Hosford Middle School

Ms. Eigo and Mr. Limb are twins for twin day!! They both were also chosen as Hosford Hero Staff by our students in the quarter 1 celebration. Congratulations Mr. Limb and Ms. Eigo!

Congratulations Acacia, Ahmad, Luisa, Nico, Neve, Max and Mr. Kash! Your contributions to our community are noted and appreciated!!

Congratulations Huck, Lola, Havana, Anton and Henry! We see you and are so happy to have with you us at Hosford!! We cannot wait to see all the good that you do.

Ms. Laura Gray helps us get all the things done, including Boba Tea coordinating for our Hosford Heros!!

We have new Hosford sweatshirts! They do come in all sizes. :)

Look at this happy bunch! Acknowledged students got to choose their reward, Boba Tea with three friends, Dutch Bros with three friends, or a HMS Sweatshirt.

Brother and sister Twins!! It's a family affair at Hosford MS!

Dear Families,

We hope you have had a wonderful fall break! We are looking forward to shepherding the students through the next three weeks before Winter Break.

December can be an exciting time full of disruptions to the routine of school, but please keep asking the students about school and encouraging them to show up prepared for learning each day. That means, students will have a binder in hand with folders and writing utensils inside. Work on the left can be given to you at home, and work on the right needs to be finished. Teachers give students time to complete work in class, so there may not be anything on the right.

If you are unsure of what your child is learning, or should be doing, don't forget to scroll to the end of the newsletter and view the Parent Resource. It contains updated information about the learning for the week in each class.

In addition to the normal expectations, we are adding one more. Students told us on the Successful Schools Survey last year that other students' behavior got in the way of their learning. We discussed this in each class to get more information and compiled the results. As a result, staff across our campus will be teaching the students to stop, look, listen and WAIT when others are talking. This seems so basic, but our students are struggling with it during classes and we want to do our part to teach, reinforce and support our students in developing this habit.

The photos and shout outs above are from our Spirit Week and Quarter 1 Celebration. During our quarterly celebrations, we recognize students with 90% or greater attendance, students who are nominated by staff for showing a commitment to learning, and students who are nominated by each other from demonstrating a commitment to friendship. It is such a fun time together, and all of your children are amazing contributors to our Hosford Community. Thank you for raising wonderful children! We truly do love teaching them at Hosford!

Warmly,

Jill Liddle, Principal

New:

• Important Dates
• 7th Grade Field Trip Details
• Logging into Canvas @ Home
• Successful Schools Survey - Please do. 🙏

Reminders:

• 8th Grade High School Information
• Outdoor School Dates & Information - 6th Grade
• Lost and Found
• Hosford Wish Lists
• Super Deluxe Dine Out
• The Greater Middle East Student Union
• Thank you for the Tissues!
• Chromebook Shift - Again

• Student Vaccinations

• Dec. 3rd - 7th Grade Field Trip
• Flu Shots
• Ski Bus to Hood Meadows
• Winter Sport Registration - Basketball and Wrestling

• Funds for Hosford

• Parent Resource
• After School Activities

• Join the Hosford Community Loop
• Donations

December 3rd: 7th Grade Field Trip to Oregon State University (Students arrival by 8:45 am)

Late Start for 6th & 8th Grade

December 4th: Super Deluxe Dine Out

December 9th: Hosford Site Council 4 pm Library

December 11th: Hosford Band Concert - Cleveland HS 6:30 - 8 pm

December 18th: Early Release Day 1:45 pm Dismissal

December 23rd - January 3rd: WINTER BREAK

High School Information Nights

• November 20th: Benson High School 6-8pm
• December 4th: Franklin High School (Time TBD)
• December 5th: Cleveland High School 6-8:30pm

We are excited to take the 7th Grade students to OSU on Tuesday, December 3rd! All the details you need are below.

Students need to arrive at school by 8:45 am. This means they need a ride to school. (The rest of the students start at 9:30 am on December 3rd.)

Students should go to the cafeteria to meet their 1st period teacher upon arrival.

We will have the cafeteria open for students who need a bagged lunch.

If bringing lunch from home, lunches must be in clear bags, brown paper bags or soft lunch pails. Glass, aluminum or hard lunch pails are prohibited inside Gill Coliseum.

There are refillable water stations on each floor of Gill Coliseum and we are encouraging the use of reusable water bottles to reduce waste.

Concession stands will be open for anyone who wishes to buy concession food at the game.
All concession stands will accept cash, for this game only.

No backpacks please. Students cannot bring them to OSU. If they leave them home, it will cut down on locker visits.

Please send students dressed to walk around outside. We will be walking campus after the game for about 20 minutes.

Please email me if you have any questions! jliddle@pps.net

To log into Canvas at home, students need to sign into Google with their user name and password. Then, go to my.pps.net.

