October 24th, 2014
Dear Parents,
Calendar of Events for the week of October 27th-31st:
Monday, October 27th: 7th FBall vs. Hernandez @ Dragon Stadium 5:30PM
Tuesday, October 28th: 8th FBall vs. Hernandez @ Hernandez 5:30PM
Wednesday, October 29th: Early Release 1:30 PM
Thursday, October 30th: 7th VBall vs. Chisholm Trail 5:30PM, 8th VBall @ Chisholm Trail 5:30PM
Saturday, November 1st: Region Band Auditions time/place TBD
We had our Hopewell MS Mock Election Results for the Texas Gubernatorial Election last Friday afternoon under the eye of polling official Mr. Goins. The 900 students were all issued a ballot and voted for Governor of Texas. Below are the results:
Davis: 471 votes
Abbott: 234 votes
Glass: 128
Parmer: 67
Please exercise your right to vote on Tuesday, November 4th!
We are SO excited to be hosting our 3rd Annual Hopewell MS Fitness Night on Thursday, November 13thfrom 5:30-7:30PM in the gym, cafeteria, and commons area. Come meet representatives from the Texas Stars, Round Rock Express, Round Rock Fire, Round Rock K-9 Unit, The Main Event, Austin Aztex, and the Austin Toros now the Austin Spurs. There will be awesome games, prizes and over 20 local businesses and organizations at Hopewell that night to share all the wonderful ways we can get active and get fit within our own great Round Rock community. Complete a passport to be entered into a drawing for fitness equipment and passes to the Austin Sports Arena. The first 50 students to complete the passport will be able to high five our Austin Spurs in the fan tunnel at a game TBD in December. Students will get more exciting details on the morning announcements and information on the event will be attached to their next progress report next week. It will be posted on the PTA FaceBook page as well. Hope to see you all there for this great Hopewell Community event!
The Hopewell Administrators have devised a tardy to class policy which is on our school website listed on the Home Page under our school then under campus information. We will be making announcementstomorrow over the PA system and teachers will be reviewing it tomorrow during their classes. Your help and support with our policy will help get our students to class on time and maximize their instructional time. It’s important that our students are IN class and engaged early in the lesson. Thanks!
Information on our first annual 6th Grade Hopewell Tailgate Party is also on the Homepage under the Tardy Policy. Tickets will be going on sale during 6th grade lunch next week. Students will be issued a wristband to redeem their hotdog, chips and water at the game. Please help make sure that they do not lose it. The Tailgate Flyer will be attached to all the 6th graders progress reports next week so be looking for that as well!
We want to also make sure that EVERY student at Hopewell MS feels safe while at school. We do not tolerate bullying and harassing behavior and will investigate every reported bullying and harassment report that we receive. Please encourage your children to always treat others with dignity and respect. Certainly teasing is part of middle school, but when the teasing persists and becomes routine and personal is when the line into the bullying and harassment realm is crossed. Please encourage them to not cross that line and be nice to others. We have a protocol in place for when bullying is reported to us by students, parents, and staff. Again, we take every report seriously and do our level best to stop it and hold those students that are bullying responsible. Thanks for your help with this important initiative.
GET READY FOR DESTINATION IMAGINATION COMING BACK TO HOPEWELL MS!
Texas Destination Imagination is a creative problem solving educational organization that strives to promote creativity in the youth of Texas and the United States. Texas DI is reaching more than 16,000 students a year. DI is an extraordinary non-profit organization that provides educational programs for students to learn and experience creativity, problem solving and teamwork and participate in tournaments. Over 100,000 students are involved in the United States and more than 30 countries provide DI for their kids. Students and teams are tested to think on their feet, work together and devise original solutions that satisfy the requirements of the various set challenges. DI is a great opportunity to be involved in 21st Century Learning and will be a great resume item for college applications. We are seeking students to be on teams at Hopewell for this school year along with parent volunteers and team sponsors. Elena Evans and Sarah Sharp are our Hopewell teacher sponsors and will be organizing our teams this year. Please contact them by October 30thif your child is interested in participating. Elena_Evans@roundrockisd.org orSarah_Sharp@roundrockisd.org
School Dance is tonight, October 24th. Please make sure that your children are picked up directly after the dance is over. 6th grade: 6:00-7:30PM, 7th & 8th grade: 7:40-9:10PM. Students may wear costumes but must also be dress code compliant. No masks may be worn. Thanks!!
Don’t forget to join the Hopewell PTA. Membership dues are only $8 and info/forms can be found on the PTA link on the Hopewell homepage. Thanks!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Karl
Karl
