STEAM TEAM UPDATE

The STEAM Team is gearing up for a busy winter and spring season. There are some exciting additions to our winter/spring schedule that will offer the students new challenges and opportunities for outreach, leadership, communication and team work. It will be all hands on deck this spring!

• January 6 - Practice 3:00-5:15 pm
• January 8 - Practice 3:00-5:15 pm
• January 9 - Booster Board Meeting 4:00-5:15
• January 10 - Practice 9-11:00 am

• January 13 - HCMS STEM Night 5:00 - 6:30 (See volunteer signup) -
• January 13 - Shortened STEAM Practice 3:00-4:30pm

• January 15 - TSA Parent/Student Meeting 5:30 HCMS AV Room (See below for Zoom link)

January Competitions

• January 24 - Future City Competition - Alabama A&M
• January 31 - Greenpower Race - Toyota Classic - Milton Frank Stadium

HCMS STEM Night: January 13, 5:00-6:30pm

This is an opportunity for our feeder pattern students and parents to mingle and have fun with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math! There will be Science Fair projects presented in the cafeteria; math and science games in the hallways, cafeteria, gym and AV room; and STEM class project expo in the hallways as well! Drop by to welcome visitors, and stay to enjoy the fun!

STEAM students will help host events and parent volunteers will sell concessions for this event. STUDENT SIGNUPS HAVE BEEN FILLED. THANK YOU!

HCMS STEAM Team is partnering with HCES to promote 2 STEM activities. They are asking for 1-2 mentors to support the FLL Robotics team. The mentor would support LEGO Robot building, coding and presentation practice. There are 2-3 HCMS Steam students also helping out. Thursdays, Jan 15 - February 7th. 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm.

HCES also has a Greenpower team racing the Goblin car. We are looking for 1 adult mentor for the team learning together about the car and organizing driving lessons. Wed 2:30 pm- 4:00 pm.Jan 14 - April 4th. Mrs. Snider helps with 2 HCMS students, but it would b nice to have another adult.

If you are interested, use the signup genius below.

TSA parent/student meeting: January 15, 5:30-6:00pm (STEAM general parent mtg 6:00-6:30). Please try to attend in-person; it's a great opportunity to meet the other families in STEAM and participate in decision making for our Spring season!

Zoom available https://hsv-k12-org.zoom.us/j/84226677613?pwd=qv69AIFUka8Nr3s6JuAuT9LozMio65.1

If you are thinking about attending the conference as parent, you can reserve a room using the links below.

https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1736873139085&key=GRP&guestreslink2=true&app=resvlink

Thank you to all those who have already paid their Booster Fees this year. We will be emailing invoices to those who still need to make their payment. Invoices will include a payment link which we hope makes the process simpler for everyone. Your booster fees help fund all the awesome things our students get to participate in throughout the year. If you need to make special arrangements for payment or need assistance, please contact Ms. Snider.

It's a new year and we have a new signup for snacks for team practice. The kids are ravenous after school and healthy snacks are a big help to get them through STEAM Practice. This is a great way to support our team!

The Future City Team competes January 24th. The competition is being held at Alabama A&M. it is a 1 day event. Students will display their Future City model, participate in judges' interviews and make a presentation that describes their city and their technologies that eliminate food waste farm to table. The judges will select the finalists who will then give their presentations to the entire group. Winners are announced after these final presentations. We will need a few parent volunteers - watch for signups next week!

The Greenpower Team's next competition in Jan 31 at Milton Frank Stadium. Team arrival is 7:30. Middle School heats are at 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. Awards Ceremony is at 5:00 pm. We will need several parent volunteers - watch for signups later this month!

Science Olympiad takes place on February 28 in Tuscaloosa. The students have received the information page during STEAM practice. If they have no signed up yet, the dead line is Jan 15th.

We continue our fundraising efforts into the new year. There are 3 travel events scheduled in the spring and the Boosters are trying to raise money to be able to help with travel expenses. Our hope is that we can contribute enough to travel expenses so that no student is unable to participate in an event because of costs. The students will be running a Dominoes Coupon Card fundraiser during January. We are asking all parents to encourage and support your students' efforts to sell the cards.

The students involved in the Future City Competition need recycled items to build their city model. They are limited to $100 worth of materials hence the need for recycled or scrap materials.

Items that can be used are

- bottles (preferably plastic) and bottle caps

- tins (small like for gum or mints)

- buttons

- Old toy pieces like Legos, gears, Tinkertoys and blocks

- Game pieces like tokens, chips or dice

- Discarded or scrap pipe, wire or plastic

- Old parts from stoves, cabinets, and plumbing fixtures

- Obsolete or outdated electronic equipment

Please look around your homes and places of work for these items. The more materials the Future City team has, the more creative they can be with their city design.

Newsletter - Weekly updates about upcoming events, event information, and celebration of team experiences.

Remind - Remind is the primary method of communication between Mrs. Snider, the boosters and the parents. To join the new 2025-26 HCMS STEAM Remind click here https://www.remind.com/join/f23e6ab. Be sure you are signed into link to make sure you are receiving up to date information.

Website - https://member.hamptoncovesteam.com

Currently under construction, but will soon include calendar for all events and helpful information regarding events and fundraising. (If you have skills in updating and maintaining a website we would love your help! Please contact Mrs. Snider, Jennie Maestri or Beth Wright.)

Are you a member of the HCMS Steam Team group on Facebook? This page is

where we celebrate team accomplishments, share the newsletter and share community opportunities.

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1DF8dubLKw/