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Hilliard Heritage Middle School
Daily Announcements

Come out and support the hard work from our Music Department this week:

Orchestra: Tuesday, May 16^th, 6pm at Station

Band: Wednesday, May 16^th, 6pm HMS Main Gym

Choir: Friday, May 19^th 6pm HMS Cafeteria

SPORTS:  

Attention 8^th Grade Boys Cross Country Athletes. There will be an informational meeting for the Darby HS program on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 2:45 PM. Please walk across the parking lot after school. The meeting will be held in room 200 upstairs at Darby HS. Meeting will last 35-40 minutes. Please plan for your ride. At the meeting we will handout summer training information and fall schedules / practice calendar.

Freshman Football:  The parent meeting for Freshman football players  is  re-scheduled for  Monday, May 22^nd at 6:00 PM at Darby HS. Please plan on attending if your son is playing freshman football.

Baseball:  7th grade baseball split the double header last night to end their season. Bryson Deam pitched a complete game and had multiple hits in a 5-4 win against Hastings.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month:  Two books in the Media Center that are memoirs written by Japanese Americans are Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese-American Experience during and after the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and They Called Us Enemy by George Takei. In the first book, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston who was born in California was seven years old when her family was forced into the Manzanar internment camp near the Sierra Nevada mountains in Nevada, along with more than 11,000 other Japanese Americans. The memoir describes the Wakatsuki family’s strategies for surviving internment and the harmful effects it had on their family. The second book describes the life of Star Trek celebrity George Takei’s firsthand account as a young boy living in a Japanese internment camp in the United States behind barbed wire. This graphic novel describes the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother’s hard choices, his father’s faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.

UPCOMING Events:

• 5/17 – Band Concert – 6PM – HMS Main Gym
• 5/19 – Choir Concert – 6PM – HMS Cafeteria
• 5/24 – iPad Collection (8th Grade)
• 5/25 – iPad Collection (7th Grade)
• 5/25 – 8th Grade Field Day
• 5/26 – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
• 5/26 – HMS Talent Show
• 5/26 – 8th Grade Clap Out

Hilliard Heritage Middle School
Daily Announcements

Genius Bar Applications Available for 2023-2024 School Year:  Attention all 7^th graders: Would you like to work as a Genius Bar student for next year in the Media Center?  Applications are available in the Media Center by the Genius Bar information display.  This is a semester course that you can substitute for one of your electives.  The application form has information about the position/course. See Ms. Best with any questions.

SPORTS:

Volleyball: The Panthers took down Weaver in the OCC middle school tournament 2-0. Great support from the HS team and community. Panthers finished 19-1 avenging their only loss in the title game. Thank you to everyone who came out to support!

Lacrosse:  The boys Lacrosse team competed in the MS State Championship over the weekend.  We were ranked 6^th in DIII Red bracket and took 3^rd place.  We won against #3 seed Anthony Wayne 8-5 and lost to #2 seed St Paul 15-5 on Saturday.  Sunday the boys fought back from being down 8-2 against the #1 seeded Kings at half time and won the game 13-12.  This was truly a great way to finish the season.  Boys fought hard, played as a team and never gave up.

Track: Congratulations to the Boys 4x200m Relay who finished 7^th in the State on Saturday! Great job Lance Davis, Kohen Kornegay, SaRon Stewart, and Josh Bowzer!

Football: There will be a mandatory parent meeting for incoming Freshman Football parents on May 15th. The meeting will take place in the commons at Darby High School at 6:00 PM.

Come out and support the hard work from our Music Department this week:

Orchestra: Tuesday, May 16^th, 6pm at Station

Band: Wednesday, May 16^th, 6pm HMS Main Gym

Choir: Friday, May 19^th 6pm HMS Cafeteria

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month:  Two books in the Media Center that are memoirs written by Japanese Americans are Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese-American Experience during and after the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and They Called Us Enemy by George Takei. In the first book, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston who was born in California was seven years old when her family was forced into the Manzanar internment camp near the Sierra Nevada mountains in Nevada, along with more than 11,000 other Japanese Americans. The memoir describes the Wakatsuki family’s strategies for surviving internment and the harmful effects it had on their family. The second book describes the life of Star Trek celebrity George Takei’s firsthand account as a young boy living in a Japanese internment camp in the United States behind barbed wire. This graphic novel describes the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother’s hard choices, his father’s faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.

