Husky Howler 2/9/24 (Guardians)

PACK Guardians,

Lots of great things going on at Hubbard and lots of great things COMING UP! Please make sure you scroll through the updates below and the flyers throughout the newsletter so you can help us communicate the awesome things going on at your child's school!

Sickness and Absences - Parents Reminder: As Flu season is in full force please remember TylerISD's policy on absences. To have any absence excused ALL communication including Dr. notes and phone calls must be reported to the attendance office within 3 days for the absence to be excused.

Preview Night - We are having our preview night for current 5th graders at feeder elementary schools on Tuesday, February 13th at 5:30p.m. in the front Gym at Hubbard. We will have all our awesome clubs/sports/orgs on deck to perform or speak with parents about all the wonderful things going on at Hubbard in addition to moving into our BRAND NEW building. Tell you friends!

Cheer Tryouts! - Thank you to everyone who showed up last night and heard about our official Cheer Information!

Signed pages due - Friday, February 16th to Gillian Turner by the end of the day

Notification of any ineligibility - Monday, February 26th

Cheer Clinic Week - March 4-8th (Mock tryouts are on Thursday and are CLOSED tryouts)

Official Tryouts - Friday, March 8th during school. Results posted to the website by 5p.m.

Tyler ISD Transfers - Is your child at Hubbard on a transfer? You MUST fill out a transfer request form even if they have previously been accepted. The transfer window opens on February 1st and this is the official Tyler ISD Transfer Request form. We will have them printed in the front office.

Feb 1- First day to apply for transfers

March 1- Last day to submit transfer request form. All transfer requests must be submitted by March 1st to be considered.

April 1- Notification of transfer approval/denial

Yearbooks! - Your student should have already had a yearbook order form come through, BUT we know middle schoolers lose things. You can order ONLINE but must use the unique Hubbard ID code of 1210324.

***REPEATS***

6th graders and football before school - Campus administration has all agreed that we will no longer be allowing 6th grade students to play football at the front of the building before school. There have been too many issues bleeding into the school day from this activity. We have communicated this to students and will be taking up footballs and disciplining students for failure to follow directives. Please talk with your Husky 6th grade boys!

Hubbard PTA spirit gear - Keep scrolling to see a pic of what is for sale on the PTA website. We will be kicking off some Hubbard Spirit Gear days in the near future so get yours now!

Panorama Survey - Coming up in February, our PACK students will be taking the annual "Panorama Survey" at Hubbard. This is a survey that helps our campus and teachers gain a valuable understanding of their classrooms through the perspective of a student in areas such as engagement, rigor, etc.. Student responses are completely anonymous! If you DO NOT want your child to take part in this then please see this opt out letter or the Spanish version.

Spinal Screenings - Nurse Olivares has drafted this notification letter regarding upcoming spinal screenings for students. Please read the letter and call Nurse Eleanor Olivares at (903)262-1567 if you have any questions.

Baseball/Softball - Is your 8th grade student interested in baseball/softball at Tyler Legacy for next year? Have them see Coach Morrow in A16! You can e-mail him at matthew.morrow@tylerisd.org with any questions.

NEXT WEEK

Monday, February 12th - Teacher Work Day = NO SCHOOL

Monday, February 12th - One Act Play theater performance at Tyler Legacy @ 7:00pm

Tuesday, February 13th - Hubbard Preview Night at Hubbard gym @ 5:30pm

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TWO WEEKS AWAY

Tuesday-Friday - TELPAS testing for ELL students

Thursday, February 22nd - School Bus Driver appreciation day

Thursday, February 22nd - Beginning Band Concert - Hubbard Gym at 6pm

Saturday, February 24th - District UIL Competition at the CTC

Do you own a business and would like to sponsor our PTA?!? There are many different options outlined below. You can complete this PTA sponsorship form if you would like to get your business name out there as a Hubbard PACK Sponsor!

Do you want some new Hubbard swag?!? Go to the PTA Website and order yours today! Orders placed by Wednesday night are delivered on Thursday!

This past Saturday several of our band students competed in the UIL Solo and Ensemble Festival and 18 of them received a 1st Division (Superior) rating which is the highest you can get at the contest which was Abigail Barnes, Mary Osteen, Jaidynn Howard, Maloree Garcia, Madison Hooks, Joseph Blackburn, Mathew Betacourt, Emilio Mandujano, Pearson Link, Bryce Freeman, Gunner Hampe, Cohen Canal, Mason Heller, Nick Vazquez, Liam Pittman, Asher Lingle, Eduardo Sanchez, and Lucas Sachez. Also, just a side note, we had more students compete than any other middle school in Tyler! GO HUSKIES!

Congratulations to all the January Musicians of the Month! These Orchestra, Band, and Choir students are doing awesome things in the music classroom and show off how awesome our music programs are here at Hubbard. Way to go Josiah Brown, Elise Cantu, Eli Mitchell, Sadiana Mathis, Cedrick Scott, Bryan Rios, and William Carter. Go Huskies!

Ms. Bell is one of our fantastic art teachers who is well deserving of the teacher of the month award. I am sure if your student has her then you know how awesome she is!

This week, Tyler ISD recognized Indira Trejo from the Hubbard math PACK as a "TOP" teacher. This is a part of the new teacher incentive program where teacher are rewarded based on student performance. We will be having more of these next year!

Attention 7th and 8th grade girls! The Tyler Legacy Zonta Club is about empowering women through service and advocacy. The members of this club are putting on an event for the middle school girls of Hubbard and Three Lakes to make them feel welcome in High School. "Galentines" will be an event where they will have activities like carnival games, icebreakers, and small competitions with prizes. Also, some Zonta Club girls will lead a tour and talk about the clubs and organization on campus. The date is February 23rd, 5pm - 7pm in the Tyler Legacy High School cafeteria. Tickets are $5 and there will be small concessions at the school. You can click HERE to signup and pay online!

Tomorrow from 10a.m.-2p.m. at downtown Tyler Caldwell Arts Academy is partnering with the City of Tyler in honor of Black History Month. There will be food trucks, a DJ, bounce house and other games for the family.

I got to see a sneak peek of our upcoming One Act Play and let me tell you....IT WAS AWESOME! Join us on February 12th to see their performance at the Tyler Legacy Theater. It is completely FREE!

Calling all incoming Huskies for next year! Come hear from our various clubs/organizations and see some great performances. Here is the agenda/map for the evening!

Candy Grams will be delivered to advisory classes!

Do you have a student in our Precision Teaching Class or Functional Life Skills? Please consider this FREE caregiver training below!

On February 17th, from 10-2 the Discovery Science Place will be hosting their annual STEM Like a Girl event for middle school aged girls (6th-8th grade). They will have multiple speakers from local women who are in the STEM fields giving demonstrations, experiments, and activities for the girls to show them what types of career options they can pursue!

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Email: john.smiley@tylerisd.org
Website: https://www.tylerisd.org/o/hms
Location: 1300 Hubbard Drive, Tyler, TX, USA
Phone: (903)262-1560
Facebook: facebook.com/HubbardTylerISD