Our exchange teacher, Ms. Zhang (Xiaoyu), has been celebrating and sharing her culture with us at HMS. Ms. Zhang will be with us until June and she has been busy! Check out some photos of the our new China cultural wall, Spring Festival, paper cutting and the creation of Beijing opera masks: http://hms.nbed.nb.ca/gallery/taste-china-ms-zhang-xiaoyu谢谢 xiexie, Ms. Zhang!
HMS students were among the recently announced winners of the Legion's annual poetry contest:Junior (Grades 4-6)Poem First Place Keisha O’Donnell HMSIntermediate (Grades 7-9)Poem First Place Brayden Allain HMS Second Place Meghan Urquhart HMS Third Place Isabella Matchett HMSWay to go HMS students! We will remember!
In Valentine’s Spirit Week action there was some great participation and some major highlights this week, including:• The fastest class for the Broken Heart Scavenger Hunt: 7L Mrs Kingston• The highest points for the Cupid’s Timestables was 8L Mrs Murphy’s class.• The highest scores on the Valentine’s Spelling Bee were from Drew Sobey, Ken Taylor and Herchell Bergeron, all with 9/10.Now the results:For grade 6…3rd place grade 6: 6E1 Mrs Richardson2nd place grade 6:6A MS Blakely-Doucette1st place grade 6: 6L Ms BarrieauFor grade 7…3rd place grade 7: 7E2 Jeffery2nd place grade 7:7B Perry1st plac
The HMS WEB Leaders have organized the following events for this Valentine's Spirit Week:
Monday, February 9th
HMS Blue AND White Day!
Tuesday,
February 10th
Look-alike day! (Choose a friend or more and dress alike!)
&
Stolen Heart Scavenger Hunt!
(To
be held in the SCIENCE LAB during your class’ recess portion of lunch.)
Kamryn,
Kassia, Shaylin, Hailey, Manuela, Lauren, Megan
Wednesday, February 11th
Pink or Red Day
&
Cupid Timetables
(To
Harkins Middle School will be holding a family literacy night on Tuesday, February 10th at 6pm. The entire family is invited to come enjoy milk and cookies and some wonderful stories. There will be door prizes, displays, readings and a used book swap table. Bring some books from home that you'd like to swap for new-to-you books. Encouraging your child to read is one of the most effective ways to help them succeed in school. Hope to see you all there!
There will be science drop in time this coming Wednesday for Science Fair from 3 to 4pm with Mrs McQuaid-Murphy. All students are welcome to come and work on their Science Fair projects.See photos from the HMS Science Club here: http://hms.nbed.nb.ca/club/gallery/marshmallow-challenge
Please click on the thumbnail to the left for the Problem of the Week #13 (then click on view image details to see the problem in full view). All solutions must be submitted by noon time on February 12th.
There will be open basketball scrimmage time for any and all HMS students, after school on Fridays from 3-4pm (sharp). Listen to announcements for details. All skill levels are welcome! See you there!
