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October 19, 2022

HMS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

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October 22, 2022 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM!

Where do I pick up my tickets?

Breakfast tickets, event tickets, and wristbands can be picked on Saturday, 10/22 starting at 8:45am at Will Call for all families at the breakfast.  

Can I still patron?

The website is now closed for online orders.  However, you can e-mail us at hmsbreakfast@gmail.com if you would like to be a patron. 

Can my family attend the breakfast even if we did not patron?

The Hauntington Breakfast is for the entire San Marino community to attend!  You do not have to be a patron to attend.  You may buy breakfast and event tickets the day of the breakfast and enjoy all the attractions and food options a la carte.

Can I just buy my breakfast tickets at the breakfast?

Breakfast tickets can be purchased the day of the event.

Will there be anything FREE at the breakfast?

Oogie Boogie’s Candy Trail is completely FREE!  All children attending can do the candy trail!  Invite your friends and family to come join! Children do not have to be HMS students to participate.

The Talent Showcase show is FREE!  The Villains art showcase is FREE! Come see the amazing HMS performances and art displays that day. 

What can I eat there besides pancakes?

Shan Yu’s Army food (Chinese breakfast) will have a delicious breakfast & soy milk option that will be available for additional purchase (you CANNOT exchange for a pancake ticket).  Shan Yu’s Tea House will be serving iced passionfruit green tea with lychee jelly.  Cruella’s Cafe will have salads, desserts, spam musubi, and baked goods.  Maleficent's Morsels will have a variety of snacks to choose from.  

Can I just go and play the games and do the attractions without buying a breakfast ticket?

Event tickets can be purchased without buying breakfast tickets at the event.  

What is the Talent Showcase schedule?

9:00 AM

Intermediate Orchestra

9:20 AM

SMHS cheer

9:30 AM

Chamber Orchestra

9:50 AM

HMS cheer

10:00 AM

Varsity Band

10:20 AM

HMS cheer

10:40 AM

Wind Ensemble

HMS cheer with wind ensemble

11:15 AM

Band Honors Ensemble

11:30 AM

SMHS Band

11:45 AM

SMHS Dance Company

*Performance times are subject to dance

  THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 HAUNTINGTON BREAKFAST PATRONS! 

(updated 10/16/22)

Maleficient's Minions

The Berlejung Family 

Luyi & Shawn Chou 

The Guo Family

 Jennifer & Kyu Kang

Jianfang Liu 

Joel & Cathy Newton 

Deok Song & Christine Hyun

The Shamamian Family 

The Zhuo Family

Shan Yu's Army

Charles Bin Chen & Shell Huang Family

Andy Chen & Vincy Yu

Derek and Wendy Cheng

Chou Family - Jona

Francesca and Brandon Gill

Victor and the Hallett Family

The Hong Family

The MacFarlane Family

The O’Mara Family

Ed and Stacy Paek

The Repstad Family

The Webb Family

Ursula's Underlings

 The Bugbees, The Burke Family, Family of Adam Chen, The Chen Family, Craig and Lesley Cheung , The Chow Family, The Daoud Family, The Dean Family, The Esbenshade Family, Leon Hollis Family, The Hsieh Family, Choe and Wendy Hung Family, Khalili Family, Kesavalu Family, Greg and Barbara Kim, Jeffries Family, The Lafko Family, Nicholas & Asha Lee, Lee family, Leyen & Dennis Lim, Christy and Jeffrey Lin, Renita and James Lin, The Manibog Family, William & Sunny Oh, The Pathak Family, Family of Annie Qui, Rangel Family, The Rios Family, The Samaras, Jerry & Lauren Shen, The Simon Family , The Solis Family, Jeff and Maggie Suen, SUH FAMILY, Tehrantulas, The Villalobos Family, Rosemary & David Wang, Michael Thai and Julie Whang, The Wildemans, The Wiweke Family, Chun and Mei Wong,  Tony Woo and Kimi Suehiro, Kristy & Ming Yeung, The Yoon Family, The Zee Family, The Zhang Family, Jarvis Zhou’s Family, Xianyou Zhu & Fengcen Xiao

Fantastic Foxes

The Berenji Family, The Chou Family, The Darling Family, The Fong Family, The Gutierrez Family, Hoglin Family, Steve and Ashley Hsiang, The Killackey Family , The Mellis Family, The Onishi Family, Van and Connie Pham, Tyler and Kasumi Roddick, Dongqi Sun's Family, The Vishwanath Family, Tommy and Lisa Vuong, The Wilson Family, Kaan Yuksel Family

Gaston's Goons

Susie Amberdanian & Family, The Chan Family, The Chan HK Family, The Chang Family, The Chen3GhoulishBoys Family, Eileen and Peter Chien, The Dalton Family, Alice & Allen Ding, Feng Family, Cheryl & John Freiburg, The Gorham Family, Alisa and Peter Huynh, Jessica, Elisa & P C, The Kackstetter Family, Paul & Kelly Jin, The Lew Family, Po-Chi and Weili Lin, Amy Musser, The Petta Family, Family of Serenity Pierre, The Raleigh Family, Mark & Diane Schmidt, The Sullivan Family, Tim and Lisa Tewasart, Jenny and Le Tran, The Trauber Family, The Watlington Family, Wendling family, Steve & Makiko Wong, Fred Yang & Kate Luo

Cruella's Crew

Rick and Jeanie Caldwell, Chen Family, Charles and Kathy Chien, The Etayeb Family, Vicky & Tony Huang, The Hughes Family, Kylie Lei, Christen & Jake, Papa, The Skywalkers, Uncle T, Principal T and Mrs. Topalian

Hook's Henchmen

Anonymous, Helmy Family, John & Virginia Kling 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

It takes a Disney Villain village to make Hauntington Breakfast happen! Come sign up here to help flip pancakes on the griddle, work the kitchen, help with arts and crafts, set-up, take down, and more! 

