FOX FACTS

February 8, 2023

HMS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

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During February, Black History Month, the HMS ASB will be featuring these individuals through weekly quotes in the morning announcements:

Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, Bessie Coleman, and Mae Jemison.

Frederick Douglass lived February 1817 or 1818 to February 20, 1895. After escaping slavery from Maryland, he became an abolitionist leader in Massachusetts and New York. He was known for his fiery speeches against slavery and he wrote many famous books such as An American Slave.

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." -Frederick Douglass

The Spring Musical, Frozen Jr, is looking for HMS students to join the Crew! 

There will be a 10-minute info meeting THURSDAY 2/9 AFTER SCHOOL, at 3pm, in the Auditorium. A hard-working Crew is essential to a great show, and it looks great on applications. Crew paints and moves the sets, creates costumes, and runs the sound and lights!  Application Link will be posted as an update soon. They will be due by Monday 2/13.

Or contact Ms. Eleen, the Director, at eleen@eleenmusic.com.

Thursday, Feb. 16th

Thank you all for your enthusiastic support of The HMS Breakfast Club!

At this time, ticket sales are closed due to capacity. If you’d still like to make a donation or purchase a ticket to a buy-in party, please visit www.hmsparentparty.com.

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The Party Doesn’t Stop on February 11th

Get your spot at our Buy-in Parties!

Moms Night In

March 31, 2023

$60 per person

Join your fellow HMS moms for a Sixteen Candles Moms Night In

Generously hosted by:

Jules Webb and Laura Repstad

Dads Poker Night 

April 28, 2023

$100 per person

Join your fellow HMS dads for an evening of drinks, dinner, and poker!

Generously hosted by:

Kyu Kang, James Lin, Erik Wahl, Derek Cheng, Anoop Desai, and Bruce Lafko

Questions?

Contact Renita Lin (renitaolivia@gmail.com) or Vivi Wahl (pyalaman@hotmail.com)

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THANK YOU TO OUR PATRONS & SUPPORTERS!

List as of 2/6/2023

BRAIN

Jennifer and Kyu Kang

James and Renita Lin

Vivi and Erik Wahl

The O'Mara Family

Emily Kim and Philip Zhou

The Hoglin Family

ATHLETE

Bruce and Joyce Lafko

Luyi and Shawn Chou

BASKET CASE

Francesca and Brandon Gill

Derek and Wendy Cheng

Jerry and Lauren Shen

Cheryl and John Freiburg

The Mellis Family

Ed and Stacy Paek

Sarah and Jeff Morris

Toby and Yuka Hsieh

Chun and Mei Wong

Alex and Becki Watlington

Shannon and Kevin Snaer

Mark and Danica Hughes

Chris and Kristin Pagano

Tyler and Kasumi Roddick

The Darling Family

Nikoo & Hossein Berenji

The Killackey Family

Deok Song & Christine Hyun

The Onishi Family

The Fong Family—Michael & Amy

The Wilson Family

Tommy and Lisa Vuong

The Vishwanath Family

Kaan Yuksel Family

The Gutierrez Family

Dongqi Sun's Family

Van and Connie Pham

Steve and Ashley Hsiang

The Chou Family

Evelyn and Mark Wildeman

The Esbenshade Family

Anita and Sterling Tang

Mark and Laura Repstad

Edward and Hsuan Zee

The Jeffries Family

Dr. Charmayne & Jeff Ross and Pediatric Therapy Specialists, Inc.

