Monday, May 14th.

FREE ADMISSION

Pizza, Garlic Bread Sticks, Nachos, Italian Ice, Interactive Jumper, PhotoBooth – $2.00

Canned Sodas, Chips, Candy – $1.00

School prepared sack lunches available.

Field Day is 8-12 pm for 6th grade.    10am until 2pm for 7th grade.    10am until 2pm for 8th grade.   There will be 3 separate areas, so that each grade has their own time on all events. 

Please send small bills with your kids if possible.

The Hernando Middle School PTA is happy to announce the addition of new officers, voted in at the April 23rd PTA Meeting:

Renee Blankenship – Vice President

Norma Rose – Vice President

Brenda Graham – Treasurer

Brandi Arton and Gayla Sutton will remain as officers through next year, with Brandi moving to the Secretary position and Gayla remaining as President.

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUTGOING OFFICERS:

Wendy Boling, Melissa Lovorn, Vickie Spell, and Michaela Smith

Please pland to attend the PTA meeting on April 23rd at 6pm in the HMS library.  Come ready to vote for next year’s officers.  Nominations so far are:

President:  Gayla Sutton

Vice Presidents:  Renee Blankenship & Norma Rose

Secretary:  Brandi Arton

Treasurer:  Brenda Graham

Parliamentarian is not an elected position, but Vicki Page has agreed to fill that position.

THESE ARE JUST NOMINATIONS AT THIS POINT.  If you would like to serve, or know someone who would, contact Brandi Arton through this website, or through the school.

The other issues on the agenda for the meeting include voting on the final, updated financial budget for the rest of the school year.

Please come!  We appreciate your input and votes on these important issues.

We hope your child enjoyed their involvement in career week last week.  We had a wonderful assortment of speakers from all types of careers that gave out excellent information and advice.  This year it was a little different from  years’ past in that students from all 3 grades attended the same session and so each speaker spoke to an average of 75 kids at a time, and some spoke to as many 125.  The students had taken an assessment test to evaluate their interests and aptitudes and each fell within at least one of sixteen clusters.  Below are the clusters and the speakers that shared with the kids.

Thank you for your help:

• Agriculture, Food & Natural ResourcesArts – Mrs. Carpenter, from a family of farmers
• Architecture & Construction – Bradley Wallace, Architect for City of Southaven
• Arts, A/V Technology & Communications – Jim Jaggers, meteorologist News Channel 3
• Business, Management & Administration – Tom Hendrix, Owner Henco Furniture and Sonya Walton, HR Director Benjamin Hooks Job Corp.
• Education & Training – Rosalyn Hawkins, Counselor HMS
• Finance – Kristy Hopper, VP Guaranty Bank
• Government & Public Administration – Lee Caldwell, Desoto County Supervisor
• Health Science – Chris Camp, Fire Dept Paramedic, Memphis and Southaven
• Hospitality & Tourism – Susan Fernandez, Director Hernando Chamber and Commerce
• Human Services – Ryan Hays, Miracles Director Baddour Center
• Information Technology – Tyler Wells,  Owner Network Solutions
• Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security – Bobby Chamberlin, Circuit Court Judge Desoto County
• Manufacturing – Wayne Spell, Engineer for Entergy
• Marketing, Sales & Service – Ryan Carter, ServPro
• Scientific research, laboratory & testing services -  Kevin Pigott, Biologist US Army Corps of Engineers
• Transportation, Distribution & Logistics – Kevin Wright, Kinder Morgan  &  Keith Bowers, FAA  &  Jimmy French, Pilot for FEDEX

Please click on the links below to read the latest newsletter that was sent home with all students last week.

March Newsletter, page one

March Newsletter, page two

The HMS Guidance Office is asking for volunteers for the following testing dates.  Volunteer proctors will be assigned to a classroom with a certified teacher present. You must be able to:

• Stand for 2 1/2 hours (may lean periodically)
• Quietly walk around room to monitor students
• Follow HMS dress code
• Arrive and 7:15am on your scheduled day and leave approximately 11:00am

Parents, grandparents, and other adult family members are encouraged to sign up.

Please click below to access the form to sign up and for more information:

Test Proctor Sign Up Sheet

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Our goal was accomplished!  We had a great dance for our kids last Friday.  We cannot begin to thank the huge number of volunteers that came out to make this dance possible.  We had approximately 453 kids that attended.

PLEASE REMEMBER OUR SPONSORS AS YOU SHOP and DINE around town:

• AnnOlivia’s
• BeautiControl (Michael Ann Dillinger)
• Bennie Durham Photography
• Blue Olive
• Buon Cibo
• Chick-Fil-A
• City Hall Cheesecake
• Domino’s
• Dorothy K’s
• Elixir
• Fazoli’s
• Hernando Flower Shop
• Jeremiah’s Journey
• Mi Pueblo
• Phyllis Taylor
• Premier Jewelry (Vickie Spell)
• Scentsy (Brandi Arton)
• Velvet Cream (The Dip)

We had a good turnout for this meeting.  You can read the minutes from this meeting as soon as they become available.  Thanks to everyone!!!

An Ice Cream Sundae party was held Monday, February 6th during lunch for those kids whose parents attended this meeting.

Please mark your calendars to attend our next HMS PTA meeting on Monday, April 23rd.

In 1990, February was declared “PTA Month” by President Bush and similar resolutions were made throughout the country by local governments.  This recognition helps instill the importance of PTA in our communities.  HMS PTA would like to invite all adults who are involved in our students’ lives to join our PTA:  Fathers, grandparents, other family members, anyone who influences your child’s life around the home.  One way to share the importance of the PTA with the children in your life is to serve on a committee.  In addition to the Winter Dance, we still have openings for volunteers on the Field Day committee and the Teacher Appreciation committee.  Please click on “Contact Us” to show your interest in these committees – OR – send a note with your child, addressed to PTA, and have them deliver it to Mrs. Jarman in the front office.

One of the PTA’s largest projects this year will be to honor Mr. Chrestman’s wishes of making HMS’ library a place for the kids to want to come and a place that offers comfortable reading areas.  After the Book Fair which is November 14-18, the PTA will, under the direction of the school librarian, Alison Lee, begin working on sprucing up the library.  We intend to get some comfortable furniture, rugs and accessories, and to do some painting as well.  If you would like to be involved in this  project please use the “contact us” tab to let us know if you can donate your goods, your services, your talents or your manpower.  WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS, and want parents and teachers involved in any way you are able.