The first semester is nearly in the books! This is the season for thanksgiving, and

I am proud to say that we have a great deal to be thankful for at Hutch.

The Barnes and Noble book fair was a huge hit again this year – all of our

fine arts groups performed beautifully and our visual arts classes had an amazing

display of photography and artwork! All proceeds benefit our Language and Literature department and classroom libraries.

Theater, Junior Historians, Art and Photography students participated in the annual Dia de los Muertos event at the Texas Tech International Cultural Center and at LHUCA during the First Friday Art Trail in November. I’m always so proud to attend these events because I get to see our students interacting with members of the community as they represent their work and their school.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

DECEMBER 2017

I hope that all of you

are able to spend

quality time with your

children over the winter

break. As always, thank

you for your continued

support.

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Thanks to our Language and Literature teachers, our Fine Arts teachers and directors and our club sponsors for the extra time and organization you put into making these events special for our kids.

Congratulations to Coach Garbowski and her amazing tennis players…Hutch DOMINATED the competition this year in singles and doubles, boys and girls…FIRST PLACE!!! Way to go!!! Congratulations to our Cross Country teams…Boys took FIRST PLACE and Girls took SECOND PLACE!!! That is two years in a row for our boys!! Our 7th and 8th grade football teams made it to the playoffs this year and our volleyball teams showed amazing growth between the start and end of the season. Thanks to all of our coaches for the many hours you spend working with our students before and after school!

The Hutch Band played at the Roscoe Wilson Veteran’s Day program again this year to honor veterans in our community. Students also participated in the Wounded Warrior assembly again this year as well as skyping with soldiers from Wyo-ming!! Thanks to our Language and Literature Department chair, Kristen Campbell for organizing such a meaningful project for our students again this year. The video that our students produced can be accessed on the Hutch Website!!

All Region Choirs, Bands and Orchestras were well represent-ed with Hutchinson students taking the top chairs as well as having the most students involved across the region!!! Our kids have been “touring” with their “talents” at central office, the SP Mall and at feeder elementaries to spread Christmas cheer to all that are near!

Holli Booe ................................. President

Mitzi Ziegner ..................... Vice President

Janet Donaway ......................... Treasurer

Beth Bridges ............................. Secretary

Sherri Stanfield ............... Parliamentarian

Cheri Pittman ............. 8th Grade Banquet

Brenda Hayes ............ 8th Grade Banquet

Debbie Littlejohn ......................... Awards

Veronica Stringer ....................... Box Tops

Amy Bowen .......................... Council Rep

Martha Ellerbrook .................. Hospitality

Ashleigh Paulk ........................ Hospitality

Jinna Norman ...................... Membership

Deonne Martin ....................... Newsletter

Karen Hamel ......................... Renaissance

Karen Webb .......................... Renaissance

Becca Williams ............................. T-shirts

Shannon McClendon ................... T-shirts

Tracee Brown ......................... Volunteers

One important component of the IB is the 8th grade Community Project; every 8th grade student participates in this event. All 8th graders have a mentor teacher or administrator who works closely with them on this. I must tell you that I believe it is one of the most valuable experiences students participate in through the IB program at Hutch. Students have been involved in service projects all over the building and beyond; including the collection of 24+ barrels of food and over $1,200.00 dollars for the South Plains Food Bank, Care Packages for Wounded Warriors and The Giving Tree (which provided gifts for children in several cottages at the Children’s Home of Lubbock). A HUGE thanks to our IB Coordinator, Toby Klameth and our amazing Spanish team for organizing the 8th graders, Marci Beene for sponsoring our Student Council, and Morgan Kirkpatrick for organizing our NJHS students with the Food Drive and everyone involved in mentoring. Our students learn so much from these opportunities to serve others and I believe it is incredibly valuable. We appreciate all that our parents do to help make it happen.

Magnet Open House performances and student demonstrations went off without a hitch, even though it was moved to the fall this year! A HUGE thank you to our amazing PTA led by Holli Booe, Hospitality chairs Martha and Janet Donoway for feeding all of the students involved in performances and demonstrations!! Please remind anyone interested in applying to come to Hutch next year that the MAGNET APPLICATION IS ONLINE THIS YEAR – IT OPENS ON JAN. 10 AT 8:00 AM AND CLOSES AT 5:00 PM ON JAN. 26. Spread the word to families outside of LISD who may be interested in coming to Hutch. Your help is greatly appreciated! It is first come first served and last year we were already at capacity by the 4th day!! Please encourage parents to fill them out as soon as applications open in order to get a spot!

