Fox Facts 3/5/25

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FOX FACTS

March 5, 2025

HMS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

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Fox Facts is a weekly newsletter published by Huntington Middle School. It includes important information related to school activities, programs, and events. It also includes a section for the Huntington Middle School PTA and a space to publicize community events and organizations.

Important Dates and Events

March 6: Orchestra Concert 7:00 PM

March 7: Fox Games Night 5:00 PM

March 11-13: Q3 Finals

March 13: Open House/Showcase/5th Grade Student Parent Night

March 14: Forum Festival

March 14: Q3 Ends/Minimum Day

March 19: Good Citizenship - Integrity

March 19: Noontime Fun

March 21: Arts Rock

March 21-23: Spring Musical

March 24: NWEA Test #3 - ELA

March 25: HMS PTA Meeting

March 26: NWEA Test #3 - Math

March 26: Founder's Day

March 28: Choir Performance at SMHS

April 1: The Parent Morning Wellness Hour 8:30 AM

April 4: Minimum Day

Please check our School Calendar for more information related to student events and activities.

Athletic Updates go to hehms.us and click on the Athletics tab.

Our Athletic Director is Ms. Kido (kkido@smusd.us)

Webstore Link: Here

We had a great CAREER DAY for our middle schoolers as they explored careers on February 14, 2025!

THANK YOU to our diverse career speakers:

Grant Hollis, Senior Art Director, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Meenakshi Upreti, Senior Scientist Faculty

Marytza Reyes, Employment Attorney

Cathy Newton, Pediatrician

Mark Schmidt, Investment Analyst

Issa Nesnas, Associate Director, Center for Autonomy, Caltech; Principal Robotic Engineer

Roger Lai, Emergency Physician

Ken Thai, Pharmacist, 986 Franchise CEO

Jim Kehoe, Screenwriter

Grace Mellis, Startup Advisor and Mentor, CFO

Pat Gibson, Traffic Engineer

Mike Cheng, Electrical Engineer

David Eldringhoff, Orthopedic Surgeon, M.D.

Kelli Nakayama, Chief Development Officer

Shawn Batten, Attorney

James Stoteraux, TV Producer, Writer

Jerry Shen, VP of Marketing

Jay Anderson, Special Agent, Foreign Service Officer

Jocelyn Go Young, Asst Vice President, Technology Manager

Rico Leung, Physical Therapist

Special Agent, US Secret Service

Jason Stoikoff, Architect, Director of Design and Construction, Cal Poly Pomona University

Salman Khan, Physician

Matt Morris, Geospatial Software, Product Development

Brian Chandler, Colorist, FInishing Color Assist- Marvel Studios

Austin Minnich, Professor - Caltech

Rachel Ridgway, Community College Instructor

Melissa Kehoe, Product Development, Technical Design

Phillip Webb, Technology StartUp Founder, CEO / Corrugated Packaging Printer & Manufacturer

Leila Khorasani, Physician

Lee Sullivan, Broadcast Journalist

Rick Chou, Creative Director, Computer Generated Imagery

Gretchen Shepherd Romey, Mayor of San Marino

FBI Special Agent

Special Agent

THANK YOU to our Hospitality Volunteers:

Dan Gao, Lauren Shen, Pia Namihira

And a special THANK YOU to Mrs. Gonzalez, School Counselor, Tansu Cabaci, HMS Media Specialist, The SMUSD IT Team, Mrs. Hazlett, Principal, Mrs. Cota, Assistant Principal, and our PTA President Erin Clougherty!

Ruby Madrigal Khalili and Audrey McCarthy, HMS Career Day Chairs

Congratulations to Huntington Middle School’s Honorary Service Award Recipients:

Carmen Vishwanath

Nina Darling

We look forward to celebrating you at Founders’ Day on March 26th!

Fox Fun Night 2025 is coming to a venue near you!

Don’t miss out on our exciting new take on the PTA Spring Fundraiser!