CRUELLA’S CAFE IS TAKING PRE-ORDERS

Do you have a Rolly on your hands?  No time to cook as you dash about?  Check out Cruella's Cafe's selection of homemade prepped foods.  Pre-order here  and pick up your meals at the Hauntington Breakfast.   Order now while you can.  These meals sell out!

BAKERY DONATIONS WANTED

Cruella’s Cafe is looking for wicked good bakery donations! Come drop off your homemade or store bought bakery items on 10/21/22 or the morning of 10/22/22. Kindly label all ingredients.

PRIZE BOOTH DONATIONS WANTED

Donate unopened gifts to the prize booth! Examples of items include arts and crafts kits, Legos, Razor riding toys, puzzles, board games and more.  E-mail us to arrange pick up.

ART SHOWCASE

Do you have a wicked good artist at home? Have your HMS student create their own art of a “Disney Villain”  for display at the Hauntington Breakfast! Your artist will have a chance to win an Amazing Disney Villain Themed Prize! Let your imagination soar and use any medium! Must submit to the HMS office by 10/19/22.  

Questions?

Contact Cathy Newton or Christine Song at HMSBreakfast@gmail.com

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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.

If you would like to purchase these classic, official school portraits taken on Aug. 9th, please go to PremierSchoolPictures.com.  QR code is below.

Counseling Corner:

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.

ATHLETICS:

As the first quarter is quickly coming to an end, it's now time for you to consider the next sport season!

Huntington offers two types of sports programs.  

1.  Intramurals: 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 tryout to be a part of a Travel Team.  

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

IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE SELECTING YOUR SPORT!!

• Please make sure you complete the appropriate form with your parent/guardian.
• A student email address is required to register. Please make sure you are signed out of all other emails before clicking on the link.
• If you are still having problems, please use incognito/private mode depending on the browser you are using. 
• Make sure you take note of the first meeting date. (THIS DATE MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR EACH SPORTS TEAM!)
• Be realistic regarding your schedule and the possible time and date conflicts.

Read the information BEFORE you click on the Registration Form.

Intramural Boys Basketball:  Open to all students who are interested. Click here for the Intramural Boys Basketball Form.  

Boys Intramural Team Selection: Monday, October 17 (3:00-4:00) and Wednesday, October 19 (3:00-4:00)

Boys Travel Tryouts: Monday, October 17 (4:00-5:00) and Wednesday, October 19 (4:00-5:00). It is ideal to attend both days.

Intramural Girls Basketball:  Open to all students who are interested. Click here for the Intramural Girls Basketball Form.  

Girls Intramural Team Selection: Monday, October 17 (3:00-4:00) and Wednesday, October 19 (3:00-4:00)

Girls Travel Tryout: Monday, October 17 (4:00-5:00) and Wednesday, October 19 (4:00-5:00)  It is ideal to attend both days.

First day of Intramural practice:

- Boys: Wednesday, October 26 (3:00-7:00) -You will need to check the teams on the HMS Website - Athletics - Intramurals - Boys Teams

- Girls: Monday, October 24 (3:00-5:00) - You will need to check the teams on the HMS Website - Athletics - Intramurals - Girls Teams

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

Intramural Soccer Team Selection/Practice: Monday, October 17 (3:00-4:00)

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!

Please visit our HMS Athletics homepage for up to date information about our Intramural and Travel Sports.

Ms. Kido

Physical Education Teacher

ASB Advisor

Athletic Director

Huntington Middle School

626.299.7060

kkido@smusd.us 

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SAVE THE DATE: PTA ASSOCIATION MEETING



SAVE THE DATE: PTA ASSOCIATION MEETING

Tuesday, October 25th at 8:45am in the HMS Cafeteria

Please join us for our PTA Association Meeting of the school year at 8:45 am in the HMS Cafeteria. Attending PTA meetings is a great way to stay connected and learn about important news and upcoming events at HMS. Come hear updates from Principal Daryl Topalian, PTA Committee Chairs, and more. Coffee and snacks will be provided. We look forward to seeing you!

Not a PTA member? Join now to have voting rights at meetings and other member benefits. Complete the Membership Form and drop it off at the HMS office!

Call for Nominating Committee Members

We have 5 openings for PTA association members to join the Nominating Committee plus (1) alternate that will meet virtually in early December, mid-January and the last week of January for our PTA Executive Board slating. Please email marisas23@aol.com if you are interested.  Nominees to the committee will be appointed at the October Association Meeting.

Our PTA relies on volunteers like you to help run all of our programs!

Thank you to these incredible volunteers!

• Leyen Lim & Alice Tong for organizing incredibly fun Noontime Fun activities! The kids enjoyed fall pumpkin activities today!
• Mandy Chan Szeto for managing our school’s electronic directory. Check your student’s email for in the next few weeks for the link.
• Sandra Chen for managing our Reflections program. HMS has 23 stellar entries this year!
• And, of course, Christine Song & Cathay Newton and their entire committee for all of their incredibly hard work putting together an amazing Hauntington Breakfast. Don’t miss it this Saturday!