DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012.  This is a Tuesday-Thursday-Friday Week.  Trimester 3, Focus 4 through 6/5. 

New!  Mr. DiLauro has been reminding students for the past two days that we will have a dress code check Friday (5/18) morning during homeroom.  If students are not appropriately dressed, parents will be called to bring different attire.

New!  All track athletes:   the deadline for turning in your clean uniform is Tuesday, May 22nd.  After that, the names of athletes who have not turned in their uniforms will be turned over to the Athletic Director, who will then hold report cards and now allow those students to participate in field days.

8th Graders:  results from the 9th grade Student Government elections will be posted by 8th grade lunch on Thursday, May 17th.

Auditions for the Hudson Marching Band Dance Line will be Thursday and Friday, May 24th and 25th, and Tuesday, May 29th.  Any students interested in trying out for the dance line should stop in the band room and get a flyer with all the information you will need regarding tryouts.  If you have further questions, see Mrs. O'Connor.

Attention Hudson Middle School students who are interested in participating in our Interscholastic Athletics Programs for the 2012-13 school year:   Sports physicals are being offered Saturday, June 9, 2012 between the hours of 7:00-10:00am by appointment only (5 minute increments) at Hudson Children’s Emergency Room facility (5655 Hudson Drive).  The cost is $25.00 cash or check payable to Hudson City Schools.  To schedule an appointment, email Dan DeVoe or Melanie Bittecuffer at devoed@hudson.edu.  Your confirmation will be emailed to you.

Attention any 7th or 8th grader interested in trying out for Cheerleading for the 2012-13 school year!  Tryout practices will be held in the HHS Auxiliary Gym on the following days:  Weds., 5/16 - 7:00-8:30pm; Thurs., 5/17 - 4:00-5:30pm; Mon., 5/21 - 7:00-8:30pm; Tues., 5/22 - 4:00-5:30pm.  Tryouts will take place over a four day period.  You must attend all tryout sessions:  Weds., 5/23 - 6:00-8:30pm; Thurs., 5/24 - 4:00-6:30pm; Tues., 5/29 - 4:00-6:30pm; Thurs., 5/31 - 6:00-8:30pm.  Announcement of squads will be Friday, June 1.  Team meeting at 6:30pm on Tuesday, June 5.

District posts Safe School Hotline Information on Website!  The safety and security of our students and staff is our number one priority. To help prevent activities that could negatively impact our schools, we have worked many years with Security Voice, Safe Schools Helpline, an outside company, with no ties to our schools. This is an anonymous helpline that you can use to let us know about and try to prevent problems before they occur. We have added a new "Safe Schools Helpline" button (white with red letters) on the main page of the district web site and on each building's web page. Listed on the page are three ways, either phone, text or Internet, to report acts such as violence, theft, drug or alcohol use, sexual harassment, weapons, bully behavior, etc.  If you are not comfortable reporting these types of incidence, or information to our staff, please consider using this secure, anonymous service. Please, if you see, read, or hear something that threatens our school safety, please say something!

The safety and security of our students and staff is our number one priority. To help prevent activities that could negatively impact our schools, we have worked many years with Security Voice, Safe Schools Helpline, an outside company, with no ties to our schools. This is an anonymous helpline that you can use to let us know about and try to prevent problems before they occur. We have added a new "Safe Schools Helpline" button (white with red letters) on the main page of the district web site and on each building's web page. Listed on the page are three ways, either phone, text or Internet, to report acts such as violence, theft, drug or alcohol use, sexual harassment, weapons, bully behavior, etc. 
If you are not comfortable reporting these types of incidence, or information to our staff, please consider using this secure, anonymous service. Please, if you see, read, or hear something that threatens our school safety, please say something!

Thanks to the parents of our incoming 6th grade class who attended the Orientation Meeting!  For those of you who were unable to attend, please click here to view the power point presentation.

Here is the link to the Physical Education Activity journal.

The Hudson Library and Hudson High School National Honor Society volunteers are offering a free homework help service for middle school students, every Monday in the Teen Room from 3:30 until 5:00 and 7:00 until 8:30.  This is a drop-in program that does not require registration.  It will not take place on Mondays that there is no school.

To view the three-week FOCUS unit schedules, click here:  6th grade - Updated 10-26-11, 7th grade - Updated 10-26-11, 8th grade (Updated 2-8-12).

WEEKLY TIP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS:

If your child is in the midst of a longtime friendship that is falling apart, the best thing you can do is stand by and be a good listener.  It is devastating for us to see our children hurting, but taking sides or intervening is not appropriate, nor will it help.  Preadolescents do survive these hurts, especially if they know we are there to listen to their plan.  From:  "Tips for Parents", (www.nmsa.org)