Friday, March 7, 2025 from 6:00-8:00 pm

at the San Marino Masonic Lodge (doors open at 5:30 pm)

This live, two hour event is for HMS students only and will include interactive game shows with host Kevin Horton, a photobooth, pizza, drinks, popcorn, candy,

and prizes!

To purchase tickets, click on this link!- 2025 HMS Spring Fundraiser | Fox Fun Night

If you would like to volunteer and help us with the Noontime Fun activity this month, click HERE!

STAY INFORMED!

Join the Huntington Middle School PTA Community Facebook Group. This is the only PTA sanctioned social media community group to get all HMS PTA and school related information.

Grad Night 2025 is excited to offer Special Occasion flocking throughout the year on a date you may request. In addition to the flamingos, special decor and signs will be displayed for the occasion (e.g., holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, congratulations, or just a pick-me-up). A suggested donation of $200 or greater is sincerely appreciated for Special Occasion flocking.

Your donation is tax-deductible, and those donations of $100 or greater will be recognized in our promotional materials. Checks or cash requested.

Please fill out this form or contact Kathy Osegueda at carlosykathy@hotmail.com or (626)639-5279 to reserve your special date!

Please review our various bell schedules.

HMS Online Wellness Center

The HMS Online Wellness Center serves to provide resources and optional mindfulness activities that can assist students as well as provide supports for parents to assist in communicating with their children at home.

Counseling Corner:

If you need help getting access to PowerSchool:

Technical Support Contact:

Chat with a technology support team member at www.smusd.us/livechat/
Email technical support at techsupport@smusd.us
Leave a message at 626-299-7002

A Note from our Athletic Director

Information regarding HMS athletics can be found on our Athletics Home Page. You can also reach out to our athletic director, Ms. Kido, at kkido@smusd.us for any additional inquiries.

Free breakfast and lunch!

For the 2024-2025 school year, the State of California is mandating the Universal Meals Program at all schools in the state. With the Universal Meal families need to fill out a Meal Application form, which was part of the online registration package. SMUSD will be offering both breakfast and lunch. Please encourage your students to come and grab a free lunch and a free breakfast daily. SMUSD will be using the Point of Sale system to record the meals for lunch, therefore please remind your students to memorize their 5 Digit lunch number (student ID number). This will help expedite the meal service. For the first week of school the lines may be a bit longer than usual as students may have forgotten their lunch number. If you have any questions, please contact Munira Bengali at mbengali@smusd.us or 626-299- 7000 ext. 1323.

Reminders

Attendance:

Parents, the attendance online absence form on the school website is for explaining absences. If your child has a disagreement about an absence on a particular day/period, please reach out to the teacher first.

Late arrival/Early departure:

If your student comes late to school, even if it's 5 minutes late, the parent and the student need to check in at the front office. Your written confirmation needs to be documented and a slip is given to the student to present to the teacher.

Same process for picking a student up early from school. Parent must come in to the office, present ID and sign the student out, to ensure the student is going home with an approved guardian. Thank you for taking a few minutes to help us maintain correct attendance and safely monitor our student's whereabouts.

NO LUNCH DROP OFFS.

Complimentary breakfasts and lunches are available every day in the cafeteria.

For safety reasons, we need to limit the number of visitors to school. If your child forgets his/her lunch, please do not bring it to him/her. They can eat from the cafeteria for the day. For the latest information please visit our SMUSD site here

Cell phones are not to be on or in student's possession from 8:00-2:50. Keep them POWERED DOWN and in the lockers.

Keep our campus clean:

Please remind your students to throw away their food wrappers/containers at snack break and lunch. Thank you for helping us keep our campus clean.

Textbooks/Chromebooks:

Students are responsible for the textbooks and Chromebooks they check out. If a textbook or Chromebook is damaged so it cannot be checked out anymore the student is responsible for the full price of the replacement, plus shipping and handling.

Computers may only be used in class at teacher's direction. Keep them locked in your lockers during lunch, away from the lunch areas and food.

Technical Support Contact:

Chat with a technology support team member at www.smusd.us/livechat/

Email technical support at techsupport@smusd.us

Leave a message at 626-299-7002

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