Hastings Middle School
Calendar for March 2 – March 6, 2015
Monday, March 2 Read Across America Day, Media Center, Periods 4, 5 & 6 Tuesday, March 3
Wednesday, March 4 Thursday, March 5
Friday, March 6 7th Grade Parent Breakfast with Principal, 7:30am Saturday, March 7 Shrek, The Musical, 7:30pm
Sunday, March 8 Shrek, The Musical, 2:30pm
Calendar for March 9 – March 13, 2015
Monday, March 9 Market Day Pick-up, 4:00 to 5:00pm Tuesday, March 10 PTO Meeting, 8:30am
8th Grade Parent Network Meeting, 1:15pm
Wednesday, March 11 Transition to High School Athletics, HMS Auditorium, 7pm Thursday, March 12 7th Grade Parent Network Meeting, @ Giant Eagle, 8:30am Friday, March 13
Saturday, March 14 Shrek, The Musical, 7:30pm Sunday, March 15 Shrek, The Musical, 2:30pm
7th Grade Chicago Trip update: The final Chicago payment is due online to Discovery Tours at tourwithdiscovery.com by March 16.
Washington, D.C.: A reminder that the FINAL payment for the 8th grade Washington, D.C. trip is due Friday, March 6. Payments can be made online using the district EZPay system or by writing a check to Hastings Middle School.
Spread the Word to End the Word fundraiser: The official day for Spread the Word this year is Wednesday, March 4. HMS will be having students and staff sign pledges, stating they will not use the r-word. In addition to taking the pledge, students with multiple disabilities at HMS, Mr. Evans, and Ms. McConney will sell t-shirts (price to be determined soon) during lunches on Thursday, February 26, Friday, February 27, Monday, March 2 and Tuesday, March 3. Because of Special Olympics’ affiliation with the Spread the Word campaign, a portion of the proceeds from the t-shirt sale will go to the Upper Arlington Special Olympics program.
8th Grade Parent Network: Please join us on Tuesday, March 10 upstairs at Giant Eagle Market District at 1:15 pm. We will be discussing the opportunities for parent involvement at the high school. If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Pultz at [email protected]. Hope to see you there!
SHREK JR. - THE MUSICAL: Hastings Drama Club presents "Shrek Jr.-The Musical"! See the classic movie come to life on stage as the Hastings students recreate Shrek, Fiona, the Donkey, and the crazy Fairytale Creatures in song! Tickets will be on sale in the Hastings cafeteria during lunch hours next week. Be sure to catch one of our 4 performances!
Saturday, March 7 (7:30pm) Sunday, March 8 (2:30pm) Saturday, March 14 (7:30pm) Sunday, March 15 (2:30pm)
Boys Tennis Tryouts: Tryouts for boys tennis begins March 9.
Oratorical Contest: Congratulations to all students that participated in the Optimist Oratorical Contest! Winner of 1st place and $300 was Dylan Carlson; 2nd place and $200 went to Emi Harned; 3rd place and $100 went to Izzy Walther; and 4th place and $50 went to Sulekh Mitra. The speeches were fabulous! Thank you all for participating.
Attn 8th Grade Parents: "Transition into High School Athletics" program for parents of incoming freshman in the Class of 2019! We intend to have various speakers bring their perspective of high school athletics to our incoming freshman parents/athletes. The program is scheduled for Weds. March 11 at 7:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. at Hastings Middle School in the Auditorium if you are interested in attending.
From the School Nurse: Please be aware when sending in treats to share with your child’s classmates to avoid anything containing NUTS (peanuts or treenuts). We have over 20 students with life threatening nut allergies and have recently had a several incidents of allergic reactions.
Traffic Safety: Please note that all curb areas painted yellow are designated NO PARKING zones. The north side of Hastings Lane is bus drop off only—drivers are prohibited from dropping students off in this area. In addition, we ask that you are mindful not to block the driveways of our neighbors so that they have access to the street. Finally, continue to monitor your speed in the 20 MPH school zones surrounding our campus. Nothing is more important than the safety of our students/your children. To that end, we have asked the Upper Arlington Police to increase their presence in the area during drop off and pick up times. Thank you for your assistance!
Dear Hastings Families,
Hastings Middle School is committed to providing our students with career
exploration opportunities. We will continue this commitment with our 8th grade students being able to
job shadow on Thursday April 23, 2015. Job Shadowing is an excellent opportunity for our students
to spend a day observing and interviewing an employee at a job in a particular area that is of special
interest to that student. Many students today are often unaware of the numerous career options
available to them and shadowing gives students the opportunity to explore a job in depth to gain
valuable information about the world of work.
Most of our students will be able find their own shadowing placements, but some will be in need of a
host. If you are willing to host a Hasting 8th grader please click the link
(
http://goo.gl/forms/TT0eosbSnw
) to provide details about your job. Your willingness to help educate
our students is much appreciated.
