Hero Happenings!

Do you ever ask your child about his/her day and you get a shoulder shrug? or "it was fine"? If this is the case, use these questions to ask your child about school - let's get them talking!

History 7 - What are the main reasons for the European countries to establish colonies in the New World?

ELA 7- What is a possible theme statement for Freak the Mighty or The Outsiders?

Adv. ELA 7 - What is a significant setting in The Outsiders and how does that setting affect a character?

Acc. Math 7 - What determines if a value is positive or negative when adding & subtracting rational numbers?

Language Lab 7 - What is an independent clause? When communicating how do you know your subject and verb agree?

Science 7 - Explain how thermal energy is increasing or decreasing when a liquid goes to a gas.

Science 6 - When you use a microwave, what energy transformations are involved.

Art 6 - What is the process you are using to draw your self portrait, and what are some of the things you feel are successful and/or challenging?

Adv. Art 7 -Have you started planning for your character portrait bust? Who are you creating and why?

Art 7 - What is the theme for your 3 Point Perspective City Project?

Stagecraft - Tell me about your papier mache project.

Health 6 - What are some ways you can positively impact your body and mind?

Keycode 6/7 - What does the shift key do?

Math 6 - What is a ratio? If there are 4 dogs for every 2 cats, can you calculate an equivalent ratio?

Math 7 - How do you convert a fraction to a percent?

ELA 6 - What does STEAL stand for?

Careers 6 - What does the hiring process for a police officer include? Answer: Candidates must undergo a hiring process which includes a physical fitness test, written examination, background check, polygraph exam, psychological evaluation, a board interview, and medical examination / drug screen.

Band - How many pass-off stamps have you earned on your Band objective sheet? They should have 3-4 minimum at this point. A flipgrid link is available in their Band Google class if they need to turn in video pass-offs from home to get caught up.

Thank you to our students and parents who worked at the Band Car Wash on Saturday! Also, thank you to everyone who made donations to the band. We hope to provide all of the needs of our students this year and purchase some new instruments.

Please organize your donations and have them ready to turn in on Monday, Oct. 2nd.

Please consider donating for the Hero Hangout, which is an event completely coordinated by our PTO. The Hero Hangout is on October 13th and donations will need to be brought to Hellstern by October 11th.

The next PTO meeting has been moved to October 10th.

You must have a current physical to practice and try-out for the team. If you plan to attend these optional practices, you must complete the following form.

• Girls will practice on Mondays from 3:30-4:45 beginning on Sept. 11. We will not practice on 9/25 because of parent-teacher conferences. If you have any questions, please contact Karen LaMendola, klamendola@sdale.org
• Boys will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 13 from 2:10-3:45 For more information contact Jax Gutierrez, jgutierrez@sdale.org

Tryouts will be the last week of November or the first week of December.

• GIRLS practices will begin in January on Monday and Thursday, 3:30-5:30.
• BOYS practices will begin in January on Wednesday (2:10-4:15) and second day TBD.

Each week we will feature staff from Hellstern so you can learn a little more about us! You can see us when we were in middle school and now:)

10 - School Board Meeting

12 - End of 1st quarter

13 - Team day & Hero Hangout

16-20 - America's Safe Schools Week

17 - Flu shot clinic

17 - Band Day @ HBHS (approx. 9:30am)

18 - Bully Prevention Day - staff and students wear ORANGE

20 - No School

Football - All games scheduled to start at 5:30pm

Home games are played at HBHS.

Oct. 5 - AWAY vs. Ft. Smith Chaffin

Oct. 12 - no game

Oct. 19 - HOME vs. Rogers Elmwood

Oct. 26 - HOME vs. Bentonville Washington

Nov. 2 - Championship Week (TBD)

Cross-Country - Schedule

Oct. 7 - Springdale Schools Invitational (Sonora MS)

Oct. 12 - 8th grade conference (Bentonville) (date could change)

Oct. 17 - Thrive Invitational (Rogers High School)

Oct. 24 - 9th grade conference (Rogers High School)

Volleyball Schedule (4:30B/5:30A)

Home games are played at CJHS

Oct. 2 - Away @ Rogers Lingle

Oct. 3 - Home @ Ft. Smith Ramsey

Oct. 9 - Home @ Springdale LJHS

Oct. 10 - Home @ Bentonville Washington

Oct. 16 - Home @ Ft. Smith Kimmons

Oct. 17 - Away @ Fayetteville Ramay

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Website: http://hellstern.sdale.org/
Location: 7771 Har-Ber Avenue, Springdale, AR, USA
Phone: 479-750-8725
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