Hopkins Middle School Newsletter

Thank you to Deputy K and our team of mental health professionals for the panel discussion with students this week! Each grade level spent an hour discussing our building policies and expectations around bully/harassment, cybersafety, threats, and overall student welfare. We ended the discussions with a challenge: each student should give a compliment to someone they don’t usually talk to.

Ms. Leanna's 8th grade class have been working together to define transformations by their graphs, tables, descriptions, and algebraic representations. See pictures from our class-wide matching competition where students worked in groups to interpret transformations in various forms.

HMS has 14 students whose artwork has won the Celebrating Art Contest, and they have all been chosen for a national publication called "Celebrating Art". The book features the best K-12 artwork from around the country.

To celebrate their achievement, I will highlight a few students each week until all have been honored. This week, the highlighted artists will be Brooklynn Weenum & Grace Lopez-Valdivia.

Because the publication contest was in the summer, some of the students have already moved onto 9th grade.

Please help me congratulate the following HMS students for their achievement:

Molly DenBraber

Kimberly Deweerd

Allie Glupker

Olivia Halloran

Olivia Herremans

Josie Hiemstra

Preston Koski

Grace Lopez-Valdivia

Keagan Shanahan

Rhiannon Travis

Olivia Vogt

Brooklynn Weenum

Brooklynn Young

Mrs. Pulaski's 8th grade Law Enforcement class had a special visit from Deputy Sceech and his K-9 partner, Zadok. Deputy Sceech explained how he and Zadok work together as a team and described the training a police dog goes through to serve the community. He talked about the jobs K-9 units do, such as tracking missing people, finding evidence, and detecting drugs, and how Zadok uses his powerful sense of smell to help officers do things they couldn’t do alone. Students watched Zadok follow commands and saw how much trust and communication the partnership depends on. They also asked questions about Zadok’s daily routine, how he lives with Deputy Sceech when he’s off duty, and what it takes to become a K-9 handler. The visit gave our students a close look at an important part of law enforcement, and they won’t soon forget meeting Zadok!

There are Tryouts/Evaluations for MS 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade baseball teams. We are running the tryouts/evaluations to see how many kids are interested in the spring, and to give parents time to cover the cost of MS baseball expenses. This also gives Mr. O'Dell a better idea of the number of teams we can have for MS this year. If we have enough players willing to participate, then we can have three different teams.

November 8th in the HHS gym

6th grade: 1pm-2:30pm

7th grade: 2:30pm-4pm

8th grade: 4pm-5:30pm

Email: scotstoc@hpsvikings.org
Website: hpsvikings.org
Location: Hopkins Middle School, 215 Clark Street, Hopkins, MI
Phone: (269) 793-7407
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HopkinsMiddleSchool/
Twitter: @hpsmiddleschool

Hopkins Middle School Staff Contacts

Stockwell, Scott HMS Principal scotstoc@hpsvikings.org

O’Dell, Patrick HMS Assistant Principal patrodel@hpsvikings.org

Austin, Jennifer HMS Secretary jennaust@hpsvikings.org

Aleman, Kathleen: 6th Grade Science Teacher KathAlem@hpsvikings.org

Cross, Alex: Choir Director alexcros@hpsvikings.org

Dana, Katherine: Art Teacher KathDana@hpsvikings.org

Dangremond, Matthew: Network Administrator MattDang@hpsvikings.org

DeGood, Jennifer: 6th Grade Math Teacher JennDego@hpsvikings.org

Fisher, Mark:7th Grade Science Teacher MarkFish@hpsvikings.org

Hardy, Meghan: Librarian, Newsletter, Social Media meghhard@hpsvikings.org

Irwin, Julie: Education Intervention Teacher JuliIrwi@hpsvikings.org

Kerber, Brian: Custodian BriaKerb@hpsvikings.org

Klocke, Anna: Education Intervention annakloc@hpsvikings.org

Klumpp, Molly: Physical Education Teacher MollKlum@hpsvikings.org

Kok, Wendy: Food Service WendKok@hpsvikings.org

Maher, Jennifer: Food Service JennMahe@hpsvikings.org

Martinez, Ann: SRC Coordinator AnnMart@hpsvikings.org

Meerman, Megan: Resource Room Teacher MegaMeer@hpsvikings.org

Myers, Travis: 8th Grade Science Teacher TravMyer@hpsvikings.org

Ortega-Furgeson, Taryn: HMS Counselor Taryorte@hpsvikings.org

Pulaski, Vicki: 8th Grade ELA Teacher VickPula@hpsvikings.org

Reszka, Richard: 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher RichResz@hpsvikings.org

Ruegsegger, Sarah: 7th Grade ELA Teacher SaraRueg@hpsvikings.org

Rynsburger, TJ: 6th Grade Social Studies Teacher TJRyns@hpsvikings.org

Savage, Leanna: 8th Grade Algebra Teacher LeanSava@hpsvikings.org

Scudder, Mack: 8th Grade History Teacher MackScud@hpsvikings.org

Sterken, Lindsey: 7th Grade Math Teacher LindSchw@hpsvikings.org

Swainston, Vicki: Lunchroom Paraprofessional VickSwai@hpsvikings.org

Weick, Pat: 6th Grade ELA Teacher PatWeic@hpsvikings.org

Wiegerink, Sally: Reszka's Long Term Substitute sallweig@hpsvikings.org

Wiegerink, Tanner: Physical Education Teacher Tannwieg@hpsvikings.org

Williams, Jessica: Band Director JessWill@hpsvikings.org

The Hopkins Public School District Board of Education complies with all federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, sex, marital status, height, weight, or disability in its programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies: Mr. Scott VanBonn, Superintendent of Schools, Hopkins Public Schools, 400 Clark Street, Hopkins, MI 49328 Phone 269-793-7261.

The District shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, religion, height, weight, marital or family status, disability, military status, genetic information, or any other legally protected category in its programs and activities, including employment. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination and shall likewise not be permitted with respect to students or employees. The District shall not retaliate against a person who reports or opposes improper discrimination or retaliation. The District shall fully comply with all applicable federal and state civil rights statutes, including, without limitation, Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.