Hilliard Heritage Middle School
Daily Announcements

Congratulations to the following Students of the Month:  Luis Sandoval, Leah Cruceta, Brittany Silva Velandia, Fatima Ashraf, Nathan Tai, Aiden Kocher, Daniel Wright, Landon O’Shaughnessy, Ghazal Ahmed, Addison Peters, Wesley Maul, Sydney Buell, Mohsin Iqbal

Genius Bar Applications Available for 2023-2024 School Year:  Attention all 7^th graders: Would you like to work as a Genius Bar student for next year in the Media Center?  Applications are available in the Media Center by the Genius Bar information display.  This is a semester course that you can substitute for one of your electives.  The application form has information about the position/course. See Ms. Best with any questions.

SPORTS:

Volleyball:  Panthers took down Worthingway Middle 2-0 in a close match Thursday night. The black team will return the the OCC middle school championship tomorrow night at 7 @ UA high. We will play the winner of Mt. Vernon vs Weaver. Go Panthers!

Softball: The eighth-grade softball team got run ruled by Hastings last night.   The ladies loaded the base twice, but could only muster three runs.

Football: There will be a mandatory parent meeting for incoming Freshman Football parents on May 15th. The meeting will take place in the commons at Darby High School at 6:00 PM.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month:  Author Patti Kim wrote the book, I’m OK. Ok, a Korean American boy, tries a get rich quick scheme of starting a hair braiding business and winning the school talent competition to hide the fact that he is struggling with the loss of his father and the financial hardships he and his mother must now face. Check out this book from the Media Center, along with other similar titles in the collection titled Asian Pacific Heritage Month in Destiny Discover.

Upcoming Dates:

• 5/16 – Orchestra Concert – 6PM @ Station
• 5/17 – Band Concert – 6PM – HMS Main Gym
• 5/19 – Choir Concert – 6PM – HMS Cafeteria
• 5/25 – 8th Grade Field Day
• 5/26 – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

 

Hilliard Heritage Middle School
Daily Announcements

This week is Spirit Week coordinated by our Panther Ambassadors:

Thursday, May 11 – 80’s Day

Friday, May 12 – Hawaiian Day

SPORTS:

Track: The Boys and Girls Track teams beat Memorial in their last meet of the season last night.

We have 5 athletes competing in the OHSAA Middle School State Track Meet this Saturday.

Lance Davis: 4x100m Relay, 4x200m Relay

Kohen Kornegay: 4x100m Relay, 4x200m Relay

SaRon Stewart: 4x100m Relay, 4x200m Relay

Josh Bowzer: 4x100m Relay, 4x200m Relay

Cedric Holman: 110m Hurdles

8^th Grade Baseball:  The Panthers exploded on offense in a 17-14 win against Dublin Karrer! Cheer on the Panthers in their final game of the season today at 5:00 at UA Hastings.

Football: There will be a mandatory parent meeting for incoming Freshman Football parents on May 15^th at the Darby Cafeteria Commons @ 6:00 pm

Genius Bar Applications Available for 2023-2024 School Year:  Attention all 7^th graders: Would you like to work as a Genius Bar student for next year in the Media Center?  Applications are available in the Media Center by the Genius Bar information display.  This is a semester course that you can substitute for one of your electives.  The application form has information about the position/course. See Ms. Best with any questions.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month:  Author Patti Kim wrote the book, I’m OK. Ok, a Korean American boy, tries a get rich quick scheme of starting a hair braiding business and winning the school talent competition to hide the fact that he is struggling with the loss of his father and the financial hardships he and his mother must now face. Check out this book from the Media Center, along with other similar titles in the collection titled Asian Pacific Heritage Month in Destiny Discover.

 Upcoming Dates:

• 5/16 – Orchestra Concert – 6PM @ Station
• 5/17 – Band Concert – 6PM – HMS Main Gym
• 5/19 – Choir Concert – 6PM – HMS Cafeteria
• 5/25 – 8th Grade Field Day
• 5/26 – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL