Fox Facts 8/11/22

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FOX FACTS

August 11, 2022

HMS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Fox Facts is a weekly newsletter published by Huntington Middle School. It includes important information related to school activities, programs, and events. It also includes a section for the Huntington Middle School PTA and a space to publicize community events and organizations.

Important Dates and Events

August 12: School wide Kickoff Assembly

August 19: New Parent/Family Orientation Coffee, 8:30 AM @ HMS

August 25: Hauntington Breakfast Ticket Sales Begin

August 25: Fox Fuel with Mr. T, 9:00 AM via Zoom

August 25: Back To School Night 6-8 PM

August 26: Minimum Day

August 30: PTA Association Meeting at 8:30 AM via Zoom

Please check our School Calendar for more information related to student events and activities.

Athletic Updates go to hehms.us and click on the Athletics tab.

Our Athletic Director is Ms. Kido (kkido@smusd.us)

Webstore Link: Here

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 are missing a class period or are scheduled for a class twice, please email or see your counselor, Mrs. Gonzalez in the main office during the period with the error. Otherwise, there will be no schedule changes during the first week of school.

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.

We will have our first monthly webinar meeting for HMS parents with our Principal,

Mr. Topalian on Thursday, Aug. 25th at 9:00 AM via Zoom!

If you'd like to join, here is the meeting information:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://smusd-us.zoom.us/j/89320211731?pwd=ZjRYY3RRSC81ekVYK1lGWFcxSTJsZz09

Meeting ID: 893 2021 1731

Passcode: 769394

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:

Information regarding our Cross Country, Flag Football, Girls Volleyball and Tennis teams was emailed to the students this week. Here it is again for families.

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.

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Intramural Football: Open to all students who are interested. Begins on Friday, August 27, 2022, at 12:30-1:30 for skill evaluation and team selection. First day of practice: Monday, August 22, 3:00-4:00. Click here for the Intramural Football Form.

Intramural Girls Volleyball: Open to all girls who are interested. Volleyball Meeting & Clinic for skill evaluation: Thursday (8/11). Team Selection/Clinic: Friday (8/12) - 3:00-4:30. First day of practice: Monday, August 15 & Wednesday, August 17. Click here for the Girls Intramural Volleyball Form.

Travel Team - Cross Country: There is no tryout for this team! There will be an informational meeting on Wednesday, August 24 @ 3:00 (Lunch Court). First day of practice: Wednesday, August 31 (3:00-4:30). Click here for the Cross Country Form.

Travel Team - Tennis (EXPERIENCED PLAYERS ONLY): Tryouts are open to all the students who are interested and have previous experience playing matches. Tryouts will begin on Monday, August 29 - Last Name: A - L (3:00-4:30); Tuesday, August 30 - Last Name: M - Z (3:00-4:30); Wednesday, August 31 - Make up Day (3:00-4:30). Click here for the Tennis Team Form.

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

If you have any questions, please feel to 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

kkido@smusd.us

OUTDOOR EDUCATION INFORMATION

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Fox Families, you should have received multiple reminder emails from Ms. Hazlett, our Assistant Principal, about Outdoor Education if you haven't registered your student for our trips this fall. Deadline to register was Aug. 1, 2022. All information including the Google registration forms (parents) and Google roommate request forms (students) are still open & available on our HMS website under Activities/Outdoor Education. Or click this link.

Final information is being sent to the 8th grade camp, Pali this Friday, Aug. 12th.

If you have any questions, please visit our website, then call Ms. Hazlett. 626-299-7060.

COVID-19 Information

Please visit the SMUSD COVID-19 Information page.

Reminders

Attendance:

Parents, the attendance online absence form on the school website is for explaining absences. If your child has a disagreement about an absence on a particular day/period, please reach out to the teacher first.

Late arrival/Early departure:

If your student comes late to school, even if it's 5 minutes late, the parent and the student need to check in at the front office. Your written confirmation needs to be documented and a slip is given to the student to present to the teacher.

Same process for picking a student up early from school. Parent must come in to the office, present ID and sign the student out, to ensure the student is going home with an approved guardian. Thank you for taking a few minutes to help us maintain correct attendance and safely monitor our student's whereabouts.

NO LUNCH DROP OFFS.

Complimentary breakfasts and lunches are available every day in the cafeteria.

