The Progress Report

Elementary students across the Southeast will compete in Greenpower Goblin Cup races. In Greenpower, students build and race electric-powered cars.

Greenpower USA is a premier Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program that provides students a hands-on, project-based learning experience that engages students academically and builds critical employability skills.

The races will begin around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11 and will be held at Milton Frank Stadium. View schedule.

View the HCS Calendar for a complete listing of district-level dates and to learn more about each event.

• February 10: Progress Reports
• February 11: Greenpower Goblin Race
• February 11: Northwest Huntsville Honor Band Concert
• February 15: National School Resource Officer (SRO) Day
• February 16: BOE Meeting
• February 20: Presidents' Day Observed (all schools & offices closed)
• February 21: DAC Columbia Feeder Pattern Meeting
• February 21: Pre-K Application Window Opens
• February 23: Special Olympics Bowling Tournament
• February 23: DAC Jemison Feeder Pattern Meeting
• February 24: Superintendent Scholarship Application Deadline
• March 2: BOE Work Session
• March 3: 2023-24 Student Course Registration Forms Due
  
• March 4: Alabama State FTC Robotics Championship
• March 7: DAC Grissom Feeder Pattern Meeting
• March 9: DAC Huntsville Feeder Pattern Meeting
• March 10: End 3rd Grading Period & E-Learning Day
  
• March 13: Spring Break begins (No school for students/teachers)
• March 17: Spring Break for district employees (All schools and Offices closed)
• March 20: Classes resume following Spring Break
• March 21: DAC Lee Feeder Pattern Meeting
• March 24: Report Cards

The HCS CNP staff is adding charcuterie-style lunches to its menu rotation of school meals. This concept was piloted at several schools recently, and schools across the district will start serving these lunches starting Thursday, February 16. Meal prices will be the same as school lunches.

Nearly 1,000 students and families attended the 2023 Curriculum Showcase before HCS Course Registration, which is now open!

The Curriculum Showcase is an event that allows students to check out schools and specific programs of interest before course registration. Watch video.

View HCS Course Catalogs: huntsvillecityschools.org.

HCS hosted the district's first-ever middle school soccer games. The games featured matchups between McNair Junior High versus Huntsville Junior High as well as Whitesburg Middle versus Challenger Middle.

The board announced plans last summer to introduce middle school soccer to the district. Schools hosted tryouts in the fall. The season will run concurrent with the high schools, but it will be a shorter year at the middle-school level. Watch video.

Huntsville City Schools Pre-Kindergarten Application Window for the 2023-2024 school year will be open and accepting applications from February 21- March 24, 2023. Child must be age 4 on or before September 1, 2023.

Learn more and apply online at huntsvillecityschools.org.

Pre-K Information Sessions

The School Readiness Department will host virtual information sessions to provide interested families with information.

1. Tuesday, February 14th at 9:00a.m.

2. Thursday, February 16th at 5:30p.m.

3. Tuesday, February 21st at 9:00 a.m.

4. Tuesday February 21st at 5:30 p.m.

5. Thursday, February 23rd at 12:00p.m. (Spanish presented at Morris in-person)

Congratulations to Owen Brown, an 8th grader at Huntsville Junior High School, wins the Madison County Spelling Bee!

Owen lasted all nine rounds in the event hosted at AAA. He claimed the title after correctly spelling "acquiesce." He now advances to the Alabama Spelling Bee held at UAB.

The Northwest Huntsville Honor Band Concert will be Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 at the Lee High Theater beginning at 1 p.m.

Columbia High hosted the inaugural North Alabama Clyde Foster STEM/Black History Program!

The science, technology, engineering and math program featured hands-on demonstrations, drones and simulators.

Clyde Foster served as the director of Alabama A&M University’s Computer Science Center from 1968-70. Watch video.

Huntsville City Schools encourages school students, staff, and communities to recognize the valuable work of their school resource officers.

Congratulations to Allie Banks, an 8th grade student at Mountain Gap Middle! She won $10,000 for being selected as the regional winner in a Scholastic essay contest. Allie is grateful to Mrs. Graham for her support!

Superintendent Christie Finley, Deputy Superintendent Tim Scott, and McDonnell Principal Frazier Barnes congratulate Jonathan Pascual-Reyes on his winning artwork.

