Grade 6 Spooky Social
🍁🎃 Celebrate October at the HMS 6th Grade Spooky Social! 🎃🍁
6th Grade Families,
📅 Save the Date!
When: Friday, October 25th
Where: HMS Cafeteria and Brown Gym
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
🍁 “Spooky” Festivities Include:
Music
Activities and Games
Light Snacks
Showing of the movie Hotel Transylvania (PG)
Raffle
🎫 Admission: Free!
📝 Important: Digital Permission Form
For your child to join in the fun, please ensure the digital permission form is completed before 5 PM on October 25th.
📍 Additional Notes:
-This event is exclusively for 6th-grade HMS students
-The raffle can be entered in two ways:
Wear orange to the event.
Be “caught” demonstrating our HMS mission of having “strong minds and kind hearts” during the event.
We're looking forward to an exciting evening and hope to see your 6th grader there!
Please contact Mrs. Walcott (awalcott@hopkinton.k12.ma.us) or Ms. Abate (rabate@hopkinton.k12.ma.us) with any questions.
HMS Community Read
HMS Community Read November 14th 7-8pm in the Hopkinton Middle School Library
Please join us for the inaugural HMS Community Read on November 14th from 7 - 8pm in the Hopkinton Middle School library. Students and families are invited to read Jacqueline Woodson’s Harbor Me and to come together for an evening to engage in discussions and activities centered around the book. As the characters discover in the novel, time spent together sharing their stories is a powerful way to build connection and community. Likewise, we hope that this event will serve to further grow our “active community of strong minds and kind hearts” at HMS. On November 14th we have the opportunity to make connections with one another and to celebrate diversity, creativity, and respect. All readers in your home are welcome to attend! If you will be able to join us, please fill out the HMS Community Read RSVP form.
About Harbor Me
Jacqueline Woodson’s first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their stories.
Awards
ALSC Notable Children's Books
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work
New York Times Notable Book
New York Times Editors' Choice
ALSC Notable Children's Recordings
If you have not already done so, you can purchase a copy of Harbor Me here: Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
Picture Retake Day
Retake day is for new students, transfer students, or for anyone who may have missed the initial picture day, OR for anyone who was unhappy with their original picture and would like to give it another try. If a student would like the retake photo to replace the original photo, please have the student return the original picture package to the photographer on picture day. They will replace the original package at no additional cost.
If this is the first time being photographed, just have the student/staff go to the camera and we’ll create a proof for them that will be sent to the school (and/or to their family email if we have that information). These proofs will be delivered approx. 4 weeks after picture day. An order code will be on the proof along with ordering instructions.
Charleston Wrap Fundraiser
Support the HMS fundraiser by making a purchase at Charleston Wrap using code 22361. When you make a purchase you are entered to win a $250 gift card for Charleston Wrap.
Art Supply Drive
Aishwarya Vijay, a junior at Hopkinton High School, is running an art supply donation drive in an effort to make art kits for children in need. These kits will be distributed to children at Project Just Because, a local food shelter and charity organization in Hopkinton. Any art supplies in good condition (pencils, crayons, markers, coloring books, erasers, etc.) are welcome!