Friday, November 21st, 2014
Dear Parents,
Calendar of Events for the Week of November 24th-28th:
Thanksgiving Break all week-No School
Calendar of Events for the Week of December 1st-5th:
Monday, December 1st : 8th Girls BBall vs. Canyon Vista, 7th Girls BBall @ Canyon Vista 5:30PM
Tuesday, December 2nd: Winter Band Concert 7PM at the RRISD Hartfield PAC
Wednesday, December 3rd: Early Release Day @ 1:30PM for teacher professional development
Wednesday, December 3rd: 8th Grade Boys BBall vs. Canyon Vista, 7th Boys BBall @ Canyon Vista 5:30PM
Thursday, December 4th: Girls 8th BBall “B” Tournament @ Hopewell, Girls 7th BBall “B” Tournament @ CD Fulkes5:30PM
Thursday, December 4th: Theater Performance: 7PM Hopewell Cafeteria
Friday, December 5th: Theater Performance: 7PM Hopewell Cafeteria
Our first No Homework Night was held this past Wednesday and hopefully our students and families were able to spend some time together without the stressors of school work-at least for one day. We are revising our four remaining NHN dates in order to ensure that ALL subjects (including High School credit courses) are able to comply with the expectation on the designated nights. Teravista is on board and the other elementary Hopewell MS feeders are considering it but are awaiting approval from their Campus Leadership Teams.
The REVISED dates are as follows so please take note and mark your calendars:
Wednesday, December 17th
Wednesday, February 18th
Wednesday, March 11th
Wednesday, May 6th
Our first annual 6th grade Hotdog Cookout Tailgate Party was rained out a couple of weeks ago and unfortunately it was our last 8th grade football game of the season! SO, the PTA moms and I have decided to reschedule it for before the 8thgrade boys basketball game on Thursday, January 15th. We are renaming this Hotdog Cookout “GAME NIGHT” and will be held from 4-5PM outside the gym entrance. 6th grade students will be encouraged to attend the game after the tailgate and cheer on the 8th grade boys. More information will be coming home with the 6th graders in January and in future Waggoner’s Words.
Students in grades 2-12 enrolled in a Round Rock ISD schools and district staff can get Office 365 FREE for their home and personal computers and tablets by visiting RoundRockISD.org/
The program is a part of the district’s purchase of the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement. This opportunity for our families came free of charge from Microsoft as part of this agreement.
All enrolled RRISD students in grades 2 and higher have RRISD email addresses, which are Gmail accounts. To access the student's district email account, go to mail.google.com.
The username for your student's email account is their email address: the letter "s" followed by his/her student ID number, @student.roundrockisd.org. (example:s123456@student.round
The default password for that account is the student's birth date: mmddyyyy
(Some students have changed their password...it will be the same as the password they use to log onto a computer at their school)
(Some students have changed their password...it will be the same as the password they use to log onto a computer at their school)
Please contact your student's campus if you do not have his/her ID number.
Visit RoundRockISD.org/
Please make sure that if your child misses school that they bring in a note from you or the doctor/dentist and give to our Attendance Secretary at the front desk. It is crucial that we get these absences documented and in our files. The State of Texas Compulsory Attendance Law requires that students are in school at least 90% of the school year which amounts to no more than 18 school days. Students that are absent in excess of 18 school days will have their absences reviewed by a Hopewell Attendance Committee and depending on the situation for the absences, will need to make up some of that instructional time lost. We will hold Saturday School for students that have excessive absences and tardies, as well as for students that display persistent misbehavior in class. Saturday School will be held at Hopewell MS from 8:30-11:30the following dates in December and January: December 6th, December 13th, January 10th and January 24th.
Our 2nd 6 weeks Student Attendance Rate was at 97.6% which is exceptional. As we enter the flu season, please make sure that you encourage your child to wash their hands frequently and take other steps to help keep your child well and healthy! I also commended the staff for creating a motivating learning environment and school climate where students WANT to be at Hopewell MS. Our school is safe and our students are engaged in quality learning. At this time of the year, for that we all can be thankful!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends.
Our students and staff will be off the entire next week recharging their batteries for the last three weeks of the semester!
Take care and be safe!
Karl
Karl
Please see the attached link to purchase discounted tickets for the Austin Spurs Hockey game December 6th. Last day to purchase tickets is December 2nd.
