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Annual Flu Vaccine Clinic
For Students Pre K - 8th grade, vaccine will be administered on Thursday, October 17 at school, free of charge to those who have returned permission forms. If you need a paper copy, please contact the school office.
The mist will be administered unless you request the injection or an underlying medical condition prevents you from doing so.
The Community Clinic will be held in the high school cafeteria, from 4-6 p.m. The cost is $25. If you are pregnant, please consult your physician before receiving the vaccine.
If you miss the opportunity to receive a flu vaccine, all children age 6 months - 18 years can receive the free vaccine at the Health Department Clinic, on Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., no appointment necessary.
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Thanks to Your Donations
This summer, one of our second grade teachers, Ms. Kari Yeagy, submitted a request to DonorsChoose.org for MP3 players, headphones and headphone splitters for her classroom. Through various donations and matching gifts, she was able to create a listening center in her classroom for students to use during guided reading time. A listening center was important for the students because it allows them to hear fluent readers on a daily basis, as well as interact with books that might be a little challenging for them.
Her guided reading block is from 8:15-8:55 a.m. Monday through Thursday and there are always kids listening! She would like to give a big thank-you to all her donors. Also, DonorsChoose website is a convenient platform for teachers and parents to share and meet needs. Please contact Ms. Yeagy if you'd like to learn more about it.
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Pumpkin Fun Run
We had a great turn out for the Pumpkin Fun Run at Phillips Lake in Columbia. Coach Anderson was very excited to see around 20 Hallsville students there to participate in the 1.5 mile run.
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PTO Q&A Panel and Ice Cream Social
Got a question about school? Come to PTO's Question and Answer Panel on Monday, September 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Intermediate Commons. Then join us for an old-fashioned Ice Cream Social.
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Harlem Ambassadors
The Harlem Ambassadors, sponsored by the Hallsville Optimist Club, are coming to play an exhibition basketball game against the Hallsville Hotshots. It promises to be a night of fun basketball for the whole family. The game is Tuesday, September 24 at 7 p.m. in the West Gym. Tickets are on sale at the Pit Stop, Shirtworks and More or the Hallsville Athletic and School events. Purchase your tickets in advance to save. Advanced ticket prices are: Adults - $10 and students - $8. Ticket prices at the door are: Adults - $12 and Students - $10.
We hope to see everyone at the Harlem Ambassador Basketball game. Some of our staff will be playing on the hometown team, include Betsy Berry, Mike Bennett, Monica Melton, Stacy Fick, Gary Chandlee, Amy Bartlett, Kanvice Thompson, Devin Johnson, Brian Anderson, Tyler Lankford, Desiree Pezley, Leigh Pemberton and Rachael Nichols. Our young students were excited to learn that even Mrs. Jimerson and Mrs. Briedwell would make an appearance as guest coaches! Come cheer them on and enjoy this family-friendly entertainment.
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Trivia Night
 The Hallsville Varsity cheerleading squad is going to Memphis, TN to perform at half time of the Liberty Bowl on New Year's Eve!! To help fund this amazing opportunity, the cheerleaders are hosting a Trivia Night on Thursday, October 17 at 6 p.m. in the Intermediate Commons! Join us for a fun night filled with trivia, food, auction items, and prizes! Play for $15 a person or buy a whole table (8 spots) for $120. For more information, contact Coach Williams at twilliam@hallsville.org.
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 Karen Jimerson, Principal
Midterm progress reports were sent home on Friday, September 20. Please review notes from your child's teacher and contact us if you have any questions or concerns. We enjoyed having the grandparents of our preschool students join their classes for cookies on Friday. The children were excited to have their special guests visiting our school!
We are looking forward to the Harlem Ambassadors game on Tuesday night! It is sure to be a fun evening! On Tuesday, October 8, the Primary staff will be enjoying dinner at McDonald's on Clark Lane for McTeacher Night. If you are planning to have dinner out that evening, join us from 4 - 8 p.m. McDonald's will donate a portion of the evening's proceeds to our school.
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 Stacy Fick, Principal
We named our Fifth Grade Character Ambassadors last week. We had nearly 40 fifth grade students apply to lead our school this year. The process to apply includes an application, an interview with the principal, reference and grade checks.
I was impressed at their passion to positively lead our school, gain leadership skills and, of course, have fun. I'm very excited to see these students exemplify outstanding character and be role models for the rest of the students in our school.
We had nearly 160 in attendance at our Parents Go Back to School Night. Our second grade class had the most parent representation with 40 students represented by their parents. They enjoyed ice cream during lunch on Friday.
A big thank you to the Boonslick Kiwanis Club for their annual donation of dictionaries to our third grade students. This has been a tradition for the past three years and we thank them for their generosity.
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 Clinton Hague, Principal
The seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams were both able to win their first ever matches, after starting the new program this year. Please be sure and tell them congratulations!
Fiona Burke was our Friday drawing winner; she is the winner of a pizza party!! She received her ticket for excelling in the social studies classroom.
Special Events Next Week
- Tuesday: We will be having our Harlem Ambassadors assembly at 9 a.m. in the West Gym.
- Wednesday: During the eighth hour, we will have our character assembly and announce our students of the month. Maybe we can even get our Superintendent, Mr. John Robertson, to hand out those awards.
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 Scott Daly, Principal
The mid-term of the first semester is about a month away. In the past, we have called this time "end of the first quarter" or "start of the second quarter," but we have made a shift away from that starting this year. The issue was students would end the first quarter with a certain grade and begin the second quarter with a fresh start. However, at the same time, the whole semester grade was an average of the two quarters and the semester grade is what counts on the transcript. So some students would fail the first quarter and have an A in October for second quarter, but in reality they were still failing the class. To make our grade tracking for academic support better, we have eliminated quarter grades. Instead, we will have a mid-semester progress check, and we will still produce a grade card during that time. By the way, those will be available for parent pick up at our Parent/Student Conferences in October. Student grades will continue with the same percentage after the mid-semester check and be cumulative until the end of the semester that ends at winter break. This will give us a better way to determine who is in serious need of our extra help before the semester ends.
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| Upcoming Events |
9/23 PTO Q&A
Panel and Ice
Cream Social
at 6:30 pm
9/24 Harlem
Ambassadors
Basketball Games
9/25 MS Character
Assembly
9/27 5th Grade
Science Field Trip
9/30 IS Character
Assembly
10/3 Homecoming
Parade at 6:15 pm
10/3 PigSkin PigPut
10/4-5 Homecoming
10/8 McTeacher
Night at 4-8 pm
10/9 Walk to School
Day
10/9 4th Grade
10/9 School Board
Meeting at 6 pm
10/11 Picture
Retake Day
10/14-18 Food
Drive
10/17 First Quarter
Ends
10/17 Trivia Night
at 6pm
10/18 No School
10/21-24 Red
Ribbon Week
10/24-25 No School
Parent/Teacher
Conferences
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