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Heritage Middle School
1951 Enon Road, Valdese, NC 28690  Ph. 828.874.0731 ~ Fax 828.879.6330

 

 

 
 
Support the HMS
Relay for Life team
 
Relay for Life is this Friday, May 11 at East Burke High School. You can support the HMS Relay team by buying raffle tickets for a hand-sewn Quilt of Crosses by Mrs. Young's 7th grade math students.
 
Raffle tickets are $1.00 and can be purchased at HMS during lunch or at Relay for Life on Friday, May 11 at East Burke High School.
 
Make checks payable to Relay for Life. All donations go to Relay for Life.
 
Thanks for your support in the fight against cancer!
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2012 Rock School Art Foundation Show, May 1-25 at Old Rock School.
 
Middle and High School artists presented their work at the annual Rock School Arts Foundation show. The exhibit runs through May 25. Please come see our students creative minds at work during this display.
 
A reception was held May 1 for our artists and their families. Wonderful refreshments were served by the Rock School Art Foundation board members.
 
At the reception, artists were awarded ribbons in various categories.
 
HMS Winners are:
Christy X - 1st place
Carrie C  - 2nd place
Victoria S - 3rd place
Honorable mention went to: Lauren H., Maggie M., and Whisper S.
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MEDIA REMINDERS
AR ends for 4th nine weeks May 23.
AR celebration May 25.
All BOOKS/FINES to be returned/PAID by May 25.
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Eagles take home many awards at The Hickory Regional Science Olympiad Tournament.
 
The Hickory Regional Science Olympiad Tournament was held Saturday, February 25 at Catawba Valley Community College. Heritage students preformed well in their events under the direction of their coach, Tabitha Horton. 
 
Winners include:
3rd Place
'Reach for the Stars'
Jeremiah E.
 
4th Place
'Microbe Mission'
Jacob B.
 
3rd Place
'Meteric Mystery'
Alex R. and Zack S.
 
1st Place
'Experimental Design'
Zack S., Alex R., and Jacob B. 
 
1st place winners in Experimental Design will advance to the state competition to be held in Raleigh later this year.
 
CONGRATULATIONS to our mad scientists at Heritage!
 
The following students have been sited for their outstanding science work!
 
At the Regional Science Fair held in North Wilkesboro, Saturday, February 18, Zachary S. took 3rd place in Technology and Engineering; and Samah M. took 3rd place in Environmental Science and WON The Junior Stockholm Water Research Award.
 
Jacob B. placed 1st in Biology category with Eat Less, Live Longer. Jacob advances to the NC State Science Fair competition to be held March 24 @ NC State University. 
 
Also held Saturday, February 18 was the North Carolina Student Academy of Sciences. Placing 1st was Jacob B. and Samah M. both will advance to the NC State competition to be held March 23 @ The School of Science and Math in Durham, NC.
 
Way to go!

Representing Heritage in the All County Band are:
 
Inita W. *1st Chair*
Logan C.
Alex F.
Brandon H.
Blair S.
Evan T.
Savannah W.

**Math Counts Regional Competition**
 
Heritage students placed 8th overall out of 30 teams at the Regional Competition held in Hickory on February 14.  Special Congratulations to Jeremiah E. who placed 2nd overall and 1st in the countdown round. Jeremiah will advance to the State Competition in March.
 
Math Counts team members:
Logan C., Chris D., Jeremiah E., Rebekah E., Samuel M., Samah M., Zachary S.
 
Good job!
 
 
Heritage Middle School WON 1st place at the May Day Biathlon on Saturday, May 5, 2012.
 
 
Team members include: Josh C., Brady Y.,
Aaron A., Alex F., Nick M., and Victoria S.
 
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Yearbooks can be purchased at Heritage from Mr. Gallagher
 
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 HMS Happenings

 
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Rains Science Class Wind Experiment
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For more pictures, visit the Photo Gallery
 

Weekly Line-Up - Automatically showes Rss feeds  Weekly Line-Up

 
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 Hot Chalk Lesson Plans Page Worksheets
Online StopWatch (stop watch or count down)

Scholastic - jump right into the Teaching Resources, Interactive Whiteboard section by subject area!

Tammy Worcester (Training Handouts tab, NCTIES 2011, Cool Web Tools for Interactive Whiteboards)
Thinkfinity
ToyTheatre (early learning activities)
Quia-Shared (teacher made curriculum related activities)

Upcoming Events
5/23/2012 8:30 AM   Extend II Reading f(all grades)New 
5/23/2012 3:00 PM   4th 9 weeks AR ends 
5/23/2012 3:15 PM   Talent show dress rehersalNew 
5/24/2012 8:30 AM   EXTEND II Math (all grades)New 
5/25/2012 7:30 AM   EXTEND II Math Calculator Inactive (all grades)New 
5/25/2012 1:00 PM   4th 9 weeks AR party! 
5/25/2012 3:00 PM   All BOOKS are due back to the Media Center! 
5/28/2012 8:00 AM   Memorial Day Holiday 
5/29/2012 8:00 AM   EOG Testing 
6/1/2012 8:00 AM   8th grade trip to VCC 
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