Hart Weekly Woof January 18 - Thomas S. Hart Middle School

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Hart Weekly Woof: January 18
January 17, 2015 at 11:31 AM
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Hart Weekly Woof
January 18, 2015
Attendance Line 426-3770
School Office 426-3102
Let's Plan for Next School Year
First semester hasn't even drawn to a close, yet it's already
time to start thinking about what classes you want your kids
to take next school year.
In This Issue
Quick Calendar
Quick Links
* Geography Bee
Planning for Next
School Year
High School Info
* Apply for Foothill
Leadership
* Calendar Changes
* Wrestling Info
Preview Math
Materials
* Chipotle
Fundraiser
Winter Dance
Volunteers Needed
* Breakfast with An
Expert
Student & Parent
Hart has two parent informational meetings coming up.
Parents will get info about what classes are required and, if
applicable, what elective courses are offered. The meetings
will be held in the multipurpose room.
Wednesday, Jan. 21
6:30-7:30 p.m. -- Parents of next year's 7th-graders
7:45-8:45 p.m. -- Parents of next year's 8th-graders
Current Hart students will get scheduling information during
their PE classes. Counselors will visit 5th-grade classes and
hand out info.
The info night for parents of incoming 6th-graders will be
May 7.
High School Info for 8th-Grade Families
Believe it or not, it's time for 8th-graders to start planning
for high school.
Foothill High School
A scheduling workshop for incoming freshmen and their
parents will be held Tuesday, Jan. 20 from 6 p.m. to 8:15
p.m. in the Foothill small gym and multipurpose room.
Please report based on the first letter of your last name.
6-7 p.m.
7:15-8:15 p.m.
MPR
A-I
J-L
Small gym
M-S
T-Z
An info session about AVID, a program for college-bound
Seminars
* Parent Ed
Workshop
Quick Calendar
Jan. 19
No school. Martin
Luther King, Jr.,
holiday.
Jan. 20
Winter choir
concert, 7 p.m.,
MPR
Jan. 21
Wrestling info for
students, lunch
periods, gym
Jan. 21
Incoming 7thgrade parent info
meeting, 6:30
p.m., MPR
Jan. 21
Incoming 8thgrade parents info
meeting, 7:45
p.m., MPR
Jan. 23
No school. Teacher
work day.
Jan. 26
Chipotle band
fundraiser, 5-8
pm., Dublin. Click
here for flier.
Jan. 27
Wrestling info for
parents, 6 p.m.,
MPR
Jan. 28
Breakfast with An
Expert, 3:15 p.m.,
MPR
Jan. 29
Parent ed: Selfadvocacy for
special needs
students, 6:30
p.m., Harvest Park
MPR
Jan. 30
An info session about AVID, a program for college-bound
students struggling to read their potential, will be held
Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. in room C-6 at Foothill. Parents
and students who attend the AVID meeting may attend
either of the 7:15 p.m. scheduling workshops.
If you cannot make it to the Jan. 20 scheduling workshops,
a makeup workshop will be held Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 8
a.m. in the Hart multipurpose room. Please note this is a
different date from what was in the letters you received
from Foothill.
Amador Valley High School
A scheduling night for incoming freshmen and parents will
be held mid-January at Amador. The time and location vary
depending on the first letter of your student's last name.
More details to come next week.
NOTE: Scheduling events at both high schools are
informational only. Students submit their scheduling
requests online through Q Connection starting Jan. 26 and
ending Feb. 10 at midnight.
8th-Graders: Apply for Foothill Leadership
Foothill's next crop of freshmen are invited to apply for
leadership class at the high school. Applications are due by
Feb. 6.
Leadership students help with school functions (dances,
rallies), spirit days, sporting events and set-up/cleanup for
campus activities. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA and
meet certain behavior standards.
Please click here for the online application for incoming
freshmen only.
Calendar Changes
The school calendar will revert back to the traditional start
and end dates after the school board voted unanimously
Tuesday to rescind a modified calendar.
The modified calendar had the school year starting in early
August and ending in late May. The traditional calendar has
school starting later in August and ending the second week
of June.
The traditional calendar will be used for the 2015-16 school
year, though exact dates have not been set. Dates must be
negotiated with the teachers union.
The board will involve the public, teachers and staff in
discussions about whether to modify the calendar starting
Jan. 30
Winter dances
6th grade, 3:15
p.m., MPR
7th/8th grades, 6
p.m., MPR
discussions about whether to modify the calendar starting
with the 2016-17 school year. The modified calendar that
was rescinded placed high school finals before winter break
instead of after it. It also shortened summer break by two
weeks this summer and one week next summer.
