District II Honors Choral Festival

 

2017 District II Honors Choral Participants

 Thirty 7th and 8th grade choral students were selected, through individual auditions in October, to participate in the 2017 District II Honors Middle School Chorus.

It took hours of hard work, perseverance and dedication to reach this goal! We congratulate these students on this achievement and their outstanding work at the festival.

Our thanks to Mrs. Grover for the time, mentorship, guidance (and wonderful photos!) she provided for these students as they prepared for this event. 

Relaxing!

DII Honors Choral Participants:

7th Sopranos
Fiona Brown
Hillary Connor
Maddie Emrich-Shanks 
Maren Found
Lexi Inger
Tori Kendeigh
Caroline Meehan 
Maya Panozzo
Elena Schlax

7th Altos
Marin Cowell
Ella Doxsee
Olivia May
Delaney McDonough 
Emily Mickool

7th Baritones
Jasper Chappell
Jared Conant
Isaac Grondin
Krisztian Kovacs
Tyler Lucca
Nicolas Mogul-Campbell 
Galen Skinner
Milo Wiebus

8th Soprano
Eleanor Zimmerman

8th Altos
Izabel Cox-Faxon 
Lydia Dustin 
Abigail Hill
Calin McGonagle

8th Baritones
Miles Hagedorn 
Max Kemplar 
Evan Lucca

HMS/Clipper Pride!

7th/8th Grade Math Team Update

Jay Harrington, 7th/8th Math Team Advisor Extraordinaire, shared this exciting update about the HMS team's recent event:

On Thursday, 2.2, the 7th & 8th Grade Math Teams went to the Holiday Inn by the Bay to compete in the Southern Maine Math League's second meet of the year.

The 7th Grade team, featuring Elena Miller, Georgia Herr, Emily Mickool, Ty Lucca, Milo Wiebus, and Galen Skinner could not match their first place finish from the first meet. They still had a solid showing, finishing 12th overall.

The 8th Grade team, featuring only Evan Lucca (8th grade students, please join us!), was not competitive in the team rankings. However, Evan did very well, scoring in 2nd place individually! 

Evan Lucca

As you can see in this photo, the seventh graders were a little jealous of Evan's hardware : )

 

Emily Mickool, Galen Skinner, Milo Wiebus, Evan Lucca, Ty Lucca, Georgia Herr, and Elena Miller

We thank these students for their efforts; we're looking forward to our next meet on Pi Day!

The Library Hosts a Magical Harry Potter Night

 

Harry Potter Night Begins....

The HMS Library hosted a special evening event on February 2nd,  International Harry Potter Book Night!

Students hoping to attend had to complete THREE Triwizard Tournament Tasks and submit them to the Goblet of Fire in the HMS Library. The Goblet then determined who would be allowed to enter this magical experience! 

The Goblet ignored the high number of parents and staff vying for a spot and determined that all of the students who completed the Triwizard Tournament were welcome!

Thank you to Merry Stuhr, Tracy Weinrich, and Nancy Castonia  for creating this most unique,  wonder-filled, and awe inspiring event!

Students are eagerly awaiting next year's celebration!

2017 HMS Spelling Bee

 

2017 HMS Spelling Bee Participants

We want to recognize and thank all of the students who participated in the 2017 Spelling Bee for their outstanding efforts! They worked hard and supported each other through this challenging event!

Congratulations to Sarah Dressel and Stefan Bell, HMS Spelling Bee champions and to Laney McDonough, who earned the alternate spot.

 

Sarah and Stefan distinguished themselves at the County Spelling Bee! Sarah made it through six challenging rounds and Stefan ended the bee in second place out of 25 spellers, a close match against the 2016 County Bee champion.

Mrs. Kilpatrick, Sarah Dressel, Stefan Bell, and Mrs. Smith

 

 

Well done Sarah and Stefan!

 

Our thanks to Mrs. Kilpatrick for planning and implementing all aspects of the Bee and accompanying Sarah and Stefan to the County Bee and to Mrs. Smith for her expert facilitation of the Bee.

