Highland Park Middle School participated in the NJ Regionals of the National Middle School Science Bowl at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab (PPPL) today, Friday, 2/24/23. Our Team A finished joint 5th (with one other team) out of the top 16 schools/teams from all over New Jersey, Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, and selected counties in New York.
HPMS was represented by two teams:
Team A: Joseph Liu, Karas Saadalla, Naakul Venkat, Massimo Prendini, and Kusa Vishnubhotla
Team B: Harrison Clark, Udi Yu, Sophia Li, Lava Vishnubhotla, and Jules Sasso
Our Team A advanced all the way to round 7 and placed 5th (along with one other team). Team B reached round 3 and lost to the team that placed joint 5th (with HPMS Team A).
Congratulations!
In Ms. Hawthorne's class, students earn Picasso Points. Her students earned enough points to paint her face!
Congratulations to Ahmad Wright for being honored at the Student Spotlight ceremony. Ahmad is such a pleasure to have in school. His positivity brightens everyone's day. Congratulations Ahmad. This is so well deserved!!
There is a "Blue Out" on January 10th to help stop bullying. Please have your children wear blue!
We will be having Mrs. Grossman return on January 10th, to have a screening of the "Mallory's Army" documentary followed by and a Q&A. This will be held at the HS Auditorium at 5:30pm. The event is open to all families, and students ages 10+ (If Bartle students attend, they must come with an adult).
There is a half day on Wednesday, 11/23. Find the schedule below:
PERIOD 1
7:58-8:41
PERIOD 2
8:44-9:27
PERIOD 3
9:30-10:13
PERIOD 4
10:16-10:59
PERIOD 5
11:02-11:44
PERIOD 6
11:47-12:30
Conferences are scheduled for October 25th, October 26th, and October 27th.