October 28th - November 1st
Middle School morning carpool runs 7:30 a.m. - 7:55 a.m. Faculty and staff leave carpool posts at 7:55 a.m. Homeroom begins at 8:00 a.m. Students arriving after 8:00 a.m. will need to sign in at the Middle School office and they will be marked TARDY. Middle School afternoon carpool begins at 3:15 p.m. Please do not arrive on campus before 3:15 p.m.
High School Applications
Some families have already started the application process for high schools. HERE is a quick and easy reference sheet with some information if you are feeling overwhelmed! Please keep in mind that:
you should only be sending recommendations to current teachers
we will not be sending transcripts until after T1 grades have been posted (after November 8)
we do not have birth certificates or social security card copies in our files in our office so you will need to provide these to the high schools
Email Mrs. Mannarino if you have any questions about this process.
Math Club!
Each Monday, we will meet from 3:45 - 4:45. You do not have to attend every week to be a mathlete, but please try to make it to the first meeting. Any middle school student may join. It does not matter what grade or math class you are in.
If you are planning on joining the team, please use the following Google Classroom code to join: 5sgxkxd
You can also talk to Mr. Scordato or email him at gscordato@hancockdayschool.org to let him know that you're joining or if you have any questions.
Snack will be provided!
Chess Club!
Chess club will be moving to Tuesdays due to a scheduling conflict. If you are unable to attend because of this please send me an email at nsaviskas@hancockdayschool.org. Our first meeting will be Tuesday (10/29). It will start at 3:45 pm and last until 4:30 pm. This is a come and go club, so students are always free to drop by and join. In this club we will learn how to play and do in school tournaments against each other.
If you are interested in joining, you can email Mr. Saviskas at nsaviskas@hancockdayschool.org.
You should also join the HDS Google Classroom so you can get announcements and events.
The classroom code is: eebqyg5
Open Library
We have begun open library for middle school students:
6th grade can go from 7:45am to 8:00am on Tuesdays
7th grade can go from 7:45am to 8:00am on Wednesdays
8th grade can go from 7:45am to 8:00am on Thursdays
Students will need to inform their homeroom teacher that they are going and return to class by 8:00am.
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Parents and students have an easy way to look at upcoming assessments and projects. THIS LINK leads to a Google Sheet that will have the next 2 weeks of assessments. The link below will lead to the 6th-grade assessments, but by using the tabs in the lower left corner (shown below), you can navigate to 7th-grade and 8th-grade assessments, as well.
Different subjects will appear in different colors: History is black, Science is green, ELA is blue, Spanish is red, and Math is pink. Please bear in mind that Middle School Assessments may be added, removed, or changed at any time. This Sheet will always be up to date, however - once a teacher assigns or adjusts an assessment, this Sheet will reflect that change.
IMPORTANT BASKETBALL INFO BELOW
ALSO uniform return policy- below
Football
Congrats on a great year !
Jv football wins semifinal game vs BSS 24-0!
Varsity ended their season with a hard fought 16 to 8 loss to SCPS.
*** Coaches will collect Jerseys at the football get-together at the end of the season
Volleyball
Six grade girls finish as runners ups!
Congrats to 7th grade and 5th grade for making the Semi-Finals
***PLEASE RETURN UNIFORMS to YOUR COACH- not the office -and place it in a ziplock bag with your name and #. Then Coach will return them all at once to Athletics Director PLEASE Do not leave them at the office- PLEASE!
Cross Country ran well in the SPAL Championship - according to Coach Seibert all our runners improved throughout the season!
Top male Runner -Quinn Kolovich
Top Female Runner -Brylee Tanner
Tennis
The parent tennis committee is proud to report that we ended our second middle school tennis season undefeated with an overall record of 62 matches won and 13 lost against 5 teams. On Monday, 28th, and Tuesday, 29th, of next week, our top seven boys and girls will compete with five other teams in a city wide championship at Bacon Park, beginning at 3:30pm. Our girls are the number one seeds and the boys are number two. We hope the Hancock community at large comes out to support our Eagles battle for the city title!
IMPORTANT BASKETBALL NEWS and Dates
Monday, Oct 28th - Important Parent meeting 7:15 HDS Gym (45-1 hour)
Explanation of tryouts and times and dates
Meet the Coaches
Rules
Tuesday OCT 28th Evaluations tryouts girls
3:45- 5:30 all Girls @ HDS
Wednesday 29th Evaluation Boys TBD depending on football @ SSB 3:45
Possible day two for girls @ HDS -TBD 3:45
THURSDAY Possibly day two for boys, Day two for girls
If it's finished - notifications will be on Nov 1st or 2nd if we have had two days of tryout- it depends on how Volleyball and football finish! If we can't get the boys' tryouts finished; it will be the week of Nov 4th.
***All parents need to go to the meeting ON MONDAY if possible…. also everyone is encouraged to read the few pages of the Athletics Handbook on the website!
