May 15, 2015

Dear Parents,

Calendar of Events for the Week of May 18^th-22^nd:

Tuesday, May 19^th: Orchestra Spring Concert 7PM in the Gym

Wednesday, May 20^th: Hopewell Fun Run/ 5K run for students/staff @Hopewell

Thursday, May 21^st: Student/Faculty Basketball Game in the Gym 2:30-3:30PM

Thursday, May 21^st: Hopewell MS Show Choir performs at the School Board Meeting between 7-8M

Thursday, May 21^st: Hopewell Boys and Girls Soccer vs. Cedar Valley MS @ Hopewell (Make up game due to rain out )

Thursday, May 21^st: Hopewell Choir will sing the National Anthem at the Board Meeting at  Jr. Historians will be recognized at the Board Meeting as well.  Hopewell Night at RRISD!

Friday, May 22^nd: Band, Orchestra and Choir trip to Hawaiian Falls

Monday, May 25^th: Memorial Day Holiday-No School
Friday, May 26^th: 8^th Grade Formal Dance in the cafeteria and lower commons area

Ms. BUSH HAS RESIGNED EFFECTIVE MAY 13^TH:

It is with great sadness that I inform our Hopewell MS Community that our Algebra One, Tag 6^th Grade Math, Geometry, and Enriched Pre-Algebra teacher has resigned effective May 13^th.  I’m sure that the decision to leave the kids and school that she loved was excruciating but family always comes first. She is going to be living in Ohio to be her Grandmother’s caretaker and will not be back.  We will miss her deeply and the positive impact that she had on so many young lives was profound.  In my 34 years as an educator, she is by far the best Algebra teacher I have ever worked with.  I am informing her students and will be giving them a letter explaining the situation to them today.  I have a certified math teacher in place for the remaining 14 days of school and will be hiring her replacement for next school year. 

8^TH GRADE FIELD TRIP RE-CAP:

Our 8^th graders had a tough stormy 8^th grade day this past  out at Reunion Ranch but all seemed to still have a great time hanging with their friends away from school.   Our students have worked hard preparing all year for their STAAR and EOC assessments and this gesture of appreciation by their teachers was a nice gift for them.  We called them back a couple hours early to get them out of harm’s way with approaching thunderstorms and they spent the balance of the afternoon watching a movie in our lecture hall.  They made a memory!

BOARD RECOGNITIONS SPECIFIC TO HOPEWELL MS:

This  is Hopewell Night at the Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees meeting at RRHS at   Our choir will be performing the National Anthem and our Junior Historians will again be recognized for their state and national achievements.  We are very proud of those two Hopewell organizations!

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END OF YEAR ROUND UP!:

Don’t forget to begin rounding up and organizing those textbooks to turn in.  Any library books and other obligations will need to be reconciled in order for our students to receive their schedules next fall. 

We will have our first annual “HORNET HELLO” which students will come back to Hopewell and pick up their new schedules, set up lockers, walk their new schedules, and meet up with friends as we start the new school year.  HORNET HELLO will be on .  More information on times for schedule pick up will be announced in future Waggoner’s Words so be looking for that. 

YOUNG JUNIOR HISTORIANS ACCOMPLISHMENTS!

RRISD will recognize the Hopewell Jr. Historians on  at the RRISD School Board Meeting at Round Rock High school (same place as in April!)...please arrive around, so that we can be individually be signed in and get seated. It starts promptly at ,   The club as a whole will be recognized for the SILVER LEVEL Presidential Community Volunteer Awards Program, as well as several individual club members for their volunteer efforts this 2014-15 school year.  Additionally, we have several club members in the 8th grade that will be recognized as National History Club "Scholars", as well as our National History Club "Historian of the Year"!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Karl