Holgate Happenings November 2015 Holgate Middle School

IMPORTANT DATES November 1

Daylight Savings Time

**FALL BACK**

November 19-20 HMS Play—7:00 pm

November 20th 2nd Quarter Mid-Term

November 25 1/2 Day of School—11:45 Dismissal

PM—Staff Development

November 26-27 Thanksgiving Vacation

No School

DRIVERS EDUCATION

Driver’s Education forms for the 2015-2016 school year are available in the office. Parents can also print the form from the school website: choose Schools, Central High School, Student Forms. Please return the form to school on or before December 11, 2015.

FREE/REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATIONS

Just a reminder that benefits for Free/Reduced lunches do not carry over from

year to year. You must fill out the application each year. Applications can be

found in the office.

Congratulations to the 8th grade band stu-dents from Simmons and Holgate on earn-ing a "Gold Award" in this year's Gypsy Day Parade and for win-ning 1st place at the Lake Region Marching Band Festival in Groton!!!

“COATS FOR KIDS AND OTHER FOLK”

The annual Coats for Kids giveaway is Saturday, October 31, from 9 a.m. to noon at North Highland United Methodist Church, 620 15th Ave. NE. Coats, snow pants, mittens and gloves will all be available. Pastor Lou Whitmer at North Highland (226-1279) is the contact person if you have questions.

SPOOF. It’s become the latest TV reality show craze! In “American Idle,” contest-

ants vie for the honor of becoming America’s number-one high school slacker.

Host Brian Seacrest takes us through rounds of hilarious auditions, mind-bending

challenges, and brutal eliminations. Along the way, contestants compete to impress

three judges with their supreme slacker skills—an inarticulate school janitor; a nas-

ty, condescending guidance counselor; and a spacey drama teacher. But in the end,

the biggest slackers of all may be the TV viewers themselves, who have become

too lazy to vote for a winner!

On November 19th and 20th, at 7:00 P.M., you can see a cast of Holgate Middle School students performing this hilarious play in our very own theater. Come and enjoy an evening of laughter and fun!

Admission: $2.00 Adults/$1.00 Students/5 and under free

HOLGATE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRESENTS…...

There will be a Hol-

gate Harmony chore-

ography workshop on

Friday, Nov. 6, after

school until 6pm and

the following day,

Saturday, Nov. 7 from

9am-12/noon.

Attention Students and Parents

Check this website for current assignments

www.holgate6.wikispaces.com – 6th grade

www.holgate7.wikispaces.com – 7th grade

http:holgatemiddleschool8thgrade.weebly.com/ - 8th grade

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.

MATHCOUNTS RESULTS

Congrats to our Mathletes who participated at the MathCounts competition

in Groton. We brought home the following trophies:

Melanie Jacobs - 1st place 7th grade

Travis Sharp - 2nd place 8th grade

Jen Appl - 4th place 8th grade

Logen Snell - 6th place 8th grade

Gavin Peterson - 6th place 7th grade

Greta Adolf - 6th place 7th grade

2nd place team - 8th grade

Jen Appl, Brookelyn Barstad, Logen Snell & Hannah Struble

2nd place team - 7th grade

Greta Adolf, Brianne Barstad, Courtnie Gergen & Melanie Jacobs

6th GRADE MATHCOUNTS

CONGRATULATIONS to the 6th graders that participated at the Math Counts Competition in Warner.

Individual Winners include: 1ST PLACE Team Winners include: Drew Comstock-1st Drew Comstock Ian Ahlberg-2nd Ian Ahlberg Drake VanSteenwyk-4th Carsten Johnson Haley Weber

HOW TO QUALIFY: NEW LOCATION:

You do not have a dental home Avera St. Luke’s Dakota Medical Square You have not seen a dentist in 2 years or 815 1st Avenue SE more in the Aberdeen area Aberdeen, SD 57401

No child is turned away for inability to pay.

SET UP AN APPOINTMENT NOW: CALL: 622-5722

PROGRAM COORDINATOR: VICKI HOLLEY

CASSP DENTAL PROGRAM

Provides Dental Care to Children 0-21 years

Dental Care includes Evaluation & Treatment

The Aberdeen School District neither endors-

es nor sponsors the organization or activity

represented in this document. The distribu-

tion of this material is provided as a commu-

nity service.

