The Hive

Dear HMS Families,

We had so much fun yesterday celebrating Homecoming with our Hockinson community! We are incredibly lucky to be supported by a community that loves to support it's kids and yesterday, we were able to see that in full force. We were thrilled to participate in the HHS Homecoming Parade that celebrated all the wonderful things within our schools. Also, we loved being able to reconnect with our past students, celebrating their successes with them. We have amazing kids!!! Thank you for continually supporting us!

Next week is a big week at HMS! We have our first spirit week that ends with our annual volleyball-a-thon! This is one of our favorite weeks of the year!

We also have A LOT of events happening on Wednesday, 10/1! We have a HOME cross country meet at Hockinson Meadows, a HOME football game at the HHS stadium, and a HOME volleyball game at the HMS gym! If you are able, we would love to see you join us in cheering on our athletes!

It's going to be a great week!

With Kindness,

Bess & Sid

For those of you who are new to HMS, we have and continue to work really hard to build our school spirit. One thing we take really seriously is participation in spirit week. We have turned it into a grade level competition and the kids take it really seriously. During lunch we use a counter and individually count every student, divide it by the number of students that are at school that day to get a percentage of participation. It's a very intricate process that we have fine tuned over the past two years. It's very fun, the pictures and creativity we get is priceless, and the kids have a great time!

On Friday, the grade level that wins spirit week participation is assigned the spirit cone (pictured above). It's the ugliest thing that you could ever see, but the excitement when they win, is priceless. We unveil the spirit cone at a pep assembly on Friday. You could look through our social media to witness some of the unveiling moments of the cone. Currently, our 7th graders, are proud owners of the spirit cone.

This week are spirit days are as follows:

Monday - Dress to Un-impress

Tuesday - Toddler vs. Senior Citizens

Wednesday - Dress Like a Dad

Thursday - Perfect Pair

Friday - Color Wars! (8th Green, 7th Yellow, 6th Red)

We hope your student will join in the fun!

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

Wednesday, 10/8

• Swim Meet starts at 5:00pm
• Arrive at 4:30pm
• Reserved seating in front row to watch the meet
• Treat bag (little bags with small rubber duck, small bags of goldfish crackers, small bags of Swedish fish)
• Free admission into meet
• Meet swimmers and coaches

We are excited to offer world language testing to students to provide them with an opportunity to earn high school credit by demonstrating fluency in reading, writing, speaking and listening in a language other than English. Students who are literate in a language other than English may be able to earn four (4) high school credits through testing.

If this is something that you are interested in for your child please look HERE for more information.

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 looking for FIVE 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

HMS Volleyball-a-thon Friday 10/3/25

Six hours of friendly competition and volleyball fun while raising money for HMS ASB!

Time: 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM (Doors Open at 5:30PM)

Who: HMS students registered for this event AND chaperones who have been cleared by the district office by Wednesday, 10/01 (visit the HSD website to apply online).

Cost: $25.00 per student if you turn in your money by FRIDAY, 9/26

After 9/26, the cost will be $30.00.

Number of Players on a team: 8-10 (no less than 8, no more than 10)

Team Name and Costumes: Each team can choose their own name and costumes based on a theme of their choosing. Past examples include: animals, sports, pajamas, etc. Costumes must meet school dress code requirements and should be appropriate for playing volleyball. Team names must be approved by the ASB Office prior to a team being considered “official”.

Allowed to Bring: Pillows, blankets, games, lots of food, and cell phones.

It has been an exciting few weeks for our HMS athletic programs. Volleyball, Cross Country, and Football have found success each week and we are looking forward to the final few weeks of the fall season. We hope that you will join us this week as Wednesday Oct. 1st we have home volleyball games at HMS, a home cross country meet at Hockinson Meadows Park, and a home football game at Hockinson High School Stadium!

Upcoming Games

Volleyball - Blended, 7th, 8th

9/29 - AWAY @ King’s Way - First Game @ 3:30 PM

10/1 - Home vs Jemtegaard - First game @ 4:00 PM

10/6 - AWAY @ Woodland - First game @ 4:00 PM

10/8 - AWAY @ Jemtegaard & Canyon Creek - First game @ 4:00 PM

Cross Country -

10/1 Home vs Washougal @ Hockinson Meadows Park

Football

10/1 Home vs Woodland - 5:30 PM - Game at Hockinson High School

10/8 Home vs Washougal - 5:30 PM - Game at Hockinson High School

Upcoming Sports Registration -

Winter I sports registration will open 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.

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!

September

September 29th-October 3rd Spirit Week

October

October 3rd Volleyball-a-thon

October 6th Band JR. All State Auditions Due

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/