Get Ready for Wrestling
Quick Links
Hart Middle School
Hart Sports
District calendar
Hart Bell Schedule
Dress Code
Volunteer
Clearance Form
School Lunch
Program
eScrip
Husky Highlights
Jude Magann beat
out tough
competition to win
the Hart
geography bee.
Click here for
details about this
exciting event.
**********
Students Jocelyn
Tao and Alex
Linhardt will
advance to the
state competition
for the PTA's
Reflections art
program.
Jocelyn submitted
a painting and
Alex entered a
It's time to gear up for the new wrestling season with some
helpful informational meetings hosted by Coach Hazen.
Info meetings for students will be held this Wednesday, Jan.
21 in the gym during all lunch periods. An info meeting for
parents will be held Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. in the
multipurpose room.
All athletes must have a completed sports packet on file,
including a physical exam, before they can try out or
practice for a sport. Click here for the full sports packet.
Preview Math Materials
New math instructional materials will be available for
preview Thursday, Jan. 15 through Friday, Feb. 13 in media
services at the district office, 4465 Bernal Ave.
Anyone who would like to preview the K-12 math materials
can do so from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Two evening previews will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Jan. 28 and Feb. 4. Materials may not be checked out.
These are the new math materials proposed for district
adoption.
Questions? Contact Lisa Hague, coordinator of special
projects and program improvement at
[email protected] or 426-4430.
Chipotle Band Fundraiser
Enjoy fresh Mexican food prepared to your specifications at
a delicious band fundraiser at Chipotle on Monday, Jan. 26
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The best part is that Hart's Willow Road Instrumental Music
Boosters get an incredibly 50 percent of your meal
purchase.
Simply print a flier (click here), display it on your
smartphone or tell the cashier you're supporting Hart so the
band gets its cut of the action. Spread the word to your
friends and neighbors about this scrumptious fundraiser.
This offer is good at the Dublin location only, 7020 Amador
Alex entered a
video. Their
projects won at
both the school
and regional
contests, giving
them the honor of
advancing to the
state level.
This offer is good at the Dublin location only, 7020 Amador
Plaza Road.
Winter Dance Volunteers Needed
We need lots of friendly parents to help sell tickets and
chaperone both winter dances on Friday, Jan. 30. We also
need help with decorations on Thursday, Jan. 29 from 11
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
We need help selling tickets during lunch periods Tuesday,
Jan. 27 through Friday, Jan. 30.
We need several chaperones for each dance, including a
couple of dads per dance to monitor the boys bathroom. All
chaperones must have volunteer clearance through the
district.
Please drop a note to volunteer coordinator Susie Robinson
at [email protected] to let her know which dance
you'd like to chaperone. Invite friends to volunteer to make
the evening more fun.
Breakfast with An Expert
Hart's ever-popular Breakfast with An Expert series
continues later this month with professor and pediatrician
Sima Pendharker.
This month's presentation will be after school Wednesday,
Jan. 28 at 3:15 p.m. in the multipurpose room.
Dr. Pendharker is a UCSF professor, pediatrician,
entrepreneur and CEO/founder.
Everyone is invited to attend. We request a $3 per student
donation to cover the cost of treats. Please RSVP with Janice
Murray in the front office so we'll know how many people to
expect.
Middle School Confidential: Real Friends
Middle school students are invited to an important free
seminar about how to choose real friends on Wednesday,
Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. at the Pleasanton library, 400 Old Bernal.
An evening seminar for parents, Teaching Kids to be Good
People, will also be held Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. at the
library.
The afternoon student seminar, Real Friends vs. The Other
Kind, will be presented by Annie Fox, author of the popular
Middle School Confidential book series. Fox will tell students
Middle School Confidential book series. Fox will tell students
how to scope out real friends with several helpful hints and
resources.
The evening parent seminar is also hosted by Fox. She will
discuss cyber safety, improving parent-child relationships
and teaching children to do good vs. being good.
Click here to register online for these free seminars. Enter
the course code 59290 for the afternoon seminar and 59291
for the evening seminar.
The seminars are hosted by the Pleasanton PTA Council, the
city of Pleasanton and P-Town Life.
Self-Advocacy for Special Needs Students
Parents are invited to a free workshop to learn how to foster
effective self-advocacy in their special needs students on
Thursday, Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Harvest Park Middle
School multipurpose room.
The keynote speaker is Todd Gray, former special needs
liaison for the San Ramon Valley school district. He's also an
attorney and parent of a special needs student.
Click here to register for this event and for more details.
The free workshop is hosted by the Pleasanton PTA Council's
special needs committee.
That's it for this week. Submissions for your Hart weekly
update are due by noon Thursday. Please include all pertinent
info -- who, what, where, when, why and how much does it
cost. E-mails are sent on Sundays.
Go Huskies!
Zoe Francis
Hart e-mail & website czar
[email protected]
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Hart PTSA in cooperation with school administration.
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