Harwood Middle School Update, May 31, 2019

Connecting with the Arts...  

38 HUMS performers are getting ready for next week’s Alice in Wonderland. Working together to create a unified vision of The wonderland gardens and getting a little messy in the process. 

Alice In Wonderland JR. 

Thursday, June 6 

Admission $5.00

Curious Scientist 

You may have eaten chicken wings, before, but have you ever made your chicken wing wave to another chicken wing?  7th-grade scientists dissected chicken wings to investigate 

 

How the muscles, bones, and tendons work together to move the joint of a chicken wing and how they compare to a human arm.

Dear HUUSD Community; 

The following summarizes our last meeting on May 22, 2019, which also served as a community forum as part of the PreK-12 planning project. Please visit the District Plan/Bond Project page of our website to review the forum materials and add your own comments via Google Form. (LINK: wwsu.org/district-plan-bond-project)

The first part of the meeting was dedicated to a public forum where Michelle Baker, Director of Finance and Operations, presented a detailed look at our current operational budget and budget/tax projections for the next 10 years and answered questions from the public. We also broke into smaller groups to hear from the public about their impressions of the budget presentation as well as their concerns and hopes about the upcoming PreK-12 planning.

At the HUUSD Board meeting, the Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD) Board acted on the items below (in order):

1. Consent agenda:  Approved meeting minutes of 5/15/19, accepted Voucher 1258 equaling $435,013.96, Approved Harwood out of state field trips (HU music field trip to NYC, Senior trip to Great Escape, English Dept trip to Salem, MA)

We also heard a report from the Student reps on the board, presented by Hannah Clark, and were introduced to the policy packet which included numerous policies that the board is expected to the approve by the end of June.  We also spent time brainstorming various possible change models for our district configuration and so far have a list of over 20 possible scenarios which will be narrowed down to a much smaller number over the course of the next few meetings.

Our next meeting is Wednesday, June 5 at 6:00 pm in the Harwood Union High School library.  

Please visit www.wwsu.org/huusd-board for board agendas and packets, board committee meeting agendas and meeting times, detailed minutes of all meetings, HUUSD Smart Goals for the 2018-2019 school year, and to find the link to watch board meetings. The direct link to watch this and past recent meetings is: https://mrvtv.com/category/school-board-meetings/.  There is also an archive of older meetings which can be found here: https://archive.org/search.php?query=Harwood+Unified+Union+School+Board&sort=-date

As always, we thank you for your continued support and engagement.

Respectfully,

The HUUSD Board

Community Announcements

Please note that the opportunities/events listed below are not specifically endorsed or screened by school staff. As always, families should use their own standards and review processes to determine appropriate activities.



Mad River Rippers Youth Mountain Bike Program  This program is open to all kids ages 2 to middle and high school students.  Rides are every Tuesday from 5 to 7PM from May 28 through September.  The program is free, but registration is required.  Email bob@madriverriders.com for a registration form.  Riders are placed into small groups based on age, experience and riding style. Each group is teamed up with experienced and trained adult riders.

Mad Mile for Kids July 6, 9:00am at Waitsfield Elementary School.  To register visit the Mad Marathon tent at the Waitsfield Inn on Friday July 5th 4-7pm or Saturday July 6, 8:30am at Waitsfield School. Download a registration form at MadMarathon.com>Mad Mile. For more information contact Joe Robinson atjrobinson@huusd.org.

Lake Monsters Ball Game Fundraiser for Everybody Wins Reading Mentor Program    Each year Everybody Wins sells tickets in May to one specific Lake Monsters game. They get a percentage of ticket sales, promote Everybody Wins! at the game and have a 50/50 raffle there. People have to get tickets through our special link in order to benefit us.  This year's game is on Sunday July 7th, at 5:05 pm. Here's our link for tickets: https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/Buy.asp?EventID=271529&promocode=EWVT#.XNFigdNKg8Y

The Valley Players Present HARVEY  a hilarious three-act comedy, May 31-June 16, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm.Tickets are $16 for evening shows and $12 for the matinee.

Free Parent Workshop: Helping Your Kids to Be all That They Can Be June 6th, 6-8pm, Crossett Brook Middle School Cafeteria. Come join us for a night of parenting support and laughter with Charlie Appelstein as we learn positive strength-based approaches to growing our children to be the best that they can be.  We will look at many topics including the decoding of problem behavior, mindset changing, self-esteem building, helping inflexible/explosive children, humor at home, limit setting, logical consequences and so much more. Please RSVP to Moie Moulton LaRock atmmoulton@huusd.org .  Walk ins are also welcome.  Free childcare will be provided at Moretown School.  Childcare space is limited and slots will be first come first serve so please let Moie know if you would like to reserve a spot.

Host Families Needed  The CIEE student exchange program is looking for host families for 8 high school students arriving in August. By opening their home, host families make it possible for members of their community to meet, interact, and learn from someone from a different culture.  Host families provide their student with three meals a day, a bed (can be a shared room with 1 other sibling) and love.  Many host families develop a relationship that lasts a lifetime with the student they host.  For more information, contact Susan Kuegel at susankuegel10@gmail.com