The Girls Rock Book Club had its second meeting of the year. They enjoyed treats provided by the Halifax Junior Woman’s Club. They discussed the book from last month and introduced a new book, Dear Student, by Elly Swartz. The Girls Rock Book Club also wants to express their gratitude to the Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s Youth Literacy Grant Program for recently awarding them funds to help supply books for the group.
Students from Mrs. Swanson's 6th Grade U.S. History I Honors class did an in-depth study of Native American Dwellings. They considered how the unique tribes would utilize the resources available to them and how they designed their dwellings to meet the needs they would face in their environment. In addition to posters and slideshows, the students had the opportunity to build models of the Native American Dwelling they selected to study.
JRPD District Volleyball Champions - Halifax Lions!
The HCMS After School Program begins November 5th, 2024 from 3:10pm - 5:30pm.
Applications and permission forms are in the HCMS Main Office.
National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony
November 4the, 2024 at 6:00 pm
HCMS Gymnasium
As a reminder, Monday, October 21, 2024 is a Teacher Workday/Parent Conference Day. Students do not attend school.
A fall workshop is planned for parents to learn more about transition services. For more information and to register, please contact Joe Martin at 434-575-2074 or jomartin@halifax.k12.va.us
As a reminder, all schools and offices will be closed Monday, October 14, 2024 in observance of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
National School Lunch Week will be October 14-18, 2024.
Crunch Heard 'Round the Commonwealth will occur Thursday, October 10, 2024.
Due to impending weather conditions, all schools and offices will be closed, tomorrow, Friday, September 27, 2024. Twelve-month employees follow Code 0, do not report.
Mr. Knapp's GOTEC classes have been very busy. Seventh-grade GOTEC classes are shown building simple machines with VEX IQ Robotic kits. Eighth-grade GOTEC classes are shown working on video game development with Microsoft MakeCode Arcade, building VEX IQ BaseBots, & competing in a set task with their ClawBots they built from VEX IQ Robotic kits.
Mr. Layne’s 7th and 8th grade art classes just completed a unit on still-life painting. The 8th graders chose to paint realistically; 7th graders were asked to explore monochromatic and bichromatic color schemes. Their work looks fantastic!
Miss Campbell’s & Mrs. Barksdale’s 7th grade math classes worked on a "Representing Equivalent Algebraic Expressions (Modeling)” activity using algebra tiles. Students received a bag of algebra tiles and worked in groups to determine how to set up their tiles to model the algebraic expressions given to them.
A tree fell on a power line causing the alarm to go off at the high school. We were trying to avoid drills and alarms until the Snapchat threats are calmed. Fire and police responded. All students and staff are safe and back inside. The superintendent, school administration, and top law enforcement officials are meeting today to generate solutions around this. Please report, do not repost any threats you may see. There is no credible threat at this time.
HCPS is aware that spam messages continue to surface. None of them are credible at this time. Please DO NOT repost the messages. Report them to school officials and law enforcement.
Interim reports for the first nine weeks are available for viewing on the Campus Portal. If you need assistance with the portal or need a paper copy of the report, please contact your child's school.
HCPS Families and Staff,
As you are aware from previous communications this week, HCPS has been investigating rumors of threats and social media posts that look like threats of violence to our schools. Together with law enforcement, we have looked into each of these accounts. Our investigations have revealed that none of these threats have been targeting schools in Halifax.
We received an email from the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) addressing the mass distribution of a SnapChat image combined with an added on-screen text being distributed across North America via TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram. Analysis of this image and the mass reproduction indicates this is a spam Snapchat image and is not specific to any school or division.
These are obviously frightening messages and are designed to cause panic and disruption in communities.
So, what should you do if you see something concerning like this?
1. Immediately contact law enforcement and/or school officials to share what you have seen. We will investigate EVERYTHING that comes to us and we want people to share concerning messages so they can be investigated fully.
2. Report, don't Repost- Reposting these images instead of reporting them directly to officials is delaying our investigation and response to the concern. Reposting is causing panic and disrupting our schools and community before the legitimacy of the concern can be determined. If it is reported to us and is determined to be a legitimate threat, we will take immediate action and you will be informed about what we are doing to keep everyone safe.
Halifax County Public Schools and the Halifax County Sheriff's Department are diligently working to investigate every concern in an effort to keep our students and staff safe from any threat of violence. We need your help in these efforts. Please continue to communicate with us directly when you see or hear concerns.
Thank you.
Amy D. Huskin, Superintendent
Please save the date for the second annual CTE Showcase on Thursday, October 17, 2024. This event provides an opportunity for all students and families, including elementary to learn more about Career and Technical Education in Halifax County. Participants will be able to tour lab spaces and participate in live demonstrations. The first 100 attendees will receive a voucher to one of the on-site food trucks. Doors open at 5:15 PM, and the kickoff is at 5:30 PM. For more details and to register, please visit the Halifax County Public Schools website and Facebook page. View more details and register online at https://www.svhec.org/showcasecte/.
Students in Mrs. Coleman’s 8th grade Science class enjoyed exploring cellular respiration and
fermentation. As a follow-up activity, the students created Barf in a Bag.