REMEMBER WE WANT TO GIVE NEW qualified PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO COACH - CONTACT COACH BELLAIRS
Tip #5: Practice Listening Skills
Our virtues of the month are respect and responsibility! A skill that is key to both of these is effective problem solving skills. One of my favorite ways to encourage this is to “talk out loud” and let your student hear the inner dialogue that you have when you run into an issue. They will start to incorporate this “self talk” to help solve obstacles they encounter which will lead to better choices that support respect and responsibility.
Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns you may have this year. amaher@hancockdayschool.org
Each middle school student is required to complete ten hours of community service over the course of the school year. Please remember to check this area of the blog for opportunities. Click HERE for a log form or see Mrs. Mannarino in the office.
We have a few volunteer opportunities available for your children:
The first is Tybee Beach Clean. It is suggested that you follow them on FaceBook for any updates and you can sign up below.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CAFAB2BABF5C34-52491183-tybee
There are 2 dates coming up for 2nd Harvest. Please make note of their new location on Chatham Parkway. The first date is 11/1 it is Parent Teacher Conference Day (and the day after Halloween). The second date is 11/11 which is a school holiday but Teacher workday.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CAFAB2BABF5C34-52046938-2ndharvest
The last link is a new cause, it is at Isle of Hope Methodist Church and it is a sewing project. There are two dates planned for 2024.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CAFAB2BABF5C34-52491669-sewing
ELA - Ms. Hall
Students have done a fantastic job performing the trial scenes from To Kill a Mockingbird in class! It has truly been a blast. Next week, we are going to work on concluding the novel and taking their Part 2 quiz before possibly watching the movie version to discuss the differences in the two mediums (text and video).
High School Spanish - Mr. De Cardenas
The mastery shown by the students using the Past Progressive Tense in Spanish in real time and spontaneously is absolutely amazing. The students totally exceeded my expectations. I am so proud of them.
Next week we will finalize with Unit 3. We will have our last General Review and also a speaking class to give the students the opportunity to demonstrate once again their abilities and conversational progress. Then we will have the last assessment of this unit (Test on unit 3).
ELA - Ms. Ferkol
Students did a wonderful job using their creative writing skills to express what things or people “anchor” their lives! Based on our work in class, I am excited to see what the final products look like and proudly display them in the hallway!
This week, students will continue to develop their understanding of significant events and character development within the novel. In addition to regular nightly reading, students will examine the three famous Robert Frost poems referenced within the text and further their understanding that words matter through exploring aphorisms and creating “6-word memoirs”. Students should anticipate their second quiz covering content through page 224 on Tuesday, November 5th!
**This novel is available through Audible for students to listen to while they annotate/read! When students have the opportunity to read independently in class, they may choose to listen along with their reading (via Chromebook, not cell phone). Should your child want to utilize this option they must have CORDED headphones, not bluetooth, per the school policy! Please make sure the connector fits into the headphone jack of the Chromebook :)
American History - Mr. O’Hayer
Next week in American History we will continue our study of the American Revolution. We will identify the causes and events leading up to the War and summarize the major events, battles, and key participants of the Revolution.
Advanced Spanish - Mr. Jones
Our quiz will be on 22 Oct, pushed forward one day to allow for review, and will cover - Prepositions: para + infinitivo & porque + verbo conjugado - What these verbs mean: trabajar, leer, estudiar, hablar, querer, comer, aprender, hacer, ir, salir, escuchar, comprar, & comprender - Matching the conjugated forms of these verbs with the corresponding subject pronouns. For the rest of the week, we will review definite articles before diving into more preposition and quantifier work. On Friday, we will begin a series entirely in Spanish designed to learn the language with accompanying comprehension questions. This will become a weekly occurrence.
X + 1 = Fluency
Advanced Spanish - Mr. De Cardenas
Our quiz will be on 22 Oct, pushed forward one day to allow for review, and will cover - Prepositions: para + infinitivo & porque + verbo conjugado - What these verbs mean: trabajar, leer, estudiar, hablar, querer, comer, aprender, hacer, ir, salir, escuchar, comprar, & comprender - Matching the conjugated forms of these verbs with the corresponding subject pronouns. For the rest of the week, we will review definite articles before diving into more preposition and quantifier work. On Friday, we will begin a series entirely in Spanish designed to learn the language with accompanying comprehension questions. This will become a weekly occurrence.
Accelerated Math - Mr. Scordato
We have just started our unit on ratios and will be focusing on problem-solving strategies using ratio tables. Since some of the examples we will be looking at involve adjusting recipes, I hope we have some eager mathematician-chefs willing to help prepare your holiday meals.
**As we read, I am posting the Youtube read-alouds for this novel. When students have the opportunity to read independently in class, they may choose to listen along with their reading–should your child want to utilize this option they must have CORDED headphones, not bluetooth, per the school policy! Please make sure the connector fits into the headphone jack of the Chromebook :)
Students are applying color in multiple ways next week: to draw attention to specific interest points in their Haunted House (6th), to convey meaning for character design (7th) and develop an acrylic on canvas still life (8th).
🎾Thank you for the tennis balls! A serene studio and tranquil tutorial is evermore smooth with the tennis balls eliminating screeching stools. Now, a need for 24 will complete the set. Thank you!🎾💚
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