The purpose of this email is to share information regarding Harding Middle School. It is a monthly newsletter featuring HMS news and current events.

In This Issue:

A Message From Mills

What's Happening In February

Message from our Principal:

Dear Parents & Families,

It's hard to believe February is here. This year is zipping by before our eyes. I want to remind students and their families that interim reports will be processed on Tuesday, February 4th, 2025. Please check in with your child and address with them and/or the school any academic concerns you may have. Their grades can be accessed 24/7 through the Progress Book.

Please take the time to read through this newsletter as we have several fundraisers, yearbook sales and students from HMS competing in our very first VEX Robotics competition this month. Reminder that we also will be hosting our quarterly parent information meeting tomorrow at 8:30 am in the café. Several students will be sharing projects that they have been working on in their STEM courses. They are excited to show off some of their competitive robots, the school newspaper and a couple of inventions our students have created.

Please note that there will be no school on Monday, February 17th in observance of President's Day.

Finally, on behalf of the faculty and staff at HMS, I want to express our gratitude for your continued support of our students and their achievements. Working with your child is a privilege that we take very seriously. We also value the partnership between home and school and acknowledge that their success is a direct result of this collaboration.

As always, if you have questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact a teacher or me directly. We are here to work together to provide the best possible education for your student! My e-mail address is bmills@rollred.org or you can reach me by phone at Harding Middle School, (740) 282-3481.

Sincerely,

Principal Bryan Mills

February 10-14 4H members will be selling treats. Students can purchase a Nerd Rope or Pixies Stick for $1.00 each.

Good Luck HMS Wrestling Team and Coaches!

February 16th our wrestling team will compete in

Middle School Districts @ Buckeye Local

Click here to RSVP for Community Bingo Night

The HMS cheerleaders have been on FIRE!

They placed 1st in their division at the 2025 Edison MAC and 2nd at the Best in State Cheering competition

making them State runners up.



Way to go ladies!

After 15 rounds, Gabriel Loot won our District Spelling Bee! Mayaunna Mitchell will join Gabe at the Regional Bee on March 8th at Buckeye North Elementary School at 11:00 am. Congratulations

HMS Jazz Choir sang the National Anthem at the Wheeling Nailer's Hockey game.

Mornings:

Breakfast is free and served to all HMS students from 7:00 to 7:50 am daily.

All students must be seated in class by 7:57 or they are considered tardy.

Lunch Time:

*Parents may drop off lunches ONLY and must be on time. Otherwise, the student will be given the meal after school. NO delivery services will be allowed to drop off lunches!

Lunch 1 (5th & 6th) 10:44 - 11:14

Lunch 2 (7th & 8th) 11:18 - 11:48

*Please ensure their lunches arrive in the main office at least 10 minutes before their lunch starts.

School Lunches:



*All students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch at SCS

Please see the photo for our am drop-off and pick-up patterns. This must be strictly followed in order to avoid congestion and dangerous situations for our students.

In the am...(Follow the green arrows)

• All Students must enter through the cafeteria doors.
• Cars will be signaled to pull all the way down to the personnel on duty.
• Do not stop and drop off students in the middle of the traffic flow. Keep driving until traffic stops.
• When the vehicle stops, students should exit their vehicle curbside and get onto the sidewalk.
• Do not allow your student to wait in the car to be dropped off at the door (Even if it's cold, raining or snowing). These extra stops at the doors cause unnecessary & hazardous congestion on Sunset Blvd.

In the pm...

HMS will dismiss in the following manner...

1. 2:30-35 - Bus students will exit the building
2. 2:35-40 - Walkers will exit the building
3. 2:40-45 - Car riders will exit. Students will walk to your car. No front door pick up until after 2:50

• The cars must pull into parking spots while waiting on their student after school. If you are parked in the way while waiting for your child to come out, you will be asked to pull around.
• Skip the first row that faces Sunset (Buses start lining up in that row).
• Please observe directives from staff on duty.

Your compliance is necessary for the safety of our students. Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.