Please remember that ALL STUDENTS MUST LEAVE CAMPUS by 4:20 PM AFTER SCHOOL UNLESS IN TUTORIALS, THE LIBRARY OR IN REHEARSALS/ATHLETIC PRACTICES AFTER SCHOOL. The library closes at 5 pm and parents must be here by 5:15 to pick up their students. As the weather turns colder it is imperative that students are not loitering around outside waiting for rides. There are TONS of jackets and things in the lost and found and we have placed them on a table outside of the cafeteria. If your student is missing something please tell them to check the table.

I hope that all of you are able to spend quality time with your children over the winter break. Consider time away from cell phones and technology as you talk to your children about setting meaningful goals for the second semester. As always, thank you for your continued support.

Heidi Dye

High School Scheduling

On Wednesday, January 17, eighth grade students will receive high school scheduling information and all of the paperwork necessary for high school enrollment. They will bring this information home to discuss with you. After your student receives the scheduling information, I strongly encourage you to refer to the 2018- 2019 High School Course Offering Booklet located on the Lubbock ISD website: www.lubbockisd.org. Go to “Parents” and click on “Course Offering Book-lets” to see the detailed information. Lubbock ISD has included additional information on the main LISD website as well.

All current 8th graders will graduate under the Texas House Bill 5 gradua-tion requirements. Students will follow the foundation graduation plan plus an endorsement area throughout high school. This year your student will choose one or more of the five endorsement areas listed below:

1) STEM (science, technology, engi-neering, and mathematics)

2) Business and Industry

3) Arts and Humanities

4) Public Service

5) Multidisciplinary Studies.

Once an endorsement area is chosen, your student has the option of changing the endorsement area later in high school if his/her area of interest changes. This decision will be discussed during your student’s year-ly personal graduation plan (PGP) meeting with their alpha counselor

or administrator. In addition to completing course work for gradua-tion requirements, students will be required to pass five State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) end-of-course exams. The required exams are:

English I (reading and writing)

English II (reading and writing)

Algebra I

Biology

US History

The students will need to return all choice sheets and 4-year plans to the counse-lors by Friday, January 27. Once your student has turned in the completed paperwork, he/she will have a one-on-one meeting with a counselor to finalize choices and complete all necessary paperwork.

8th GRADE

PARENT MEETING On Wednesday, January 17, we will have a parent meeting in the Hutchinson Middle School Auditori-um at 6:00 p.m. We will discuss the scheduling process for 9th grade and choosing endorsement electives for the 4-year plans. We will also update all parents on the high school transfer process.

PSAT 8/9 Results All 8th grade students will receive a copy of their PSAT 8/9® results on Wednesday, December 13. These results will help your child gain early insight into the skills he or she will need for success in high school and college. PSAT 8/9® is in the SAT® Suite of Assessments that includes the PSAT 10®, PSAT NMSQT®, and the SAT® (tests students take in high school as they progress toward college). This score report shows how they performed on each test section and each question. Addition-ally, they can see how their scores compare to those of other students across the country. With their reports, they may connect their College Board and Khan Academy accounts to get free personalized SAT study recommendations. This is a free service that we highly recommend our students and parents access. Your child’s PSAT 8/9® results will be shared with teachers and administra-tors in our school district, but they will not be shared with colleges or other organizations. The results will be used to help us better understand students’ strengths and weaknesses so we can help them improve areas that need additional work as they make the transition to high school.

Counselor’s

8th grade Community Project is in full swing! The Community Project is a significant part of the Year 3 IB Middle Years Program experience. During students’ time in the MYP at Hutchinson, they have developed many academic skills and positive attributes that have led to great inquiry skills and high-level learn-ing. They have also learned a lot about their role as a part of a larger global community. The Community Project provides an opportunity to showcase these skills.

Through this project, students will be able to make a difference in a community of their choosing and evaluate their personal im-pact of being involved in service.

