We had a fantastic time meeting and greeting all of you last week. The Parent Conferences went well and we are pleased to announce that we are almost at our 100% mark! If you have not held your conference, please contact your child's homeroom teacher ASAP. There was some pertinent information shared related to your child's academic and behavior progress that you do not want to miss. If we are going to do better, we must remain connected with each other to ensure that our students continue to climb the ladder of success. I can not reiterate our motto "it takes a village" enough! It is going to take all of us to help move our school to another level.
As we continue to focus on the next level, please do not hesitate to contact the school with any concerns or questions. During my time with parents last week, many questions were presented about the happenings in the school. Many of the questions were related to the great things that are happening in and around our school community. I found that a great number of parents are not connected with the school therefore, I have decided to provide a few printed copies of the blog to be posted in community centers to keep everyone informed. It is important that everyone is privy to the information and services offered by our school. If you are employed at an establishment that serves our school community and is willing to post a copy of our blog, please contact Ms. Tolbert at 706-548-7281.
Our mission in CCSD expresses our commitment to excellence to the implementation of rigorous standards in a safe and supportive environment in every classroom for every child. We are driven by our mission and therefore continue to urge our school community to join us in our walk to be BETTER EVERY DAY.
For the children,
Principal Tolbert
Announcements
Rising 6th Grade Parent Night
Thank you to our rising 6th-grade parents and students! We held a Rising 6th Grade Parent Meeting tonight and it was well attended by our new Panther Nation members! A huge shout out to Dr. Ezekiel and the Gaines Elementary School community for allowing us to host the meeting at Gaines. The Eastside Family Engagement Specialists and counselors worked to make sure that the meeting was a success!
Shout Outs
Congratulations to our Chess Team for bringing home the Championship this past Saturday at the Chess and Community Conference! Thank you, Coach Scott and Coach Pratt for all of your help and support.
Congratulations SET members!
Briggs, Ava, Annie, Alyssa, & Lily were honored today for their award-winning films about conservation and litter prevention. The two films were, The Litter Critics and Water You Doing Littering?
The film, The Litter Critics, also won the Audience Choice Award!
Congratulations to the Boys Track Team! They took 3rd Place last Friday out of 18! Our Girls took 7th Place out of 18! Way to go Panther Nation!
Panther Prowl
We are fastly approaching April 7, 2019. At this time we only have 22 people signed up for the race. Our goals are to have 100 runners participate in the run and to raise at least $2000.00. If you are not a runner and would like to make a donation towards our cause, please contact Mrs.Catherine Neace at 706-548-7281. Proceeds from the race will allow us to plan incentives for our students. It also provides us an opportunity to bond as a school community. Please help us make this cause a success!
LSGT Elections
Please use the link below to vote for parents to serve on our Local School Governance Team. These parents will play a key role in helping our school grow, plan for the years ahead and constantly improve to benefit students. The team will allow for parents, community members and educators to have a greater voice in important decisions regarding Hilsman. Please click the link below and vote for the two that you feel will best represent our parent community. I respectfully ask that you vote once.
Here are links to the parent ballots for Hilsman.
Parent Conferences
Thank you to all of the parents that came out to your child's conference last week. If you have not held a conference, please contact your child's homeroom teacher or the front office ASAP.
Spring Pictures
Spring Picture Day at Hilsman is on Wednesday, April 3rd.
Flyers were given out by homeroom teachers last week for students to take home. Spring pictures are prepay only. If you did not receive a flyer, additional flyers are available in the front office.
Prepayment methods are by exact cash (photographer is unable to make change), check or money order made payable to Lifetouch, or you may order online with a credit card. Ordering information and pricing are found on the flyers.
Only students who are prepaying for pictures may be out of uniform for Wednesday's picture day. Students must adhere to the dress code expectations as set forth by CCSD and Hilsman. If you have any questions about appropriate attire, please contact the school or your child's homeroom teacher.
Book Fair
Spring Scholastic Book Fair is still going strong! The last day is the 26th! We hope to see all our parents, faculty and staff, and students!
Panther Outreach Committee Information
Dear Parents,
Hilsman Middle School is offering a new service to children and families in our school community. The Hilsman Food Pantry Program is available to students, families, and faculty that are dealing with temporary or long term food insecurity.
Listed below is some information about the new program:
The School Pantry Program will provide non-perishable food and hygiene products to your child to assist him or her when food is not consistently available at home.
This support is also available for parents and student’s siblings regardless of their enrollment status in school.
The program is scheduled to begin March 25, 2019 and will continue throughout the school year.
There is no cost for this program.
Distribution will be done in a discreet manner.
To ensure that we can provide assistance to as many families as possible there may be limitations on the amount of food and frequency of access to the food pantry, but our main priority is to be as helpful as possible to those in our school community.
Please be advised that these items may contain peanuts, nuts, soy, wheat eggs, and milk. Please let us know if you have any allergies or dietary restrictions and we will do our best to accommodate you. All food is labeled and sealed by the manufacturer.
If you are interested in participating in this program you may con
Week at a Glance
Monday-
21st Century
PSP
Mammal Madness-Ag Science
Tuesday-
21st Century
PSP
Wildlife Notes-Ag Science Class
Soccer Game @ BHL
Girls 5:30
Boys 4:30
Wednesday-
21st Century
Wildlife Worksheet-Ag Science Class
Thursday-
21st Century
Kaibab Deer Lesson Part 1-Ag Science Class
Friday-
21st Century
Online Enrollment (Last day to turn in Syllabus during your class period).
Soccer Make Up Game @ Coile
Girls 4:30
Boys 5:30
Saturday-Saturday School FFA Tuesday- FFA Meeting 4-6 Thursday- Agriscience Fair Practice 4-6
