Get your festive spirit ready for HCS Spirit Week! Every day will feature a different festive theme. Join the fun!
Ms. Denisky's advisory is participating in making their Holiday Tree for the fifth grade, and the students made a Chemis-TREE. They researched elements on the periodic table and created ornaments for the tree. Well done 5th grade!
HMS week one of spirit continues...Thursday is crazy sock day and Friday is Holiday head gear day! Join in the fun!
Mrs. Bonnell's FLEX classes designed and built book trees for the holidays!
This month, the grade 5 advisory team has had fun creating themed trees. Students from Mrs. Connors’ advisory came up with The Lorax theme. After making Truffula tree tops, a student created a wooden Lorax. Mr. Remillard and the student’s grandfather assisted him.
Congrats to Dylan B, Christian M, and Jaxon C! They auditioned for/were accepted to the NH Band Directors’ Assoc Mid Level Honor Band. They will play in a band with 80 other ms musicians from NH. This is a testament to their hard work and dedication. Awesome work, boys!!
Girls B lost by 1 point with seconds left in the game vs Amherst. Eloise J had 10 points and Hannah W had 6 points. The girls fought hard throughout the whole game. Our next game is home Thursday vs Timberlane.
Boy's A defeated Chester 56 - 27 with a strong defense + timely scoring. Leading scorers were Trevor M, Logan O and Christian W. Defensively LJ G, Kaybin G and Cam S played well. Strong rebounders were Nevin R and Quinn B. We are now 4-1 in league play + 7-2 overall.
Our Wee Deliver postal service is underway! This past week our students were busy writing letters and our fourth grader postal workers were hard at working making sure that the letters were delivered on time and to the correct addresses. So far nearly a hundred letters have been written and delivered. Way to go! Thank you to Mrs. Freilich who is severing as our Wee Deliver Coordinator this year!
We did it! A new world record was set for Cup Stacking! 746,698 stackers and 2,242 schools / organizations took part in the WSSA Cup Stacking event. This event set a new WSSA World Record for the "Most People Sport Stacking at Multiple Locations". Our third and fourth grade students' participation in this event helped surpass the previous record of 737,863 stackers.
In PE class, students participated in a cup stacking ladder tournament. In the tournament if you won the round you moved up in the ladder. At the end of the tournament a winner was determined from grades 3 and 4. Congratulations to Gr. 3 winners Ben Fowler and Harper Malcom and to Gr. 4 winner, Sam Peterson. Way to go Gr. 3 &4 students and thank you to Mrs. Arroyo and Mrs. Ingraham for organizing this event!
St Council is having our annual Food + Toy Drive, to support families in need + our local Salt Box Food Pantry. Advisories will collect non perishable food items + new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages. Donations collected during advisory from now until Wednesday, 12-14.
St Council is hosting an Activity Night on Fri 12-15, from 6 - 8. We will watch the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and selling drinks and snacks. Candy Bingo will be in the library. $5. donation. $ will go toward future St Council activities.
The boys basketball team had a tough loss against Parkside with a score of 23-38. Everyone played hard and worked hard. We will bounce back next week as we have a home game against Amherst on Monday.
Girls B basketball lost in an overtime battle to Parkside 18-16 last night. Eloise J led the team in defensive rebounds and scored four points. Our next game is Monday at home vs Amherst @3:30pm. Come out and support the girls!
Two weeks of spirit for HMS...let's begin with:
Monday 12/11 - Candy Cane Day - wear red and white
Tuesday 12/12 - Winter Wonderland - wear in blue or white
Wed 12/13 - Holiday Flannel - wear your favorite flannel pants or shirts
The boys B basketball team played a huge game and came out with the win - 36-30 against West Running Brook. Emilio was the star of the show with 12 points and amazing defense. Everyone played great defense in the second half, which got the hawks the win. Go hawks!!!!
Band and Chorus did an amazing job at the Holiday concert last night. Thank you Mr. Robins and Ms. Surowiec for working with our students! Outstanding!
Girls B team lost Tuesday night 32-11 to West Running Brook. Sidney B and Tess M both scored 4 points. The girls fought hard till the end of the game. Our next game is Thursday vs Parkside!
The Girls A-team lost a tough game yesterday 29-19 against Sanborn Middle School. The loss brings their record to 2-1 on the season. The girls look to bounce back this Friday evening with a Home Game vs. Henry Moore here at HMS. Come out and show your support. Go Hawks!
Boy's A lost yesterday to Sanborn 49 to 35. Leading the Hawks in scoring was Cam S with 10 points. Also scoring for the Hawks were Christian W with 6, Chase M with 5, Ben W with 5, and Trevor M with 4. The Hawks return to action on Friday with a game against Candia at 3:30.
