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Hemlock High School Announcements - 6/2/21 https://www.smore.com/029z8

Every Tuesday and Thursday starting June 8th our food service will be passing meals out at the Middle School from 11:00 am-2:00 pm at door 29. We will pass out multiple meals on these days in an on demand system.

Commencement for the Class of 2021 begins tonight at 8pm. You can view it online via NFHS Network - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/hemlock-high-school-hemlock-mi/evtd337a06dd7 or our Facebook Page - Hemlock High School.

Seize the Day! Give us a call and get started on your path to graduation (989) 642-5287.

Hemlock High School Announcements - 5/26/21 https://www.smore.com/zaybn

Our yearbook program is working hard to put together a historic book that will be looked back upon to remember one of the most unpredictable school years of all time. Order today so we make sure there are enough copies for everyone http://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A03769700 Friday, May 28th will be the last day to order a yearbook for this school year.

Due to to impending weather, we have decided to live-stream the Spring Band Concert on the HHS Facebook page. A schedule will be posted along with the program so you know when to tune in for your student’s performance, or tune it right at 2:00 and catch the whole thing! Modified call times are below, and students will report to the High School Bandroom at those times. 6th grade 1:45 7th grade 2:10 8th grade 2:20 HS jazz 2:30 HS Concert 2:30

You never know what someone has been hiding under a mask!

Janice Kato's STEAM classes toured the Lockwood STEM Center today - learning about 3D printing, machining, and driving robots. Hemlock's Gray Matter provides advanced educational opportunities.

Course requests can now be made for the 2021-2022 school year at Hemlock High School through your Family or Students Access account. Additional information can be found at https://5il.co/spkp

Prom - This is a reminder for those juniors and seniors attending prom this Saturday that the time frame is 5:30-11pm and dinner is included. Have fun!

Hemlock High School Announcements - 5/19/21 https://www.smore.com/vn7cr

We never stop improving. This is one more step to create a solid foundation for our students educational experience.

Hemlock High School Class of 2021 Commencement Thursday May 27th 8:00 pm Gate opens at 7:15pm Wallace Field Ticket Information Each senior will be given 11 tickets total: -5 will be home side bleacher seating -6 will be standing area only (may stand anywhere in the stadium outside the track fence) -Tickets will be given to seniors at commencement rehearsal on Thursday May 27th at 9:00am

You know it’s the last day of school for Seniors. Grab your book bag. Hop on your John Deere. Head to class.

Spring Concert Announcement Hemlock Bands would like to announce their spring concert. It will take place on Sunday, May 23rd at 2:00 on the football field. The concert will start with 6th grade band, then 7th, then 8th, with short breaks in between to allow audience members to come in or leave. There will be a brief 30 minute intermission to let people safely leave and come in, and then the high school will start at 3:00, with the Jazz Band leading off and then the Concert Band finishing up. We look forward to seeing you there! Call times The band room for both schools will be open at 1:00 to allow students to get their instruments and music. 6th-8th grade: 1:45 at football field with instrument put together ready to go. Before each group takes the field, we will do a quick warm-up and tune. HS: 2:45 at the field, instrument put together and ready to warm up and tune. Uniform 6th Grade: All Black, girls dress or black pants/black shirt, boys black shirt (button-up or polo) and black pants. Black shoes preferred, don’t need to be dress shoes, just no crazy colors if it can be helped. 7th-8th: Band polo, khaki pants (skirt or long pants), neutral shoes that are in good shape. HS: Concert uniform, black shoes and black socks. Things you will need: Instrument and music. Where: Football field. There is a limit of 300 people in the home stands and 300 people in the away stands. Families are asked to stay distanced from other families in the stands. Any questions let me know!

Spring Band Concert! Hemlocks Band's spring band concert will take place Sunday, May 23rd at 2:00 on the football field. There is a maximum of 600 attendees. Middle school students are asked to be on the field under the pavillion ready to play at 1:45. High school students should be on the field under the pavillion ready to play at 2:45.

Festival Approaches Coming up at the end of April will be our first ever Virtual Band and Orchestra Festival. While we are used to packing the band up, loading up the trailer, and walking into Festival ready to blow the roof off, this year will look a bit different. Through a generous donation, we are in possession of some top-tier recording equipment, so we will pick a day in the two-week recording window, don our Tuxes, and record in the new band room. Our goal is to continue the streak of First Division Ratings that Hemlock has become accustomed to, while returning to the MSBOA. Our set list is Three Scottish Vistas by William Owens (check out the write up we did on the composer earlier this week) and Down by the Salley Garden by Michael Sweeney. Keep your eyes peeled for some rehearsal video, outtakes, and eventually final recordings. If you have any questions about this new and hopefully temporary format, or want to see any other types of content from us, comment below and let us know!

Jazz Beautiful Mind Pt.1 Here in our first installment of JBM, we see the work it takes to compose and arrange music. The students came up with some cool licks based on the chord progression and the blues scale, and we figured out where they would fit best in the arrangement. What looks like a whole jumble of numbers, a twisted sudoku puzzle, a brain-leaking-out-of-your-ear mess, will turn out to be a really cool and completely original arrangement of a great standard that was done wholly by their own creativity. Stay tuned for more updates on this arrangement, from the next step of clean sheet music to the final recorded product! If you want to see more whiteboard messes and see the crazy amount of brain-power the jazz band is putting out, comment below and let us know!

Hemlock Instrument Repair Center Treats First Victim After a successful Donors Choose campaign that secured around $900 worth of tools and instrument repair equipment, the Hemlock Instrument Repair Center got its first patient. The patient was a trusty old cornet that had lost its finger hook. With the help of some cool tools that were part of the donation, including a propane fired blow-torch, the finger ring was soldered back into place and the cornet is good as new! Be on the lookout for after pics, and if you are interested in seeing videos of the repair process, student-done repairs, or a tour of the repair center and its progress, comment below and let us know!