Holgate Happenings

February 2014 Holgate Middle School

IMPORTANT DATES Feb. 6th 3rd Quarter Mid-Term

Feb. 11th Pep Band-CHS

8th grade Band students

Feb. 14th Valentine’s Day

Holgate Middle School Dance 7-9pm

Feb. 17th President’s Day

NO SCHOOL

Feb. 20th 2nd Trimester Ends

Feb. 21st Staff Development

NO SCHOOL

Feb. 27th Evening Conferences 4:00-9:00

Feb. 28th NO SCHOOL—Conferences 8:00-1:00

Feb. 28th-Mar. 1 All-State Band—Pierre

SPELLING BEE

Congratulations to the Holgate

Spelling Bee Winners!

1st Place Aliah Davidson,

2nd Place Aby Lang,

3rd Place Meara

Sharisky and 4th

Place April Olson.

MATHCOUNTS

Congratulations to our Mathletes who attended the MathCounts competition on January 15. The team of Aliah Davidson, Christian Didier, Christian Scarlett and Travis Sharp brought home the 2nd place tro-phy. Christian Scarlett received 6th place in the indi-vidual competition and Christian Didier placed 8th.

IT’S A DANCE

WHO: CALLING ALL HMS STUDENTS! WHAT: HMS Dance WHERE: HMS WHEN: Friday, February 14th—Valentine's Day TIME: 7—9 p.m. THEME: Wear Red, Pink and/or White if you would like! ADMISSION: $4 or $3 with 10 box tops Pictures can be taken and purchased for $1 or for 10 box tops. POP AND PIZZA will be sold. **Please pick up your children promptly at 9 pm.

STUDENT LED PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

February 27 and 28 8th Grade Conferences:

Parents will be asked to schedule a conference time online and will receive a letter with detailed information.

Please contact Mrs. Swalve (brandi.swalve@k12.sd.us or 725-7736) if you’ve not received a letter by February 10th.

7th Grade Conferences:

The purpose of student led conferences is to encourage student-parent communication about current academic progress and goals for the

future. The 7th grade conferences will be held in the library. You will have up to 20 minutes for your child to share his or her portfolio

and to ask questions of the teachers. In the mail, you will be receiving a letter containing information about conferences and options for

your time preference. Thank you!

6th Grade Conferences: Students will share a portfolio of their work with you. Sixth grade conferences will be held in the gym. We will be scheduling a time

for your conference.

Elective Classes:

FACS, Art, Industrial Technology, Keyboarding classes, as well as Speech and SPED, will be held in their classrooms. Please feel free

to stop in and see what your student has been working on!

Orchestra and Band (Thur. 4:00-9:00pm only), Spanish (Thur. 4:00 – 7:20pm only), Vocal and PE/Health will all be in the gym. We

hope to see you at conferences!!

GEOGRAPHY BEE

20 students participated in this year's Geog-raphy Bee at Holgate Middle School. This is the eleventh year of the Bee with participants an-swering a series of ques-tions over US and world geography. 3rd Place

went to Shanae Wagemann, 2nd place, Cole Peter-son and this year's winner is 8th grader, Briggs Tople. Briggs will have an opportunity to compete in the state competition in May. The National Bee will be held this summer in Washington DC.

RAISE TEST SCORES!

Promote a healthy breakfast every day! Did you know there are 585 students eating school breakfast? Did you know there are 1,531 students that can eat school breakfast for free or reduced price which is just $.30 per meal. Did you know if students qualify for free or reduced price meals they can have breakfast AND lunch at that same rate?

If you have any questions about school breakfast please contact me! Thanks!!

Susan Nash Director of Food Services 725-7131

ALL-STATE BAND

Congratulations to Rebekah Henschen for being selected as a member of the 2014 South Dakota Middle School All-State Band! The recorded audition is very rigorous, with only the top students getting selected. Rebekah will be performing in the All-State Band concert Saturday, March 1st at 4:00 pm in Pierre. Congratulations!

