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EYE ON THE NEWS Volume 12 Issue 3

Eye on the News

1860 N. Clyde Morris Blvd. Daytona Beach, FL 32117 (386) 258-4682

H O M E O F T H E H U R R I C A N E S VOLUME 12 ISSUE 3

Dear Hinson Hurricane Families,

February is a busy time of the school year for the students and faculty at David Hinson Middle School. Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade classes are busily preparing for the upcoming Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) each day. In fact, the writing portion of the FSA will begin the week of February 27, 2017. It’s important to remember, each day’s lessons in all classes, at every grade level, are crucial building blocks for student learning and the overall cognitive development of your student. It’s also worth noting that each student must be present for both the Writing FSA in February and the Reading FSA in April in order to receive a score for the assessment. As a result, I urge each parent to please make every effort to have your children attend school each day.

Additional events I want you all to mark on your calendar is our next School Advisory Council (SAC) meeting that will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. As always, all stakeholders are both welcome and encouraged to attend these advisory meetings.

I want to conclude by congratulating all the students who were recognized as all county participants in band, orchestra and chorus. Your accomplishments are truly a team effort with your collaboration with both your teachers and your parents. It is always amazing to see how many talented students we have doing tremendous things, and I hope you take a moment to look through this edition of our newsletter to see just what our hurricanes have been accomplishing lately. Go Hurricanes!

Sincerely,

Bob Ouellette, Principal

From the Principal’s Desk

Teacher of the Year, Ms. Cassandra Temple

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ADMINISTRATION

Robert R. Ouellette Principal Ron Dickens, 6th Grade (all) and 7th Grade (Boys) Assistant Principal Susan Jackson, 7th Grade (Girls) and 8th Grade (all) Assistant Principal Jennifer Goodwin ESE Assistant Principal

Congratulations, Ms. Krenzler!

Your entries into the FEA - Retired Classroom Grants were finalists and winners of the Local Award of $100 each from VTO/VEA -Retired. Congratulations!

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Congratulations to Hinson Middle School’s spelling bee winner, Alvin Scott, and runner-up, Zachary Rice!

They will advance to the Volusia County spelling bee on Feb. 22nd at Port Orange Elementary School.

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Area 5 Special Olympic Basketball Results Cyclones earned 1st place Hurricanes earned 3rd place Individual skills Troy Smith 1st place Jadin Faulk 2nd Savaar Edwards 3rd

Lots of hard work by all participants. Great Job!

2/7 – Midterms Distributed

2/7 - 2/8 – 7th Grade Tallahassee Trip

2/11 – Math Counts Competition

2/20 – Hurricane Make Up Day

2/21 – SAC Meeting

2/25 – Black History Brain Bowl

2/25 – Social Studies Fair Bowl

2/28 - 3/1 – FSA Writing

3/2 - 3/9 – Book Fair

3/3 – Walk-a-thon

3/9 – Grading Period Ends

3/10 – Teacher Duty Day/Spring Break Begins

3/10 – County Fitness Festival

3/20 – Classes Resume

3/21 – Report Cards Distributed

3/21 – SAC Meeting


MAPS: 1st- *Addison Bell, 2nd- Laura- Sofia Pagdanganan, 3rd- Marcus Anzola 1. 3-D MAPS: 1st- *Korben Shannon 2nd-

3rd-

CRAFTS: 1st-* Eden Behore, 2nd- Veronika Nash, 3rd- -Natalia Tersigni and Kalie Horsely, H.M.- Sophia Canellas INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS: 1st- *Anjali Pullareddy, 2nd*- Rayne DaCosta, 3rd- Banner Best-Abramowitz, H.M.-

Devon Edwards GROUP EXHIBITS: 1ST- * Kelsey Taus and Matthew Chung, 2nd- Douglas Dittmer and Liam Garvey, 3rd- Matthew Bosset, Jacob Bates and Crew Moore, H.M.-Sasha Milton and Logan Galloway, H.M.-Brianna Hawley and Alyssa Lent MEDIA/DOCUMENTARY: IND: 1st- *Hannah Ashton, 2nd- Alice Le Roux 3rd- Sierra Torborg H.M.- Cayla Bakri

GROUP DOCUMENTARY/WEBSITE: 1ST-*Hayden Clark and Nick Parillo, 2nd-Gabrielle Butler, Rania Chehaitli and Tanner Noronha-Weeks

HISTORICAL PAPER: 1st- *Robert Falkenberg, 2nd- Isabella Pitts, 3rd-Caleb Cole COMMUNITY AWARDS ISLAMIC HISTORY: 1st- Sierra Torborg, 2nd-Isys Grady, 3rd-Veronika Nash AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY:1st- Jaden Bell 2nd- Kaylee Van Rij 3rd- Jamin Lewis, H.M.- Justin Hanflink, H.M.- Joey Logaduci H.M.-Jacqueline Williams FLORIDA HISTORY: 1st- Tyler Sparks, 2nd- Connor Barie, 3rd-Cayla Bakri JEWISH HISTORY: 1st- Madison Martin, 2nd-Courtney Klayer, 3rd-Eden Behore BEST-IN-SHOW AWARD: Eden Behore: Taking A Stand-Anne Frank (Stars indicate county fair contenders)

