January 30, 2015
Dear Parents,
Calendar of Events for the Week of February 2nd-6th:
Monday, February 2nd: 7th Grade GBBall vs. Chisholm Trail, 8th Grade GBBall @ Chisholm Trail 5:30PM
Tuesday, February 3rd: Middle School 101 5th – 6th Grade Transition Parent/Student meeting 6:30PM
Wednesday, February 4th: Early Release 1:30PM/Staff Professional Development balance of PM
Wednesday, February 4th: ELA Benchmark Testing for STAAR 6th – 8th grades
Wednesday, February 4th: Pep Rally 1:00-1:30PM Gym
Wednesday, February 4th: 7th Grade BBBall vs. Chisholm Trail, 8th BBBall @ Chisholm Trail 5:30PM
Saturday, February 7th: 6th Grade Choral Festival all day @ RRISD PAC by McNeil HS
Tuesday, February 17th: current 6th and 7th grade course and electives fair and informational meeting. 6:30PM in the HMS Cafeteria and lower commons.
CONGRATULATIONS to our 2014-2015 Hopewell MS Teacher of the Year Vickie Bradford! Mrs. Bradford is our Campus Technology Coordinator who spends countless hours in classrooms with teachers and students, providing professional development for teachers, and keeping Hopewell connected to the WWW! She is an incredible educator who is an even better person. We are truly lucky to have her on staff at Hopewell! She will represent our school in the district-wide Teacher of the Year phase.
We are looking forward to our first annual Middle School 101 5th grade student & parent event at Hopewell MS on Tuesday, February 3rd from 6:30-8:00PM in the cafeteria and lower commons areas. We will begin promptly at in the cafeteria to hear presentations from our Fine Arts directors about their programs, our counselors regarding choice sheets and course selection process, a few fun surprises during the program then mingle in the lower commons with the elective teachers to ask specific questions about interested programs. It will be a fun and informative night for our feeder elementary 5th graders and their parents and we are hoping for a great turnout to hear the word about life at Hopewell MS as a 6th grader.
This week, we have completed our feeder elementary school visits to give them a preview of what school life is like through the eyes of current 6th graders. We selected four 6th graders who graduated from Union Hill, Teravista, Herrington and Caldwell Heights and went back to those schools to present a student produced power point presentation about Hopewell. They concluded their visit by answering some questions and all groups did an exceptional job projecting our great middle school in a positive, caring, safe light. The next transition event after our evening event on Tuesday will be for the 5th graders to tour Hopewell on the morning ofFebruary 9th. Students will then fill out their choice sheets, have parents sign them and turn them in to their elementary teachers. We will then tally the choice sheet selections and begin the master schedule process for next school year!! Exciting time of the year for our students!
Don’t forget to check in with Mrs. Listi by Saturday, January 31st if you are interested in a ten-day Europe educational trip . The tour will include visiting London, Paris, and cities in Italy! What a great opportunity for your kids. This is not a Hopewell or RRISD sponsored event. Any questions regarding this trip please contact Mrs. Listi at: Jessica_listi@roundrockisd.org
Our Hopewell PTA will be holding a BOX TOP Hive Contest from Monday, February 2nd- Friday, March 27th. Start collecting those box tops, clipping them off and have your child bring them in to their advisory teacher. The advisory teachers will be collecting them, counting them and will turn them in. Hopewell will reap financial benefits for participating in this program. The more box tops we turn in the more $$ our school receives!! It’s a win/win situation! The sole winning advisory will win an Outside Pizza / Game party on the Hopewell outside Basketball Courts. We’ll have fun games, pizza, waters and lots of music!! Make sure that the box tops are not expired or else they will not count. The winning teacher will also win a gift card as well. So let’s get clipping!
Please help us by not texting your child during school hours. If you need to get a message to your children, please go through the main office and we will get your child the message. We do not want to disrupt instructional time and not only pull off your child from being engaged in class but others as well. We are requiring that students have their cell phones turned off and put away during instructional time. We will be making announcements all this week and into next week making sure that students understand our expectations regarding cell phones. Cell phones will be picked up for those students that do not comply and parents will need to come up to school to retrieve them. Please talk with your child and make sure that they understand our cell phone policy and your support will be greatly appreciated and will help in the success of this initiative. Thanks!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Stay warm and dry and I hope your Super Bowl team wins!
Stay warm and dry and I hope your Super Bowl team wins!
Karl
