Hampstead Middle School
November 2017 Newsletter
The Hampstead School District is sponsoring the American Education Week Essay Contest in recognition of American Education Week. Students in grades 2, 5 and 7 are asked to write an essay in 500 words or less on educational themes such as Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility. Three finalists will be selected and chosen by each school by November 6th. District Winners will be chosen on November 9th, and 1st Place winners will present to the School Board on November 21st.
HMS Advisory Activities throughout the month!
Next week, November 13-17, ABC is sponsoring a Spirit Week for Bullying Awareness and Prevention. Their goal is to help raise awareness about bullying and to encourage others to stand up and speak up when it comes to bullying, to accept others, to include others and to always choose kindness.
The Hampstead School District is sponsoring the American Education Week Essay Contest in recognition of American Education Week. Students in grades 2, 5 and 7 are asked to write an essay in 500 words or less on educational themes such as Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility. Three finalists will be selected and chosen by each school by November 6th. District Winners will be chosen on November 9th, and 1st Place winners will present to the School Board on November 21st.
HMS Advisory Activities throughout the month!
Next week, November 13-17, ABC is sponsoring a Spirit Week for Bullying Awareness and Prevention. Their goal is to help raise awareness about bullying and to encourage others to stand up and speak up when it comes to bullying, to accept others, to include others and to always choose kindness.
Announcements will be made daily and activities will be done during lunches and recesses next week; including “breaking through the wall of intolerance,” lunch and recess buddies and of course our RAP.
Monday - Stand up and Stomp out Bullying -
Wear silly socks
Tuesday - Blackout Bullying - Wear black
Wednesday - Team up against bullying -
Wear a team jersey
Thursday - Don’t be mean behind the screen -
Wear green
Friday - HMS against Bullying
Wear blue and gold
On November 3rd, HMS students signed an Anti-bullying Pledge
as part of Bullying Prevention Month at HMS, students will "link" together and pledge to make our school be the best it can possibly be and strive to achieve greatness in the area of the school environment and culture. Students can pledge to support one another, show kindness to one another, and stand up for one another.
Throughout the rest of the month, students will interact with anti-bullying STEAM Challenges. Thank you to Mrs. Mailloux, our Ventures Coordinator, and our school counselors!
The Addams Family A New Musical Comedy
* Auditions - Monday, November 6th- 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
* Callbacks - Tuesday, November 7th, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
* Parent Meeting - Wednesday, November 8th, 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Hampstead Musician Polo Order Form
Please order your Band/Chorus Polo Shirts TODAY!!!
Tryout information
Cheerleading tryouts: November 1st, 4-5:30 pm.
November 2nd, 5-7:00 pm and Nov. 6th, 4-6:00 pm.
Basketball tryouts: November 6th, 7th, and 8th
Boys: 3-5:00 pm
Girls: 5-7:00 pm
PLP's at HMS
Students will begin completing Personalized Learning Plans on their e-portfolio's to aid in personalized learning throughout their educational journey.
*A personal learning plan (or PLP) is developed by students—typically in collaboration with teachers, counselors, and parents—as a way to help them achieve short- and long-term learning goals
While personal learning plans may take a wide variety of forms from school to school, they tend to share many common features. For example, when developing their plans, students may be asked to do any or all of the following:
Think about and describe their personal life aspirations, particularly their collegiate and career goals.
- Self-assess their individual learning strengths and weaknesses, or reflect on what they have academically achieved, excelled at, or struggled with in the past.
- Identify specific learning gaps or skill deficiencies that should be addressed in their education or specific knowledge, skills, and character traits they would like to acquire.
- List or describe their personal interests, passions, pursuits, and hobbies, and identify ways to integrate those interests into their education.
- Chart a personal educational program that will allow them to achieve their educational and aspirational goals while also fulfilling school requirements, such as particular learning standards or credit and course requirements for graduation.
- Document major learning accomplishments or milestones.
Veteran's Day Assembly
Celebration of Patriotism
&
Honoring Veterans
Assembly
Wednesday
November 8, 2017
Hampstead Middle School will be inviting community leaders, veterans, and special guests to our school. Highlights of the event will include Pinkerton Junior ROTC presenting the colors, musical performances, grade 5 students presenting “Why we honor”, grade 7 students presenting writing about heroes, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will recognize Grade 8 Patriot’s Pen Essay winners. In addition, We have a special guest speaker, Commander Howard Wheeler of the U.S. Navy who will share his experience during the Vietnam war as a helicopter pilot and later served as a speechwriter for the Commander of Mediterranean Naval Operations. A light refreshment reception will be held following the assembly for our guests. It is a time where Hampstead Middle School students will honor and pay tribute to the men and women who have served our nation in the military.
The 8th-grade students will be going to see Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol at the Palace theater on December 8th, and 5th grade will attend on December 14th.
On October 25, 2017, Mrs.Gail Hassler received the 2017 Volunteer Coordinator of the year award for her service to the Hampstead Middle School. She was honored at a banquet with Principal, Mrs. Di Nola from the NH Partners in Education.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our students and families!
No School November 22nd, 23rd and 24th.
