Upcoming Dates

10/8/2025 11:43 pm

 HMS Fall Play - November 5

Community Speaker Series Event - November 5

HMS Jazz Ensemble Home Run Inn Take N Bake Deadline - November 13

HMS PTO Meeting - November 14

HMS Book Fair - November 18 - 21 & 24-25

Hinsdale Central Open House - December 9

HMS Fall Play: "This Is A Test"

10/8/2025 11:40 pm

May I Have Your Attention Please. The HMS fall play, "This is a Test" will be performed on Wednesday, November 5th at 7pm. Tickets will be sold for $5 at lunch periods and at the door.

HMS PTO Meeting - Tap into Wellness

10/8/2025 11:37 pm

Please join us at our next PTO meeting with guest speak Amy Jakubiak, LCSW, 7th grade social worker, to discuss a quick stress and anxiety management technique called Emotional Freedom Technique on Friday, November 14, at 9 am in the HMS library.

The HMS Book Fair Is Coming Soon!

10/8/2025 11:05 pm

Mark your calendars and add the HMS Book Fair to your holiday shopping list! We are excited to bring back our beloved book fair with new shopping dates this year. Student sales will be held during school days, Tuesday-Friday, November 18-21. Additionally, shopping will be available during Parent Teacher Conferences, Monday & Tuesday, November 24 & 25.

As always, the success of this event relies on our parent volunteers! Grab a friend and sign up to help students to shop and make purchases. It's simple and FUN! Please see available volunteer opportunities HERE.

HMS is proud to partner with local bookstore, Anderson's Bookshop. Anderson's generously gives back to HMS - the more we sell, the higher the percentage of sales come back to us. Start making those shopping lists!

Socktoboer

10/8/2025 10:49 pm

During the month of October, HMS is hosting a sock donation drive. Donations of new socks will be collected for People's Resource Center. Last year, HMS collected 1,500 pairs of socks to donate! Please bring your new socks to your advisory to be collected - deadline has been extended! Our current sock count is 400 pairs...we can do this Spartans!!

Lost & Found

10/8/2025 10:48 pm

We have a very full Lost & Found in the month of October! Please review these pictures with your students and come get your property as soon as possible. We remove everything each month due to space constraints. We currently have six lunchboxes and 50+ water bottles that need to be disposed of soon for sanitary reasons - last chance!

Community Speaker Series Event: November 5th

10/8/2025 10:47 pm

On November 5 at 7pm, Community Speaker Series will be hosting Dr. Jonathan Singer for a virtual event on youth mental health. Register HERE.

 

Today's adolescents are facing more mental health challenges than any previous generation. In this webinar, Dr. Singer will discuss how to tell the difference between everyday stress and more serious conditions like anxiety or depression, how to recognize warning signs of crisis, and how to talk with kids about these sensitive topics. 

 

Dr. Singer is a Professor at Loyola University Chicago's School of Social Work and the founder and host of the award-winning Social Work Podcast. He is a well-regarded international speaker who has given hundreds of continuing education workshops, keynote addresses, and presentations on youth suicide, ethics, technology, adolescent development and attachment-based family therapy.

  

The Community Speaker Series is committed to fostering a sense of community through hosting in-person and virtual events that inform and inspire. CSS is funded jointly by District 86 and District 181 and is supported by the D181 Foundation. Our events are free and open to the public. We encourage everyone to join our events, connect and learn together. 

MATHCOUNTS Competition Series

10/8/2025 10:47 pm

MATHCOUNTS is a fun and challenging national math competition program for middle school students. A group of parents is organizing a MATHCOUNTS team for interested students, with weekly meetings starting Tuesday, November 18th, from 3:30 - 4:30 pm in HMS Room #104. For more information, visit the MATHCOUNTS website HERE! To register, please contact Jun Cai at hinsdalemathcounts@gmail.com. Thank you!

ASL Club at HMS

10/8/2025 10:45 pm

Learning American Sign Language (ASL) is like unlocking a whole new way to connect! It’s fun, expressive, and lets you communicate without saying a word (send secret messages in class or across a crowded or quiet room!). You’ll strengthen your brain with a new language, and gain a skill that helps make the world more inclusive.

Plus, ASL can count as a language credit in high school, and is the third most studied language in US colleges and universities behind Spanish & French and has uses in many job fields.  Learn ASL — speak with your hands, listen with your eyes, and make a difference!

Home Run Inn Take N Bake to Support Jazz Ensemble

10/8/2025 10:43 pm

The HMS Jazz Ensemble is organizing a Home Run Inn Take N Bake fundraiser to help with travel expenses to New Orleans in January 2026! The students will be performing at the JENerations Jazz Festival. Ensembles from all over the world apply to perform and only a selected number receive an invitation to have a featured performance. HMS is the only middle school jazz ensemble selected, in the world, to be performing as a featured performer. Please support them in their initiative to fundraise by buying a pizza. Click HERE to order!

The deadline to purchase is Thursday, November 13th. Please pick up your order on Wednesday, November 9th, at HMS (top parking deck) between 2:00 - 4:30 pm. Questions? Email band director Mr. Andrikokus at gandrikokus@d181.org. Thank you for supporting our talented students!