Bobcat News

This Week at

HAMS

Tuesday, April

28: Curriculum

Night

(K-2 grade)

from 6:00-7:00

Wednesday,

April 29:

Chic-fil-a Spirit

Night

(Waters Ave.)

Thursday,

April 30:

Middle School

Sports Banquet

from 6:00-7:30

Please fill out the PTSO Survey and let us know how we are doing, what we can do better and what you would like for us to start doing: http://goo.gl/forms/N3Lw5aaHBZ .

Also, please fill out the survey from CSA!

Chic-fil-a Family Spirit Night on April 29th has

been added to the calendar. Please come out

to the Chic-fil-a on Waters Ave. and support

the school. When you order remember to tell

them you are with HAMS so a portion of the price of your

order can come back to the school.

meetings but the minutes are available on the PTSO website so

HAMS TEACHERS ARE

GROOVY!

Parents: Check the PTSO

website and expect and email

from your homeroom parent

about Teacher Appreciation

Week coming up May 4-8th .

Teachers: NO PEEKING.

Make sure you check the volunteer tab on the PTSO page regularly for

volunteer opportunities. We are always adding additional opportunities!

Each family is required to volunteer 10 hours per year! Also, you get 1 hour

for each PTSO meeting you attend.

Recently added: We need a score keeper to help with Middle School Battle

of the Books on May 5th. Also, help is needed for the Middle School dance

and Middle School Sports Banquet.

We also have several committee chair positions open:

Yearbook, Monthly Teacher Appreciation Breakfast, Teacher Appreciation

Week, Silent Auction Acquisitions and Business Partner Chair.

You can also work with a friend and co-chair any position. Please email:

ptso@hillsboroughacademy.com if you are interested or have questions.

The 2015-2016 PTSO Board Elections

were held on the April 23rd PTSO meeting.

The 2015-2016 PTSO Board is:

Jo Ann Kissel—President

Carol Koenig—Vice-President

Karen Fullerton—Treasurer

Misty Hubbard—Corresponding Secretary

Tara Dinger—Recording Secretary

Valerie Manton-Amyot—Parliamentarian

New Curriculum Nights

Curriculum Nights have been scheduled to give current and incoming parents the opportunity to be informed of school expectations, vision of our building, meet teachers and see what to expect next year, including information on new clubs and teams. Dates are posted on the HAMS calendar, the PTSO calendar and in the newsletter calendar.

P A G E 3

Announcements National Junior Honor Society (7th and 8th grade) will hold weekly meetings on

Wednesdays from 3:30-4PM. National Elementary Honor Society meeting is May 6th,

Testing has resumed. State regulations require the campus will be closed until the

testing is complete. Parents and volunteers will not be allowed on campus except in the

front office after 8:45 until the testing has finished for the day.

Lost and Found: Have your children check for their stuff! Items that have been there

longer than a month will be donated. Lunch boxes are located in the cafeteria, valuable

or small items (head bands, glasses, etc.) are at the front desk. Coats, sweaters, pants,

etc. are in front of the Media Center.

Upcoming Field Trips:

1st grade field trip top Busch Garden Zoo School on May 7 .

3rd grade field trip to Weedon Island Preserve on Tuesday, April 28th. Pay by

April 24th on EZ Pay.

5th grade manatee trip is May 1. Permission slips need to be turned in by April

24th.

5th grade Sea World trip is May 29th. All permission slips and EZ pay pay-

ments are due May 24th. If you plan to sign your child out at the end of the

Sea World trip, you must write this on the permission slip prior to the trip and

sign out with Ms. Szczepspanski once the field trip is over.

7th grade field trip to Kennedy Space Center on May 6th.

8th grade Tampa Bay Watch Field Trip is May 28th . The cost is $29 on Ezpay.

REMEMEBER: STUDENTS MUST WEAR THE UNIFORM AND PACK A

LUNCH UNLESS TOLD OTHERWISE BY THE SCHOOL.

Don’t forget the opportunities to help us collect “Free Money”

This money really adds up quickly and we have already been able to purchase a lot from these programs!

Please continue to turn in Coke Rewards: Every point counts towards free money for the school. Codes can be found on the packaging of your favorite Coca-Cola brands, including Powerade and Dasani water. Codes are located under caps, inside the tear-off on 12-packs and on multi-pack wraps.

Please download the Shoparoo app and start taking pictures of your grocery, Target, Walmart, Lowes and other receipts.

Send in your Box Tops as soon as possible so they can be included in the next submission.