AlphaBest's Spring Break program will run from 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. daily beginning Monday, March 13th and ending Friday, March 17th. Morning and afternoon snacks provided. Please send your child with a sack lunch and water bottle each day. Locations are Blossomwood Elementary, Hampton Cove Elementary, and Whitesburg Elementary.

For rates and online registration, visit the AlphaBest website. Spring Break program sites were selected based on AlphaBest staff availability at each location.

For more information, contact Timothy Griffin at tgriffin@alphabest.org or 256-309-1868.

We invite HCS seniors to apply for the Superintendent Scholarship, which is $1000 to be used at a post secondary school or technical institute of your choice. Application information for seniors and parents/guardians is as follows:

Scholarship Requirements:

• Students must be enrolled in Huntsville City Schools
• Student must be attending a 2-year or 4-year college, or technical school.

Deadline:

Completed scholarship application and essay must be returned to your senior counselor by February 24, 2023.

*Copies of the application are available for students to pick up in the counseling office at each HCS high school.

February is Career & Technical Education Month in school systems across America. HCS has more than 5,000 students enrolled in CTE programs.

Teams from Alabama and other states will be competing in the 2022-2023 Alabama State FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) Robotics Championship to be held at the Lee/New Century gymnasium on March 4. This will mark the first time the event will be held in Huntsville. Nearly 800-1,000 are expected to be in attendance. Host team is Redstone Robotics from New Century Technology and Lee High Schools.

The Desegregation Advisory Committee (DAC) will host a series of public meetings across the district for each feeder pattern. These meetings will be held in-person as well as virtually via Facebook Live on the Huntsville City Schools Facebook page.

These meetings are designed to keep the community informed about the Desegregation Advisory Committee (DAC) and the implementation of the Consent Order, as well as provide an open forum for the community members to ask questions and provide feedback regarding their experiences with the implementation of the Consent Order to the DAC members.

• Feb. 21: Columbia Feeder: Columbia Auditorium at 6 p.m.
• Feb. 23: Jemison Feeder: Jemison Theater at 6 p.m.
• March 7: Grissom Feeder: Grissom Cafeteria at 6 p.m.
• March 9: Huntsville Feeder: Huntsville High Lecture Hall at 6 p.m.
• March 21: Lee Feeder: Lee Auditorium at 6 p.m.
• April 10: Districtwide Meeting: Lee Auditorium at 6 p.m.

Interested in your student having an opportunity to attend a magnet program? The Office of Magnet Programs hosted a Virtual Lunch and Learn conversation to provide information regarding the magnet application for the 2023-2024 school year.

Additionally, shadow days allow for students who may be interested in applying and attending to one of our magnet programs an opportunity to work alongside current magnet students, meet our magnet teachers, and determine if the program is the best fit for their interests. See below for dates and contact information:

• Academy for Academics and Arts: Shadowing offered by request beginning the week of September 12th- March 2023. Please contact asia.hester@hsv-k12.org and elizabeth.moore@hsv-k12.org for additional information.
• Academy for Science and Foreign Language: Shadowing offered by request beginning the week of September 12th- March 2023. Please contact jennifer.mason@hsv-k12.org and keitra.payne@hsv-k12.org for additional information.
• Academy for Gifted and Talented: Please contact Fisher.Hedgman@hsv-k12.org or Marquetta.Gradford-Hope@hsv-k12.org for additional information.
• New Century Technology High School: Shadowing offered by request beginning the week of September 19th- March 2023. Please contact Chris.Sims@hsv-k12.org for additional information.

Late Majority to Minority (M2M) applications will be open until July 15, 2023 for the 2023-24 school year. If you have a student going from Elementary to Middle School or from Middle to High School, you will need to reapply.

If you have any questions, please contact Tiffany Shoulders in the Department of Strategy and Innovation at 256-428-6854 or email tiffany.shoulders@hsv-k12.org.

HCS is now hiring for a variety of positions including elementary math and science teachers, special education teachers, and more. View job openings.

The Huntsville City Board of Education hosted a regularly scheduled work session on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The board discussed the following items:

• Unitary Status Update
• Bylaw and Standing Rules Revision
• VBC Graduation Contract

View the work session agenda to see a complete list of items discussed. Watch work session.

The next board meeting is scheduled for Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. in the Huntsville High AV Room.

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