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TIGER NEWS
March Issue
2019-2020 School Year
Hickory Creek Middle School
22150 S. 116th Ave
Frankfort, IL 60423
815-469-4474
Happenings at “The Creek”
Happenings at “The Creek”
Coming Soon! HCMS Talent Show at “The Creek”
Community Outreach – Kiwanis
Hickory Creek
Middle School Congratulations
Principal's Page
to eighth grader,
Sama Muhsen, for
Mr. Crockett being selected as
the Kiwanis
February
Student of the
Follow "The Creek" on Twitter: @HCMSTigers157c Month.
Please Join Us at Friendly
Celebrating "Kindness Month"
the Education Reminder
Foundation All students are
responsible for their
own laptops. Please
remind your child to
be respectful,
responsible, and
caring with their
FSD 157-C
laptops. Thank you.
From the
6th graders continue in the Mawi unit on Relationships. The unit is
broken up into 5 parts; Seeing the risks, Creating up friends,
Building strong friendships, Open your conversations and Seeing
Guidance & people that feel invisible. This unit has on-line and journal lessons
that encourage students to work on their relationships with peers
Counseling Office
and family members.
7th: When something is relevant, it is connected to the things
that matter to you. Relevance strengthens your Turbo and brings
your Voice to life. Relevance can inspire you to hit your Turbo in
amazing ways. When something connects to what matters to
you, you have more motivation and direction to take action and
make a difference. How can you use relevance to deepen your
Turbo and bring your Voice to life?
8th graders continue in the unit of Mawi Learning on Navigating
Challenges. This unit talks about how 8th graders can be
leaders with technology and social media. Students have
discussed healthy and unhealthy social media habits,
challenging your reactions to social media, designing a personal
Code of Conduct, and being in control of their social media
usage. 8th graders are currently working on a project related to
navigating challenges with technology.
https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/de
March is Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month partments/drivers/childsafety.html
From your nurse, Laura Strepek, RN, PEL-CSN
8th Grade
Team 8A Team 8B
Mrs. Drozd Mrs. Neyhart
Mr. Feehan Mrs. O’Hea Mrs. Johnson Mrs. Sommer
Ms. Frederick Mrs. O’Rourke Mrs. Matz Ms. Wilson
Mrs. Gaertig Mrs. Wojnarowski Mrs. Rutovic Mr. Zemke
Mrs. Krenner
Book Notes from the Library
Our 2020 Caudill Voting Celebration was a great success! We had 300 "official
judges" who read more than 1800 books! 25 students read all 20 nominated titles!
Well done, Tigers!
Thanks to the Education Foundation, parent volunteers and NJHS volunteers,
Student Council, Brett Wheeler & Follett School Resources, HCMS staff and
administration, our custodians and everyone who read the books or encouraged
others to read them!
Vote totals will be available later this month.
March Library LitWits book
discussion Friday March 27,
Follow us on @HCMSReads 2020
Book TBA!
Every day! It's important!
The HCMS Library Hosts the 2020 Rebecca Caudill Voting Celebration
The HCMS Library Hosts the 2020 Rebecca Caudill Voting Celebration
We Read All 20 Illinois
Rebecca Caudill Nominees
3 years in a row 2years in a row
Thank you, parents, staff, and administrators! We couldn't
do these programs for students without your help!
Administrators Paula Paymaster, Tricia Dotson, and Jason
Crockett; HCMS Faculty, Pam Swierczewski, Laura
Dyokas, Kaitlyn Manning, and Renee Grady. Thank you to
our parents Tayo Hill, Kathy Vogdes, Tara Moore,
and Brooke Drzwiecke.
Additional thanks to The Frankfort Education Foundation 1st year reading all 20 nominees
and HCMS Student Council for making this event possible.8th Grade
Social Studies
Science
Students have completed their study of World War I and
will begin their study of the 1920s, the stock market
Students are nearing the end of their
crash, Great Depression, and the beginnings of the rise
of dictators which will lead us into World War II. Mrs physics unit. We have explored forces and
Sommer's class participated in the Economic Poster interactions, and calculations of force, mass,
Competition back in December and winners have been weight, and gravity. Next up for 8th grade
chosen by Econ Illinois. Students will be finding out in
science students will be chemistry.
the next month if they won at the regional or state level.
