We are an IB World School in the heart of the Heights.
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Important Dates to Remember...
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- Spring Break (No School) - March 12-16
- Hogg M.S. Blood Drive - March 22
- The Razorback Roller Rink - Friday, March 23
- DC/NYC 2019 Trip Parent Meeting - Wednesday, March 28
- Spring Holiday (No School) - Friday, March 30
- Literacy Night - Wednesday, April 18
- Athletics Banquet - Friday, April 27
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Staff Member of the Week
Ms. Shaneka Jeffery
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Ms. Shaneka Jeffery, Hogg M.S. Special Education Director, is our Staff Member of the Week because she exhibits the IB Learner Profile Trait of BALANCED.
Ms. Jeffery is the second oldest of four children in her family. She was raised taking care of farm animals like pigs, horses and cows. She states, “I was taught to treat others as I would like to be treated.” She considers herself to be a charismatic person and is usually very friendly.
Ms. Jeffery has been an educator for 9 years. She believes that taking personal time to reflect on choices and decisions as well as keeping everything light makes her a BALANCED person. “Don’t make everything so serious!” Ms. Jeffery states "Live, Love and Laughter" is her motto! Watching students achieve their goals, people in life, and herself, as well is what inspires Ms. Jeffery.
Ms. Jeffery graduated from Barbara Jordan High School for Careers and she received her Bachelor’s degree from University of Houston. She went on to obtain her Masters degree from Grand Canyon University. She has been at Hogg M.S. for 5 years.
Ms. Jeffery’s goals include to continue inspiring her students to be great, continue her career in education, and travel multiple times a year. Her hobbies include reading books, shopping, barbecuing, journaling, painting, bowling and singing Karaoke.
Interview by Raquel White Rodriguez & Alexis Garza
Photograph by Mrs. Guyre
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Student of the Week
Lily Banuelos - 8th Grader
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Lily Banuelos, Hogg M.S. 8th Grader, is our Student of the Week because she exhibits the IB Learner Profile Trait of CARING.
Lily comes from a family of two sisters and one brother. She is involved in various sports and activities ins school. She is a mid-field in the Razorback Soccer Team and a member of Karate. She also plays trumpet in the Mighty Razorback Band!
Lily believes she was chosen student of the week because she likes helping people which makes her a “caring” person. For inspiration, Lily looks up to her mother because she reminds her to never give up and to continue to always help people.
Lily’s future plans include attending Heights H.S. next year. She has not decided which college/university she will attend. Lily plans to study Kinesiology, and eventually be a soccer coach. She hopes to become a professional soccer player, and playing with one of the most well-known teams in the soccer league.
Her goals are to continue to help people in need and continue striving to earn A’s & B’s in her classes, and definitely score a “1” in Band UIL this month! Her hobbies include drawing, playing soccer with her brother who is also a soccer player in high school, and watching TV.
Interview and Photograph by Mrs. Lopez
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What's happening in 6th grade?
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Language & Literature:
Students will continue exploring the exciting world of persuasion! Students are going to begin by analyzing advertisements to understand some of the “what” and “how” of a persuasive text.
Academic Vocabulary:
claim, support, logos, pathos, ethos
Math:
Students in MYP & VG classes will extend their knowledge of writing equations to writing inequalities. Students will practice writing inequalities, solve inequalities, and represent solutions on a number line. Over the break, point out situations where more than one solution is possible. For example, height requirements at the rodeo’s carnival.
Students in the Advanced class will extend their knowledge of writing equations to writing inequalities. Students will practice writing inequalities, solve inequalities, and represent solutions on a number line. Over the break, point out situations where more than one solution is possible. For example, height requirements at the rodeo’s carnival. Students will also look at examples with two-step inequalities, and inequalities with variables on both sides.
Academic Vocabulary in MYP & VG:
inequalities, greater than, less than, “greater than or equal to”, “less than or equal to”
Academic Vocabulary in Advanced Math:
inequalities, greater than, less than, “greater than or equal to”, “less than or equal to”
Science:
Students will classify rocks as metamorphic, igneous, or sedimentary by the processes of their formation.
Academic Vocabulary:
metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary, minerals
Individuals & Societies:
Students will begin a DBQ, or document based question, on East Asia. The DBQ will require students to create a thesis and use primary sources to support an argument. This will be a 2 week assignment.