The Aims of the MYP Community Project Process

Completing the Community Project encourages and enables you to accomplish the following:

· Participate in a sustained, self-directed inquiry within a global context

· Generate creative new insights and develop deeper understandings through in-depth investigation

· Demonstrate the skills, attitudes, and knowledge required to complete a

project over an extended period of time

· Communicate effectively in a variety of situations

· Demonstrate responsible action through, or as a result of, learning

· Appreciate the process of learning and take pride in your accomplishments

Requirements

Students are expected to spend approximately 15 hours TOTAL on their project. This includes the time spent in class, working with mentors, service time and writing and presenting the reflections. Students will present their project (however they choose) on January 18th and 19th.

All students will each have a mentor teacher. While they may use this person and any other adult as a resource, the students must complete the project inde-pendently (or with their student group). This is not meant to be a project that becomes the responsibility of any parent or other adult. The learning occurs when students develop an awareness of needs and address them through service.

Timeline for the Community Project

October 9, 2017: Introduce the Community Project to parents during the IB Parent Information Night.

October 24, 2017: Present a general description of the project to students in every 8th grade Spanish class, and allow students to develop ideas. Students will begin the brain-storm process and take home the parent page.

November 2, 2017: Year 3 Spanish classes connect to Google Classroom - Community Project site and fill out proposal. Inform them that they have 10 weeks to complete the project.

November 9, November 30, December 14, and January 11: Meet with mentor during Spanish

January 11, 2018: Due Date for the project.

January 18 - 19, 2018: Presenta-tions during Spanish classes.

Students are working through this website: https://sites.google.com/lubbockisd.net/hutch-community-project/home and using Google Classroom for material support.

Students and parents are encouraged to sign up for the Remind for Community Project: Text @27828k to 81010

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The West Texas BEST Robotics Regional Tournament was held at Monterey High School and the Hutchinson Rangers fought hard all day long! The team had to improvise and problem solve their way through a broken gripper, two instances of sketchy electronics, one case of sabotage, and two major modifications on the fly in addition to doing their best work at driving and scoring… and all as another team did their best to block our guys.

They beat out all of the other Lubbock ISD teams (including high schools)! They were the only middle school team to make semifinals or finals!

They were recognized for being the overall most outstanding middle school!

They took 3rd place in the tournament, behind only Lazbuddie High School and Canyon High School, and they have qualified to move on to the state level of competition at UT Dallas in December!

Congratulations to ...

Connelly Hoffman

Noah Galbraith

Jesse Willson

Josh Ford

Adan Flores

Bobby McDonald

Donovan Morin

Bill Tang

Jonathan Wang

Jackson Gaona

Asher Sellers

Raiter Cargill

Dawson Reed

Antonio Aguilar

Sport

Hutch Tennis dominated the competition this year in both singles and doubles, boys and girls…FIRST PLACE!!! Way to go Rangers!

Congratulations to the Lady Ranger Cross Country team for their Runner-up finish at the County Cross Country Meet at Mae Simmons Park on Nov. 15th. We had 8 runners in the Top 25 including: Annie Thomas-13th, Gabby Chapa-14th, Savannah Trevino-15th, Clara Olivares-17th, Grace Caldwell-19th, Jasmine Goh-21st, Jayleen Olvera-22nd and Rayne Sanchez 24th. Also running well were: Jackie Delucia-31st, Eavan Poch-49th, Lydia Brackeen-50th and Ariah Kongstvedt-52nd. Great season, girls!

Congratulations to the Hutch boys Cross Country runners as well! They finished first in the Lubbock County Cross Country Meet.

This is the 3rd year in a row that they

have accomplished this feat! The following boys participated and finished in this order. Jason Perez-3rd, Nick Munoz-12th, Daniel Morales-13th, Aiden Tijerina-18th, Braeden Frank -21st, Harley Rojas, Andrew Spallholz, Ryan Runquist and Michael Coleman. Way to go, guys!

Hutch Helps Out...

We had 4 Hutch tennis players who ran tennis

stations at Roscoe Wilson for all the 5th graders

this semester!