Continue the Conversation on Keeping Your Teen Safe

ABUS’ed: A Parent Only Informational Session Topics being discussed will include: bullying and cyber bullying, social media sites and what teens are doing on these sites, sexting, internet crimes, drugs, teen dating violence, suicide and how to talk to your teen. Date: Feb. 20

th

Place: Aberdeen Police Dep. Time: 5:45-8pm Dinner will be served Please RSVP to Feb. 15

th by calling 226-1212 or emailing shelter@safeharborsd.org

Some things to know about teen dating: One in three adolescents in the US is a victim of physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner. Girls and young women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rate of intimate partner violence --

almost triple the national average. Nearly 1.5 million high school students nationwide experience physical abuse from a dating

partner in a single year.

Signs your teen may be in an abusive relationship His/her partner gets very jealous They are constantly texting or calling their partner They have to report everywhere they go and who they are with They have unexplainable bruises, scratches or other injuries Your teen gives up things they cherished Their demeanor changes (aggressive, withdrawn, acting out) They don’t tell you much about their relationship; even when you ask questions. Sudden changes in clothes or make-up Avoid friends Responds immediately to text messages or answers their phone even when they are busy

For more information on how to start the conversation on how to keep your teen safe and start the conversation, visit www.safesouthdakota.com Shanna Wilson, CDCT—Prevention Resource Specialist Avera St. Luke’s Worthmore Addiction Services—School-Based Prevention Program

JUNIOR HONOR CHOIR Three students from Holgate attended South Dakota’s Junior Honor

Choir in Rapid City this year. Students auditioned with a CD in Oc-

tober. They have been rehearsing their music since they found out

they were selected for the group in November. Students from Sim-

mons Middle and Central High School travelled with the Holgate

students (Mallory Beckler, Aubrey Clark, and Dillon Swanson) to

the choir event that ended with a concert at Old Dakota Middle

School on Saturday, January 25, 2014. The two choirs are made up

of almost 200 students from all over the state of South Dakota. Typi-

cally around 500 students audition, so making it into the choir is an

accomplishment for those students.

HOLGATE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS

Come to our BOOK FAIR & SUPPORT READING!! Join us in

sharing a LOVE of BOOKS with our students at the HOLGATE

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR sponsored by our

PTA and SCHOOL LIBRARY.

Our Book Fair will be held during Parent/Teacher Conferences in the COMMONS AREA

near the main entrance.

Date / Time:

Thursday, FEBRUARY 27th, 4 pm - 9 pm

Friday, FEBRUARY 28th, 8 am – 1 pm

**All profits go directly to purchasing books for our school library so that everyone can

enjoy the newest and most popular titles. We appreciate your dedication to creating LIFE-

LONG readers.

SEE YOU AT OUR BOOK FAIR

If you have any questions, please contact our school librarian Mrs. Rose at 605-725-7706

Attention Students and Parents Check this website for current

assignments

www.holgate6.wikispaces.com – 6th

www.holgate7.wikispaces.com – 7th

www.holgate8.wikispaces.com - 8th

Here you can check on the upcoming assign-

ments and when they are due, in case your stu-

dent misses a class or forgets an assignment!

HAPPY

VALENTINE’S

DAY

Holgate Middle School

Students of the Month January 2014

6th 7th 8th

Art Sierra Biegler Rene Cranford Kailey Fliehs

Computer Kansas Larson Matthew Carpenter Jennah Mielke

Directed Study Spencer Dunlavy Hanna Beach

FACS Kaitlyn Krumm Natalie Knight Amanda Holmes

Health Megan Tiede

Industrial Tech Zoie Miller Taylor Luce Josiah Janusz

Music RyLeigh Christopherson

(Band)

Morgan Prouse

(Vocal)

Maggie Fouberg

(Orchestra)

P.E. Alexa Rossman Jared Hilsendeger

Directed Reading Bronson Cole

Spanish Amanda Jacobs

Study Skills Adam Scott

Math Mirra Frohling

Language Arts/

Reading Lauren Dwight

Aby Lang

Science Haley Marnette

Social Studies Samantha Ferguson

7th & 8th Grade

Core Classes (overall

in Science, Math, Social

Studies, Language Arts &

7th Reading)

Brianna Stewart

Courtney Hanisch

McKenzie Hassebroek

Spencer Heupel

Kortnee Kumpf

Aubrey Clark

Rebekah Henschen

Morgan Keil

Madyson Ogdahl

Lachelle Opp

Connor Stubbe