Academic Vocabulary:
thesis, transition sentence, primary source, secondary source
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What's Happening in 7th Grade?
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Language & Literature:
Students will continue building reading comprehension skills in their individualized reading groups. Writers will put finishing touches such as Ba-Da-Bing sentences on their kernel essays.
Academic Vocabulary:
(a review) they’re, there, their, too, to, two, where, were, we’re
Math:
Students in MYP & VG classes will
analyze and calculate simple and compound probability.
In Algebra classes, students
will factor, solve and graph quadratic equations.
Academic Vocabulary for MYP & VG:
bar graph, biased/ unbiased sample, box plot, center, circle graph, compound, convenience sample, data, double box plot, dot plot, equivalency, misleading graph, numeric data, population, probability, quartile, sample, simple random sample, simple, statistics, skew, spread, survey, systematics random sample, variability
Academic Vocabulary for Algebra:
factoring by grouping, completing the square, square root rule, quadratic formula
Science:
Students will begin Unit 7: Biodiversity of Ecosystems, learning about what makes ecosystems sustainable and how all components in an ecosystem are interconnected.
Academic Vocabulary:
biodiversity, food chain, food web, decomposition, energy pyramid, trophic level, niche, habitat
Individuals & Societies:
Students will begin discussing Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Academic Vocabulary:
reconstruction, carpetbagger, amendment, Juneteenth
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What's Happening in 8th Grade?
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Language & Literature:
Students will discuss how authors enhance their fiction work to create imagery and make it appealing. They will also take a benchmark reading assessment, after which they will review and reflect on their results.
Academic Vocabulary:
figurative language (metaphors, extended metaphors, similes, hyperboles, alliteration, personification, Onomatopoeia)
Math:
Students will continue to focus on transformations, congruences, transversals, and similar triangles. They will also need to complete their benchmark homework on Imagine Math program located in the HUB.
In Algebra classes, students will factor, solve and graph quadratic equations.
In Geometry, students will use measures of central tendency and simple and compound interest to solve real world problems.
Academic Vocabulary:
transformation, preimage, image, translations, reflection, reflection line, rotation, center of rotation
Academic Vocabulary for Algebra:
factoring by grouping, completing the square, square root rule, quadratic formula
Academic Vocabulary for Geometry:
mean, median, mode, range, mean absolute deviation, simple interest, compound interest, variance
Science:
Students will continue with chemical reactions, signs of chemical reactions, counting atoms and balancing chemical equations.
Academic Vocabulary:
Conservation of Mass, subscript, coefficient, distribution, yield, produces, product, react, element, chemical formula, compound, molecule, symbols, chemical reactions, precipitate, solution, physical change, chemical change, properties
Individuals & Societies:
Students will cover problems faced by leaders of the new republic, after the ratification of the American Constitution. Some of those problems include the national debt, the need for an army, political unrest and division, the need for an economic system and national currency. Also, they will learn how young America was tested militarily with the War of 1812, when the England forced American sailors to join the British navy, which provoked anger and led President James Madison to ask Congress for a declaration of War. Leaders of the new republic included George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton.
Academic Vocabulary:
National debt, manifest destiny, Louisiana Purchase, Embargo Acts, Alien and Sedition Acts, impressment national bank, Monroe Doctrine.
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Congratulations and Good Luck to Our Odyssey of the Mind Teams!
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On
Saturday, February 24
, Hogg M.S. sent 3 Odyssey of the Mind teams to the Houston Area Regional Odyssey Tournament at Waller H.S. They worked hard for 7 months to bring a solution to their Long-Term Problem and prepare for their Spontaneous Problem. They all created skits that included style enhancements, and one team designed and built a balsa wood structure. These teams wrote their own script, designed their costumes, set, and props, and improved their ability to work on a team.
We are excited to report that one of our teams qualified for the State Competition coming up on
Saturday, April 14
! Please join us in congratulating the following Razorbacks and wishing the State Bound team good luck:
- Avery Acquard
- Samantha Alaniz
- Cecelia Barone - State Qualifier
- Francesca Bowne - State Qualifier
- Meredith Burks - State Qualifier
- Lilly Clechenko - State Qualifier
- Samuel Cordova
- Ben Dalton
- Thomas Dupuy
- Samuel Fereday
- Kathryn Funk
- Jackson Guyre
- Priya Hayes
- Celia Johnson
- Gabi Mejia
- Caleb McClure
- Kai Venema
- Edward Vosko - State Qualifier
- Jasmine Way - State Qualifier
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French Cultures Festival
March 2018
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Some highlights are:
- Free concert at Discovery Green on Friday, March 9 with 2 French bands and 1 local band.
