Library Book Tasting

Dear HMS parents, guardians, and caregivers,

Our students and educators have had a busy few weeks!  While November may feel short, students continue to enthusiastically engage in new learning activities.  Pictured here is a group of eighth graders enjoying a Non-Fiction Book Tasting.  This activity is one of a variety of activities used to engage students in finding new book titles to explore. Now that the holidays are right around the corner, our teachers are making sure that all students leave HMS with books in their hands.

In this update, you will find information about the following topics:

Holiday schedule for pooled testing

Library Updates

Lost and Found

Health Updates: Vaccinations

Volunteer Opportunity: Alpine Skiing 

Dates to Remember

HMS Update #9 will be sent on December 3, 2021. All of us at HMS hope that you enjoy the Thanksgiving break (November 24-26) and that you find plenty to be grateful for.  Please continue to reach out with any questions. 

With gratitude,

Mandy Lewis and Tom McDowell

HMS Administrative Team

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Holiday schedule for pooled testing

Concentric will not be conducting pooled testing in the Yarmouth schools during the week of November 22. Pooled testing will resume on November 29th. The last testing day before the December Break will be December 13th.

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Library Updates

We continue to be so impressed by our readings at HMS! We wanted to share with you the snapshot from October in terms of top choices and circulation stats. We also wanted to share a friendly reminder to store water bottles separately from books and computers when in backpacks. If a book and a water bottle need to share space, please put the book inside a plastic ziplock back or something else that will keep it safe. Thank you for your help with this!

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Lost and Found

Our Lost and Found repository is growing daily! If your child is missing an item, please ask your child to look through our Lost and Found. All unclaimed items will be donated on December 22nd.

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Health Updates: Vaccinations

Thank you to those who have chosen to reach out to share that your child is now fully vaccinated.  This is incredibly helpful when we conduct contact tracing.  If you would like to provide us with that information, please send a screenshot of the vaccination card to our school nurse, Kristina Truesdale: kristina_truesdale@yarmouthschools.org 

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Volunteer Opportunity: Alpine Skiing 

We have had great interest in our Alpine Skiing Team this winter! As we gear up for this season, we are looking for parent volunteers to support our sixth grade participants on this team. If you are interested in helping with this team, please contact Athletic Director Gary Groves at 846-2329 or at gary_groves@yarmouthschools.org.

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Dates to Remember

Monday, November 22 and Monday, December 20, 2021 - Covid 19 Vaccination Clinics at HMS

November 22-24, 2021 - Thanksgiving Break - No School

December 23-31, 2021 - December Break - No School

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