Be sure to sign up for a Target Credit or Debit card then designate our school as your school of choice. You will save 5% on your purchases and free shipping. Plus, HAMS will earn 1% of your purchase.

Do you purchase from Amazon? Do all of your Amazon shopping through the link on the PTSO website.

We also participate in the Tyson Project A+™ Program, a fund-raising program sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. Just clip and collect Tyson Project A+ labels from Tyson products. Send the labels to school with your child. We’ll collect the labels and send them to Tyson Foods.

Now in addition to the website, the Facebook page, weekly newsletter, the

PTSO app and email reminders you can sign up to receive text reminders from

the PTSO!

Please text @hamsptso to 81010 to receive reminders of what is happening

at school.

P A G E 5

Second Grade

Using

Technology to

Present their

State Reports

On Monday morning, be sure to look for the new palm trees, ligustrum trees and

irrigation that went up in front of the school on Saturday. Connor Faris, older brother to

HAMS students Chloe (grade 4) and Caleb (grade 8), selected HAMS for his Eagle service

project. Over the last several months, Connor planned the installation with Mr. Kuhar

and landscaper, Tampa Lawn Salon. Connor then solicited donations from the

community to fund the cost of the trees. On Saturday, along with his Boy Scout Troop

(Troop 46) and Tampa Lawn

Salon, Connor installed the trees

and irrigation. Thank you to

Connor, Troop 46 and Tampa

Lawn Salon for your hard work

planning, funding and installing

the trees and irrigation to help

with the beautification of our

school!!

Please be sure to volunteer to help at the Athletic Banquet which

takes place at 6pm on Thursday, May 30th. We desperately need

volunteers to help before, during and after the banquet to make it

a success!! Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated by

your student athlete and Mr. Cooney. As of right now, we only

have one volunteer to help. Remember it takes a village to run our

programs!!

Also, we will be selling raffle tickets as a fundraiser for the purchase of team soccer jerseys. We will

be raffling off numerous sports memorabilia including: a John Gruden autographed football, a

game used and autographed Buccaneer football (including Mike Alstot and Ronde Barber), a Mike

Evens autographed mini helmet, a Vincent Lecavalier autographed Lightning jersey, a Rays auto-

graphed baseball (including Lou Pinella) and more!! You will receive one free raffle ticket when you

walk in the door the night of the banquet and tickets will be sold at the banquet and this week at

school. Ticket prices are: $3 for 1 ticket, $5 for 2 tickets, $10 for 6 tickets.

Please contact Susan Faris (farisfamily1@verizon.net) with banquet questions and Amy Trussell

with raffle questions (amtrussell@yahoo.com)

Please use the following link to sign up to help at the banquet: http://hillsboroughacademy.my-

pta.org/content.asp?PageID=2

All students attending the Friday, May 1st 8th Grade

Busch Gardens Grad Nite will need to meet Mr. Cooney

and Ms. Hertenstein outside the main entrance to

Busch Gardens at 6:45pm for 7:00pm entry. For

pickup, you must be waiting outside the front gate at

midnight to pick your child up from Mr. Cooney and Ms. Hertenstein.

Please do not be late for pick up or drop off.

Middle School Dance Help Needed!

We are looking for parents to volunteer to help before, after and during the Middle School dance on Friday, May 29th.

Please check the PTSO website for volunteer sign up oppor-tunities or contact Erin King at erinking0513@gmail.com if you have any questions.

P A G E 7

BOOK FAIR NEWS!

Book Fair dates are May 13-20th. You, your friends and family can also shop online

from May 8th to the 21st.

http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/hillsboroa-cadofmathnscie

http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/family

The last Skate Night of the year

will be held on Friday, May 15th

from 6-8pm (please get there

before 7:30 to be admitted as

part of HAMS). Admission is on-

ly $5 and includes skate rentals.

Tell them you are with HAMS and

a portion will be donated back to

the school.

Skate Night is held at Skate World

located at 7510 Paula Dr.

Peter Margetis and Ms. Aquino enjoying the Gift

of Time (and Froyo) from the Silent Auction.

Thank you teachers that donated

your Gift of Time and to the parents

that bid on the great experience and

memory for your child. We can’t

wait to see more pictures!

3rd Graders created their own stores, then when we opened the "shopping mall," students used play money to shop at each other's stores. The students enjoyed this real-world application experience while learning about counting and making change. We have some young entrepreneurs at HAMS!

