HAMS Students and Families
As previously stated by Mr. Richardson, the middle school will be placed on adaptive pause next week. As a result, all instruction will be delivered remotely to our students via Google Classroom or other online applications that your students are familiar with. If you would like for your student(s) to receive paper copies of their assignments, please reach out to the office. Any relevant paperwork will be available for pick up on Tuesday, December, 14th. Please contact the office if your child left their chromebook at school and we will arrange for it to be picked up. Lastly, if you student should need meals over break you will need to fill out the Lunch Service Request Form on the district website by 8 pm on Sunday, December 12th. Meals will be delivered on the afternoon of Monday, December 13th.
This Sunday, December 12th will be the high school and middle school band and chorus concerts. Both concerts will be held in the middle school gym. Due to the increase in COVID cases locally, we will be splitting the concert into two separate parts as a mitigation step. The middle school concert will be held from 3:00-3:30 pm with doors opening at 2:45 pm. After the middle school concert, we will be asking those middle school families who don't have any students in the high school to leave after the concert. The high school concert will then be held from 4:00-4:30 pm with doors opening at 3:45 pm. As a reminder for our visitors, masks will be required during the concert and while in the building.
HAMS Families,
Hoopeston Area will be hosting their annual Title 1 parent meeting on Thursday, December 2nd, at 6:00 pm, in the high school auditorium. This is an informational meeting for parents and stakeholders to receive an overview of the Title 1 process at Hoopeston Area and to provide input into the plan. We hope to see you there.
We were able to celebrate our September and October HAMS Student of the Month recipients at an assembly this morning. We are proud of all of you! #cornjerkerpride
HAMS 7th grade students participated in a hands on lesson today regarding molecules in Mr. Heiser's Science class.
HAMS Cheer. We are loud and proud cheering on our Cornjerker Basketball Team!
Congratulations to the HAMS Band and Chorus on a wonderful performance at the Fall Concert.
Hoopeston Area Families,
Hoopeston Area Schools is excited to announce part 2 of our Building Your Village series. For this session we will be partnering with the Regional Office of Education to provide parents with strategies to add to their toolboxes to help their children cope with anxiety.
We will be meeting again at the Hoopeston Multi Agency on November 4th. Doors will open at 5:30 PM. We will begin serving dinner shortly after that. The evening's presentation will run from 6:30-7:30 PM. Childcare will be available during the presentation. Transportation is available upon request. We will have representatives from local support agencies on site, as well. For more information or to RSVP, please call 217-283-6161.
We hope to see you there!
HAMS teachers took part in an 80's themed dress up day today. According to the administrators these ladies wore it best!!
5th/6th grade Band & Choir Parent Meeting Thursday August 26, 6:30pm in the JG Band Room. Info for all new & returning students. Complete a band order form. Sign up for a choir voice lesson. Parents can sign up as a chaperone and get involved in Music Boosters!
Reminder Hoopeston Area Middle School students and parents: Join us tomorrow, Tue., Aug. 10, 5:30-8, for our 6th Grade Orientation; and Thu., Aug. 12, from 5:30-7 for our 7th-8th grade Meet and Greet. See flyers for details. We can't wait to see you! (Masks required indoors.)
Hoopeston Area Middle School students and parents: Join us next week for our 6th Grade Orientation, Tuesday from 5:30-8, and 7th-8th grade Meet and Greet, Thursday from 5:30-7. Details are outlined in the attached flyers. We can't wait to see you! (Masks required indoors.)
Congratulations to Bre Crose on finishing 17th in the 100 at today’s 1A State Track Meet! Way to work hard!
The boys track team ended their track season tonight at St. Joe. A big congratulations to Justin Jones who qualified for state in the 100 and 200!
Mrs. Walder joined Mrs. Young and her Summer Learning Family for some reading time outside on this wonderful Friday morning!
#cornjerkerpride
The girls track team finished their season tonight at the St. Joe Sectional. Congratulations to Bre Crose on advancing to the state finals in the 100!🏆
Congratulations to the Girls track team for finishing 2nd in tonight’s Conference Meet in Catlin! Go Cornjerkers!!
Please check out the MS/HS Choir performances from our Fine Arts Night. Thank you, Mr. Sperry, for your support and encouragement of our music students!
https://youtu.be/WYGN2TcY09I
HAMS Families: Thank you to those of you that came out last night to help us celebrate the accomplishments of our wonderful students!
HAMS Families, I hope you all had a great week. I wanted to share a few things as we go into the weekend. Next week, we will wrap up IAR testing on Monday. Chromebooks will be coming back home with the students Monday afternoon.
On Wednesday, April 21st, the 8th grade will participate in the State Science Assessment, the ISA. Eighth graders that attend in person, will take the ISA during the school day. 8th Graders that are remote learners, will need to come to the building at 1:00 PM to take the assessment. We believe they will be finished by 3:00, but it would be a good idea to make arrangements for them to call someone to pick them up when they are finished, as we have no way to know how long it will actually take them to complete the test.
I also wanted to share that on May 17th we will host the HAMS honors night in the MS gym. All students that attend will be recognized for their efforts and accomplishments this year. Due to social distancing requirements, we are only able to allow students to bring one person with them to Honors Night. More details can be found on a flyer, which has been mailed with your child’s midterm progress report. If you have any questions, please contact the MS office. Thank you and have a great weekend.