Hillcrest Middle School

Good Morning Students!

Bring your iPad to school each day fully charged.  Leave your charger at home.  We will begin taking up iPads through your English class next week.  You will turn in your iPad and keyboard case, your original Apple charging block and your original Apple charging cord.

Backpacks are not allowed in class.  If you are not able to put your backpack in your locker yet, please leave your backpack at home.

Tardies count in each class. You have five minutes in between classes to go to your locker and to use the restroom. If you are late to class, sign the yellow tardy-sign in sheet and have a seat quickly.  You will sign this sheet even if you have a pass.  If you have a pass, leave your pass by the clipboard.

As a general school-wide rule, you will not be allowed to leave class the first ten or last ten minutes of class. You must have a hall pass to leave the classroom in between those times.  Remember, you only have a limited amount of passes.  Use the time in between bells to take care of issues and save your passes if you can.

Our last discipline incentive is our own field day on Wednesday, May 15.  We will be outside for a few hours in the morning and then a few hours in the afternoon.  Only students who qualify to attend will be excused from class.  In order to qualify, you must not have any blue sheets or major discipline issues including the hallway from April 23 to May 15.

Congratulations to our football team on their 36-0 victory in the spring game against Davis-Emerson last night.

Here’s a list of athletic tryouts coming up: You must have a current physical to tryout.

• Any 6^th or 7th grade boy interested in playing basketball next school year – the dates have changed.  Current 6^th graders will tryout on May 7^th 4:30 to 6 pm. Current 7^th graders will tryout on May 8^th from 4:30 to 6 pm.
• Any 6^th or 7^th grade girl interested in playing volleyball – Volleyball tryouts will be held after school today.
• Any 8^th grade girl interested in playing softball at the high school next year - The tryouts have been changed to May 20 and May 22 from 4:00-5:30 on both days at the high school.
• Any 8^th grade boy interested in playing basketball at the high school next year -  tryouts will be held on May 7^th at 3:30 in the high school gym. 
• Any 6^th or 7th grade boy interested in playing baseball next year, tryouts will be held Monday through Thursday, May 6 through May 9 at the Taylorville Ball Park from 4 pm to 6 pm.  There are signup sheets in the gym with Coach Haley. All players who wish to tryout must have an updated physical and bring the form to Coach Hodge on the first day of tryouts. Players must wear baseball pants, a comfortable t-shirt, and a cap. The last day to sign up is FRIDAY 5/3.

The Hillcrest Middle School Softball team is hosting a softball camp this summer. The camp is open to all 6^th and 7^th grade girls who are not currently on the softball team. The cost of attendance is $15 which includes food and drinks. To register, please get a flyer and liability form from the office. Liability forms must be returned to the office before the end of the school year.”

Here are some basic rules to remember:

• Respect the personal space of others – keep your hands and feet to yourself.
• Cell phones are allowed before the 7:55 bell and after the 3:10 bell.  Between those times, make sure your cell phone is put away – out of sight and turned off or on silent.
• Dress code rules apply – no short shorts, no short shirts, spaghetti straps or major holes above the knee.  The office will issue blue sheets for dress code violations.
• For safety reasons, students cannot wear hoods in the hallways. 

Today for lunch we are having: Smartmouth Pizza, Protein Pack, Cheesy Nachos with Salsa, French Fries, Broccoli, Fruit and Salad.

Make a choice each day to have an amazing day!

And remember, we are a team. We take responsibility. We embrace unity.  We act respectfully and we maintain safety.

We are PATS!