The Newton Family

Michelle and Leo Lei

Lisa and David Wang

The Chow Family

Diane and Mark Schmidt

Lindsey & Mark MacFarlane

Mr. and Mrs. Lin

The Ding Family

Philip & Kathryn Prassas

Melissa & David Sullivan

Winnie and Chris Lee

PRINCESS

Mr. and Mrs. Daryl R. Topalian

Ms. Hazlett

The Feng Family

Mr. and Mrs. Li

The Li Family

The Phan Family

MR. VERNON

The Maling Family

THANK YOU to our Community Supporters and Silent Auction Donors

The Cellar

Meat & Essentials

Seco Blowdry Studio

Nailtique Nail Shop

Amy McGuire Fitness

Purposeful Prep

Clarity Advanced Optometry

Glow Dance & Fitness

The Hat

Daryl Topalian

Lauren and Jerry Shen

Lisa and David Wang

Anita Tang

Luyi Khasi

Marisa Kelly

Kyu Kang

FOX GAMES

REGISTRATION STARTS TODAY!

www.hmsfoxgames.com

After the parents have their fun at The Breakfast Club, it’s the kids turn! Sign up your student(s) for HMS’ new annual tradition - Fox Games!

Find a team, sign up and participate in an afternoon of fun physical and mental challenges on March 10, 2023.

Visit www.hmsfoxgames.com to sign up and learn more!

Questions? Email nsiggins@gmail.com or carmenvishwanath@yahoo.com 

Congratulations to all our HMS Foxes!

And good luck to our 1st Place winners (Outstanding Interpretation award), whose artwork has been submitted to California State PTA for the next level of judging!

Outstanding Interpretation (1st Place)

Keilani Kooper

Finding My Voice

Photography MS (Grades 6-8)

Huntington Middle School

Angie Li

Courage

Visual Arts MS (Grades 6-8)

Huntington Middle School

Award of Excellence (2nd Place)

Jared Wang

Talking is Human

Visual Arts Special Artist (All Grades)

Huntington Middle School

Honorable Mention (4th Place)

Kellan Paek

Kimo Finds His Voice

Film Production MS (Grades 6-8)

Huntington Middle School

Athletics

Hello,

Huntington offers two types of sports programs.  

1.  Intramural: This program is open to all the students on campus regardless of skill level. Once you register to be a part of Intramurals, you are now eligible to try out to be a part of a Travel Team.  

2. Travel Team:  In this program, groups of selected athletes compete against other schools to represent Huntington in our 210 Middle School League, Delphic League, and Prep League.  Not all students who try out will be selected for the Travel Team for which they are trying out.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE SELECTING YOUR SPORT!!

• Please make sure you complete the appropriate form WITH your parent/guardian.
• Make sure you take note of the first meeting date. (THIS DATE MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR EACH SPORTS TEAM!)
• You may select more than one sport, if you do, you will need to fill out a separate form for each sport.
• Be realistic regarding your schedule and the possible time and date conflicts.

Read the information BEFORE you click on the Registration Form.

*A student email address is required to register.

(????@student.smusd.us)

**Please make sure you are signed out of all other email accounts before clicking on the link.

***If you are still having problems, please use incognito/private mode depending on the browser you are using. 

Intramural Tennis: Open to all students who are interested. Click here for the Intramural Tennis Registration Form 

(Level classification: (Last name: A-M) 1/17/23; (Last name: N - Z ) 1/18/23 - 3:00- 4:00) 

First day of Intramural practice: Monday, January 23, 2023.

Intramural Co-Ed Volleyball:  Open to all students who are interested. Click here for the Intramural Co-Ed Volleyball Registration Form 

(Team Selection on 1/11/23: 8th Grade - 3:00-3:30; 6/7 Grade - 3:30-4:00) 

First day of Intramural practice: Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Life is full of challenges, sometimes it means that you try something new and you never know, you may actually enjoy it!!

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Remember my motto! "A sport for everyone and everyone in a sport!"

Hope to see you out there playing!

