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FOX FACTS

April 3, 2024

HMS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

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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

April 5: Minimum Day

April 8-12: Spring Break

April 15: Profession Development (No School)

April 17: Halo Awards 7:00 AM

April 17: Good Citizenship Breakfast - Courage

April 18: Fox Fuel w Ms. Hazlett 9:00 AM

April 24 & 25: CAASPP Testing ELA

April 26: 6th Grade PTA Dance 6:00 PM

May 1 & 2: CAASPP Testing Math

May 3: All grade Dance 6:00 PM

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

Click here for the 2024-2025 Sprit Squad Registration

The deadline for the forms will be Friday, April 5.

If there are any questions, please email Coach Joy (mveluz@smusd.us)

We will have our monthly webinar meeting for HMS families with our Principal, Ms. Hazlett on Thursday, April 18th at 9:00 AM via Zoom!

If you'd like to join, here is the link.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084AAFA62EA75-48840965-6thgrade#/

CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU

To our incoming 2024-2025 HMS PTA Executive Board!

Elected Officers

President: Erin Clougherty

Executive Vice President: Ryan Zanotti

First Vice President of Programs & Calendar: Christina Trauber

Second Vice President of Membership: Daisy Wilson

Third Vice President of Ways & Means: Sri Abboy

Recording Secretary: Ellie Helmy

Corresponding Secretary: Stacy Paek

Treasurer: Carmen Vishwanath

Financial Secretary: Kasumi Roddick

Financial Reviewer: Pauline Zeitlin

Historian: Casey Eldringhoff

Officers to be Appointed

Hauntington Breakfast Creative Chair: Blair Scalise

Hauntington Breakfast Business Chair: Jennifer Cooper

Parent Party Creative Chair: Julianne Webb

Parent Party Business Chair: Lindsay MacFarlane

Spring Fundraising Creative Chair: Becki Watlington

Spring Fundraising Business Chair: Mikah O’Mara

Parliamentarian: Lauren Shen

Free after school academic support is available for all students.

HMS Online Wellness Center

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

Counseling Corner:

The Zen Zone is open at Lunch for "Wellness Wednesdays."

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.

HMS Athletics

Information regarding HMS athletics can be found on our Athletics Home Page. You can also reach out to our athletic director, Ms. Kido, at kkido@smusd.us for any additional inquiries.

***THANK YOUS***

Thank you to the many volunteers who helped make our district-wide Founders’ Day ceremony very special! The super star volunteers who supported this event were Mei Wong, Cathy Newton, Carmen Vishwanath, Christina Trauber, and Laura Repstad. A special thanks to Ryan Zanotti & Mandy Saber for planning the ceremony!

A huge thanks to Ed Zee, our PTA Webmaster. Ed has worked hard all year long creating and updating all the websites for our fundraisers.

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.

Dear Fox Parents and Families,

With the new school year starting, we are launching our annual PTA membership drive. You are the “P” in the PTA, and without your support, Huntington Middle School would not be the outstanding school that it is. HMS PTA supports many programs at our middle school, such as Noontime Fun, Reflections art program, 6th grade dances, Career Day, Fox Games, and more! Joining our PTA is another way that you can support these programs and show the students in our school the importance you place on their education.

If you did not join HMS PTA during the online First Day Packet process before school started, then you can still join by filling out our PTA Membership Form and returning it to the HMS front office along with your check payable to HMS PTA, or you can pay via PayPal (instructions can be found here). If you have any questions, please contact Daisy Wilson, PTA VP of Membership at dwilson@coastlinesteel.com. Thanks!

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(微信号r175428081)

Please review our various bell schedules.

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:

Open a ticket 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

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

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Health Information

COVID-19 Information

Please visit the SMUSD COVID-19 Information page.

***Remember, free COVID-19 self-test kits are available in the HMS front office for anyone who wants one.***

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 2023-2024 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.

Community News and Events

* Disclaimer *

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

If you would like to run your company or organization's publication in Fox Facts, please email it to mcota@smusd.us by Thursday at 4:30 of each week to appear in the following week's Fox Facts.