HMS Connection

Greetings from HMS!

Next week, our class advisors have planned a number of fun activities and themes for each day as we approach the Thanksgiving Break.

The graphics below provide a grade-by-grade overview of some of the great things planned for our students and teachers next week.

We hope all of our students choose to participate and show their spirit!

With the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday next week, we understand that many families will be traveling and may need to dismiss their student(s) before the end of the school day.

To help us help you get on the road on time, please follow the dismissal procedure below:

Dismissal Procedure

• Send the student in with a note including dismissal time/reason.

• Student brings the note to the LMC first thing in the morning and will receive a dismissal pass.

• Student gives dismissal pass to teacher at the beginning of block being dismissed

• Parent comes into the office to sign student out, student will meet parent in office.

Sending in dismissal notes ahead of time helps us to avoid interrupting classes and will help get you on your way faster. We've even attached a convenient note template, should you need one!

Team Great White Sharks will be collecting lightly used or new children’s books (ages 0-14) from 11/18 - 12/6 for the Christmas in the City organization. Christmas in the City helps to provide a Christmas for kids and family members from families living in Boston area shelters. Find out more at their website. Christmas in the City Your student can drop off book donations in their English classes or in the labeled boxes inside the entrance to the school.

The Grade Eight US History and Civics classes are conducting their first debate of the year. They are contesting whether the Federalists or the Anti-Federalists were correct regarding the ratification of the Constitution in 1787.

Please ask your eight grader which side they are on and why!.

Ms. Corcoran's ELA Class recently worked with Mrs. Zorella to complete a character study and dramatization of our One Book, One School novel, A Wish in the Dark. We were very impressed with their efforts!

Meanwhile, our grade eight students reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn created "real estate listings" for tenements, based on descriptions from the novel.

If you are planning to apply to private schools for next school year, please review the attached paperwork describing the process and necessary paperwork.

Counselors are happy to accommodate these requests, and we ask that you give at least 3 weeks notice before any deadlines.

Before submitting any electronic requests, please review and fill out the attached forms.

Thank you!

These math problems were too complex to be solved while sitting at a desk!

Mrs. Burnaby's Math Enrichment students work at Problem Solving Stations throughout their classroom.

• 11/25 Harvard Veritones Performance for Students
• 11/27 Early Release
• 11/28 - 12/1 Thanksgiving Recess
• 12/4 Early Release
• 12/5 Guest Speaker: Kate Gladdin (Sponsored by the HMS PTO)

Interested in what's going on after school next week?

Check out our Week-at-a-Glance below!

The views from Hingham Middle School on a Friday morning!

Thank you to all the 8th-grade students who participated in our T-shirt design contest!

Congratulations to our winners: Rory B (Eagles) , Miranda A (Lions) and Cameron K (Jaguars). We also want to extend our gratitude to the 8th graders for voting and making this contest a success!

Thank you to all those who are donating to our pie giveaway! The faculty are very excited for this event!

Next PTO Meeting: February 11th at 10AM @ HMS.

Kids grow like weeds! If your closets are overflowing in the way your kids Halloween candy stash is, save yourself a trip to Savers!

HMPA is seeking donations of youth sizes of the following items for our community concert clothing swap:

• Black pants/trousers (sizes to fit grades 5-12)

• Black shirts (sizes to fit grades 9-12- no t-shirts)

• White shirts (sizes to fit grades 5-8- no t-shirts)

Drop your middle school and high school kid’s outgrown black and white attire in the bins at the entrance of the middle and high school through the month of November and benefit other music students who need to swap up a size.

Bins will be available for donations throughout the month of November. Families will be invited to select complimentary items for their music students in advance of the winter concerts.

Please reach out with questions to hmpa.news@gmail.com.

Open the attached Vendor Location document to get a preview of the list of exhibitors and their locations.

For product pictures and exhibitor contact information, visit us on www.hinghamholidayfair.com "Like" us on Facebook at The Hingham Holiday Fair at Hingham High School. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064445633655

See you at The Hingham Holiday Fair! Thank you for your support.

Calling all 8th & 7th graders interested in rowing!

The Cohasset Maritime Institute (RowCMI.org) welcomes students from any town to train with us this winter on indoor rowing machines (aka ergs).

No experience necessary!

Signups for Youth Winter Training are at RowCMI.org or you can contact Program Director Frank Townsend for more info at programdirector@rowcmi.org