General News
CCSD Reopening Updates
CCSD will reopen for in-person learning on a phased-in schedule, beginning February 15, 2021. Virtual learning will continue to be offered for all students. Based on this schedule, Hilsman will be reopening for face-to-face learning on March 22nd.
Parents/Guardians can still change the instructional model for their student (in-person or virtual).
Buildings will be closed on Wednesdays for deep-cleaning and to allow time for contact tracing.
Schools will communicate with parents/guardians regarding specific instructional updates for their building.
Click to view the meeting video and presentation from the BOE Work Session (2/5/21).
Reopening resources: CCSD - Reopening Guidebook and CCSD - School Reopening Infographic.
Click here to read the latest updates from CCSD, sent out to the community on Friday January 19th. (Spanish version)
COVID 19 Updates
FROM OUR HILSMAN NURSE RAVENELL
NURSE RAVENELL'S GUIDE TO COVID-19 SAFETY
COVID-19 SAFETY TIPS: THE 3 WS FROM PIEDMONT ATHENS REGIONAL
Healthy Every Day
As we welcome students back to our schools, please review these important
reminders about health and safety measures.
Reopening Resources:
● CCSD - Reopening Guidebook / SPAN
● CCSD - School Reopening Infographic / SPAN
● CCSD - COVID-19 Health & Safety Procedures Presentation / SPAN / Video
● CCSD - Reopening Information Session (10/28/20) - Presentation / Video
Health Reminders:
● Barrow Elementary students show how to wash your hands!
● CCSD Video - Healthy Every Day
● Wear Your Mask Video / SPAN
● Symptom Checklist - Before You Head to School
Student Meals
CCSD will continue to provide free student meals during virtual learning (either at curbside locations or via bus routes). Multiple days worth of food is provided. No meals will be provided on Monday, January 18, 2021 (student holiday).
Monday February 22th, Wednesday February 24th, and Friday February 26th
Curbside locations (11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.):
Chase Street Elementary
Clarke Middle
Hilsman Middle
Timothy Road Elementary
Whitehead Road Elementary
Winterville Elementary
Bus Delivery To be added to a bus route for meal delivery, contact the Transportation Department: Phone: 706-548-6971 | Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Community Resources
Please click here to view community food resources for families.
The Northeast Health District has a free COVID-19 testing and vaccination drive-through at 355 Oneta Street in Athens. Appointments are required. Click here or call 706-340-0996 to make an appointment.
Young Black Poets: A Better Together Special Edition
Click HERE to read the Better Together Special Edition featuring some of our own CCSD Students. These poems were submitted and published without any editing, just as the poets intended. Enjoy some very special poetry by our own special CCSD students and future leaders. These are written FOR our STUDENTS, BY our STUDENTS!Next week, all students will be taking Interim Assessments, given by the school district to help monitor student progress. Students will be taking these assessments for all four core subjects - math, language arts, science, and social studies. Students will start reviewing in class this week in order to prepare! The schedule for Interim Exams is:
Monday, March 1: ELA Interim
Tuesday, March 2: Math Interim
Wednesday, March 3: Science Interim
Thursday, March 4: Social Studies Interim
Interim Bell Schedule will be the same as the schedule we used for our previous Interim Exams:
Credit Recovery
Credit Recovery has started for students who failed one or more classes in Quarter 1 or Quarter 2. Students participating in Credit Recovery can meet on Zoom with teachers after school to work on assignments and bring up their former grades. If you have any questions or concerns about your child participating in Credit Recovery, please contact your child's teachers. In order to remain in the program, students should have finished 50% of their assignments for Credit Recovery by February 19th, 2021.
Media Center Updates
"How to Get Hilsman eBooks! Panther families, we have a good selection of eBooks with many more on the way. Click here for super easy instructions to share with your kids on how to access them quickly from any device."
Technology Updates
Students and Families, remember to pick up your devices as soon as possible after you are contacted and made aware of their availability. Also, please be aware that our library and technology staff are experiencing alarmingly high rates of repair requests, and are running low on replacement devices for students. Please be sure you are taking extra care with your devices and their charges as well. If students are having technology issues, please fill out this form. Mrs. Neace and Mrs. Gonzalez are working around the clock to address each request and help make sure everyone's devices are working properly!
GoGuardian Parent App Now Available
On Monday Feb. 22, the GoGuardian Parent App will be available to all families. This app will allow parents and guardians the opportunity to monitor their child's browsing activity, as well as control over school-issued devices during out-of-school hours. More info will be shared by the district on Monday.
School Calendar Reminders
The 2021-22 academic year is scheduled to be approved at the February 11, 2021, Board of Education meeting.
Please be aware of the following upcoming dates and events. Note that this list will continue to be added to each week as more events are planned and scheduled, and also that some of these dates are subject to change:
2/15-2/19- Parent/Teacher Spring Conferences Can be held
2/19- Conference Day for 6th/7th grade (No Live Classes for 6th/7th Graders)
2/25- CSHS Rising 9th Grade Parent Night
3/5- Last Day of Credit Recovery
⅜-3/9: 8th Grade Parent/Teacher Conferences
3/10- Quarter 3 ends
3/11-3/12- Student/Staff Holiday (No School)
3/15- Quarter 4 begins (Teachers Return to Hilsman)
3/22- Hilsman Reopens for F2F with Students
4/2-4/9- Spring Break (No School)
4/30- PSAT for 8th Graders
5/20- Last Day of School
How Can I Stay Updated?