Math ELA
Honors Math students will be continuing to explore quadratic Students are wrapping up Shakespeare in Honors class,
functions. They will learn how to find key characteristics of a and short stories in ELA. We will be starting our next
parabola given only a quadratic equation as well as how to
novel, Night by Elie Wiesel. We will conclude 3rd
express equations in three different forms.
In Academic Math, students will be dilating figures and will quarter reflecting on our Quarter's essential question-
learn to differentiate between similar and congruent "How are the decisions we make in life affected by fate &
figures. An investigation of line and angle relationships will circumstances?
follow.Seventh Grade Stay Gold!
Team 7A Team 7B
Mrs. Clousing Mrs. Bunnell
Mrs. Osberg Ms. Dyokas Team 7B
Mrs. Klutcharch
Mr. Stein Mrs. Ruffing Mrs. Niendorf
Mrs. DeHaan Ms. Manning Mrs. Fletcher
Mrs. Faulkner Mr. Finan Ms. Vallero
Mrs. Gatsios Mrs. Neyhart Mrs. RyanELA: Over the course of the last month the students have been pondering the question: What is
more important the JOURNEY or the DESTINATION? Throughout this journey they discovered
characters, fiction and nonfiction, that have been on a quest. As we wrap up quarter three with
this question students will continue to ponder what's more important in their life.
7th Grade
Math: Seventh grade students are working hard on finishing their unit on expressions and
equations. We will also be doing IAR review in tandem with our curriculum
Honors: Students have just completed expressions and equations and we will start working on
statistics and probability.
Science: We finished the digestive system and the circulatory system and have
moved on the respiratory system. Students will be using their knowledge about
chemical reactions from our chemistry unit to explain all the reactions that occur in
our body every day. Why do we breathe in and breathe out different amounts of
carbon dioxide and oxygen?
Social Studies: Impeachment, Constitution, Primaries, Caucuses, Elections, Oh My!... Students are
well into the U.S. Constitution Unit, exploring Article I: the Legislative Branch and How a Bill
becomes a Law. Next, Article II: Executive Branch, Article III: Judicial, a review of all 27
amendments & checks and balances; final U.S. Constitution Test will be given before Spring
Break.Discovering
Teaming
6th Grade
Investigating March
Team 6A Team 6B
Diane Jeglinski- Math
Maggie Sayles- Math Jaclyn Brendlinger-Math
Tiffany Osberg- Co-taught Math Carolyn LeGrand- Math
21st Century Skills Mary Kay Bohms - ELA Amy Cumbee- ELA
Lizzie Dwriega -ELA Renee Grady- ELA
Cari Clousing-ELA Co-taught & DI Pam Swierczewski - Social
Studies
Erin Nemeth - Science
Rebecca Schumacher-Science
Suzanne Sandowski-Social
Studies Leslie Walton- Reading Intervention
Problem
Bridgett Didier- DI Math and co- Cherie O’Brien- Math Support
Solving taught Science and SSWe’ve Been Busy Learning Math: The Sixth Grade math students are working on solving
one-step equations and writing and graphing inequalities. In
the upcoming unit, students will be learning about integers,
graphing on a coordinate plane, and absolute value.
ELA: Q3 Essential Question: How do events in our lives shape
who we are?
6th Grade
ELA: Students completed the ‘Time for Justice’ curriculum to learn more about
the Civil Rights Movement. Students are reading the novel, Watsons Go to
Birmingham, by Christopher Paul Curtis to build on their knowledge.
ELA Honors: Students completed the ‘Time for Justice’ curriculum and will
refer to the Civil Rights Movement while reading the young edition version
of, Hidden Figures as well as the novel, Wednesday Wars, by Gary Schmidt.
Students will also be introduced to Shakespeare Q3.
Social Studies: As we conclude our study of the Ancient
Egyptian civilization, we are now headed into the mysterious
subcontinent of Ancient India! Students will explore how the
geography affected the lives of the people of the Indus river
valley. We will also explore how the religions of Buddhism
and Hinduism influenced these people as well.