Due to COVID restrictions we need to limit the number of visitors to school. If your child forgets his/her lunch, please do not bring it to him/her. They can eat from the cafeteria for the day. For the latest information please visit our SMUSD site here

Cell phones are not to be on or in student's possession from 8:00-2:50. Keep them POWERED DOWN and in the lockers.

Keep our campus clean:

Please remind your students to throw away their food wrappers/containers at snack break and lunch. Thank you for helping us keep our campus clean.

Textbooks/Chromebooks:

Students are responsible for the textbooks and Chromebooks they check out. If a textbook or Chromebook is damaged so it cannot be checked out anymore the student is responsible for the full price of the replacement, plus shipping and handling.

Computers may only be used in class at teacher's direction. Keep them locked in your lockers during lunch, away from the lunch areas and food.

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

HMS Online Wellness Center

The HMS Online Wellness Center serves to provide resources and optional mindfulness activities that can assist students during these difficult times as well as provide supports for parents to assist in communicating with their children at home.

HMS Instagram

HMS Twitter

If you have social media, make sure you're following HMS to see the latest in our academic and spirited events.

HMS PTA Facebook

SMUSD Facebook

Huntington Middle School PTA

Letter from the PTA President

WELCOME BACK & THANK YOU

Welcome back to school! We hope everyone had a wonderful summer break and are ready for an incredible school year.

Our PTA volunteers have been working hard over the summer preparing for our back to school and fall events. Thank you to Belinda Hwang & Lesley Cheung for helping to welcome our 6th graders at Tuesday’s 6th Grade WEB Orientation day.

Our Hauntington Breakfast chairs, Cathy Newton & Christine Song, have been hard at work since the beginning of summer planning our biggest fundraiser and community event of the year on Saturday, October 22nd - so mark your calendars now!

A big thank you to each of our Executive Board members and especially our Treasurer Lauren Shen for working behind the scenes to make sure our finances, by-laws, membership, and more are all in order for a successful year.

2022-2023 HMS PTA Executive Board

President: Jennifer Kang

Executive Vice President: Sri Abboy

First Vice President (Programs and Calendar): Daisy Wilson

Second Vice President (Membership): Magnolia Ycasas

Third Vice President (Ways and Means): Becki Watlington

Hauntington Breakfast Creative Chair: Cathy Newton

Hauntington Breakfast Business Chair: Christine Song

Parent Party Creative Chair: Vivi Wahl

Parent Party Business Chair: Renita Lin

Spring Fundraising Business Chair: Nina Darling

Spring Fundraising Creative Chair: Carmen Vishwanath

Recording Secretary: Ada Wong

Corresponding Secretary: Christina Trauber

Treasurer: Lauren Shen

Financial Secretary: Stefanie Killackey

Auditor: David Wang

Historian: Mei Wong

Parliamentarian: Marisa Kelly

And finally, a tremendous and big thank you to our Principal Daryl Topalian, Assistant Principal Mary Hazlett, Counselor June Gonzalez and all our teachers & staff for all of your hard work, countless hours, and dedication to our students and our school. We appreciate everything you do and are continuing to do to achieve excellence at HMS.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Kang

***SAVE THE DATES: PTA SPONSORED ACTIVITIES***

New Family Orientation

August 19th, 8:45am

HMS Cafeteria

New to HMS? Join us at this orientation to learn valuable information about student activities, PTA programs, and more.

In-Person PTA Meeting

August 30th, 8:45am

HMS Cafeteria

After two years, in-person meetings are back! Help PTA kick-off the first meeting of the school year, learn about Hauntington Breakfast - our biggest fundraiser of the year, meet fellow parents, and get involved!

HAUNTINGTON BREAKFAST

October 22nd , 9:00a – 1:00p

Don’t miss HMS’ biggest fundraiser of the year! Join the entire San Marino community for a morning of games, rides, VAPA performances, drinks, snacks, and, of course, pancakes!

***STAY INFORMED!***

Join the Huntington Middle School PTA Community Facebook Group. This is the only PTA sanctioned social media community group to get all HMS PTA and school related information.

Community News and Events

As a courtesy, Huntington Middle School often includes information forwarded from community organizations. In these cases, the organizations and activities are not sponsored or endorsed by Huntington Middle School or the San Marino Unified School District.

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