The Hive

Dear HMS Families,

We had the BEST time last week celebrating our first spirit week, which ended with our annual volleyball-a-thon. The positive energy could be felt all over campus that night! We had over 230 kids participate (29 teams) and over 40 parents helping us chaperone! This event has gotten better every single year and it just brings a smile to our faces thinking about how awesome it was! We have never hosted that many teams and students before. We are only able to do this because our kids and families are amazing!

The positive energy of volleyball-a-thon carried us through this week and it sure went by really fast! We hope you all have a wonderful three day weekend!

With Kindness,

Bess & Sid

We are thrilled that our leadership students have asked to be able to provide a write up about what they are working on to build community at HMS. You can look for this addition in all of our future newsletters!

Hello families! Our leadership team planned our very first spirit week and pep assembly last week! All the grades did so well dressing up and our winning grade was 8th grade. We also had our volleyball-athon on October 3rd that everyone had so much fun at! Currently we are working on our assembly and spirit day for unity day that is coming up on October 15th. The leadership team is hoping to see lots of orange from all 3 grades on this day! We also cannot wait to plan the school social coming later this fall! We are going to try very hard to make it an enjoyable night for everyone!

On Wednesday, October 15th, we are going to be celebrating Unity Day. On this day, we are encouraging all of our students to wear orange to celebrate with us. Our leadership students will be greeting students in the morning and we will have some photo opportunities for students to participate in. We are also really excited to be welcoming James Layman, director of the Association of Washington Student Leaders, for the second year to share a positive message with all of us. It's going to be a fun day!

We are excited to be hosting our annual fall Hockinson School District tour! The tour visits HHES, HMS and HHS and learns about each school site. We would love for you to join us to learn about all the amazing things we have going on at HMS! We are looking for at least four HMS families to join us on this tour. If you are able, we would love it if you could help us meet our goal! Please follow the link below to register!

COMMUNITY TOUR REGISTRATION

Fall conferences are fast approaching! Just a reminder that students will be released at 12:20pm (3 hours early) October 29th-31st. If you are new to HMS, our conferences are a little bit different than what you may be used to. Our schedule for conferences is as follows:

Wednesday, 10/29

12:50-3:50 Pre-scheduled individual conferences with grade level teams

*Grade levels have already reached out to these families and we are currently scheduling these.

5:00-7:30 Arena Conferences

*ALL of our teachers will be at tables in the commons/cafeteria. You are welcome to come and meet with each of your child's teachers individually during this time. You set the pace, you prioritize who you want to meet with.

Thursday, 10/30

12:50-3:50 Arena Conferences

*ALL of our teachers will be at tables in the commons/cafeteria. You are welcome to come and meet with each of your child's teachers individually during this time. You set the pace, you prioritize who you want to meet with.

As we enter the final week of our fall sports season, we want to send a huge thank you to all of our athletes, coaches, and families for such a successful fall season! We have seen so much growth in each program, quite a few wins on the scoreboard, and we hope that each of our athletes continue to participate in other sports and activities this school year. The final games for all of our teams are on the road this week.

Volleyball - Blended, 7th, 8th

10/13 - AWAY @ La Center MS - First game @ 4:00 PM

10/15 - AWAY @ Huntington MS - First game @ 3:30 PM

Cross Country -

10/15 SWWMSL District Championship @ Washougal MX Park LLC

Girls run @ 3:30 PM

Boys run @ 4:00 PM

Football

10/15 AWAY vs Castle Rock @ Kalama HS Stadium - Start time scheduled for 6:45 PM

Upcoming Sports Registration -

Winter I sports registration opened on October 1st and the season will begin Oct. 20th. Please make sure that your athlete has a current physical on file, and all forms are signed through FinalForms.

Girls Basketball is open to 7th and 8th graders. We will have 3 teams and not all athletes who try out will make a team.

Boys and Girls Wrestling is open to 6th - 8th grade boys and girls.

On Monday, October 27th we will be having our annual hearing and vision screening for 7th graders only, during 6th period (1:30-2:25). We are still looking for TWO volunteers to help us with this screening.

If this is something you could help us out with, please use this sign-up link: Hearing & Vision Screenings

The Annual Fall Carnival is coming up again, this year, Saturday October 25th. PWT is looking for volunteers from 4:00-7:00 to give candy at the doors, run games, face paint, and much more! If interested, please fill the attached short form and more information will follow as the event approaches! Thank you for your support!

SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER

The Hockinson PWT is excited to continue supporting the students and staff at Hockinson Middle School this year! In partnership with school administration, we are raising funds for two important initiatives: Staff Appreciation activities HMS Staff Hospitality and new Recess Equipment HMS Recess Equipment.

• Our fundraising goal for staff hospitality this year is $2,500.
• Our fundraising goal for recess equipment this year is $300.

Your support makes a big difference in creating a positive, engaging environment for our students and showing appreciation for our hardworking staff. We would love your help in contributing to these important fundraisers, thank you for being part of our community!

October

October 10th No School: In-Service Day

October 15th Unity Day

October 20th Boo Gram Sales

October 22nd Community Tour

October 23rd HMS Fall Concert

October 27th 7th Grade ONLY Hearing/Vision Screening

October 29th-31st 3 Hour Early Release

October 29th Student specific conferences & Late night arena conferences

October 30th Arena conferences

October 31st Boo Grams Delivered

We really try to post one thing a day that is student centered. If you are curious what we are up to throughout the day, please consider following our Facebook or Instagram accounts. We love to give you all insight to all the amazing things that happen here.

We have such an awesome community and it's wonderful to be able to celebrate it!

We teach, guide, and support students and our community by creating a safe environment where we learn and grow together.

School Hours: 8:50am-3:20pm

Wednesdays: 1 Hour Early Release

Office Hours: 8:00am - 3:45am

Email: bess.colpron@hocksd.org
Website: https://hms.hocksd.org/
Location: 15916 NE 182nd Ave, Brush Prairie, WA, USA
Phone: 360-448-6440
Facebook: facebook.com/HockinsonMS/