The Community Speaker Series 2022-23 Season

The Community Speaker Series promotes district wide learning about education, child development, wellness and parenting.  It is open and free to all members of the K- 12 learning community.  The intention of the series is to encourage proactive parenting that supports children’s and adolescents’ social and emotional development as well as their academic achievement.  Through the series, D86 and D181 enlist top experts to inform and inspire our community as a means to enrich school-family partnership that supports the education of our students.  See FLYER for the 2022-2023 speaker series.

Upcoming Dates

  • MAP Testing – Tuesday, September 20th & Wednesday, September 21st
  • Activity Fair – Tuesday, September 20th, 3:30-4:15pm

• School Pictures Retakes Thursday, October 27th

HMS PTO Presents Coffee with Cory

Welcome back to school! Our first PTO meeting will be held on Friday, September 9th at 9:30 am in the HMS library. Our first meeting will be with our new Principal Cory Burke, so come have a cup of coffee and chat. Questions should be submitted prior to this meeting and are due on Friday 9/2, please email those questions to Kristin Sweis: president@hmspto.org

Please RSVP if you plan to attend this meeting: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0844AEAF22ABFC1-hmspto

Please arrive up to a half hour early to check in at the front desk and bring a government issued photo ID with you in order to enter the school.

2022-23 Yearbook

Welcome to another great year at HMS. This year we have some exciting new (and old) ideas for the 2022-23 yearbook. Due to many requests for 8th grade baby pictures I am going to try to incorporate them into the yearbook again this year. We are also going to have a contest for students to submit artwork to be used on the front and back covers.

Student artwork can be in the form of hand drawings, digital media, or original graphic designs they create. If a student is creating a hand drawing, it needs to be 8.5 by 11, free of erasures and please use a fine point black sharpie used for outlines. Digital/graphic submissions also need to be 8.5 by 11 with a resolution of 300 dpi or better. All artwork must be submitted no later than September 30th and more information will be provided on how to submit.

Additionally, we will continue to ask for pictures throughout the year, especially for activities and sporting events. At this time we are collecting pictures for the first day of school, 6th grade welcome field day, cross country, and 8th grade baby pictures (one per student please). If you would like to submit pictures for consideration to the yearbook staff please follow the directions below:

Download the Yearbook Snap mobile app from the App Store or Google Play, and enter our access code: HinsdaleMS_2023
Go to yearbookforever.com, enter our school name, click on Community Upload and enter our access code: HinsdaleMS_2023

Categories for pictures have been created for the areas below and will be open until the indicated due date.

Requested Pictures to Upload
Due Date
First Day of School
10/31/2021
6th Grade Welcome Field Day
10/31/2021
Cross Country Pictures
11/15/2021
8th Grade Baby Pictures
12/21/2021

Additionally, when selecting pictures to upload, please be sure they only include HMS students.

As the yearbook is being assembled, additional picture requests may be added to the list above.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Upcoming Dates

  • No School, Labor Day – Monday, September 5th

• First PTO Meeting – September 9th at 9:30 AM at HMS library

  • MAP Testing – Tuesday, September 20th & Wednesday, September 21st
  • • School Pictures Retakes Thursday, October 27th

6th Grade Kick-Off Celebration!

The 2nd annual 6th Grade Kick-Off Celebration was a huge success last Friday afternoon, 8/26. The event celebrated the completion of the first week of school for the 6th graders. The students played outdoor games and enjoyed Outshine bars. The celebration ended with the teachers playing a water balloon toss while the students cheered them on! Thank you to the teachers and volunteers who contributed to this memorable event!

HMS PTO Presents Coffee with Cory

Welcome back to school! Our first PTO meeting will be held on Friday, September 9th at 9:30 am in the HMS library. Our first meeting will be with our new Principal Cory Burke, so come have a cup of coffee and chat. Questions should be submitted prior to this meeting and are due on Friday 9/2, please email those questions to Kristin Sweis: president@hmspto.org

Please RSVP if you plan to attend this meeting: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0844AEAF22ABFC1-hmspto

Please arrive up to a half hour early to check in at the front desk and bring a government issued photo ID with you in order to enter the school.