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The Dragon News February 2012 Hanes Magnet School PTSA

Inside this Issue…

All forms found in this newsletter can also be found on the Hanes website: http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Domain/1987 Newsletter submissions should be sent to Heather Doty at [email protected].

BoxTops Bonanza Sheet 10 School Store…………… 4 Your PTSA Executive Board Calendar………………….. 8 SMOD Sale……………... 5 President Michelle Thetford Direct Donation Drive…… 6 Soccer Tryouts………… 3 Vice President Shubha Mishra Earn Free Money for Hanes… 5 Sports Zone……………. 2, 3 Tricia Walls Gotcha! Awards…………. 9 STEM Clubs…………….. 7 Secretary Laura Armstrong Grounds Beautification Day... 7 Track Tryouts …………. 3 Treasurer Melissa

Westendorff Intramural Sports……….. 3 Yearbook……………… 4 Media Minutes…………… 4

Dear Hanes Parents,

Thank you for your wonderful support of Hanes and the PTSA. We greatly appreciate all

of the time and effort you give to the school. We are looking forward to the upcoming spring

months and all of the terrific activities planned as the school year begins to wind down.

Thank you to everyone who has given to the Direct Donations Fundraiser this year. Your

donations are given to the school through the Curriculum Enhancement Fund, which is utilized

for Core Class needs, Teacher Grants and the support of various afterschool activities including

STEM clubs and Athletics. If you have not already given a direct donation, it is not too late!

Please see the pledge form on page 5 to make your contribution. Your donations are a great tax-‐

deductible way to help your children and Hanes Magnet School.

Sincerely yours,

Michelle Thetford, President and Melissa Westendorff, Treasurer

Wanting to help at Hanes? Put End-‐of-‐Grade testing time (End of May) on your calendar because proctors are needed. This may not be the most exciting volunteer task, but it is invaluable to our school. Proctors are typically needed for a few hours, beginning around 8:00am. Look for more information on how to receive proctor training and get on the schedule.

Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools offer interscholastic sports for 7th and 8th graders at the middle school level. At Hanes our students can participate in volleyball, basketball, track, cheerleading, and soccer. A physical and participation form is required to tryout! A link to the form can be found on the Hanes web site under Athletics tab, or you can use the following address: http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/cms/lib/NC01001395/Centricity/Domain/1818/WSFCS%20Middle%20School%20Participation%20Form%2010-‐11.pdf

Sports Zone

Parents of current (7th grade) and future (6th grade) Basketball and/or Volleyball players • Do you want to be more involved in the Hanes Athletic program? • Do you want to support your child and the Hanes teams? • Are you looking for a way to attend as many home games as you can?

Then think about volunteering to be the 7th or 8th grade PTSA Athletic Liaison (depending on which grade your child is in) for next year. Responsibilities include writing the Sports Zone, managing the concessions at the home volleyball and basketball games, and throwing the end of the year Athletic Celebration (ice cream party) at school. It is a great way to volunteer for the PTSA and be involved in your child’s athletic activities. Contact Pam Ball if you are interested (761-1342) and say “Yes”!

Sports Zone continued on page 3.

Girls' Basketball

7th grade girls and Coach James congratulate Hill Middle for a good game. The Lady Dragons won!

7th grade girls go up for a rebound against the Hill Bears on February 2nd.

Coach Byrd with the 8th grade team.

8th grader Anne Satterwhite shoots a free throw.

7th grade boys versus Southeast on January 31st.

The 8th grade Hanes Dragons battle Hill Middle School at home. Coach LaLonde celebrates with his 8th

grade team on the victory over Hill.

The Hanes Dragons want you! Calling all 7th and 8th graders for Tryouts!

Girls' and Boys' Track Tryouts Tryouts -‐ March 1st, Thursday after school

Meets are Wednesdays after school March 21 -‐ end of April. Girls' Soccer Tryouts

Tryouts -‐ March 1, 2012, Thursday after school Games are scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays after school March 22 -‐ end of April.

Intramurals The following intramural sports are open to all students:

Fitness Club Volleyball (7th and 8th graders only), Basketball Lacrosse. Check the school calendar on the website for more details on intramural sports.

http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/12591

Parents – pick up time for intramurals is 3:45 p.m. at the front of the school. Questions about sports at Hanes? Contact Mr. Stamp at [email protected].

Boys' Basketball

Coach Smith instructs his 7th team from the bench.

Cheerleaders

The Hanes Dragons Cheerleaders prepare to cheer on the 7th grade girls and 8th grade boys against Hill Middle School on February 2nd.

Media Minutes

The new Hanes car magnets are in and available at the School Store! The new magnets feature a new design and are bigger than our old magnets, but the price is still just $4. The School Store is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays during lunch hours so please stop by and check out the new magnets and stock up on those school supplies.

