School safety is important to us. You are safe! We do our best to ensure that!!
What can each student do to help make this a safe place to go to school each day??
-Report strangers on campus
-Report potential threats made by classmates or members of the immediate community.
-Listen to friends and classmates who may be upset, sad, lonely, threatened, bullied and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
Who can you talk to (confidentially)?
-Mrs. Otter, social worker
-Mr. Keyser, Principal
-Any teacher
-Any staff member-secretary, janitor, parapro, lunch monitor
-Another student you trust
-Your parents
-Our staff using school emails,
-Use our building Facebook page or Facebook message Mr. Keyser
-Contact Mr. Keyser by calling or texting 482.3429
It takes a team to make this a safe place to go to school!
School safety is important to us. You are safe! We do our best to ensure that!!
In spite of the headlines, schools are still among the safest places for you to be.
Although there is no absolute guarantee that something bad will never happen, it is important to understand the difference between the possibility of something happening and probability that it will affect you (our school community).
Girls Who Code Club is a FREE program for 6th – 12th grade girls to use computer science to impact their community and join our sisterhood of supportive peers and role models. Club acceptance is on a first come, first served basis and membership is limited to the first 15 participants.
For more information and to register, please use the link below.
http://svsu.edu/girlswhocode/
School safety is important to us!
You are safe! We do our best to ensure that!!
That's why:
-the school doors are locked all day
-we practice emergency drills.
-we use a professional safety consultant
-we have a school emergency procedure manual
-we have fire, tornado, secure mode, shelter in place, and lockdown drills and procedures
-teachers are in hallways
-we have video surveillance & we monitor it
-teachers close their classroom doors
-exterior doors are locked,
-we have child monitors on the playground
-we have emergency drills practiced during the school day.
-law enforcement is visible and interacting with students and staff regularly
-we coordinate with police, fire, and emergency services
I found this to be some very compelling reading. Maybe you will too...
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/02/14/584275859/the-key-to-raising-a-happy-child
8TH GRADE POM TEAM MEMBERS---HHS 2018-19 Pom Try-outs - There will be a sign-up sheet in MS office & information sheet. Practices March 5th-7th & try-outs March 8th; 5-7pm.
13th Annual Paw Ball
Saturday, March 10th
5:30pm - Midnight
Swan Valley Golf & Banquet
$50 per person (Includes dinner, drinks, dancing & door prizes)
For tickets/information, please contact Tammy Grandy at (989) 860-2363 or grandy@hemlockps.com
Our MS State Finals 2nd place PomPon team was honored at tonight’s board of education meeting. Great job ladies!!
Congratulations to Chayton Ross, runnerup today at the K of C Spelling Bee regional. Chayton, 2 time defending state champ, advances to the state finals (again!).
6th-8th grade Girls Softball-sign-up sheets are in the office.
8th graders-return course selection sheets to MS office ASAP. Didn’t open house? You need to get course selection sheet from office.
**NO SCHOOL Monday, FEBRUARY 12TH
We are putting together arrangements for a limited number of girls in grades 5-8 to attend the Girls Day Out event at Delta College. See the attached flyer for more info. Bus transportation would be provided to and from Delta. Limited bus seating available. More info to follow. We will provide means for girls to opt in--we have seating for 45 on the bus and will need at least 2 parent chaperones to make the trip. More next week on how to opt in to the trip--please talk about this with your daughter(s) in the next few days so that when opt-in time comes around, they are prepared.
Congratulations to our 2nd Marking Period Honor Roll Students! Great Job--Keep up the good work! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tvoJbM4HTwCyR4JOpQkK0CM-nTfQaFiScpPYYLNpCrk/edit?usp=sharing
Seventh and eighth grade boys basketball practices for Friday are cancelled.
Peer 2 Peer- will be selling flowers for Valentine’s day. Sales will be during lunch today, and Friday. Flowers are $2.00 each and will be delivered on Valentine’s day.
Reminder-No School February 12!
Valentine’s Dance- Student Council has scheduled the next middle school dance for February 15th. We still need chaperones for the dance.
8th Grade- Hemlock High School Freshman Open House will be held tonight, February 7th @7:30 p.m.. This will give each of you an opportunity to see Hemlock High School, see the class offerings in the building and meet some high school students. This meeting will take place in the High School Auditorium.
Powerlifting- Congratulations to Robert Knapik. He had his best meet of the season and placed 5th in his division. He lifted a total weight of 590 lbs. To qualify for states he needs to be able to lift a total weight of 655 lbs., or finish in the top 3 at the next meet. Good Luck Robert!!
