Friday Memo - 4/8/22

Important dates
April 11 - Mayes out of the building
April 12 to 14 - 6 Unity to Camp Wyman
April 19 to 21 - 6 Integrity to Camp Wyman
April 21 - 8th grade After School Dance Party, after school until 5pm
April 22 - Kona Ice visits Hixson during lunches
April 27 - Choir Concert, 6:30 pm
April 28 - Orchestra Concert, 6:00 pm
May 2 - 6 - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 3 - 5 - 6 Bravery to Camp Wyman
May 5 - Jazz Concert, 6:30 pm
May 6 - Kona Ice visits Hixson during lunches
May 9 - 12 - MAP Testing
May 12 - Fine Arts Festival
May 9 - 13 - Panorama window #3; School Resource Officer Appreciation week
May 13 - 8th grade Six Flags Trip
May 17 & 18 - NWEA Testing
May 23 - 8th grade Promotion Ceremony, Roberts Gym (WGHS), 7pm
May 25 - Band Pops Concert, 6pm
May 27 - Last day of school; Kona Ice visits Hixson; early dismissal at 12:32 pm, Faculty luncheon, 12:45 pm to 1:15 pm

109th issue of Hixson Happenings

Thank you assistant principals, Library staff, and paraprofessionals!
There were three appreciation days/weeks to celebrate this week! 

To our paraprofessionals, Karen Davis, Joan Carter, Andrea Metcalf, Catherine Goltermann, and Tamara Bauer, thank you for going above and beyond to support the unique needs of our students. Your job often has you all over the place and wearing multiple hats, and we are so grateful for excellent care you provide to Hixson students!

To our Library staff, Gail Tumminello, Jordan Haddock, and Sandra Quain, thank you for getting a brand new Library up and running in such a short amount of time! You handled this situation with grace and patience! The library continues to be an awesome and admirable space for students and staff because of your hard work each and every day! Thank you!

Thank you to our assistant principals, Mike Hazelton, Aimee Vogt, and Jeff Atterberry. Assistant principals take care of many "jobs" in the school that most people don't know about. These three have been consistent and they rarely complain about their workload that often seems insurmountable. Thank you to Mike, Aimee, and Jeff!

Hixson Middle School is so lucky to have these wonderful people as dedicated members of our staff! Thank you!

Library Collection for student materials (Not including Chromebooks):  

May 17th - 8th Grade 

May 18th - 7th Grade

May 19th - 6th Grade

Statesmen Time Teachers will get overdue notices starting Friday, April 8th and continue each week until library book collection begins. Please go over all missing and lost book titles with the students in your ST classes.  

The Chromebook collection will begin on May 19

We will be collecting during Science classes this year. The details of the process will be sent out as we get closer to the collection date.

Collection dates for teachers are as follows:

May 19 Kenney

May 20 Garwood, Vorel, Geringer

May 23 Tobey, Creath, Geringer, Oliver

May 24 Rodriguez, Meyer, Lopez, Williams

Late Start Days
Thank you to all who have confirmed your CLT Leader so far for next year! I am still waiting on some groups, while other groups cannot confirm until we finalize some staffing details. I hope to wrap this up by the end of next week. 

Here's a bit of info about late start days next year. On late start days, your CLT meetings will start at 8:05 am and end at 9:15 am. Doors will open to students at 9:25 am and school will begin at 9:40 am. Here are the dates for late start days for the 2022-2023 school year.

• September 12th & 26th
• October 10th & 24th
• November 14th & 28th
• December 12th
• January 9th & 23rd
• February 13 & 27th
• March 13th & 27th
• April 10th & 24th
• May 8th

Please let me know if you have any questions!