The annual Social Studies Fair was quite a success, recognizing the best projects related to the theme, “Taking a Stand in

History.” Community organizations listed above donated their time for judging and prizes, and photos of each student

were taken to capture the special moment! Many memories and a job well done and shared by all. Congrats again to all the

students, parents, and staff that helped organize this event. Get ready for next year!

Carpe diem, Mr. Vetter

H I N S O N S O C I A L S T U D I E S F A I R W I N N E R S 2 0 1 7

Hinson students in Washington D.C.


HINSON COMPLETES FOOD DRIVE

Chef Sandmann and her culinary students recently held a food drive at Hinson Middle School. The drive was combined with the School Way Café and the county-wide food drive. The food was distributed in the county to needy families. Hinson’s culinary students collected 145 items! Second period won a home-made pizza party for the largest collection of food.

R E A D I N G C O U N T S

The Reading Counts grade-level competition is at the halfway point. The current leaders in each grade level include the following students:

In 6th grade with 458 points is Jamie Bandell. Closely following the lead is Taylor Fordham with 442 points.

In 7th grade with 152 points is Brian Dunlop, and Katelynn Tran is in second place with 105 points.

And in 8th grade with a strong lead is James Hale with 209 points.

Remember, the completion ends March 9th, which is the end of the 3rd nine-weeks, so keep reading and taking quizzes.

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The running club participated in the Starlight 5K on December 17th in Palm Coast. All of our Participants did an awesome job. A special shoutout to Asher Ravede who came in 2nd in his age group with a run time of 20 minutes and 54 seconds, Caitlyn Oravetz who came in 5th in her age group, Cameron Mirrione who came in 12th, and Hannah Ashton who came in the top 25 in her age group. Great job runners! Our two running club sponsors also did well. Mr. Ravede came in second in his age group and Ms. Ashton came in 3rd in hers.

HINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL RUNNING CLUB

LADY CANES PERFORM AT THE ORMOND BEACH HOLIDAY PARADE


S C I E N C E F A I R W I N N E R S

Animal Science

- 1st place – Renzo Danlag

- 2nd Place – Anne McGrath Biomedical & Health Science

- 1st place - Alyssa Hanflink

- 2nd place – Elise Butler Biochemistry

- 1st place – Mariya Khan

- 2nd place – Coral Giist Chemistry

- 1st place – Anjali Pullareddy

- 2nd pace – Brandon Saxour Earth & Environmental Science

- 1st place – Ria Gupta

- 2nd place – Charlotte Harris Engineering

- 1st place – Lillian Duhl

- 2nd place – Noah Parris Environmental Engineering

- 1st place – Kaylee Van Rij

- 2nd place – Suleiman Panja Robotics & Systems Software

- 1st Place – Matthew Daley Mathematics

- 1st place – Jessica Fedida

- 2nd place – Isabel Gallman Physics & Astronomy

- 1st place – Rania Chehaitli

- 2nd Place – Chloe Zimmerer Plant Science

- 1st place – Isabel Kraby

- 2nd place - Ashley Boscovich

R E F L E C T I O N S

Congratulations to Annikuh Perdue, our Reflections winner, who made it to the state level in the Literacy category.

Hinson Orchestra


R O B O T I C S C L U B

On January 14th, 2017, our Hinson

Middle Robotics Team, called the

“Technadoes,” participated in the

Spruce Creek High School Robot

Fest. Robot Fest was a First Lego

League (FLL) Tournament Qualifier

and consisted of 12 Central Florida

robotics teams. The Hinson Robotics

team of 10 student members, ranging

from grade 6 to grade 8, were excited

to win a trophy for First Place in Best

Robot Design.

HINSON MIDDLE BASKETBALL TRYOUTS

Physical Forms are due NO LATER than Friday, March 10, 2017, if you plan to try out for the Hinson Middle Basketball team. Please turn your completed Physical Form into your grade level house office by the Due Date.

Tryouts begin Monday, March 20th thru Friday, March 24th. You MUST be present on Monday, March 20th (and have turned in your completed Physical form) in order to try out.

Remember, you must have a 2.0 Grade Point Average and NO failing subjects to be eligible to participate on the basketball teams. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mr. Dickens in the 6th grade office for clarification. We are certainly looking forward to an exciting season this year as the teams will compete in a total of twelve games with six of those being at home. Remember: if you are fortunate enough to make the team, you will be responsible for the “$75.00 Pay to Participate Fee” that all players on the team must pay.

