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Classroom Activities

ELEMENT SUPERHERO PROJECT   Mrs.LaBrode continues to make science fun. Check out the latest assignment below.

You have been hired by the Elements of the Universe, a comic book publisher to create a new superhero whose appearance,characteristics and powers are based on an assigned element in the periodic table. Each student will create a unique Superhero.

Click for details:

element superhero project

Hopedale Jr-Sr High's Student Council 
 would like to remind everyone about their 
Toys for Tots Campaign. Please drop off any new unwrapped gifts to the high school. 
The drive ends December 17th.    

Thanks for attending !!

2013 Sportsmanship Summit Representatives 

Lauren Bird,Stephanie Broderick,Mark Andolina and Stephen Foley, represented Hopedale Jr-Sr High at the MIAA/MSSADA 20th Annual Sportsmanship Summit ,held at Gillette Stadium last Friday November 22nd.  

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Hopedale Jr-Sr High School News

Good luck to the Millis - Hopedale Football team as they take on TVL Thanksgiving Day Rival Medway @ Millis High School 10am 

Congratulations  to the Hopedale Cross Country Team as they finished second in the State Championship last week !

 

  

Also the Boys and Girls Cross Country teams from Hopedale collected and delivered household and personal care items to the residents of the Hopedale Housing Authority. Coach Joe Drugan and Coach Tim Maguire presented the items from both teams yesterday afternoon. This was a great opportunity for the students to get out into the community and give back. Thanks for all your hard work !!!

Good Luck to the Hopedale Jr-Sr High School Drama Club and to their advisors, Mr. Chris Chatham and Mrs. Lindsay Mayotte. As they prepare to present Neil Simon's The Dinner Party and Fools

     A Double - Feature, Friday November 15th and Saturday 16th @7pm      

ASCD Peer Observation Webinar- Learn about how to plan and implement an engaging form of embedded professional development, in which teachers are actively involved as observers of peers in classroom walk-throughs. 

CLICK ON THE EDUCATOR'S TOOL BAR LOCATED AT THE TOP RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE BLOG  

Hopedale Jr-Sr High School Student Mentors worked with Grade 7 students on Conflict Resolution 

Good Luck to the Hopedale Girls Soccer Team, they play Sutton High, Saturday @ Foley Field 2pm. 

There are twenty NHS Tutors at Hopedale Jr-Sr High School helping over forty students from grades 4-11. Thank you NHS and their advisor, Ms.Urmston. Keep up the great work. 

Click on the Class of the Month Tab and read why Ms.Milulski's Period 2 Class was selected as November's Class of the Month. 

Anti - Bullying Activities @ HJSHS 

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Hopedale Jr-Sr High School recognized the need to help stop bullying by wearing the color ORANGE on Unity Day October 9th. Orange is the Anti-Bullying color worn throughout the nation.  Please visit the National Bullying Prevention Center Website for more details about Unity Day and Anti-Bullying.   http://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/unity-day.asp

Thank you, Tom Fischer, Joe Fletcher and HJSHS Morning Announcement Team, for running Anti-Bullying videos during the month of October. 

Thank you to Assistant Principal Tim Johnson, for running two Anti-Bullying Workshops for our Grade 7 and Grade 8 students. Special thanks to Tom Fischer and Amanda Eppley for their assistance with the workshop as well.   Tim Johnson also attended an Anti-Bullying workshop this week at the MSSAA. If you have any questions for him, please do not hesitate to contact him at,   tjohnson@hopedaleschools.org   

Tim Johnson's Anti-Bullying Lesson Plan

Ms.Griffin's Senior English class used this Boston Globe article to help her students with their college essays.
Click here:   15 College Essay Writing Tips..



Peer observation is a great way to support our teachers. See this ASCD article for some of the data behind successful peer observation.
Click here :   Peer Observations

Check out Senior  Leah Wilson and Kyle Koller's DECA project E-Dale  https://sites.google.com/a/hopedaleschools.org/edale/
   twitter name: eDaleHHSE-Dale 

From the Journal : Free App Lets Teachers Create High Quality Flipped Video on iPads 

  **    Click on the Educators Tool Tab at the top of the page for the article. 

Laura Ingemi shared a recent lesson she taught on Cyberbullying. Thanks for sharing Laura.  Click on the HJSHS Teacher's Tab to see the lesson plan and powerpoint. 