Around

8th grade students had an opportunity to honor several soldiers who have served our country by participating in the 4th annual Wounded Warrior Unit. In the warrior assembly, they

listened to COL Richard Menhart (ret) encourage them to never let anything stand in the way of something they want to accomplish. Students then answered the question “What about

America is worth defending or protecting?” with a photograph. Their photos were compiled into a video (see the link below) which Mrs. Campbell presented to the warriors at the warrior hunt in Wyoming October 29th-November 4th. On Thursday, November 2nd, all 8th graders participated in a FaceTime with the warriors where they asked questions and got a chance to

meet the warriors they have honored this year.

Through their participation in this unit, students have learned the invaluable lesson that the freedom we enjoy here comes at a high price and that those who serve to protect our way of

life deserve our utmost honor and respect.

CLICK HERE to see the Video!

https://youtu.be/91F3AJPMRWI

Hutch Rangers worked hard to “Tackle Hunger” again this year for the 35th annual U Can Share Food Drive. NJHS officers came up with some awesome spirit days to inspire students and faculty alike. Rangers took their hats “off” to hunger for hat day, said farewell to hunger on Tacky Tourist Tuesday, taught others

to end hunger and dressed like their favorite teachers, were nerds who are aware of hunger, and were crazy about ending hunger with crazy hair and socks. NJHS officers Jacey Allison, Zaylie Quinones, and Alexia

Ramos gave students reminders each morning along with facts about childhood hunger. Multiple teachers earned honorable mentions for their students’ efforts:

· Mrs. Campbell’s 8th grade Language and Literature students raised $75 and brought 51 cans of food. · Mrs. Sawyers’ 7th grade Language and Literature students raised $78 and brought 108 cans of food. · Mrs. Perkins 8th grade Math students raised $43 and brought 168 cans of food. · Mrs. Olivier’s Orchestra students raised $32 and brought 189 cans of food. · Mr. Liles’ Theater students raised $98 and brought 453 cans of food. · Mrs. Lambert’s technology students raised $43 and brought 515 cans of food.

Coach Garbowski’s tennis players ran away with the top prize for the second year in a row with a grand total of 1,242 cans and $330. Overall, Hutch students and faculty raised over $1,280.27 and 2 dozen barrels and boxes of food. While we are so proud of our student’s efforts, we realize that the biggest achievement is the donations that will help provide sustenance to families around the South Plains. As always, thank you for supporting your student and our school. Sincerely,

Morgan Kirkpatrick

NJHS Sponsor

GLOBAL

READ ALOUD

2017

Linda Sue Park and Salva Dut - October 11th Livestream Q & A

Nya spends her days walking

to get water for her family

rather than attending school.

Our students were like

sponges, absorbing infor-

mation about situations few

have ever faced - from losing

family and friends to war or

disease to spending every

waking moment focused on

finding food, water and

shelter. Many participated in

a water challenge and carried

two empty milk jugs from

31st street to 32nd, dropped

them to pick up two full

gallon jugs, and walked

back. While it was nowhere

near what people in water-

poor areas around the world

face, it helped our seventh

graders have a better picture

of the struggles.

Caleb B. “I am glad that I live in a

state that has access to clean,

uncontaminated water and that I

can just walk into my kitchen or

the hall and get clean water from

a faucet or spout.”

Georgia R. “Reading both the

stories of Salva and Nya really

gives me a new perspective -on

life itself and how lucky I am, all

of us, are to be where we are

today.”

Drayton S. “It makes me more

interested in the lives of people

who are in these situations and

have no escape. Because unlike

us, they don’t get to have a nice,

cool lunch break immediately

after they are done walking to

water and back. They have to

repeat the same process all

day. Not just for one day

either. Their entire lives.”

In our second year of partici-

pating in the Global Read

Aloud, seventh graders read

A Long Walk to Water by Lin-

da Sue Park. This book tells

the biographical narrative of

a “Lost Boy” from South Su-

dan, beginning in 1985, while

following the fictional narra-

tive of a young girl from the

same region in 2008. Salva

Dut was forced to flee from

his village in order to avoid

being recruited to fight and

spent years in refugee camps,

separated from family and

friends.

October

November

Help Hutch earn cash by purchasing products that your family uses every-day! Cut out some Box Tops for Hutch!

The BOXTOPS collection box is in

the office near the sign-in computers.