HMS Spelling Bee Participants:

Stefan Bell-8th Grade

Ella Brown-5th Grade

Sarah Dressel-6th Grade

Cooper Israel-6th Grade

Jack Janczuk-5th Grade

Laney McDonough-7th Grade

Jack McGrath-8th Grade

Zoe Siegel-8th Grade

HMS 2017 Geography Bee

 

HMS 2017 Geo Bee Participants

 

 We want to thank the 2017 HMS Geo Bee participants for their hard work during this year's bee. We admire and respect their calm approach under pressure, their support of each other, and the knowledge and skill they demonstrated in their responses to the extremely challenging Geo Bee questions.

Congratulations and best wishes to:

-Evan Lucca-this year's winner of the school Geo Bee-this is the second year in a row that Evan has held the top spot!

-Sutter Auger-who earned second place-Sutter will serve as alternate.

-Jared Conant-who earned third place.

We're inspired by your efforts!

Ms. Agell, Evan Lucca and Sutter Augur

Evan has completed the National Geo Bee online Qualifying Test. This test will be scored and ranked with the scores of other students from Maine who have taken the test. We'll keep you posted on Evan's progress with this phase of the competition.

Our thanks to Ms. Rice for her work planning and implementing all aspects of the Geo Bee, and to Ms. Agell for her expert facilitation of the Bee!

HMS 2017 Geo Bee Participants

8th Grade
Anna Pires
Ashley Allen
Evan Lucca
Evan Van Lonkhuyzen 
Cameron Todd
Jack Vigue

7th Grade
Steven Densmore 
Jared Conant
Olivia Bradford
Maddie Emrich-Shanks 
Oscar O'Donnell
Sutter Auger

District II Honors Music Festival

 

District II Honors Festival Musicians

 

Congratulations to our District II Honors Festival Musicians!

 

These students auditioned last fall to earn a place in the eighty-five piece band that performed on Saturday. Participation in the festival takes intense effort and dedication to craft. We're proud of the way our students represented HMS and Yarmouth. They impressed everyone with their positive approach and superb musicianship. 

Congratulations to Lydia Dustin who received the high score of all of the flutes at the festival!

 

Our thanks to Mr. C. for his guidance and mentorship, which prepared our students for this experience.

 District II Musicians:
Lee Federle, Violin
Lydia Dustin, Viola
Patrick Bergen, Alto Sax 
Lydia Dustin, Flute
Parker Harnett, Percussion 
Georgia Herr, Flute
Asher Lockwood, Alto Sax 
Evan Lucca, Clarinet
Elena Miller, Trombone
Quin O'Meara, Trumpet 
Emerson Pardales, Tenor Sax 
GW Ruth, Alto Sax
Averil Sahagian, Flute 
Anna Wallace, Flute 
Davis Young, Percussion 

District II Musicians working with Conductor Matt LaGarde

 

Partnership with Casco Bay Japan Exchange leads to new friendships

A beautiful handmade gift from our new friends

We're excited about our new partnership with the Casco Bay Japan Exchange Program! CBJE began 23 years ago when the Namioka Junior High School and Greely Junior High School first began their partnership, which led to this wonderful opportunity for our school.

Ten students and four chaperones from schools in Aomori Prefecture (the north end of the island of Honshu, Japan) are currently participating in the Homestay program, which takes place during the first week of January. Our visitors stay with HMS 7th or 8th grade students. The second part of the program begins at the end of July when Harrison Middle School students and chaperones will visit Namioka. 

Eighth grade students Emerson Pardales, Davis Young, Harrison Pendleton, and Annabelle Lowenstein are hosting our visitors from Japan. Our thanks to these students and their families for making this visit possible! 

 

The visiting students and their chaperones arrived on January 5 and will be with us until January 11. Students from Japan will shadow their hosts at school throughout their stay.  

HMS held a welcome ceremony on January 6. Our visitors put on a wonderful and exciting presentation, which helped us learn about their country, culture and school. They invited our students and staff to take part in an impromptu, joyful dance-a-thon, which was one of the highlights of the welcome ceremony! The HMS band performed the Japanese anthem under the direction of Mr. C. 

 

Our thanks to Holly Groom and Leslie Livingston from CBJE for their support and guidance!

Special thanks to Stephanie Robison and Meghan Haugevik, HMS Liaisons to CBJE. Steph and Meghan have devoted countless hours to ensure that everything was in place for this partnership and visit. 

Huge appreciation to Mr. C. and the HMS band for their beautiful performance of the Japanese anthem. 

 

We're looking forward to many years of partnership with CBJE and the adventures this will bring to our school!