Hanes Yearbook Online Orders

School Store

Order your Limited Edition 2011-2012

Hanes Middle School Yearbook

Online Today at www.jostensyearbooks.com

Special Price of $30.00

As we start our last half of the year, I want to remind students and parents of a few things:

• Make sure that your child is returning his/her books in a timely manner. We currently have several students with overdue books.

• If your student is working on a project at home and is using a newer version of MS Office (2007 or above), please make sure that the file is saved as a 97-‐2003 version. The computers at Hanes are using a 2003 version of MS Office and they cannot read later versions.

• Help your child to effective research on his/her projects by suggesting that they use DESTINY online card catalog. This can be accessed through the Media Center Page and has wonderful resources (online encyclopedias, EBSCO database of periodicals and books, etc.) that can be used at home.

Finally, the February Selections for the Parent Book Club are: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

Road to Tater Hill by Edith M. Hemingway Mrs. Cynthia Curtis, Media Coordinator

“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers” – Harry S. Truman

Free Money for Hanes Free Money for Hanes is Just a Click Away

In addition to clipping physical BoxTops, now you can click and earn money for Hanes, too! The BoxTops for Education folks are providing a new way for us to instantly earn cash for our school. Here’s how:

1. Register with the Box Tops for Education website (www.boxtops4education.com) or if you are already a member, simply log in.

2. Click on the “EARN” tab and then on the “Click and Earn” drop-‐down.

3. Click on any of the different activities available. Maybe you’ll view a short video, take a quiz, download some coupons or provide your opinion on a product. For every activity you complete, Hanes is automatically credited and those electronic credits mean cash for our school.

So, keep on clippin’ but also start clickin’! Take a few minutes to share your valuable opinion and General Mills will give Hanes 10 cents for every credit you earn. You can participate in each eBoxTops activity once and they will be adding new activities as the program continues to grow. So be sure to visit often to help our school’s earnings grow even faster.

Friday, March 16th afterschool in the Hanes M. S. Gymnasium.

Please drop off your gently-‐used SMOD clothes for donation during school hours, Mar. 1-‐15th. Bins will be located outside the front office. Proceeds from the sale will go to the field-‐trip fund, which provides need-‐based scholarships for grade-‐level field trips.

If you are interested in volunteering (and we will need lots) please complete this form and return it to school with your

child. Or email your information to [email protected].

SMOD Sale Volunteer Name:___________________________________________________________________

Students, please bring Crosby Scholar form when volunteering. Circle the Dates you can volunteer (sorting and/or working the day of the sale):

THU FRI MON TUE WED THU FRI MON TUE WED THU FRI (sale) 3/1 3/2 3/5 3/6 3/7 3/8 3/9 3/12 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/16 Email (preferred), Phone__________________________________________________________

Early sales for volunteers (limited #). Contact Janell at janelleldredge@yahoo for more information. Sorting can take place during school hours, or in the afternoon after school.

Hanes SMOD Sale

Direct Donation Fundraiser for Your PTSA

Aiming for the Target We still need your help! Our Direct Donation Drive is still going on and we are currently $3,800 away from our target of $18,000. Thank you to the 134 families who have contributed to this vital campaign. If you have not donated yet, please considering doing so today. Every gift is important to the PTSA’s effort to enrich the educational experience for each child at Hanes. We can’t hit the bull’s eye without YOU!

Becky Eller, Direct Donation Chair [email protected]

Hanes PTSA Direct Donation Fundraiser 2011-‐2012 Pledge Card

Name:_______________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________

Address: ______________________________________City: _____________________ Zip: _______________

E-‐mail: _______________________________(Please include for electronic verification of gift for tax purposes.)

Child(ren)’s Name/Grade/Homeroom:___________________________________________________________

Hanes PTSA Direct Donation Fundraiser Gift/Pledge $_______________________

___ Check enclosed payable to Hanes Magnet School PTSA. ___ Pledge to give $_________ per month for _______ months. ___ Employer offers matching gift program Company Name:___________________________________________

(Please submit a matching gift form with your check.)

Return donation/pledge and this form to your child’s homeroom teacher or mail it to:

Hanes Magnet School, PTSA, Direct Donation Fundraiser, 2900 Indiana Ave., Winston-‐Salem, NC 27105. 2.2012

Thank you for supporting Hanes MS!

Campus Beautification

Help Make the Hanes Campus Look Great! The Hanes PTSA Grounds Beautification Committee is holding a

school-‐wide Grounds Workday on: Friday, March 23rd, 2:45-‐4:00 pm

All Hanes students are invited to come help. This is a great way to fulfill community volunteer service hours for Crosby Scholars or other organizations. Parents are strongly encouraged to come as well, and other family members are welcome.

Work will include: • Trash Clean-‐up • Weeding Flower Beds • Raking, and More

Tools to bring (parents bring these to the clean-‐up when joining us):

• Rakes • Weeding Tools • Clippers • Tarps • Gardening Gloves

We will meet at the front doors of the school at 2:45 pm. Please come even if you can't stay the whole time.

