Hermon High School

UPDATE ON ANIMATION BRACKET The Elite 8 is set. Thanks to our pickers: Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Pelletier, Ms. Barry, and Ms. Hasler. We await next week's picks from our esteemed ex-colleague, Mr. Woodside: The line of the tournament so far: Ms. Barry, who picked "I See The Light" over "You'll Be In My Heart": "To preface this- I have never seen Rapunzel and I love Tarzan so my gut told me to pick Tarzan but HECK no. You'll Be In My trash can is more like it!"

Seniors and Parents of Seniors! Senior Submission Yearbook deadline is fast approaching (November 2nd). It is extremely important that you check your HHS email. Yearbook has sent out individual notices with directions and access to your Upload Folder. We've also sent out a separate Survey to gather information so we can plan the yearbook layout. Less than 20% of seniors have responded.

Juniors and Seniors! Check your email! Early college classes are now available for Spring 2021 for Husson and University of Maine system!

Colleges visiting this week!

Congrats to Nolan Raymond! Way to represent HHS! https://www.ageofnature.mainepublic.org/blog/studentchallengewinners

Get ready for the Day of Welcome! On Thursday, October 22nd, and Friday, October 23rd let’s celebrate a school community where we all belong. Brought to you by the civil rights team.

Update on our Animated Movie Bracket! Here are the round of 32 selections for the Animated Movie Bracket. HUUUGE Upsets in this round. Trust me, the halls of Hermon are stirring with controversy. Sweet 16 matchups will come next Tuesday. Mr. Murray https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J6qCXXQdOLvVyWrOarKE1bygdWSr_MlGvJNzteH82wk/edit

CLASS OF 2021!! Check your email for a message from Mrs. Pelletier for a google sheet she shared with all of you on scholarships that are available to you! These will be upodated weekly! APPLY APPLY APPLY!

MACBOOKS! It is almost time! First, we need ALL guardians to fill this google form out! ASAP! CLICK HERE! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEecbSknoh2jxnWhCaxsgAcAMCFSXJCBaufQEPteV5ldonvA/viewform

College and Military visits this week!

Results from the first round of the Animated Music Bracket Challenge! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sGdjTPgXAl4iMl99oWbvcltQyp_T3VR4jd5Saj6oyoM/edit

The Hermon High School Writing Center will resume operations on Tuesday, October 20th. Just email your work to writing.center@schools.hermon.net. See an English teacher for more details.

PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST! Student Council is happy to sponsor a pumpkin decorating contest, open to all students and faculty. Choose your design, either painted of sculpted. Label your pumpkin with your name and your grade. Take a photo of yourself and your pumpkin and send to Mrs. Clain using the school gmail. Send your entry by October 28. Student Council will create a slide show with all entries. Students and faculty may then vote on the best pumpkins in each category. The creators of the winning pumpkins will receive a Dunkin Donuts gift certificate.

2020 YEARBOOKS ARE IN! Hawks Class of 2020....THEY'RE HERE!!! The wait is over! Come get your 2019-2020 Yearbook. Available in the Main Office! Hawks Class of 2021...We emailed you the Senior Yearbook Information Letter and access to your Yearbook Materials Folder. Please check school email and get back to year.book@schools.hermon.net or jesse.hargrove@schools.hermon.net if you haven't received it."

College and Military visits this week!

In Mr. Murray’s Honors English 9, the kids will learn the skills of persuasion using the first annual Animated Movie Songs Bracket. Each week, we will be announcing matchup winners, picked by your very own Hermon faculty. So fill out your bracket and follow along! Happy picking! SONGS: https://docs.google.com/document/d/126aRx7haN5NH62vWYfMlgnguEcP3kF3Xb29s1nxpR_w/edit?usp=sharing BRACKET 1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/13bdIQvKJgJX3E-HltsJCaM9DkP8SPkLG/view?usp=sharing BRACKET 2 https://drive.google.com/file/d/15-bGUHmlMI8Qv74fRZTtHZmavMvtwt8L/view?usp=sharing

REMINDER! Looking forward to Parent Teacher Conferences! October 8th and October 15th 4pm-8pm. First of two nights begins on the 8th (tomorrow). Here is the information! DEADLINE to sign up is the following: By 1:00 on October 8th for that night's conferences By 1:00 on October 15th for that night's conferences WHERE DO YOU FIND THE PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE LINK? https://signup.com/go/vhMWKuP Directions on how to sign up for Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences ~THIS IS A TWO STEP PROCESS: SIGNING UP AND MEETING~ STEP ONE: SIGNING UP Go to this link https://signup.com/go/vhMWKuP *Choose your child’s teacher by clicking the view box. *Select a day (either the 8th or the 15th). *Click the time slot you want the conference for with that individual teacher. *Click the green tab “sign up”. Enter in the fields required: your name, your phone number, your email, your student’s name, and confirm you are the guardian. *Now click “save”. To sign up for additional teachers click “go back to all sign ups” and repeat the same process for the next teacher. You will receive a confirmation in your email to remind you of your scheduled times! You can also opt in for a text reminder. STEP TWO: HOW TO MEET WITH YOUR TEACHER ON CONFERENCE DAYS *Each teacher you have signed up with will send you a Google Meet link through the email you provided. *If you are using a smartphone or tablet you can download the free Google Meet app on your device. If you do not have access to a device with a camera you may dial in to meet with a teacher using your phone. *Click on the link sent to you corresponding with the time you signed up for. You may have up to 4 Google Meet invites if you signed up with multiple teachers.

College Admissions Visits this week!

COMMUNITY SERVICE The library wants to give you community hours as you read! Yes, you are hearing that correctly. We want to promote reading! How do you do that? 1. Check a book out 2. Read the book 3. Record the time it took you to read the book 4. Write a brief summary of the book 5. Send the summary to Mrs. Schwartz. Mrs. Schwartz will then make it Book of the Week for the school! You will receive Community Service hours for both the time it took you to read the book and for the time it took you to write the summary! This means you can get Community Service hours for reading and telling others about the book! The Library is open 7:30 to 2:15. See Mrs. Schwartz or Mrs. Gove in the library for more information.

Seniors!! One month down and going strong! See your School Counselor to set up a senior meeting! Be sure to keep track of the calendar provided in your senior folder!