Check your email. Hilsman will use Campus Messenger to email parents/guardians all school-wide announcements. Follow these directions to sign up:
Go to bit.ly/ccsdportal1 to learn how to create a parent portal account (Spanish version: bit.ly/ccsdportal1esp)
Update your Campus Messenger settings with the directions at bit.ly/messengersettings
Sign up for the Hilsman PTO page for more frequent updates. Search Facebook for "Hilsman Middle School PTO, Athens GA"
Check Google Classroom for class announcements.
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Content News
Math News:
Accelerated Math with Mrs. Breedlove:
Monday: Distributive Property and Combining Like Terms Review/Mathia/Project
Tuesday: Distributive Property and Combining Like Terms Review/Mathia/Project
Wednesday: Expressions and Inequalities
Thursday: 1 Step Equations
Friday: 1 Step Equations
Important Dates:
March 2: Interim
March 5: Project Due
March 8-9: Cumulative Summative Assessment
March 10: Last day for Mathia Unit 4 Grades
6th Grade Math News:
Monday: Writing and evaluating algebraic expressions
Tuesday: Evaluating expressions by substituting for variables
Wednesday: Evaluating expressions by substituting for variables
Thursday: Module 3, Topic 1 Quiz
Friday: Module 3 Performance Task
ELA News:
Monday- Key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (RI3) (RI1)
Tuesday- using the same story from Monday, students will find central idea, evidence to support the central idea,
and write an objective summary (RI2) (RI1)
Wednesday- Review Test Taking Strategies Checklist: Process of elimination, Referring back to the Text ,
Navigating i-Ready tools and CER (RI8) (RI1)
Thursday- Reteaching and test corrections from Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Friday- Reteaching and test corrections from Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Science News:
Monday 2/22-Soil Conservation
Tuesday 2/23-Unit 4 Begins! Water Supply
Wednesday 2/24-Water Distribution
Thursday 2/25-Water Distribution
Friday 2/26-Water Conservation
Social Studies News:
Monday: Environmental Issues in Latin America
Tuesday: Latin America's Natural Resources
Wednesday: QUIZ! SS6G2&3 Formative Assessment
Thursday: Unit 4 Review and Study Guide
Friday: Unit 4 Test - Summative Assessment
6th Grade Connections News
6th Grade Life Academy:
Tutoring is available with Mrs. Jernigan on Tuesday and Thursday during 21st CCLC from 4:30-5:45. Please email Mrs. Jernigan if you are interested in participating in this opportunity.
STEAM Math Support:
We will continue our learning about Black Americans in STEM fields. Project Due March 5th.
Monday: Discuss expressions Vocabulary
Tuesday: Read and write expressions focus on vocabulary
Wednesday Parts of an Expression
Thursday: Parts of an Expression
Friday: Progress Monitor and Reflex
Orchestra News:
*Reminder for parents: Please make sure the instruments are being taken care of at home. I have had several broken and damaged instruments returned to the school for repair over the past week. Instruments should NEVER be kept in a car or outside. They should be left zipped up in the case when your student is not practicing or playing. Thank you!*
* The Music Honors Society at Clarke Central High School is giving FREE music lessons to all students wishing to attend on Zoom on Wednesdays after school for more information and to sign up for a lesson time, visit their Google Form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeizeJTCQTcDylg8tcGyhDq9wsuEmMbL-aIntWHQFqMc2iMlg/viewform?gxids=7628
Monday: Music Monday with Black History Month Artist of the Week, Drew Alexander Forde
Tuesday: Theory Tuesday with Finger Numbers and Note Names
Wednesday: Work it Wednesday with a Practice play through of #12
Thursday: Technique Thursday rehearsal with #12
Friday: Fun Friday Performance Check with #12
Family & Consumer Sciences (FACS):
Please see Mrs. Jones's Google Classroom for class updates.
Agriculture:
Please see Mr. Brav's Google Classroom for class updates.
Art:
Next week we will explore historical and influential Black Americans - and how to turn their story into art!
Business/Computer Science:
Please see Mr. Lingerfelt's Google Classroom for class updates.
Band:
Please see Mrs. Camp's Google Classroom for class updates.
6th Grade Faculty:
Team A:
Barnett, Miller (Social Studies) barnettm3@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29507)
Brown, Chantal (ELA) brownch@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29506)
Jaggie, Christian (Math) jaggiec@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29352)
Truitt, Joshua (Science) truittj@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29366)
Team B:
Dunston, Alphonso (Social Studies) dunstona@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29554)
Kann, Lacey (ELA) kannl@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29303)
Seymour, Erin (Science) seymoure@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29405)
Smith, Kyle (Math) smithk5@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29409)
Team C:
Benson, Levita (Math/Science) bensonl@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29353)
Rucker, Verne (ELA/Social Studies) ruckerv@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29307)
EXC/STEAM:
Breedlove, Jolayne (Accelerated Math/STEAM) breedlovej@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29454)
Culliver, Daniel (Social Studies EXC) culliverda@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29516)
Holcomb, Brandie (Science EXC) holcombb@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29359)
McGreevy, Laura (ELA EXC) mcgreevyl@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29356)
Oyeyemi-Smith, Olabisi (Math EXC) oyeyemio@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29305)
ESOL:
Marty, Melanie martym@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29248)
6th Grade Life Academy:
Dillard-Jernigan, Tanya dillardjernigant@clarke.k12.ga.us (Ext. 29360)
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