Science: The students are really working hard to develop their
explanations of how the Earth, sun, and moon interact to give us our
moon cycles, eclipses and seasons. Once we have finished up in outer
space, we will come back down to Earth as we look at the Law of
Superposition to explain rock layers and formations, they indicate the
relative age of the Earth.Band & Orchestra
Please mark your calendars for our upcoming performances:
Wednesday, March 18
Concert and Symphonic Band Concert @ HCMS 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21
Jazz Band and Jazz Ensemble Concert @ HCMS 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 19
HCMS Orchestra and Sixth Grade Orchestra Concert @ HCMS 6:00 p.m.
Monday, May 25
Symphonic Band and Concert Band Memorial Day Ceremony @ Breidert Green 10:00 a.m.Chorus Happenings:
Congratulations to all of the students who
participated in the IGSMA Solo-Ensemble contest in
February. HCMS sent a record 48 vocal events and
received 44 first place ratings and 4 second place
ratings. Special congratulations to three soloists
who received perfect scores: Kylie Steinhauser,
Chorus
Savannah Davis, and Alex McCarthy.
Varsity Chorus, Advanced Choir, and Show Choir are
all preparing for the IGSMA District Chorus contest
on Saturday, March 7 at Martino Jr. High. Afterward
the choirs will travel to Medieval Times to
celebrate! Break a leg to all!
The Show Choir will be performing at the LWE Fish
Fry on Friday, March 13 at 5:00 p.m. All are The cast has started rehearsals for this year's spring
welcome to come and enjoy a nice dinner and some musical, "Singin' in the Rain". It promises to be a
great entertainment! fabulous show!
Show Dates:
Friday, May 15, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 16, 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 17, 2:00 p.m.General Music What a great class! We are using Essential Elements for Guitar to explore the wonderful world of music. We have been learning how to play solo's on the e, b, and g strings, and we have learned the C, G, G7, D7, and Em chords. We are also learning how to play the drum set. 7th grade general music is exploring melody and harmony using the online applications: Noteflight, and Soundtrap. Students will be creating original compositions and then will explore different genres during the guitar unit. 6th grade general music is exploring Melody and Harmony using the online applications: Noteflight, and Soundtrap. Students will be creating original compositions and then will explore different genres during the ukulele unit.
Third
Quarter is
off to a great
start!
ART6th Grade 7th Grade Quarter
We just began our third unit The students are almost finished
on colors and clothing. The with our third unit (Greetings and
Introductions). We began the unit
students have been using their
watching videos of simple
previous knowledge on colors conversations. This week, they
and they are doing created a partner conversation
phenomenal! We are excited and recorded themselves on
to get into more grammar Flipgrid. They were able to use
concepts. We will be working this platform to be creative about
noun and adjective agreement names, where they were from and
even ages. We will be moving on
using colors and clothing. The
to our first grammar topic: subject
students will also be using our pronouns. This will lead us into
previous vocabulary on the final unit of the students being
seasons and weather to able to describe themselves and
explain clothing they wear in other people.
different season and
weather.8th Grade
The students just finished
being able to describe their
family and their house. The
students watched a video on
chores and had to talk about
7th Grade Extension what chores family members
The students have been doing great with do at their house.
remembering previous vocabulary from We are moving into the next
last year and applying that to some new chapter this week to discuss
situations. We just finished our unit on food, everyone's favorite
Days, Months and Dates. We are now chapter! The students will
moving into our first unit on culture. The practice ordering food in a
students will learn facts about Spain restaurant and eventually be
including important festivals, food and able to have a mock
traditions. We hope they can compare conversation as a
how Spain is alike and different to their waiter/waitress and a
customer.6th, 7th, and 8th grade classes
are exploring 3D design and
printing, circuitry, and coding
robotics.LWSRA Wheelchair
Physical Education Basketball.