Next Week's Activities are Posted

Progress Reports are due Thursday September 26th

ASCD Webinars

ASCD Supports Educators, with many free tools including webinars about the Common Core and PLC's.

http://www.ascd.org/about-ascd.aspx

Homecoming Weekend !!! GO Raiders !!!

Homecoming Weekend  Check the AD's website,located on this page,  for all homecoming activities, sports schedules and results from this weeks games.  

Google Training,Thanks Cameron Brown for running the Google training workshop, I think we are starting to get the hang of it. Cam also showed us how to create surveys, generate assessments and data that can help us collect and analyze student progress. 

Music Motivates Me   the anti-bullying and violence presentation for the Jr-Sr High School will be September 24th in the auditorium. Grades 10-12 will report to the auditorium at 8:43- 9:08  Grades 7-9 will be called down to the cafeteria at 9:05 then moved to the auditorium at 9:15 -9:45.  

Grade 9 Google Training is scheduled for September 24th during their history classes.

Progress Reports input date is Thursday September 26th 

Parents Night next week September 26th 6:30 letters have been mailed home informing parents of this event along with information about Student GMail Accounts.   




 

HJSHS News

Google Training for Grade 8 seemed to go very well on Friday .Thank you Laura Ingemi, Amanda Eppley and Mary Arcudi for all your help. Just a reminder check out the shared document called Google Apps For Educators (GAFE) Tips, that Laura Ingemi put together for teachers.

Peer Mentor Training was held last week and the feedback has been great,  keep up the good work Mentors, Ms. McInnis and Ms. Mulvaney.

Class of the Month Nominations are rolling in it could be a tough call. We will make a decision next week and announce the first Class of the Month next Friday.

A.L.I.C.E please review lockdown procedures with your students.

NEASC Steering Committee Co-Chairs Mary Margaret Mulroney and Ann LaBrode had a busy week. They met with the School Committee, PTO and HJSHS Faculty, giving updates and sharing the timeline for the May 2014 visit. On behalf of the faculty and staff thanks for spreading the good word about all the hard work the faculty and staff having been doing in preparation for the visit.

Guidance Dept. as you know worked with the Senior Class last week. Discussing the Common College Application form, Naviance and writing their college essay. Please remind senior students to be proactive and if they have questions they should contact their guidance counselors right away.  

Google Teacher Workshop this Tuesday at 230

Lucky Tray Day STUCO presented three lucky students with Cumberland Farms Gift Cards for being in possession of the lucky tray, which had a sticker on the bottom . Well done STUCO keep up the good work

Thank you to all who contributed to HJSHS 911 Memorial Activities.  It is hard to believe it's been twelve years since the attack on the U.S.  I believe it is our responsibility to continue to take the time to educate our students and remind them of that difficult time in our nations history. 

Special thanks to Nancy Johnson and STUCO for the flag activity. The flag will be laminated and posted in the building. 

Thank you Tom Fischer and Joe Fletcher for posting the very moving 911 video and to all the teachers in the History department and school for conducting the 911 activities throughout the day.

Check out the Educators Tool tab at the top of the page for free classroom videos and lesson plans that reflect the Common Core. The site is called  education-portal.com

What a Great Start to the School Year

Blue Raiders 

 I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for a great start to the school year and a special thanks to the Seventh Grade Team for organizing the Grade 7 "Boot Camp" which was a great success and a great way to help the newest members of the student body feel welcome and comfortable in their new school.

PRINCIPALS ADVISORY COUNCIL ( PAC ) 
The PAC is a voluntary group of students from grades 7-12 who meet once a month with both the Principal and Vice Principal. These students have the opportunity to discuss school issues and provide solutions and ideas that will help improve Hopedale Jr-Sr High School.   

The Principals Advisory Council (PAC) met today for the first meeting of the school year. Assistant Principal Tim Johnson and I conducted the meeting with twelve members of this year's PAC. Our agenda included introductions, a recap of last year's PAC accomplishments and goals for this year.

Last year the PAC came up with the idea of celebrating and acknowledging students that exhibit positive behavior. Their idea is called Class of the Month.  Each month a select group of staff members will receive nomination forms from teachers who wish to nominate any class they believe has exhibited positive behavior, or the HJSHS schools Core Values. Teachers have the nomination forms  and we encourage you to fill them out when you see classes or extracurricular activity groups exhibiting our School's Core Values.  

Once the class has been selected we will post a picture of the class outside the main office, create a video interview of the teacher and students and post these on the web and morning announcements. 
It is a goal of the PAC to continue to celebrate the schools Core Values and Vision Statement of HJSHS.