Did you know that PowerSchool has our Daily Announcements? When you open PowerSchool via the Portal on our web page, click on “School Bulletin.” You will be able to read all the announcements pertaining to HMS activities. This page is updated daily. From the school web page: Portal -> Grade Book -> Student/Parent Gradebook Portal -> log in -> School Bulletin
Calendar of Events
5/10-18: HMS Art Show at the Highland Library
5/16: HMS 6th & 7th Grade Band Concert, 7 p.m. (HHS)
5/20: HMS Choir Concert, 7 p.m. (HMS)
5/23: National Junior Honor Society Induction (HMS)
5/27: Memorial Day / NO SCHOOL
5/29: 8th Grade Trip to Washington
5/30: 8th Grade Trip to Washington 5/31: 8th Grade Trip to Washington 6/5: Last Day for Students; End of 4th Grading Period 6/6: Staff Day
LATEST NEWS:
Meeting Regarding DC Trip
There is a meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21 for 8th grade parents regarding the DC trip. The meeting will be held in the West Gym of the middle school. The meeting will provide an overview of the trip, what students will experience, what to bring, etc. Dr. Deuber is meeting with all 8th grade students attending the trip during the day on Tuesday. The parent meeting should last approximately 30 minutes.
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Athletic Meeting for Incoming Freshmen All 8th grade students with an interest in participating on ANY high school athletic team should attend a meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22 at the high school. The future HS athletes and their parents will be able to meet all the coaches, receive schedules and information on summer camp opportunities. Contact Mr. Curt Johansen, Athletic Director, with any questions at 330-239-1901, ext 5400. ------------------------------
Donate $1 ...Wear Purple!
Wednesday, May 22 is purple day! Donate $1 to wear purple pajama pants, shirts, socks, shoes and even purple hair to support Relay for Life. No hats or face paint, please. Donations will be collected by your homeroom teacher. Have fun and do your part to support finding a cure for cancer!
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 HMS Students Have Works Published
Congratulations to 27 Highland Middle School students who have had their works published in the 2012-13 edition of the Inkspot, facilitated by the Medina County Schools’ Educational Service Center. The Inkspot is designed to showcase and highlight the imaginations and creative thoughts of our youth today through premier poetry, prose and artwork of students in Medina County Public Schools. More than 480 entries were considered for this year’s publication. HMS writers include Alyson Hagen, E.G. Foutz, Grace Braver, Joscelin Collins, Ashley Mennenga, Ben Rife, Nolan Marcellino, Kimberly Sprungl, Joey Esker, Grace McCormick, Jamie DeMeulenaere, Abby Lewicki and Samantha Zeiger. Pictured in front from left are HMS art students, Kimberly Sprungl, Colleen Flannery, Lena Murphy, Eli Fragnoli, Lauren Johnson, Taylor Waibel, Evan Kasulones and Derick Wellman. In back are Michael Back, Jacob Marquis, Shane Nelson, Connor Klein, Austin Pliska, Mitchell Hutchings and HMS art teacher Mrs. Lee Palencar.
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 HMS Stock Market Team Takes Top Spot
Congratulations to members of the Highland Middle School Stock Market Team that emerged as the top team in the State of Ohio among all elementary and middle school teams and 14th in the State out of 1540 total teams, including high school. The Stock Market Game™ program is designed to heighten core academic subjects including math, social studies and language arts and teaches students about the importance of saving and investing. The HMS team played the game from February through mid-April and started with a virtual cash account of $100,000. They finished with $111,762.35. The team strived to create the best-performing portfolio using a live trading simulation. In building a portfolio, students researched and evaluated stocks, and made decisions based on what they learned. Teams traded common stocks and mutual funds from the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges; earned interest on cash balances; paid interest if bought on margin and paid a commission on all trades. To determine why certain stocks performed the way they did, or why the broader market moved up or down, they needed to understand how the economy works, and to calculate their returns they needed to do the math. Students used real internet research and news updates, which made the simulation an even better mirror of the real marketplace. Pictured from left are team members of the MEME J’s, which consists of HMS 6th graders Madeleine Nolte, Ella Foutz, Margaret Knyszek, Emma McDonald, Jennifer Lin and Emily Beal. A special thanks is extended to team advisors and HMS teachers Charles Franchetti and Sandy Schilling.
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Highland Swimming Approved for 2013-14
Highland Swimming has been approved for interscholastic high school competition for the entire 2013-14 swim season. Meets are currently being scheduled with Suburban League and other high schools and will include Suburban League Championships and OHSAA State Tournament. For more information, please visit highlandswimming.org or contact Brian Skidmore at
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Power of Pen Members Advance to State
Congratulations to Highland Middle School 7th graders Dagny Sacksteder and Holly Sammon and 8th grader Ben Rife who will advance to the State Tournament for Power of the Pen on May 23-24 at the College of Wooster. Dagny and Holly were two of 85 7th graders who participated at the previous Regional competition, with only 27 advancing to State, while Ben was one of 83 8th graders who participated at Regionals, with only 24 advancing. The Highland Middle School Power of the Pen Team as a whole (including 7th and 8th grade members) placed 6th out of 30 teams competing at Regionals. Nice work, team!
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HMS Art Show is May 10-18
Highland Middle School Art Show will be held at the Highland Public Library from May 10-18. The show will be available for viewing during regular library hours. There will be approximately 200 pieces on display in a wide range of media including drawings, paintings, paper mosaics, papier mache sculptures, polymer clay sculptures, repousse (metal tooling) and more! The students at Highland Middle are incredibly talented! Please stop by and see their amazing artwork!
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Plans are in place for another memorable class trip to Washington, D.C. The itinerary is now linked on the HMS Web page. This is an exciting and educational trip for our students and the culmination of a year of American History study. This year’s trip is May 29, May 30 and May 31.The cost per student is $450. This covers all expenses for your child including 2-night’s hotel accommodations (quad room), transportation, security, admissions and meals. Student and parent meetings will be held (dates TBD) to review all the details.---------------------------
Twitter Updates
Don't forget to sign up for Twitter updates from HMS Assistant Principal Chris Roberts. Twitter address is @MrRobertsHMS.
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Social internet networking sites are an effective method to communicate and exchange information. Highland Schools employs Twitter and Facebook accounts as another media outlet for our community. However, there have been times that school personnel and/or law enforcement agencies are made aware of derogatory, vulgar and profane comments posted on student Facebook pages, or similar social networking sites. If your student has an account, insist on monitoring the postings and pages closely. As parent, you should have all login and password information for your children's accounts.
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Phone extensions:
Dr. John Deuber, Principal - x1200
Mr. Christopher Roberts, Assistant Prinicpal - x1202
Mr. Rob Gilbert, Counselor - x1206
Mrs. Phyllis Kulbis, Secretary - x1201
Mrs. Jan Novosielski, Secretary - x1204
Attendance Line - x1511
Highland Middle School, 3880 Ridge Rd, Medina, OH 44256
The Highland Middle School is having it's 8th Annual DARE Skate Night on Wednesday, January 30th at Brunswick Skate Station from 6:30-8:30pm. We are also inviting the 5th grade students from Sharon, Granger and Hinckley to join in. Bringing them together for some friendship and skating fun. |
