The district-wide 12 Days of Christmas dress-up days begin next week! Community members are invited to participate in the holiday fun by dressing up with the HMS students and staff. Check out the calendar below!
Students in Mrs. Ward’s class are working hard and having fun while doing it!
Do you know of any individuals looking to join an excellent school district? If so, send them our way!
The HMS Community School District is seeking qualified, caring, and motivated individuals to join our team in the following positions:
Preschool Special Education Associate - IMMEDIATE OPENING
9-12 Spanish/Foreign Language Teacher - IMMEDIATE OPENING
Junior High Assistant Baseball Coach - IMMEDIATE OPENING
All positions are open until filled. For more information, please visit the HMS district employment page at: https://www.hartley-ms.k12.ia.us/page/employment
Questions regarding positions can be directed to the appropriate building principal or Mr. Carlin.
It's 'Pranksgiving' for the staff at the elementary school this week!
Can you spot the REAL Mrs. Benz?
A big thank you to the Dance Team for joining us for High Five Friday this morning! We wish you the best of luck during the state competition that is coming up!
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Thank you to the members of the May City and Melvin Fire Departments for joining us for High Five Friday! We had such a fun morning with lots of laughs!
2023 HMS Wrestling apparel and merchandise is available today! Click the link here: https://www.walloffame247.com/hartley-melvin-sanborn-high-school
The link will be active until 11/27/2023.
The community is invited to our HMS Veterans Day Programs on Friday, November 10, 2023.
We invite students, staff, and community members to wear red, white, and/or blue to show support for our veterans!
We are pleased to announce the October Students of the Month at the Middle School. These students were selected for being great role models and exemplifying what it means to be an HMS Hawk! Way to show your Hawk WINGS; Working Together, Integrity, Never Giving Up, Generous in Spirit, and Show Respect!
5th: Eryn Schierholz
6th: Catalia Martinez
7th: Kate Rodriguez
8th: Kendra Amos
2023 HMS Basketball apparel and merchandise are available today! Click the link here: https://www.walloffame247.com/hartley-melvin-sanborn-high-school
The link will be active until 11/8/2023.
It's Scholastic Book Fair week!
If you are unable to make it to the book fair in person or simply prefer to shop online, please use the link below to access the online book fair.
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hartleymelvinsanborn
The book fair will be open from 3:30 - 8:00 p.m. on Monday, October 30th and Thursday, November 2nd in the 1/2 DaVinci Studio in the Elementary School. See you there!
Each year, elementary students are invited to decorate pumpkins as their favorite book characters to fill the Library Pumpkin Patch! What an awesome display of some of our very talented students!
Can you spot your favorite book character?
What a fun bunch of people who made it a great morning at HMS Elementary! Thank you Iowa State Bank for joining us on this chilly morning to welcome our students and the added bonus of breakfast pizza for the staff! We love having members of our community involved in the schools!
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Big applause and congratulations go out to Kate Rodriguez (7th Grade), for being selected into the 7/8 Opus Honor Choir!!
A special congratulations to Emery Camman for being selected as an alternate into the 9th Grade Opus Honor Choir!!
Over 2,400 students were nominated by their directors for 720 positions in the four Opus Honor Choirs. Selections were made by means of a recorded audition.
The 2023 Opus Honor Choirs will perform at 4:00 p.m. on November 16th at the C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in the Iowa State Center in Ames. The Opus Honor Choir Festival is made possible by the Iowa Choral Directors Association, Inc.
Last week Friday, HMS Elementary celebrated our annual Cancer Awareness Event. This year’s theme was Cutting into Cancer, and we honored Donna Thorn. Donna is the mother-in-law of Kristin Thorn, a preschool teacher at HMS. Donna was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer a few weeks ago, so we wanted to show her she is not in this fight alone.
Students and staff brought their money to help fill the fish tank. They collected $1,870 to be given to the Abben Cancer Center where Donna has her treatments! Everyone wore a cancer color shirt, and some kids colored their hair a cancer color. Posters and banners were made, and we ended the assembly with Madilynn Stueben, a 4th grade student, cutting her hair to send to Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs for cancer patients, in honor of Donna.
The final part of our Cancer Awareness Event is the balloon release. Balloons that represented people who have cancer, people who had cancer, and people who lost their lives to cancer were released! Cancer is a terrible disease, and each year this day is about creating an awareness of all types of cancers and a day for HMS Elementary to help others. Our staff and students have the biggest hearts!
This morning, employees from Valero joined us for High Five Friday! Thank you for helping welcome our students to school and thank you for treating the ES staff to some delicious donuts!
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Last Friday, we had some of our very own community heroes join us for High Five Friday! Thank you to the Hartley PD for joining us and helping start our students' days off right!
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It's almost time for the Elementary Book Fair!
Monday, October 30th & Thursday, November 2nd (PT Conference Nights)
3:30-8:00pm
1/2 DaVinci Studio
Every year, HMS Schools have a Veterans Day Program. A slideshow is created to honor all members of our Military branches and is shown during the program. If you would like a family member, former HMS graduate, or friend recognized, please complete the form below.
https://forms.gle/FjeSsHeBmu3BLYUj7
If you have any questions, please contact Breana Biery at the High School, 712-928-3406 or bbiery@hartley-ms.k12.ia.us
October is National Principals Month!
Be sure to thank a principal if you see them!
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