- French movies at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
- Et Voila Theatre presents a French comedy "Un air de famille" (played in French with subtiltes in English).
- Art exhibits, Gastronomy, Literature, Lectures, etc. (see calendar for more details)
We hope you take advantage of some of these events. These opportunities are a great way for our Razorback students to immerse themselves in French Culture.
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Razorback Athletic Photos Needed for
Sports Banquet Slideshow
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Attention parents!!!
We need your Razorback Athletics photos from this school year's sports events. If you have photos from games, meets, matches, or individual photos from Sports at Hogg M.S., please e-mail them to Coach Smith to be used in a slideshow at the Sports Banquet. E-mail them to
bsmith38@houstonisd.org
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Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program
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The
Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program
is a selective five-year, pre-college scholarship for high-performing 7th grade students with financial need. It provides comprehensive academic and college advising, financial support for school, Cooke-sponsored summer programming, internships, and other learning enrichment opportunities that may benefit students during their high school years.
Cooke Young Foundation Scholars Program Eligibility
- Grade level: Currently in seventh grade
- Grades: Mostly A's with no C's in sixth and seventh grade
- Testing: Official score report from state standardized testing, SAT® score reports (if applicable)
- Family Income: Less than $95,000 annually
- Location: Reside in the U.S. or a U.S. territory and will attend high school in the U.S.
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2018-2019 Razorette Tryouts
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Does your Razorback love to dance? Do they want to be part of a team that competes, performs at school events, and explores all styles of dance? If you answered 'YES!' to any of these questions, then they should try out to be a RAZORETTE or BLAZER next year! Tryouts are open to all students who will be in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade for the 2018-2019 school year.
Important Dates:
- Wednesday, March 21 and Thursday, March 22 from 3:45pm-5:15pm: Clinic days to learn the dance and practice
- Friday, March 23 from 3:45pm-5:15pm: Tryouts (closed to parents)
- NOTE: For incoming 6th graders, a Parent Meeting and Tryouts will be in mid-April after the magnet notifications have been sent out. The date will be announced soon.
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Hogg M.S. is Hosting a Blood Drive
Thursday, March 22 from 11:00am-5:00pm
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Join us on
Thursday, March 22 from 11:00am-5:00pm
to donate blood during our Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center Blood Drive.
More than 1,000 donations per day are needed by patients in the Texas Gulf Coast region, and your blood donation could help save up to three lives. Individuals who
Commit for Life
and donate once a quarter can help save lives on an ongoing basis. T-shirts will be given to all donors.
Commit for Life
donors will receive
Commit for Life
points for their donation to use in the
Commit for Life
store. For additional "Appointment-Kept Points" please click on the following link to view available times and schedule your donation:
Donate Blood
. Please schedule your donation today. Thank you!
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Volunteers Needed for "Teachers' Tea Bar"
Wednesday, March 28
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Don't forget that the 'T' in PTA stands for TEACHERS (and we love all the staff at Hogg as well)!!! Please help us give them a little extra spring in their step by providing a lovely Tea Bar!! On
Wednesday, March 28
, please sign-up to drop-off items or volunteer your time. Click the link below to sign-up:
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A Taste of Italy Picnic: A 6th Grade and Incoming 6th Grade Parent Social
Saturday, April 7 from 7:00pm-10:00pm
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Current and incoming 6th grade parents...Come mingle with other parents, Principal Sugarek and 6th Grade Assistant Principal Ms. Mulready, all while enjoying a four course Italian tasting menu. Hostess Bastianella Perazzona will be preparing the delicious food. Tonia Whitney and Carly Brown will be making sure that you are well entertained and enjoying great beer, wine and even a special Italian cocktail!
Date & Time:
Saturday, April 7 from 7:00pm-10:00pm
Location
: The Bonnette-Perazzona Home, Woodland Heights
Donated & Hosted by
: Paul Bonnette & Bastianella Perazzona, Tony and Carly Brown, and Kevin and Tonia Whitney.
