Last Chance to Register! Community Speaker Series: Stixrud & Johnson

Presented by The Community Speaker Series, D181 and D86

Stixrud & Johnson: What Do You Say? How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance and a Happy Home

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 – 7:00pm-8:30pm
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 – 9:30am-11:00am
Location: In Person at The Community House
Register HERE: AM Program
Register HERE: PM Program

If you’re a parent, you’ve had a moment–maybe many of them–when you’ve thought, “How did that conversation go so badly?” William Stixrud, Ph.D., and Ned Johnson have 60 years combined experience talking to kids one-on-one, and the most common question they get when out speaking to parents and educators is: What do you say? Johnson and Stixrud show how to engage in respectful and effective dialogue, suggest new ways to handle specific thorny topics, and provide a manual and map for communicating more effectively with your child.

This event is free and open to all. If you are interested in attending, please register in advance by using the registration links. See FLYER for more details.

For more information, please visit www.d181foundation.org

Upcoming Dates

  • Fuller House Fundraiser – Monday, October 17th, 4pm-close
  • Community Speaker Series – Tuesday, October 18th & Wednesday, October 19th
  • National Unity Day; Wear color ORANGE – Wednesday, October 19th
  • Principal Appreciation Week – October 24th through 28th
  • School Pictures Retakes – Thursday, October 27th
  • Parent Teacher Conferences – Monday, November 21st & Tuesday, November 22nd

Fuller House Fundraiser- October 17th!

On October 17th Fuller House will give back 10% of all sales from 4pm- close to HMS! Take a night off from cooking and dine in/carry out to support our wonderful school. A big thank you to Fuller House for their generosity!

8th grade parent volunteer needed-Fortnightly

Are you an 8th grade parent looking to get involved? We have a volunteer opportunity to help coordinate the annual Fortnightly program at the Community House. This is a minimal work volunteer role. You will act as a liaison between the middle school and Community house to communicate student lists. If your interested please reach out to president@hmspto.org

Spirit Wear Update

Spirit Wear will be handed out during the long advisory period on Tuesday, October 11th. Apologies for the delay! Any questions reach out to spiritwear@hmspto.org. Thank you!

Don’t Forget to become an HMS PTO Member!

If you haven’t joined the HMS PTO yet, please do so! Benefits include access to the school directory, the weekly Eblast, and voting rights on things such as annual budget and what projects to spend the PTO funds on. The PTO sponsors many school events and pays for large projects such as the calming room, the 6th grade celebration week, 8th grade graduation events, monthly teacher appreciation treats, Social and Emotional Learning speakers and activities, assemblies, and books! To become a member, please click on this LINK.  Select “non profit groups” and then HMS PTO membership. Only one membership needs to be purchased per family.

If you need to check if you’ve joined, email membership@hmspto.org.

LOST AND FOUND

At HMS we have two main lost and found locations: a rack for clothing and shelves for lunch items outside of the cafetorium; and cabinets in the main foyer under the grade level cubbies. They are both filled to overflowing with items. We have reminded students daily to check these areas for their misplaced items. Periodically items that are labeled with student names are removed and returned to those students. All unclaimed items are donated before winter break, spring break and at the end of the school year. Parents are encouraged to check our lost and found locations for their students’ lost items. Please check the areas next time you’re in our building.