4th Grade Field Trip to the Florida Aquarium

The Battle of the Books is quickly approaching and the teams have been selected! Congratulations and good luck to the 4th grade and middle school students selected to represent HAMS in the Battle of the Books this year! The winning teams from our school will move on to compete against other charter schools in our district.

May 14:

Elementary Battle of the Books from 8:45—10:15

May 5: Middle School Battle of the Books from 8:45—10:15 am Volunteer positions to help with the in-school competition are available on the PTSO website.

Middle School H.A.M.S. Battle Teams!

Team A Team B

Arlene Midulla (Team Captain)

Chloe Elmhurst (Team Captain)

Giselle Benitez Hannah Vogel

Emily Parker Alexa Graber

Sienna Jones Nicholas Reali

William Gomez Diana Khalife

Majd Harb Stephanie Sanchez

4th Grade H.A.M.S. Battle Teams!

Team A Team B Team C Team D

Catherine

Cairns

Leya

Alexander

Isabella

Padron

Amy Tang

Juan Carranza Dylan Nolan Julian Serrano-

Santos

Alex Galvin

Shayla

McIntyre

Lily

DeChelbor

Marissa Verb Drew

Jenkins

Sanya Senthil Joberi

Castellanos

Chloe Faris Stephanie

Sierra

The FSA testing schedule has been posted to the PTSO website. If there are

changes to the schedule the revisions will be posted once we are notified.

Testing Schedule

May 1: Grade 5 FSA and FCAT science should be completed

Grade 7 CBT FSA ELA Part II 85 mins (4 sessions max)

May 5: Grade 8 CBT FSA ELA Part I 85 mins

May 6: Grade 8 CBT FSA ELA Part I 85 mins

May 7: Grade 8 CBT FSA ELA Part I 85 mins

May 8: Grade 8 CBT FSA ELA Part II 85 mins

May 11: Algebra EOC Part I CBT

May 12: Algebra EOC Part II CBT

May 13: Algebra EOC Part I CBT

May 14: Algebra EOC Part II CBT

May 15: Algebra EOC Final Day

May 18-May 22: Civics EOC CBT

FSA=Florida Standards Assessment

ELA=English Language Arts

CBT=Computer-based Testing

EOC=End of Course Exam

Honor Roll:

The dates of the 3rd Quarter Honor Roll Ceremonies dates have changed

because of testing. Please check the school calendar.

BREAKFAST/LUNCH ACCOUNTS:

Beginning April 20th, 2015 students will not be permitted to accrue breakfast/lunch balances. As the school prepares for the end of the school year, balances must be finalized. Please make sure your child has enough money in their lunch account to cover their meals. As a reminder, the price for breakfast is $2.00 and lunch is $3.50.

Find us on the web

http://hillsboroughacademy.my-ptso.org

https://www.facebook.com/hamsptso

ptso@hillsboroughacademy.com

April

28 Curriculum Night (K-2 grade)

from 6-7 pm

29 Chic-fil-a Spirit Night (Waters Ave.)

30 Middle School Sports Banquet from

6-7:30pm

May

1 Busch Gardens Grad Night for

8th Grade 7:00 - midnight

4 Kindergarten and 1st Grade Honor

Roll at 8:45 am

5 Middle School Battle of the Books

8:45—10:15 am

Dad’s Club Meeting at Charann’s

Tavern from 6:00-7:00 pm

6 4th and 5th Grade Honor Roll at

8:45 am

Curriculum Night (3-5 grade)

from 6-7pm

National Elementary Honor Society

meeting

7 Teacher Appreciation Breakfast

(PTSO sponsored)

6th and 7th Grade Honor Roll at

8:45 am

8 8th Grade Honor Roll at 8:45 am

12 Curriculum Night (6-8 grade)

from 6-7 pm

11 2nd and 3rd Grade Honor Roll

at 8:45 m

13 Volunteer Appreciation Happy Hour

from 7-8pm

13-20 Book Fair from 11am -3pm

14 Elementary Battle of the Books

8:45-10:15 am

Book Fair evening hours (4-6:30pm)

Invention Convention from 5:45-7:30pm

15 Skate Night 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Spring Concert (all grades)

from 6-7pm

18 Culver’s Spirit Day—All Day

25 Memorial Day—No School

28 PTSO Meeting 6:00 pm

29 Middle School End of the Yea Dance

from 6-8:30

June

1 Yearbook Signing Party

4 “Move Up” Day for 5th Grade

(during school)

8th Grade Graduation at 6pm

5 Last Day of School