PE Units this Month for Ford, March 24th! 6PM
Rodgers, Connolly: "The Chosen One" 2019
Dance and T'Chouk Ball video: https://youtu.be/yUUcU
wY_nXw
Health Units this Month for
Dettman, Purpura:
8th Grade – Alcohol,Tobacco and
other Drugs
7th Grade – Alcohol and Tobacco,
Body Systems
6th Grade – Safety and Body Please continue collecting
Systems box tops and bringing
them into your P.E.
teacher! Each box top is
worth 10 cents and is used
to supplement equipment.Athletics Athletics
Track and Field Tryouts
All Dates are from 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Wrestling Post Season Dates
2/29 - Regionals @ Liberty Junior High
March 16th and 17th - 6th grade only 3/7 - Sectionals @ Lincoln Way West
March 18th and 19th - 7th hand 8th 3/13 & 3/14 - State Tournament @ NIU
grade only (Dekalb, IL)
March 20th - make up date (if needed)
If you have questions please contact:
Girls Volleyball IESA Regionals
Head Boys Coach Cyle Ford – 7th grade
cford@fsd157c.org 3/2 @ Summit Hill JH (6:30 pm)
Girls Coach Bridgett Flynn – 8th grade
bflynn@fsd157c.org 3/10 - 3/12 @ Summit Hill JH (TBD)HCMS Girls Varsity Volleyball: Regular Season Record 16-5
Girls Volleyball
VARSITY
Peyton Arthur 15
Georgia Brolley 1
Sydney Buchanan 29
Niamh Canny 6, 32 (L)
Lilly Dockemeyer 10
Riley Drzewiecki 16
Gabby Dzioban 14
Shay Parchem 24
Hayven Smith 26
Mia Telecki 7
Averi VanderWoude 2, 31 (L)
Maddie Yacobozzi 11
Head Coach: Cristina Vallejo
Congratulations on your 2nd Place cvallejo@fsd157c.org
finish in the DPVC Tournament!HCMS Girls Jr. Varsity Volleyball: Regular Season Record 8-10
Girls Volleyball
Jr. Varsity
Ava Arndt #15
Mackenzie Bacha #3, 33 (L)
Olivia Bohren #22
Daisy Egbutu #23
Lauren Hughes #25
Ella Jensen #11
Kyndal James #10
Samantha Kenny #9
Ava O'Keefe #20
Gianna Paliga #8
Rylin Rimsnider #12
Victoria Tagler #13
Head Coach: Sheryl O’Rourke
sorourke@fsd157c.orgGrand Prairie's Food Drive
Donations
Student Council in Action
Student Council Decorating classroom doors and student lockers
Student Council members loaded the
Grand Prairie Food Drive donations and
delivered the much-needed food items to
the local food pantry. Busy working on posters for Around the World
Even Stripes the Tiger gives HCMS
Student Council popcorn two thumbs up.
These student council volunteers were
great help during the volleyball season.The PozSquad
What does kindness look
Twitter: @pozsquad like.....
Instagram: @pozsquadhcms At School?
At Home?
In our community?
Meeting Dates & On Social Media?
Times In our Sports & Activities?
Our meetings will be held in
Ms. Vallejo's room – 1810.
March Meetings:
Monday, March 9th, & 23rd
Advisors:
Michelle Matz – mmatz@fsd157c.org
Kindness Week is in the
Cristina Vallejo – books!!
cvallejo@fsd157c.orgGeography Club Students Prepare Posters & Activities for
Geography Club Their First "Around the World Table"
The Geography Club
students continue to expand their
geographical and
cultural knowledge of the
world. Students will host a table
at the "FSP, "Around the
World" Celebration to be held on
Thursday, March 12, 2020. Members of the HCMS Geography Club have
For more information: Pam been planning and creating visuals for their first Geography Club Meets
Swierczewski Wednesday
"Around the World" table they will be hosting
(pswier@fsd157c.org) or stop by Time: 2:15-3:30
Room #2818 Thursday, March 12th. Stop by the booth! Room #2818Hickory Creek Best Buddies
Best Buddies Club
Best Buddies is an international This month, Best
non-profit organization Buddies created
dedicated to establishing one- posters for
to-one friendships for "Kindness
intellectuals with Month". The
developmental "Bold Movement
disabilities. Best Buddies " theme posters
meets once a month to help encourage
develop these friendships and Our next meeting will be held students to stand
set time aside to learn more on Tuesday, up for those who
about our peers. At our April March 10th from 2:30-3:30. may not be able
meeting, we worked on team to stand up for
building skills and uniting our Amy Cumbee: Program Adviser themselves.
friendship bonds. acumbee@fsd157c.orgTech Club Tech Club
Tech Club
Students are enjoying the new
"free choice" format and are
having fun exploring computer
programing,
robotics, engineering, circuitry,
animation, 3D design, and more!