Ms. Kido

Physical Education Teacher

ASB Advisor

Athletic Director

Huntington Middle School

626.299.7060

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Renovation Plans for San Marino Center

The San Marino City Council approved a renovation project for the San Marino Center and contracted with CABD Construction to bring the building up to code, match the decor of the neighboring Crowell Public Library, and make it a usable, flexible, and modern community center facility. Construction is anticipated to begin in mid September with demolition sometime in October. Construction activities will affect parking. Please see attached for the SM Center Project parking collaboration with the City of San Marino for details. The yellow parking area is first come first serve. More information can be found here. If you have any questions or comments in the meantime, please contact the San Marino Parks & Public Works Department at (626) 300-0765 or via email at publicworks@cityofsanmarino.org.

Counseling Corner:

Thank you PfA Board (Partnership for Awareness ) for your generous grant supporting this Wellness Project for our students.

If you need help getting access to PowerSchool:

Technical Support Contact:

• Chat with a technology support team member at www.smusd.us/livechat/
• Email technical support at techsupport@smusd.us
• Leave a message at 626-299-7002

Free breakfast and lunch!

For the 2022-2023 school year, the State of California is mandating the Universal Meals Program at all schools in the state. With the Universal Meal families need to fill out a Meal Application form, which was part of the online registration package. SMUSD will be offering both breakfast and lunch. Please encourage your students to come and grab a free lunch and a free breakfast daily.  SMUSD will be using the Point of Sale system to record the meals for lunch, therefore please remind your students to memorize their 5 Digit lunch number (student ID number). This will help expedite the meal service.  For the first week of school the lines may be a bit longer than usual as students may have forgotten their lunch number. If you have any questions, please contact Munira Bengali at mbengali@smusd.us or 626-299- 7000 ext. 1323. 

Student Connectedness to HMS Campus Life

HMS events, activities and athletics play a huge part in the overall development of our students. We want our students to stay connected to all the wonderful and interactive school events and activities that are available to each student. Students will be notified of school events and activities with a Schoology notification or an email to their student Gmail account. HMS students and families are also encouraged to frequently visit the HMS school website.

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HMS PTA Nominating Committee Announcement

The HMS PTA Nominating Committee is pleased to present the following slate of officers for 2023-2024:

President:  Lauren Shen

Executive Vice President:  Sri Abboy

First Vice President (Programs & Calendar):  Cathy Newton

Second Vice President (Membership):  Daisy Wilson

Third Vice President (Ways & Means):  Jennifer Kang

Hauntington Breakfast Business Chair:  VACANT 

Hauntington Breakfast Creative Chair:  VACANT

Parent Party Business Chair:  Mikah O’Mara

Parent Party Creative Chair:  Becki Watlington

Spring Fundraising Business Chair:  Sarah Rome

Spring Fundraising Creative Chair:  Ryan Zanotti

Recording Secretary:  Ellie Helmy

Corresponding Secretary:  Christina Trauber

Treasurer:  Carmen Vishwanath

Financial Secretary:  Kasumi Roddick

Financial Reviewer:  Xinyan Huang

Historian:  Mei Wong

We continue to seek nominations for Hauntington Breakfast Business & Creative Chairs.  If you or someone you know is interested in co-chairing this fundraiser, please contact Marisa Kelly, HMS Parliamentarian, via email at marisas23@aol.com.  Elections will be held at the Tuesday, March 21st PTA Association meeting.

Sincere appreciation is extended to our Nominating Committee – Stefanie Killackey, Cathy Newton, Janice Segimoto, Becki Watlington, Cheryl Freiburg (Alternate) and Daryl R. Topalian (Advisor) – for all their hard work putting together an outstanding slate.  Thank you to those who submitted nominations.

Sincerely,

Marisa Kelly

Huntington Middle School PTA 

Parliamentarian, 2022-2023

New volunteer opportunities

at the Crowell Public Library!

Teens in Grades 8-12 are invited to join the new Teen Advisory Group (TAG). TAG members contribute to the Library through projects, serve as a voice for teen patrons, and help shape what they see at the Library. Teen volunteers will be able to earn community service hours and gain valuable experience that looks great on a college application or resume. For more information, visit www.CityofSanMarino.org/TAG.