HMS Newsletter
September 17th, 2025
HMS Upcoming Events
Upcoming
🏈September 19: HMS Football @ Capitan-CANCELED
🏐September 20: HMS Volleyball vs. Mescalero
⭐September 23: CFA 1
🏐September 23: HMS Volleyball vs. Chaparral
🏈September 25: HMS Football @ Cloudcroft
🗣️September 25-26: Parent Teacher Conferences (NO school for students)
🏐September 29: HMS Volleyball vs Cloudcroft
📸September 30: Picture Day!
⭐October 1: HFA #2
🏈October 2: HMS Football @ Ruidoso
📅October 8: PTO Meeting @ 3:30pm in HMS Library
🚒October 9: Fire Drill
🏈October 9: HMS Football @ Chaparral
Hawaiian Day!
HMS is bringing home ribbons due to amazing art work submitted by Ms. Gioia!
HMS Basketball News!
Athletic Announcements
* BASKETBALL OPEN GYM FOR GIRLS WILL START ON OCT 6 FROM 3:30 TO 5:00 PM.
To participate, you MUST have a recent physical and concussion certificate. For now, we are asking you to bring a copy of the physical and concussion certificate. If you show up without a copy of these two documents, you will NOT be able to participate. PLEASE NOTE THAT PARTICIPATING IN OPEN GYM DOES NOT GUARANTEE A SPOT ON THE TEAM ROSTER. Please be on time and prepared. Bring water and no street clothes or shoes will be allowed. If you have any questions, see Coach/Counselor Suarez.
* OPEN GYM FOR BOYS WILL START after football season is over.
** Physical packet and Healthy Roster instructions are located at the front office.
Open Gym sessions are closed to parents/guardians.
Mrs. Herrera's STEM Class
Mrs. Herrera's STEM class get to taste what they have been growing.
Carrot taste test in STEM. Grown hydroponicly we had little baby carrots harvested today. Students tried the leaves too and reported that it tasted minty
HMS Lunch Menu
This Week:
Monday: Mac N Cheese or Chicken Nuggets
Tuesday: Homestyle Spaghetti or Santa Fe Wrap
Wednesday: Sweet and Sour Chicken/w egg Fried Rice or Crispy Bacon Ranch Chicken Sandwich
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School
MESA students building boats while keeping a budget on materials
Teacher Student Swap
HMS Homecoming Float! Welcome to Falcon Country!
Sports Day
Anything BUT the Backpack Day
STEM to SPACE
STEMtoSpace is designed to facilitate virtual connections between Space Force Guardians and K-12 classrooms. Intended to share the importance of STEM careers in the Space Force with local students. There are varying opportunities for classroom engagement:
1:1 Classroom Connections—Registration now open!
For these virtual engagements, your classroom will be assigned an Guardian volunteer (military or civilian). The volunteer will virtually meet with you and your students for a 20-30 minute presentation and question and answer session. Educators and volunteers will choose a date and time that works with all schedules. Registration is open now, schedule is available between 1-19 December 2025.
STEM Activities
Available for download, for grades kindergarten to 12th; available year-round.
STEMtoSpace Videos
Available to stream for kindergarten to 12th; available year-round.
For more information and registration visit: https://dafstem.us/stemtospace/