November 2014 Issue I THANK YOU VETERANS! I N T H E L O O P
CONGRATULATIONS to the HTMS 7th and 8th grade football players selected to represent Trussville in the All Metro Team. Their names are: 7th grade: Evan Kirk Tyler Mauldin Malachi Moore Logan Self 8th grade: Caden Kirk Daniel Harris Antonio Reed Christian Renda Look who came to Trick or Treat at Central Office.our preschool classes
GOOD LUCK to our Flag Football team competing December 3 at Jordan Hare Stadium! Go get em Huskies! CONGRATULATIONS HTHS Teacher, Mrs. Dimler Mrs. Dimler is the Alabama ABC 33/40 Benchmark Teacher of the Week. Her certificate was just presented to her in front of her 5 th period class. Way to go Mrs. Dimler!
*********************************************************************************************************** HTHS Theater Presents..OKLAHOMA Performances: Thursday, November 20 th - 7:00pm; Friday, November 21 st - 7:00pm (depending on football playoffs); Sunday, November 23 rd - 2:00pm; Monday, November 24 th - 7:00pm Adults - $7.00; Students - $5.00 Cast of over 100 HTHS students and Technical crew of over 50!
HTHS is proud to announce that we have two AWESOME students chosen to represent our school at the Birmingham Youth Leadership Forum for the 2014 15 school year. This is an extraordinary leadership program and an honor for the students. This year s class has 46 students representing 33 Birmingham area high schools!!! The students are: Kaitlin Silverwood- Junior and Jalen Williams- Junior Paine Intermediate GaTE students were treated to a culinary experience by Chef Calvert. He used vegetables grown in the garden to make a corn and sweet potato succotash! THANK YOU PAINE STUDENTS! Paine Campus students donated $516.55 in silver for the Stars and Stripes to fly at the new HT Stadium! That is enough to purchase a large flag and help with the cost of illuminating the flag for nighttime events. Thank you Paine Campus students for showing your patriotism and your Husky spirit!
McGruff the Crime Dog visits Paine Primary School. SRO Payne talks to students about safety. Mrs. Felts 4th grade class engages in the creation of personal videos on their Ipads. The videos are based on their reading of The Trail of Tears.
The HTHS Scholars Bowl team had a good showing at the Hoover Invitational. Our novice team went 8-3 in the tournament, which is a great showing for those students competing in their first tournament. The future is bright with the younger players on the novice team! Desi Gillespie also earned a trophy for scoring the second most points in the novice division. I am proud of the group today and their willingness to compete! November 6-8, administrators and teachers from HTMS participated in the Annual Conference for Middle Level Education in Nashville, TN. AMLE2014 was a comprehensive professional development conference aimed specifically for those working with students ages 10-15. Attending from HTMS were Principal Lisa Berry, Assistant Principal Anjell Edwards, and teachers Leigh Green, Tina Rosetta, and Courtney Waldrop
5th grade students participated in a presentation by a guest speaker who gave fascinating information about the weather! The guest speaker's presentation correlates with the weather science unit that students are engaged in! EVERYTHING CHRISTMAS. SPONSORED BY THE TRUSSVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Everything Christmas Arts and Craft show will be November 14 th from 9am-9pm and November 15 th from 9am-4pm at the Trussville Civic Center. Admission is FREE. The Trussville Fire Department will be collecting new, unwrapped gifts for their Christmas for Kids program and will be offering free hot chocolate and cookies to the children visiting Santa. Santa will be there for pictures on Saturday from 10am-2pm. There will be over 70 vendors selling everything you need for your Christmas shopping list. Chocolate Biscuit will be there selling a delicious box lunch with your choice of chicken salad or pimento cheese and the Barbecue Stop will be there with their scrumptious pork or chicken barbecue sandwiches for dinner. There will be live entertainment throughout both days from local schools, churches and individuals. Cakes by Sheri will be there offering decorated cakes, pumpkin rolls, cheesecakes and much more. This is a great way to kick off your holiday season so mark your calendars and come to see us!
HTMS LEADERSHIP TEAM COAT DRIVE Thank you students! Thank you to Hendrick Landscape Services, Target, Bryant Bank, Earth in the Balance and Heniger, Garriston Davis, LLC for your support of the Paine Intermediate Veteran s Day luncheon. With your help, we thanked our Veteran s.
A big THANK YOU to the following student organizations at HTHS that contributed to the United Way Campaign this past month: Student Council Association Service Association Beta Club Senior Board Thespian Club FBLA Sponsor - Tim Stull Sponsor - Christy Dooley Sponsor Jeff Saxon Sponsor Vanessa Romano Sponsor Paula Brown Sponsor Alison Hollingsworth These organizations donated $975 to this great cause & made a difference in the lives of others in our community! NOVEMBER SCHOOL DATES TO REMEMBER! Schools closed November 26-28 for Thanksgiving Holidays UA ALABAMA VERSUS AUBURN.. WHO WILL WIN. COLLECTING BOX TOPS AU Hewitt Trussville Middle School will be kicking off an Alabama vs. Auburn Fundraiser for Box Tops for Education from November 3-21. Save your box tops and support HTMS!!!!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION INFORMATION/DATES FOR HTHS COLORGUARD/HIGHSTEPPER TRYOUTS Thursday, November 20 th 4:00 6:00 Free Color Guard clinic for anyone auditioning for color guard in January Monday, December 15 th 6:00 p.m. -Mandatory Auxiliary Tryout Meeting in the HTHS Band Room. If a student wants to try out for HTHS Color Guard or Highstepper, a parent must attend this meeting. Color Guard Clinic- January 26-29 th from 4:30-6:30 Color Guard Tryouts- January 30 th starting at 4:00 Highstepper Tryout Clinic- February 9 th 12 th 4:30-6:30 Highstepper Tryouts February 13 th starting at 4:00