Pictured above are Ms. Comardo, Anne McGrath, Clinton Smith, Sam Eskander, Cody

DeJesus, Austin Bowman, Colby MacDonald, Nicolas Lemaire, John Eskander, Gene

Hopkins, and Dave Prather. Cody Smith not pictured.


S C H O O L Z O N E R E M I N D E R

Just a reminder: The speed limit on Clyde Morris in the area of the school has changed. It is now a School Zone!!! The speed limit is now 25 MPH, when the lights are flashing. Please be extra careful when approaching this area and remember, just because you are in a turning lane does not allow you to bypass the speed limit set forth by the department of transportation. Also, there is no stopping or parking in the turning lane!

If you get a speeding ticket in this zone, the fines are elevated. Please drive safely!

Thank you,

Officer Ryan Forrest School Resource Officer Hinson Middle School 386-258-4682 ext. 53010

Subject: Early Dismissal/Check-Out Procedure

Dear Parents and/or Guardians:

The education, safety and well-being of each student attending David C. Hinson Sr. Middle School is our top priority. To assist us with early check outs please make note of the following:

We ask that you please send a note in with your child stating the time that they will be checked out and who will be picking them up. Please include a telephone number where you can be reached. This note should be turned in to their grade office before reporting to 1st period.

If you’re checking out your child during PE class, we suggest that your child should NOT dress out. If possible, please do not plan on checking your student out during PE if you did not send in a note. Once students are dressed out for this class the time involved in getting your student back into the locker room to change clothes can be quite lengthy.

Also, please do not plan on checking your student out during the last 15 minutes of the day because this is a very busy time in the front office and making sure all of our students get home correctly is the priority at that time.

Please be patient. It could take up to 30 minutes to get your student depending on the class he or she is in and any items he or she may need to get before coming to the office.

We appreciate your consideration and understanding regarding the aforementioned policy items.

Sincerely,

Robert Ouellette Principal


**REMINDER**

TO ALL PARENTS OF CURRENT 6TH GRADERS

IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS

This is a reminder that you will need to verify that the immunization requirements for your child have been met PRIOR to your child entering the 7th grade. To keep his/her immunization record in compliance with the Florida State law, proof of the needed requirements must be presented to the school. You must provide documentation of the immunizations on a Florida Certificate of Immunization Form. All students, prior to entering 7th grade, must have a Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis) immunization. A second MMR immunization and have the Hepatitis B Series (3 shots) series completed (or if not completed, at least started and up to date) no later than July of 2017. There is a state requirement that seventh graders must have Hepatitis B Series (3 shots) and be current in the series, a Tdap immunization and second measles immunization. When your child has received the necessary immunizations, obtain a completed Certification of Immunization Form and return it to Mrs. Lee in the Main Office as soon as possible. We would appreciate your child getting his/her immunization requirements at the earliest possible convenience. Feel free to call me to check your child’s status. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. Thank you. Ellen Lee, Registrar Hinson Middle School 258-4682 Ext. 53017

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Publix Torch Campaign!

Hinson MS Unified Champions School Special Olympic Team participated in supporting the Publix Torch Campaign. We went to two Publix stores and greeted customers. We handed out information cards, candy and stickers thanking customers for donating to the Special Olympics.

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and competition in a

variety of Olympic-type sports for people with intellectual disabilities.

Daytona Publix at Beville Shoppes

Ormond Towne Square Publix


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Art Club

Ms. Callahan in 7/07

3:45-4:45

Drama Club

Ms. Gruenewald in café

3:45-4:45

Girls Basketball

Ms. Rainge in the gym

4:00-4:45

Running Club

Mrs. Ashton & Mr. Ravede

at back patio

3:45 – 4:45

Florida Future Educators

Mrs. Scudiero in 6/17

3:45 - 4:45 as announced

“Lady Canes” Dance Team

Ms. Temple in Café

3:45-5:00

Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT)

Ms. Rainge in 7/05

2:45 - 3:45 as announced

Robotics Club

Mr. Prather in 7/08

2:45- 4:45

Boys Basketball

Coach Sprague in the gym

4:00-4:45

National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)

Mrs. Sierra in café

3:50-4:30 as announced

FCA

Coach Tyner in café

3:45–4:45 as announced

SGA

Ms. Binford in 6/28

3:45-4:30 as announced

Special Activities That Have Events or Performances During the School Year

*** Journalism and Yearbook is now seventh period elective. *** Band is an open elective.

*** Media and TV Productions is now seventh period elective. *** Chorus is an open elective.

***Orchestra is an open elective.

Check out our school website, http://myvolusiaschools.org, click on School tab, Hinson Middle School.

Clubs and Special Activities at Hinson Middle School

2016-2017

http://myvolusiaschools.org/

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