MARCH 11TH
Tech Club Celebration!!!!Chess Club
HCMS Chess Club was hoppin' this month! Our team
traveled to LWE, where we learned some pointers
from the high school chess team and got a chance to
see some of our old friends!
13 of our students are preparing to compete at State
on February 28 and 29th. We are working on strategy
and algebraic notation. Our Tigers are sure to
represent us well in Peoria!The Hickory Creek Mathletes are off to a great
start! The team competed in Momence on
February 5th and took home more plaques to fill
our trophy case! Sixth and Eighth grade teams
took first place and Seventh grade took third
Mathletes
place! Our mathletes have made our school so
proud!!
Tentative Schedule for March
Grade 6
3/4: Practice (ICTM) (2:30-3:30)
3/18: Practice (ICTM) (2:30-3:30)
3/25: ICTM Competition (Mail-in) (2:30-4:00)
Grades 7,8
3/3: Practice (LW/DPVMC) (2:30-4:00)
3/10: Practice (LW/DPVMC) (2:30-4:00)
3/12: DPVC Competition @ Troy Middle School (2:30-6:00)
3/16: LW Competition @ LWE (5:30-8:00)
3/17: Practice (ICTM) (2:30-3:30)
3/25: ICTM Competition (Mail-in) (2:30-4:00)Reminders for New NJHS
Applicants
NJHS applications have been
distributed to all qualifying
HCMS students. Applications are due no
later than 2:30 p.m., Friday, March 13,
National Junior
Honor Society
2020. No late applications will be
accepted. All applications must be
submitted in person to either Mrs.
Bartolomea (Rm 1503) or Mrs.
Sandowski (Rm 1714)
Meeting Dates & Times Service Hour Reminders
We will be starting
Executive Board Meeting: • 5 Service Hours Per Semester is our IAR incentives next
required of all NJHS Members **ALL
Friday, March 6th, 2020
(7:15 – 7:40AM)
SERVICE HOURS FOR THIS meeting.
SCHOOL YEAR ARE DUE BY MAY
8TH!**
General Membership • At least 4 hours need to be HCMS or
FSD157c School Hours.
Peer Tutoring & Homework
Meeting: Assistance
• If you choose to do 1 Community
Friday, March 13th, 2020 Service Hour, it needs to be Available on Tuesdays and
(2:15 - 3:15PM) a Registered Non Profit Organization Thursdays from 2:15 – 3:15PM.
• *Service Hour sheets can be printed
Faculty Advisers: Johanna Students can come whenever help is
from NJHS Microsoft Teams or stop by
Bartolomeo & Suzanne Sandowski
Mrs. Sandowski or Mrs. Bartolomeo's needed and be assisted by one of
Administrative Adviser:
classroom for a copy. our members.
Tricia DotsonThank NJHS Members Assist with
NJHS hot lunch parent helpers!
Caudill Celebration!
you to all
the
parents
National Junior
Honor Society
who
helped
with hot
lunch!
NJHS members contribute hundreds of hours of service to
Hickory Creek Middle School and the Frankfort community.
Students assisted with the HCMS 2020 Illinois State Rebecca
Caudill Celebration, serving pizza and helping students with
activities during the party.Newsletter Staff
February Newsletter
HCMS student
contributing writers and
photographers:
Ja'mel Baker
Bella Borelli
Max Bacon Michael Lee
Joaquin Tsoukatos
Kassidy Long
Abigail Kohler
Russel SkibinskiEducation Foundation
Please join us on Friday,
March 6th, for the
Education Foundation
fundraising event.
Community, family, and
staff, supporting
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