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Week of October 14, 2024 - DC

The Week in Review at HMS: Notes from Dr. Cockley

 

A HUGE THANK YOU to our staff chaperones for our DC trip this past week with our amazing 8th grade students. The trip was a tremendous success, and our students were outstanding. This trip could not happen without our staff, and I just want to say how grateful I am that they are willing to give up time with their families for our students. And, wow, were our students phenomenal! Thank you, 8th graders, for being kind, respectful, and engaged as we visited our nation’s capital. 


 

Important Notes:

 

HMS Announcements - Please feel free to visit this site daily for up-to-date announcements for our students and school!

 

HMS Report Cards - Friday 10/25

  • Each quarter the report card is available electronically in HAC. For the first quarter, because it is the first report card of the year, we also will send home a paper copy with students on Friday, 10/25.

  • If  you’d like to print directly from HAC, click on the Grades icon in HAC. Once there, click on the Print button in the upper right corner to view the Report Card on our official middle school report card template. You can then choose to print, save, or simply view the report card.

  • At Hudson Middle School, we calculate Honor Rolls only at Semester 1 and Semester 2.

 

Holiday Sharing 2024

HMS is collecting canned food items – 10/14 through 11/20.  Students are asked to bring in non-expired canned goods for donation. Since these cans will be used long past Thanksgiving, please consider donating a variety of foods (click here for a detailed list of requested items). Science teachers will be collecting the cans in their classrooms.  

HMS Choose Kindness Month / Bullying Prevention Month in October:

  • It’s October Choose Kindness Month! Check out our Calendar of Events created to intentionally teach and enhance bullying prevention strategies.

  • Our goals this month include:

    • Learn about Bullying Prevention (that we CAN make a difference!)

    • Spread kindness, inclusion, and acceptance 

    • Promote a sense of belonging for all of our students

  • Throughout the entire school year, our conversations center on kindness and belonging, and counteracting and preventing bullying. 

Summit County Developmental Disabilities Family Presentation 

Hudson City Schools has partnered with Summit County Developmental Disabilities for an evening to learn about the community resources available from Summit DD for families whose children have special needs. Please join us for a presentation from Summit DD representatives on November 12, 2024 at the High School Media Center. The Middle School family presentation is from 6:00 - 7:00pm, and the High School families presentation is from 7:00 - 8:00pm. Summit DD will review their eligibility process and what support they offer our special education students as they progress through middle school, high school and beyond. For complete details please see the flyer: Summit DD Parent Evening

 

Playground Equipment and Lunchtime Games Donations:  

  • If you would like to donate new or used playground equipment for our middle schoolers, we would greatly appreciate it! Our students enjoy just being outside, and playing with soccer balls, basketballs, playground balls, and tennis balls. In addition, our PTO Bookstore would gratefully accept any donations of games (complete sets, gently used or new) like Connect Four, Chess, Uno, Taco Goat Cheese Pizza, etc.

  • Kindly drop off your donation to our middle school main office. Thank you so much for considering! 

 

HMS Halloween, October 31, 2024

  • This year's Choose Kindness Month word-of-the-day for October 31 is SAFE SPACE. Have some fun today, and be yourself. Wear a costume if you'd like!

  • For those wishing to be an Explorer on October 31, please feel free to wear Hudson gear. You always BELONG as an Explorer!

  • If you choose to wear a different costume, please keep these guidelines in mind:

  • All students are to be recognizable: Refrain from costumes that obscure facial features.  

  • All costumes should help maintain a safe and comfortable environment: Weapons or look-alike weapons of any kind are not permitted.

  • Costumes should be tasteful: Refrain from reference/material that is obscene, suggestive, revealing, offensive, and/or related to alcohol, drugs, tobacco, etc.

  • All costumes should allow for class/lab operations to occur smoothly: Refrain from props/paint/make-up that stains or damages furniture/equipment or otherwise is harmful to self or others.