
Hero Happenings!
Hellstern Middle School Newsletter, Springdale, AR
September 12, 2022
PLEASE HELP!
The More You Know...
- HAC - This is the Home Access Center. Students are learning about HAC because they login to this system to access and check their grades. They should be doing this every Monday with their advisors. Students can use their Chromebooks and login at home too - so if you ever want to see your students CURRENT grades, ask them to login for you. If you want your own parent login, we can help you get one during Parent-Teacher conferences in just a few weeks.
- Hero Hour - This is every day from 9-9:35am. It is a flexible time of the day to accomplish many things such as the following:
- Monday - Students have ADVISORY and they go to their advisors room during Hero Hour. Students will check their grades, get any papers that need to go home to parents, get organized for the week, sign up for Prime Time classes and do some team building/character building. This is kind of like the student's "home room".
- Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday - Students have PRIME TIME. PrimeTime is when every teacher in the building is offering either extensions (for students that have mastered standards and need to be pushed) OR remediation (for students that need extra help on mastering a standard or learning target). Students might get selected by teachers for either extensions or remediation. If students are not selected by teachers, then they can choose a session. All of these sessions are based on essential standards and current learning targets.
- Wednesday - On Wednesday, we do not have Hero Hour in our schedule. Students go straight from 1st to 2nd block, which helps us get to all classes on the early-release days.
Please complete the free & reduced meal application - students will have to pay starting Sept. 26th!!
Our EAST program hosted a 9/11 brunch for first responders on Friday - so FUN!!!
First reponders enjoyed some breakfast on a beautiful morning!
Students welcomed first responders and thanked them.
Virtual Parenting Education Series for School Families - first one, Sept. 13
Hellstern yard signs are for sale!
Free Car Wash
Saturday, Sept. 24th
Zips (3 locations in Springdale)
8am - 5pm (or up until 1,000 free washes are provided)
HMS Band students will be working from 11am-2pm at the location near Har-Ber Meadows.
The Springdale Bands are thanking the Springdale community for their tremendous support by offering 1,000 free car washes this day.
Donations are welcome in two ways:
1. Donations made at the car wash will be split among all Springdale Bands.
2. Donations given to an HMS Band student will go directly to the HMS Band program. Link to donate online. Checks can be made to "HMS Band."
Proceeds help our band students with financial need meet their needs so that they can follow their dreams of learning how to play a musical instrument.
It will also help our band program purchase 1 or 2 expensive instruments that will be used for more than 40 years. It will also help fund any field trips and fun events for our band this school year.
Odyssey of the Mind Interest Survey
Meet Your Heroes
Upcoming Dates
September
12 - Look for conference sign up letters/emails to come home
12 - Reading MAP test is given
13 - XC athlete photos (7-8:15am)
13 - Math MAP test is given
13 - School Board Meeting (5pm)
14 - Back to School Rally @ Arvest Ballpark (5-9pm); first 10,000 people enter for free
15 - Vision & Hearing Screening - 6th grade only
Week of 19 - 22 - JH/HS Parent Teacher Conferences
21 - Mini-Wild Dog Races (for 6th grade), Meet @ HBHS
21 - Hellstern Night @ Slim Chickens (4-9pm): Be sure and tell them you are a Hellstern supporter!
26 - Hellstern Parent-Teacher Conferences (3:30-7pm)
27 - Hellstern Parent-Teacher Conferences (3:30-7pm)
26-30 - Fall Book Fair in the library
27 - Fall picture day
Hellstern Athletics
Note: These are START times of the first game, there may be multiple games in one night.
SEPTEMBER - Volleyball
12 - Home vs. Darby @ 4:30pm (CJHS)
13 - Away vs. Chaffin @ 4:30pm
19 - Away vs. Ramsey @ 4:30pm
20 - Home vs. Ramay @ 4:30 (CJHS)
24 - Rogers HS Tournament TBA
26 - Away vs. Woodland @ 4:30
27 - Home vs. Lincoln @ 4:30 (CJHS)
SEPTEMBER - Football
15 - Away vs. Rogers Kirksey @ 5:30
22 - Home vs. HTMS @ 5:30pm (HBHS)
29 - Home vs. Ft. Smith Ramsey @ 5:30
SEPTEMBER - Cross Country Track
13 - Fayetteville JH Invitational, G 4:30 B 5:00
24 - Berryville Bobcat Back 40, G 9:30 B 10:00
OCTOBER - Volleyball
4 - Home vs. KMS @ 4:30pm (CJHS)
11 - Home vs. Kirkesey @ 4:30pm (CJHS)
OCTOBER - Football
6 - Home vs. Ft. Smith Caffin @ 5:30 (HBHS)
20 - Away vs. Rogers Elmwood @ 5:30
27 - Away vs. Bentonville Washington @ 5:30
OCTOBER - Cross Country Track
1 - UofA Chili Pepper 5K, G 11:30 B 12:15
15 - Van Buren Classic, G 10:30 B 11:00
18 - Conference Meet, Lincoln MS in Bentonville, G 5:30 B 6:00