Contact Colleen Lopina at [email protected] if you have any questions.

STEM Clubs

Hanes currently offers many afterschool STEM clubs and we are considering expanding the list of clubs offered. Currently many parents help sponsor these clubs and to sustain and expand these clubs we need parent help.

This year we offered these clubs for our afterschool STEM program: • Team America Rocketry Challenge • FIRST Lego League • Science Olympiad • Math Club • Technology Student Association • Sea Perch

To learn more about our STEM clubs, visit: http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/domain/1907.

We are considering adding Odyssey of the Mind and Future Cities to the list for next year. The clubs usually meet one day a week for one hour during 3-‐5 months of the year. Hanes will provide any necessary training for parent volunteers. To learn more about STEM clubs or becoming involved in current or new clubs, contact Andy Kraft at [email protected].

Hanes Calendar for February 26th to March 31st, 2012

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday February

26 27 3pm NAL,

28 3pm Battle of the Books 6pm NJHS Inductions, PTSA General Meeting prior

29 March 1 3pm Boy’s and Girls’ Track Tryouts and Girls’ Soccer Tryouts 3:45 TARC

2 1:00pm PTSA Board Mtg. in the Media Center

3

4 5

6

3pm Battle of the Books

7 8 3pm Manga, 3:45 TARC

9

10

11 12 3pm Service Club

13 3pm Battle of the Books

14 15 3:45 TARC

16 Afterschool SMOD Sale WS/FCS Battle of the Books

17

18 19 3pm Yearbook

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21 Wonderful Wednesday (Teacher Hospitality) Thanks to all who are sending in food.

22 3pm Manga 3:45 TARC

23 2:45-‐4:00pm Campus Beautification Workday See pg. 6

24

25 26 27


28

29 End of Q3 8th Grade Band Trip 3:45 TARC

30 No School for Students Possible Snow Make-‐up Day

31

Gotcha! Awards

Gotcha!

Teachers are recognizing these students for their positive behavior.

Congratulations to our students who were caught, “Gotcha!”, going above and beyond.

Team Name: Apollo, 6th Grade Names of Teachers Recognizing Student: Ms. Bullock, Ms. Hutchison, Mr. Lalonde, Ms. Mickey, Ms. Stewart Student’s Name: Bear Higgins Bear found another student’s valve oil while he was in P.E. class. He diligently sought out the owner and returned the oil. Bear, thanks for being so thoughtful and responsible. Team Name: Endeavour, 6th Grade Name of Teacher Recognizing Student: Mrs. Laughinghouse Student’s Name: Jeremy Richburg Someone left trash behind on the table as students were dismissed. No one would admit to leaving the trash behind, but Jeremy graciously volunteered to return and throw the trash away. We are fortunate to have a student with Jeremy’s maturity on our team. Team Name: Navigator, 7th Grade Name of Teacher Recognizing Student: Mrs. Taylor Student’s Name: Ray Yang Everyday as we leave the pod for lunch, Ray holds the door open for us. This is one example of the kind acts evident on our team each day. Team Name: Encore Team 1, 8th Grade Name of Teacher Recognizing Students: Mrs. Butryn Students’ Names: Roniece Carswell & Jordan Sheets In the art room, these students are constantly helping to clean up after everyone else has made a mess. They never ask for anything in return, when they truly deserve it. Team Name: Encore Team 2, 7th Grade Name of Teacher Recognizing Students: Mrs. James Students’ Names: Brayan Ceballos & Sheyla Flores On the last day of computer time, the students were working on a major project. Brayan was unable to log into his account to access the research he had saved. I sent him to the media center to see if they could provide him with assistance in accessing the information, but they could not. Sheyla thought that teachers might be able to access students’ folders on the computer. As a result, she suggested that I log on the computer and search for Brayan’s folder. I was not familiar with this practice of accessing student folders, but I tried it anyway. Thanks to Sheyla, I was able to find Brayan’s folder and his work. Sheyla saved the day for her classmate. Brayan responded to Sheyla’s ingenuity by stating,” You’re smart!”

Congratulations Bear, Jeremy, Ray, Roniece, Jordan, Brayan, and Sheyla!

Hanes Magnet School Box Tops BONANZA Each completed sheet enters you in a drawing for a $25 gift card! • Neatly tape, staple or glue one Box Top into each of the boxes below (25 tops total). • Fill in your name, child’s homeroom teacher, grade and gift card preference. • Drop the completed sheet into the Big Orange Box Tops Box in the Hanes workroom or

simply return to your child’s teacher via the weekly packet. • Enter as many times as you like -‐ duplicate this sheet or print off from the Hanes website.

Name:_________________________________Homeroom:_________________ Grade:____

Circle your Gift Card preference: Target Barnes & Noble Dick’s Sporting Goods

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