one available to supervise them.




• At 8:10 a.m. 6th grade students will stay in the competition gym where they will pick up their schedules. 7th graders will be directed to the small gym where they will pick up their schedules, and the 8th graders will report to the cafeteria where they will pick up their schedules.




• Students that need to eat breakfast will: come in through the gym, pick up their schedule and then go to the cafeteria (where they will eat and remain until they are released at 8:40 am).




• The buses will drop off at the cafeteria where students will eat, then walk to the gym to pick up their schedules where they will remain until the 8:40 am bell.




• When students pick up their schedules, if they have a salmon “nurse” page, they will be immediately sent to visit with Nurse Cox, and parents will be notified immediately.




• At 8:40 a.m. teachers and other staff members will be in the hallways and at their classroom doors welcoming students and helping them find the correct classroom.

  
  

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

• Meet the Teacher - Wednesday, September 4, 2019.

• If you have not filled out the application for free and reduced lunch please remember to complete the application online.

All immunization records that are required by law must be turned into the school nurse. Students without the appropriate paperwork will be sent home until it can be provided.

• Please see the Garland ISD website to sign up to be a volunteer for a field trip, field day, or to be present for any other school activities. Background checks are required. Website link: https://www.garlandisd.net/node/2521
  

• If you wish to drop off lunch to your child, it can be left in the front office in a specified area. The student is required to come by the office to get it on their way to lunch. It will not be delivered to their classroom. If you wish to eat lunch with your child, you will be required to sign in and out of the front office through the Raptor Visitor Management System. Accepted forms of identification include:

1. A valid, current driver’s license (issued by any state or US territory).

2. A valid, current identification card issued the state of Texas with photo.

3. A valid, current passport issued by the United States.

4. A valid, current military ID card.

5. A valid, current Resident Alien Card issued by the United States government.

6. A valid, current Alien Registration Card (Visa, Permanent Resident, Employment Authorization Card) issued by the United States Government.

7. Any other official photo identification card, which includes the person’s full name and date of birth, issued by another country (e.g., Matrícula Consular de Alta Seguridad (MCAS)).

• Every parent/guardian needs a Skyward account to have access to student grades and attendance online.

• Communication at Hudson:

1. Twitter: @Hudson_Hawks

2. Website: https://www.garlandisdschools.net/page.cfm?p=593

3. PTA: Twitter - @hawkPTA and Facebook

4. Skyward/Skylert - make sure your contact information is correct

TRAFFIC

Morning Drop-Off Procedures:

• Please note that for morning drop-off, parents may use the entrance to the front driveway or the entrance closest to the gym via Hudson Drive. There will be no entrance via Miles Road.

• Both entrances along Hudson Drive will be one-way only.

• If parents choose to drop their students off at the front door, the outside lanes are used for parking and waiting for students to exit, while the middle lane is used as a “drive-through” area once students have exited the vehicle.

• If parents choose to use the gym door drop-off, students may be dropped off along the left side of the driveway close to the gym door. Students who are dropped off by the gym must enter directly into the gym, not walk around to any other entrances.

• The right side of the driveway by the gym will be “drive-through” only, while the left side will be the “drop off area.” Vehicles on the right lane will not be allowed to stop once they enter that lane. Stopping will occur only on the left lane.

• Students will wait in the gym until 8:10 AM, if they are eating breakfast.They will proceed to the cafeteria through the building at the appropriate time, 8:10 AM.They may also go to tutorials at 8:10 AM, if they have a parent or teacher note stating the need for tutorials.If they are not eating breakfast, they will stay in the gym until 8:40 AM, when the bell rings to dismiss them to class.

• Students who are dropped off in the front driveway will enter through the main front entrance and will proceed to the gym, if it’s before 8:10 AM or if they are not eating breakfast or going to tutorials. Tutorials do not begin until 8:10 AM. If it is AFTER 8:10 AM (breakfast), they may proceed directly to the appropriate area instead of going to the gym.

• The entrance off of Miles Road will only be used by staff and GISD buses. Buses will make the circle and exit through the one way driveway as they merge with parent traffic.

• The driveway off of Miles that runs to the back of Hudson will be a one-way, therefore no parent traffic will enter that way, but parents will exit that way.

  
  

  
  

Afternoon Pick-Up Procedures:

• Pick-up procedures are the same as drop-off, with one exception.

• Students will exit from many doors at the 4:00 PM bell, so the back area can be used for parking and waiting for students in the afternoon. Vehicles who are waiting for students to load must wait in the left lane, while vehicles who have loaded their students and are ready to leave, will merge into the right lane. The left lane is “pick-up” only and the right lane is “drive-through” only. The exit onto Miles Road is only an exit (one-way). No parent traffic will be allowed to enter from Miles Road.