50 guests/$30 per person or $50 per couple
Spots are limited, so click on the following link to sign-up:
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Hogg M.S. Kicks Off One Book, One School
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Hogg Middle School is starting a One Book, One School this year! One Book, One School provides a shared reading opportunity that builds community and a collective experience. This year's book,
Space Case
, is a murder mystery that takes place on the moon. We are lucky to host the author of
Space Case
, Stuart Gibbs, on Literacy Night coming up on
Wednesday, April 18
! You might know him from his
Belly Up
and
Spy School
series! Thank you to the Hogg M.S. PTA for covering half the cost for this project. The library has begun passing out copies of the book and has planned activities for Hogg Students that includes daily trivia, Asteroid Battle, Moon Pie Jeopardy and a writing contest. Ask your child for details!
If your child is enjoying their copy of
Space Case
and would like to purchase the 2nd or 3rd book in the series, please click on this link:
Order More Books
. By doing so, you are supporting Blue Willow Bookshop, the independent bookshop responsible for bringing Stuart Gibbs to Hogg M.S.! All books purchased through Blue Willow will be autographed by the author and will be available at Literacy Night on April 18!
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Order Your 2017-2018 Yearbook
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There's no school year like your school year. Your yearbook celebrates a year full of friends, events and shared experiences. It's a place where your friends can jot down shared memories, too. Purchase one today, and have memories on hand for a lifetime! Click on the following link to order online:
Order 2017-2018 Yearbook
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Attention 8th Grade Students!
Heights H.S. Redcoats Dance Team Tryouts Information
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The Razorback Roller Rink
Friday, March 23
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On
Friday March 23
, our gymnasium
will be tranformed into The Razorback Roller Rink for students from
1:00pm-3:00pm
. The Razorback Roller Rink will also be open on
after school from 6:00pm-9:00pm
for the community! Here are the details:
- Cost: $10 to rent skates, $5 if you bring your own. Roller skates and in-line skates permitted.
- Location: Hogg Middle School Gymnasium, aka "The Razorback Roller Rink"
- Rentals: Skate rentals will be in the Mall Area, and skating will be in the Gymnasium
- Requirements: For Friday’s student-only event, it will be a first come first serve on ticket sales up to 150 (depending on skate sizes) ALL students must turn in a signed waiver in order to participate.
- Concessions: Items will be sold by the 8th grade parents and enjoyed in the Cafeteria
- Sponsorship Opportunities: Stay tuned for details
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2019 Trip for Washington, D.C. and New York City Parent Meeting
Wednesday, March 28 at 6:00pm
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The 2019 Trip for Washington, D.C. and New York City with EF Explore America will have it’s first trip meeting on
Wednesday, March 28 at 6:00pm
in the Hogg Cafeteria. This meeting will be primarily for the 6
th
grade class to enroll a year and a half early in order to help accommodate lower monthly payments for the trip in 2019. If you’re interested please RSVP to Mr. Mark at
cmark@houstonisd.org
. If you can’t make it but would like information, please also email Mr. Mark.
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Hogg M.S. Athletics Banquet
Friday, April 27 at 6:00pm
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The Hogg M.S. Athletics Banquet will be held
Friday, April 27 at 6:00pm
in the Hogg M.S. Gymnasium. Student athletes will receive their invitation before Spring Break, and tickets will be available for purchase after the invitations have been sent home. Invited student athletes will include 6th, 7th, and 8th graders who participated in Hogg M.S. Athletics, and finished the season with at least one team.
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The Chiyoda Young Innovators’ Academy at University of Houston
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We are excited to announce that the
teach
HOUSTON
program at
UNIVERSITY of HOUSTON
in partnership with Chiyoda International Corporation and the Young Inventors’ Association of America will proudly host the
2018 Chiyoda Young Innovators’ Academy.
This opportunity is for students entering 8th and 9th
grade in the Fall of 2018.
The academy is scheduled for 2 weeks, June 11 through June 22
The goal of this academy is to support students who have an interest in engineering and programming in an effort to cultivate their skills in these critical areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM)
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- Engineering: Young Innovators will participate in hands-on engineering design projects.
- Programming: Young Innovators will gain experience with activities involving microcontrollers (Arduinos).
- Invent: Young Innovators will design and build their inventions for the Summer Young Inventors showcase (June 22nd) hosted by Young Inventors’ Association of America.
- Creativity: Young Innovators will design, build, and innovate everyday as they work towards their invention projects.
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James Hogg Middle School | ph: (713) 802-4700 | fax: (713) 802-4708 | jameshoggms@houstonisd.org
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