HMS Athletics
Lacrosse begins February 23, 2015 (equipment; no team drills) (3/2/15 no restrictions)
Baseball and Softball begin February 23, 2015 (no restrictions) Track and Field begins March 9, 2015 Tennis Begins March 9, 2015
Spring Sports Pictures will be held after school on Wednesday April 1st . HMS Spring Sports Recognition Night is May 26th, 7pm, HMS Auditorium. Spring Coaches: Baseball 7/8 Brad Piunno, [email protected] Softball 7 Diane Balog, [email protected]
Softball 8 Emily Hollett, [email protected]
Boys Lax Dan Hendrickson, [email protected]
Girls Lax Rebecca Smock, [email protected] Lax Asst. Laura Kunkle, [email protected]
Tennis Boys TBA Boys Track Dana Flowers, [email protected] Track Bryn Rohlck, [email protected]
HMS PTO
If you have not done the "N0 Fundraiser Fundraiser" donation please consider doing so. We are 85% of our goal (which we based on last year's income) and need those funds for spring mini grants and a multitude of programs that help make Hastings an amazing place. Please consider a $30 or more donation for the programs, scholarships, and teacher support that PTO provides. We have had 113 families participate and
we have 750 kids at school. We can do this!!!
www.hastingspto.org/no-fundraising-fundraiser/
DATE CHANGE***Hastings First Ever Arts Hop (think short north here at Hastings)! Friday MARCH 13th during
lunch hours. If your child has any art piece or art form they would like to display please bring to the counselor's offices asap! Deadline is Wednesday March 11th. Any questions? Contact Chairperson Pam
Fidler [email protected]
Click to sign your child up to bring art or to help at the event
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050a4bafab23a31-cultural/
Adopt-A-Chair chairpersons Jois Goldman and Michelle Sloan will be present in an ongoing effort to help Hastings refurbish their auditorium chairs. If you'd be willing to help during the spring SHREK musical
performances please sign up!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040d4ea4a62ca64-adoptachair
Thank you to Kristina Hartzell and all the volunteers who helped with our conference day staff dinner. We truly appreciate all the assistance! Krispy Krunchy Chicken provided the food for us at a reduced rate and
we are very thankful. It is owned by a local UA family and here's the link if you ever want to try it!
http://www.krispykrunchycolumbus.com/menu/full-menu/
Market Day is always open. If you'd like to order please go to www.marketday.com Next order due 3/4/15
and pick up on 3/9/15.
FYI- Staff now has the opportunity to submit mini grants for their projects and ideas to wrap up this school year.
Thank you as always!
Jennifer Heck
Hastings Middle School
Adopt-A-Chair Campaign
2014/2015
To date we have repaired, painted and upholstered 362 out of 740 auditorium seats with the help of HMS families, HMS PTO and the Upper Arlington Education Foundation. The total cost of chair refurbishment is just over $111,000.00. Future needs include upgrades to the sound system, lighting, floors and curtains. For now, our activity is focused on the original plywood seats which are in dire need of repair. With that said, we have 378 chairs left to repair and are in need of $56,700.00 to finish. Last year families donated seventy seats by donating over $8,000.00 at school events!
Each refurbished chair costs $150 and includes a 2 X 3 plaque with a donors name/business and date permanently attached to the front of each seat back and all repairs are done over the summer months. We would like to thank the following families who adopted chairs last Fall:
David & Jayna D’Herete Sourav Guha
Hastings Football 2014 Matthew & Jennifer Kennedy Austin & Amy Nida
The Wood Family
The $1 Door Campaign will continue for all Spring events. This effort contributes to a significant number of chair upgrades. $1, $5, $10 or $20 dropped in an envelope at the auditorium doors makes a HUGE difference!
Remember that you can donate with multiple families and that we want to solicit business donors but we need volunteers. Please consider how you or your business can support this ongoing effort and help finish this project. You can see by the numbers how business donations could significantly impact our projects progress. Please visit www.hastingspto.org for downloadable order forms, electronic payment options and Adopt-A-Chair contact information. Questions? email [email protected]
Spring Volunteering
We invite you to spend an enjoyable evening volunteering with us at the Shrek Jr. performances by helping hand out $1 Door Campaign donation envelopes on March 7,8,14 & 15. If your child is in the play we’ll save you an upholstered seat up front while you’re at the door volunteering! We anticipate large community crowds for these events so please consider helping by going to the following address to sign up:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040d4ea4a62ca64-adoptachair
Available to help with business donations…email [email protected] The Transformation
These are examples of current auditorium chairs. The most heavily damaged have already been rotated out over the last three summers. Our fifty three year old plywood chairs have been well loved. Therefore they continue to peel off in layers as the plywood has dried, chipped or split. All splintered seats have been removed. So, as you can see there is significant need for expediency in our campaign drive.
During refurbishing the existing back is sanded, varnished and upholstered. The seat is replaced with a new steel upholstered seat which is much needed upgrade and is much stronger than the original. The arm supports are new as well. The iron bases for an entire row (which is one piece) are removed, stripped, powder coated and reinstalled.
Thank you for your support! Go Bears! Jois Goldman
Michelle Sloan
