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Dads and Donuts

Posted Friday, May 11th, 2012 by schittenden

Dear Terrific HMSA Community,

A big thanks to the 365 HMSA community members that attended our ‘Dads & Donuts’ extravaganza this morning! What a great opportunity to see our community eating breakfast together!

Please have a wonderful weekend. Thank you to all of the wonderful mothers in the world!

Sincerely,

Jake Chung

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SHOW YOUR SPIRIT FRIDAY!

Posted Thursday, May 10th, 2012 by schittenden

Dear Terrific HMSA Community,

Please have your students wear any HMSA spirit wear on Friday. Any color of blue also works. We are having a film crew document our school on Friday. Our staff will be decked out in spirit wear as well! Have a great rest of your week.

Thank you…

Sincerely,

Jake Chung

Lightning Flashes!

Posted Monday, May 7th, 2012 by schittenden

Hello,
We were able to capture a lightning shot from the WeatherBug at HMSA.
Have a great day…
Jake

HMSA Car Magnet

Posted Monday, May 7th, 2012 by schittenden

Dear Terrific HMSA Community,

We hope that you are having a wonderful Monday. We just wanted to let you know that each family will be receiving one free HMSA car magnet in your Monday folder. One free HMSA car magnet has been sent home with one member of your family. The attached PDF is what the HMSA car magnet will look like.

Please consider helping to build our school community spirit by placing a HMSA car magnet on your car. It will also act as a reminder to not honk at you while I am driving.

The cost of this endeavor was jointly sponsored by the HMSA PTA and HMSA. The design of this car magnet was created by Mr. Feucht. He is a father of one of our sixth grade students. Special thanks goes out to Mr. Acosta and Divine Signs for the production of our car magnets.

If you would like to purchase additional car magnets, the cost is $5.00 and the profits will support the HMSA PTA.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Jake Chung
HMSA CAR MAGNET

Project Lead the Way Information in the Hawk

Posted Friday, May 4th, 2012 by schittenden

Dear Terrific HMSA Community,

Please take a minute to read about the ‘Project Lead the Way’ program coming to sixth grade next August in the HMSA Weekly Hawk. It is an incredible opportunity for our students.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Jake Chung
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WeatherBug

Posted Friday, May 4th, 2012 by Mrs. Benson

Dear Terrific HMSA Community,

We had mentioned earlier that we were going to have the WeatherBug weather station installed at Hoover.  WeatherBug is a remote weather station that is used by Tom Skilling (Meteorologist Rock Star) on WGN Television to monitor various weather patterns at different locations throughout the Chicagoland area.  Our weather station also includes an HD camera that can be picked up for broadcast on WGN television.  Our WeatherBug weather station was installed over spring break and it complements our third and fifth grade curriculum.

Well, HMSA was officially introduced to the world last night.

The link below was from the  9:00pm WGN weather forecast that Tom Skilling shared out.

http://www.chicagoweathercenter.com/video/forecast/

Click on the ‘Thursday Full Forecast’ 5/3 video.  [It is the video that is 5:54 minutes long.]  (Currently second from the left…)

Hoover is mentioned beginning at the 4 minute 20 second marker.  There is an HD time lapse video of the approaching storm that Tom Skilling shares out and he mentions our school name.  The video was really neat to see.

We’ll have more information later on how you can get the WeatherBug smartphone app for free in order to keep a tab on our school’s weather.

For now, you may access the HMSA WeatherBug from the link to the right, under the Math and Science Data Heading, called WeatherBug Data.

Thank you,

Jake Chung

Dads and Donuts – Next Friday

Posted Sunday, April 29th, 2012 by schittenden

Dear Terrific HMSA Community,

I hope that you had a great weekend. Please look at the HAWK this week for information about what is occurring at our school. Please remember that Dads and Donuts is on Friday, May 11th in the morning before school.

As students continue MAP testing next week, please continue to make sure that your students have a great breakfast. The students have been working so hard to show what they know!

Have a great day.

Sincerely,

Jake Chung
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MAP Testing Schedule

Posted Friday, April 20th, 2012 by schittenden

Our spring round of MAP testing begins this coming Monday. Below you will find the link to our schedule for all classrooms. Encourage your child to do his/her best! We know we will all shine!
Hoover MAP Schedule Spring12

PTA Hosts Family Fun Night This Evening

Posted Friday, April 20th, 2012 by schittenden

Dear Terrific HMSA Community,

Please have a wonderful weekend. Please stop by the HMSA Game night at Hoover tonight. More details in the HAWK.

FAMILY GAME NIGHTat HMSA TONIGHT — Friday, April 20th

7:00-8:30pm

Come and join your friends in some fun games! Multiple stations will be set up with a variety of games:

 Minute-to-Win-It Games

 Mini-Golf Challenge

 Wii Sports/Adventure Games

 Wii Dance Party Room

 Karaoke Room
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MAP is on the Way!

Posted Monday, April 16th, 2012 by schittenden

Dear Terrific HMSA Community,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Thank you for attending the Celebrate Reading and Writing Extravaganza! It was a great night.

On another note, we will start MAP testing on Monday, April 23rd. I will send out another email next week with more specific information regarding the testing schedule. This schedule will have the dates for when individual classrooms will be tested. As always please encourage your children to do their best on the MAP assessment as we do use this information to guide our instruction and intervention approaches with your children. We look forward to sharing your children’s academic progress with you prior to the end of the school year. Thank you all for your continued support!

Sincerely,

Jake Chung
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