Please tell us what you think by completing the Successful Schools Survey. It is long, so I'm sorry, but we really do use this feedback!

It is the main data source for our school climate goal. Thank you for helping make Hosford better each year! https://surveys.panoramaed.com/portlandor/fall24family

Counseling Corner

Hello 8th grade families! The PPS transfer lottery is now open until December 16th. Directions are on the enrollment and transfer website.

To see the Hosford counseling team's 8th grade to high school presentation click here.

Resources/Tips:

• Families should have already received, or be receiving, a letter from enrollment and transfer indicating what your students' neighborhood high school is. If you haven't, or aren't sure, please contact the office or one of the counselors.
• All lottery applications will need to be completed through parentvue. If you have not signed up, please see here.
• For information on all of Portland Public Schools high schools, please see here.
• Benson High School recruitment presentation.
• Info nights coming up:
• Benson High School November 20th 6-8pm
• Cleveland High School December 5th 6-8:30pm
• Franklin High School December 4th 6pm

Sahjo Brown sbrown3@pps.net

Cara Benny-Leo cbennyleo@pps.net

Plan ahead families. 6th Grade students will travel to various outdoor school camps the week of May 18th - 23rd. Students get dropped off on a Sunday and picked up at school upon return on the 23rd - usually around 1 pm or so. Below is more information about Outdoor School and all the fun 6th graders will have.

Hosford's Lost and Found is full to the brim! Leadership students will be organizing and displaying all items in the lost and found this week. Please encourage your student to take a look for anything they're missing. And when you come for conferences next week, stop by and take a look for yourself! All items will be on display outside the office. Anything leftover will be donated before Winter Break.

Contribute to Winter-time Gift Cards for Hosford Families!

Time to harness the giving spirit of our community! We are fundraising for gift cards for our families to be able to purchase items for their students. Last year, we raised just over $5,000, and the counselors were able to support over 30 families in our community!

This year, can we raise $6,500 to assist our community? All donated money will be used to purchase gift cards for families who request them (minus the small GoFundMe transaction fees) and will be distributed in December by the school counselors. If we raise enough money, the counselors will be able to reserve a few gift cards for any family emergencies that emerge later in the school year

If you are able, please donate here: Hosford Winter Wish List Donations

If you would like to receive a gift card, please fill out this request here: Request Form

This is such a strong and generous community! Thank you all!

Please contact salbert@pps.net with any questions.

Best,

Jessica Quarles (Hosford PTSA), Sara Albert, and your Hosford school counselors

The Greater Middle East Student Union is looking for money donations to help fund lunches and field trips. We are a new student affinity group this year and can use all the help we can get. If you feel called to help support us, please donate here. Anything helps! Thank you so much!

https://pps.schoolpay.com/link/GMESU

Thank you so much to all our families that have sent boxes of tissues. Our students and staff appreciate them so much!

Our other major need at this time is pencils. Here is an example of what would be helpful for our classes, especially our science and math classes!

https://a.co/d/2JhEBdW

Students who have checked out Chromebooks for evening use will need to check them back in on Friday, November 22nd. We will be shifting Chromebooks to be used within classrooms and not carried around by students all day to each class.

Students who need Chromebooks for home use will work with the teacher that they are completing work for to check them out on a daily basis. The only exception to this is our students who are taking on-line high school courses.

This shift is being made to eliminate our 7 minute Chromebook return at the end of the day and eliminate the Chromebooks being dropping out of lockers and out of binders in the hallway.

We are working very hard to keep Chromebooks in working order for students to use. Thank you for your patience with our shifting practices.

Vaccines play a crucial role in protecting our students from serious illnesses and help keep our community safe. Parents/ Guardians of students who are due to receive vaccines should receive a letter in the mail. Please check if your child’s vaccinations are current, including their recommended flu shot, and contact your medical provider or any of the resources listed below.

Multnomah County Student Health Centers

OHSU Wellness Center

Multnomah County Vaccination Clinic (English)

Clínica Comunitaria de Vacunación Gratuita (Spanish)

On December 3rd, 7th Grade students will be traveling to Oregon State University to watch a Women's Basketball game against Grambling State, and to experience the university vibe. Field trip forms will be coming home soon.

We'll need students dropped off at 8:45 am on December 3rd to make it to the game on-time.

Folks can get a ride up (kids and/or adults), rent gear if needed, take lessons if desired and get discounted lift tickets. Questions can be directed to me at hosfordskibus@gmail.com.

Jane Van Dam, Group Organizer

So far we have raised $9,041! Please help us reach our goal of $10,000 by donating today!

Thank you to Chris Tyler for organizing After School Programming for our students. Please click the link below to review and read about how to sign up.

https://www.hosfordptsa.org/heat

Remind will be the PPS communication platform. You may click here to read more and download the app.