January 13th - January 17th

January 09, 2025

January 13th - January 17th

Spring sports are just around the corner, and we want to make sure everyone is ready to kick off the season with a bang! Here are a few important reminders and exciting updates:

Spring Sports Reminder:

If your child plans to participate in any spring sport, a current physical must be on file in the nurse’s office before they can start practicing or playing. Please make sure this is completed as soon as possible!

Spring Sport Contacts:

Boys Baseball: Manny Carucci
Boys Soccer: Tim Roberts
Boys Golf: Matt Mobley
Boys Track: Dylan Jones
Girls Soccer: George Milmine
Girls Track: Dylan Jones
Girls Golf: Heather Seibert

Exciting Baseball News:

Open Practice: January 12th from 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM at Paulson Field. Don't miss it!

Basketball Updates – The Teams Are On Fire!

Boys 5th: Improved to 3-1 after a dominant win vs SJS (29-7)
Boys 6th: Unbeaten at 3-0 after a big 46-34 victory over SJS
Boys 6th B: Perfect at 4-0, most recently defeating Habersham 43-20
Boys 7th: Showed tremendous improvement with a strong second half vs. SJS #1 team
Boys 8th: Dominated Calvary 46-27 and are pushing for the #1 seed in the tournament with a 7-1 record (including non-SPAL games)
Girls 5th: Balanced at 2-2 after a split with SAS
Girls 6th: Undefeated at 5-0, most recently beating SCPS 26-7
Girls 7th/8th: 2-3, with a big win over St. Peters last week

We’re excited for the upcoming season, and we hope to see you cheering on our athletes!

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to the respective coaches. Let’s make this spring one to remember!

Our HDS Library has been buzzing with activity this week! We have celebrated the beginning of the new year and cold temperatures by:

Dancing with snowmen while reading Caralyn Buehner’s Snowmen at Night.
Hiking through the snowy forest while meeting a variety of woodland animals along the way in Jan Brett’s beautifully illustrated The Mitten.
Helping Annie search for her special mitten in Steven Kellogg’s beloved picture book, The Missing Mitten Mystery.

In Second grade, we started our study of Georgia, its history and all of the wonderful resources our beautiful home state has to offer.

Lastly, our fifth graders have embarked on a new adventure by reading Ray Bradbury's 1954 science fiction short story "All Summer in a Day." This story explores themes of change, hope, and acceptance. To kick off our unit in Junior Great Books, students created sketches and descriptions of their own worlds, highlighting the special people, places, and things that are important to them.

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It’s been great getting back into the warm classroom from the cool weather outside… and that’s what a lot of us are discussing and working on in class this week. We will identify the warm and cool colors and talk about how they make us feel or can be utilized to give us a specific sense of something. In our Pre-K thru 1st grade classes, we are learning about Paul Klee. He was a prolific painter many years ago who used line, shape and colors in a radical way for his time. We will create a piece of artwork based on one his most famous pieces by using basic geometric shapes.