The PTA is using an app called Shoparoo to help raise money for the PTA. The website is http://

www.shoparoo.com/ or you can go to the app store on your cell phone and look up Shoparoo. The picture for

the app is this:

For Shoparoo - you scan all receipts (Groceries, gas, fastfood, everything) and you get points or entries for

monthly drawings, all to benefit the school/PTA. You can scan your Ken's and Kesslers receipts on Shopa-

roo for points AND turn the receipts in to the school and we get to use them twice.

Holgate PTA is also on facebook. The link is https://www.facebook.com/HolgateMiddleSchoolPTA

THANK YOU!!

Holgate’s PTA would also like to thank everyone who contributed to the

staff meal during Parent Teacher Conferences.

REFLECTIONS

Students are encouraged to participate in the PTA Reflections Program. This year’s theme is “Let Your Imagination Fly”. Categories include dance choreography, film produc-tion, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts. Last year’s win-ners received cash, prizes, and trophies!! If selected a Holgate winner, you will go on to compete at the city level and beyond. Please see Mrs. Jordre for specific guidelines in each category and ask your teachers for assistance ! The deadline to submit entries will be November 6th.

HOLGATE PLAY 60

It takes a school community to start

and maintain our Fuel Up to Play 60

program. Therefore, we are encourag-

ing PARENTS and STUDENTS to

come join us for activity nights on

Mondays starting November 10th

from 6:30—7:30pm. PE games with

the students will start promptly at

6:30pm. Please be on time!! Help our

school and your student support Hol-

gate’s Play 60 program and promote a

healthier you!! You may enter Hol-

gate at the north gym entrance.

ALEXIA HOVEN

SOUTH DAKOTA

STATE EMBASSADOR

PARENTS MATTER

Establish open communication. Make it easy for your teen to talk honestly with you. Show you care. Even though teens may not show it, they still need to know that they are important to their

parents. Make it a point to regularly spend one-on-one time with your child. Draw the line. Set clear, realistic expectations for your child’s behavior. Establish appropriate consequences

for breaking rules and consistently enforce them. Offer acceptance. Make sure your teen knows that you appreciate his or her efforts as well as accomplish-

ments. Avioid hurtful teasing or criticism. Understand that your child is growing up. This doesn’t mean a hands-off attitude. As you guide your child’s

behavior, also make an effort to respect his or her growing need for independence and privacy.

YOUNG CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Izzie Sanchez and Luke Jacobs were selected as recipients of the Young Citizen-ship Award given by the Aberdeen Ex-change Club. Izzie and Luke consistently demonstrate unselfish service to others, good citizenship, and helpful and caring attitude, academic achievement, leader-ship and sportsmanship. Congratulations, Izzie and Luke!

6th 7th 8th

Art Paige Oswald Lily Tobin Samantha Ferguson

Computer Aspyn Frink Gabriella Siefkes Travis Sharp

Directed Study Hailey Linderman Lane Ketterling

FACS Haiden Volek Tinley Nilson Rachel Beare

Health Lirr Bwel Too Izzie Sanchez

Industrial Tech Alex Maunu Grace Nelson Bella Burdette

Band Alex Snell Mason Myers Taylor Speidel

Orchestra Haley Weber Bailey Kallenberger Chris Kappenman

Vocal Madi Winterberg AnnMarie Allen Alex Tennant

P.E. Reese Tobin Daniel Bax Josh Hellwig

Directed Reading Shelby Snow

Spanish Brittany DeGroot

Current Events Andrea Rivera-Martinez

Wellness & Leisure Meara Sharisky

Core Classes (overall in Science, Math,

Social Studies, Language

Arts & Reading)

Kaitlyn Crawford

William Wise

Drake VanSteenwyk

Drew Comstock

Maggie Adams

Allie Radke-Kiesz

Landen Hardy

Danielle Podoll

Jade Soe

Lane Malsom

Jennifer Appl

Logan Beadle

Autumn Meyer

Logen Snell

Isabelle Zimney

Holgate Middle School

Students of the Month October