This map is also available on the school website under the “Parents” tab. It is clearer and in color there.

We have prepared a student handbook that will help you as you navigate HMS. Please find listed below a link to our HMS student handbook.

Please visit https://drive.google.com/openid=1ROtfGAN4WjrwAdENcWH_8aAXSzgQc2ATOmqBO2IlbHU

Please make sure that you have submitted your child's immunization record to Nurse Cox. This year Nurse Cox will be located in the small gym with the 7th graders. When students pick up their schedules, if they have a salmon "nurse" page, they will be sent to visit with Nurse Cox. Parents will be notified immediately that they need to submit their immunization record. Students without the correct information will be sent home.

Attendance is very important and listed below are a few reminders:

• Notes may only be entered for the reason of illness.
• Notes may cover 1-2 days.
• Notes must be for complete days.
• Notes will be approved or denied with a note from the school.
• Parents may write or send a total of six notes per semester.
• Parents notes must be entered within three days of the time a student returns to school.

For more information, please visit:

pdf Parent Instructions Guardian Entered Notes.pdf Download 351.8 KB

Spanish Version:

PDF Parent Instructions Guardian Entered Notes SPANISH.PDF Download 396.6 KB

Amazing, Awesome, and Fantastic are just a few words that describe our dynamic PTA parents. Please take time to join the PTA. They are very active on campus, and we truly value our strong Parent Partnership. For more information please feel free to contact our PTA President: Kristy Romo at kristyromo9@gmail.com.

The PTA has worked very hard to help us bring Kevin Hines to Sachse, Texas. On September 3, 2019 our students will have an opportunity to hear him speak. During the first week of school your student will be provided a field trip form during "NEST". If you would like for your student to attend the field trip please complete the form and have your student return the form to their ELAR teacher by Friday, Aug. 23, 2019.

We are working very hard to keep your students engaged and prepared for the future. In an effort to expose our Hudson Hawks to awesome opportunities we are launching Hudson TV.

We are grateful that we have a very talented teacher that has volunteered to serve as our sponsor for our campus television station. Ms. Banks will hold tryouts for our anchor and tv crew members on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 4:10pm in room B21. If you are interested in your student trying out for Hudson TV please feel free to email Ms. Banks at: sbanks@garlandisd.net and she will email you a form. All forms are due back to Ms. Banks by August 26, 2019 at 4:10pm.

We are so excited to announce that we will hold tryouts for our HMS Mascot. Our amazing PTA has purchased a mascot costume and we can't wait to add our mascot to our dynamic cheerleading squad. For more information regarding mascot tryouts please contact: swilliams@garlandisd.net

Please find below a few activities/events that will occur beginning August 12 - September 6, 2019.

Aug. 12- First Day of School

Aug. 13- New to Hudson Girls Athletic Tryouts 7:15 am

Aug. 14- New to Hudson Girls Athletic Tryouts 7:15 am

7th Volleyball tryouts 7:30 am

Aug. 15- 7th & 8th Volleyball tryouts 7:30 am

Aug. 16- 7th & 8th Volleyball tryouts 7:30 am

Aug. 19- Athletic Parent Meeting 5:30 pm

Musical Auditions am & pm

Aug. 20- Musical Callbacks 4:10 - 5:45pm

Aug. 22- Musical Parent Meeting

Aug. 23- Kevin Hines Field Trip form due to ELAR teachers

Aug. 26 - 30- HMS Mascot Tryouts

Aug. 27- Beginner band parent meeting in the cafeteria 6:00pm

Robotics Tryouts 4:00 - 6:00 pm.

Hudson TV Anchor & Crew Tryouts @ 4:10 in B21

Aug. 28- Robotics Tryouts 4:00 - 6:00 pm

Aug. 29- Robotics Tryouts 4:00 - 6:00 pm

Sept. 2- No School

Sept. 3- Kevin Hines Field Trip Sachse High School

Sept. 4- Meet the Teacher 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Sept. 5- Volleyball Game 7th home; 8th at Schrade

Sept. 6- PTA School Dance 4:30 - 6:30 pm

PSAT testing will take place on October 16, 2019, and the deadline to request accommodations through Services for Students with Disabilities is August 27, 2019. For more information please feel free to contact Carrie Whitaker at 972-487-3209 or cawhitak@garlandisd.net

The mission of Hudson Middle School is to provide a quality education for all students in a way that accepts the challenge of educating students from diverse cultural backgrounds, different economic situations, and different ways of learning in order to give every student a strong educational foundation and the confidence to apply that knowledge base in new situations. In short, we strive to give every student roots and wings.

Email: A052@garlandisd.net
Website: http://www.garlandisd.schools.net/page.cfm?p=593
Location: 4405 Hudson Drive, Sachse, TX, USA
Phone: 9726753070
Twitter: @Hudson_hawks