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The end of the year is coming quickly and so are a
lot of events and deadlines! Please check the “Mark
your Calendars” section on the last page for
upcoming dates and deadlines!
Bobcat News V O L U M N E 2 I S S U E 2 9
HAMS 2nd Annual Wine Tasting and
Silent Auction
April 10, 2015 7-10pm
Comfort Suites 5421 West Waters Ave
Wine and light appetizers, lots of great baskets to bid on and fun with other HAMS families and friends!
Tickets are on sale now!
The last day to purchase a ticket is April 6th.
Tickets are $25 for non-PTSO Members &
$20 for PTSO Members.
You can still become a member!
Tickets are available for purchase at the PTSO meeting on Thursday, March 26th or on the PTSO website in the E-Store or by filling out the auction
ticket sales flyer in the forms section and turning it in to your teacher.
This Week at
HAMS
Monday, 3/23:
Flag football game
4:30 pm
Tuesday, 3/24:
Soccer game
4:30 pm
Wednesday, 3/25:
Flag football game
4:30 pm
Thursday, 3/26:
PTSO meeting
6:00 pm
Soccer game
4:30 pm
Friday, 3/27:
$1 Dress Down
Day
Skate Night
6-8 pm
Join HAMS Choir!
Open to Grades 3-8
Afterschool from 3:30 to 4:30 in Room 231
Meeting Dates:
March 3, 16, 24, 30
April 6, 14, 20, 28
May 4, 12, 18
A concert will be held the last week in May (date TBD).
Songs: Spiderman, What a Wonderful World & Colors of the
World
Contact Ms. Emgee at [email protected]
March FSA Testing Schedule
The testing schedule has been posted to the PTSO website. If there are changes
to the schedule the revisions will be posted once we are notified.
March 23:
Grades 3-4 PBT FSA ELA Part I 80 minutes
Grades 1-2 SAT-10
March 24:
Grades 3-4 PBT FSA ELA Part II 80 minutes
Grades 1-2 SAT-10
March 25:
Grades 3-4 PBT FSA Math Part I 80 minutes
Grades 1-2 SAT-10
March 26:
Grades 3-4 PBT FSA Math Part II 80 minutes
Grades 1-2 SAT-10
March 27:
Start make-up testing
Grades 1-2 SAT-10
March 30:
FSA makeup testing
March 31:
FSA makeup testing 5-8
GR SAT 10
Don’t forget Skate Night this Friday from 6-8 pm
at Skate World (7510 Paula Dr., Tampa, 33615).
Entrance is $5 and includes free skates. Don’t
forget to mention you are with HAMS so they can
give us back a portion of your admission.
It’s always a fun night!
Join HAMS Choir!
Open to Grades 3-8
Afterschool from 3:30-4:30 in Room 231
March 24, 30
April 6, 14, 20, 28
May 4, 12, 18
There will be a concert the last week of May.
Purchase your auction ticket by
March 26th you will be
automatically entered into a
drawing to win 2 tickets to see
George Lopez on April 4th at
Ruth Eckerd Hall! If you have
already purchased your tickets
you are already entered to win.
P A G E 4
Thank you Cooper's
Hawk Wine Tasting,
Hooters, Tampa
Theater, and
Cheesecake
Factory , Cox Media
Group, Froyo, Gold
and Diamond
Source, Roy’s,
Columbia Restau-
rants, School Tool
Box, and Cason
Photography for
your donations!
Teacher’s “Gift of Time”
Teachers are donating to the auction too! They are donating a “Gift of Time” to the auction. The gifts are fun experiences that the kids can have with their teachers either after school or during lunch. There will be a “Gift of Time” wall at the Silent Auction so you can bid on the
experience.
Here are some experiences:
Ms. DeStefano is auctioning a trip to see the Tampa Yankees play with 2 friends.
Ms. Johnson will take a student and a friend out for ice cream.
Ms. Gallagher will have cocoa and books with 4 students at Starbucks.
Or a student can be the Principal or Vice Principal for the day!
Important Auction Information:
We will be using a mobile bidding system this year. You
can access this through any smart phone or wifi enabled de-
vice (iPad, tablet, iTouch, etc.). Wifi connection will be
available at the hotel.
P A G E 5 V O L U M N E 2 I S S U E 2 9
The Silent Auction Raffle
items include a flat
screen TV, a wine basket and a Google
Android tablet! Raffle tickets are $5
each and can be purchased at the PTSO
meeting on March 26th or the night of the
auction. There is also a 50/50 raffle with
tickets costing $1 that will be sold at the
auction.
One more day of basket making! We will be getting together at
Jo Ann’s house to finish putting the baskets together from all the donated
items. We will be meeting at Jo Ann's house on Tuesday, March 24th. Please
sign up on the PTSO website. We will email the address to volunteers prior
to the event. Also, if you have any ribbon, clear plastic wrap or baskets of
any size to donate, please bring it or leave it a the front desk at school by
Wednesday.
Another huge THANK YOU to Comfort Suites for offering a
discounted rate of $69.99 for the night of the Silent
Auction! The rate code LHAMS has been setup
so you can book the night of the auction using
the following link: http://www.comfortsuites.com/ires/en-US/
html/ArrivalInfo?hotel=FL760&srp=LHAMS&pu=no
Are there any season ticket holders that would be willing to donate tickets to a game for the Silent Auction? Please contact Angela Dodd or the PTSO if you would be interested in donating.
P A G E 6
I’m glad I
didn’t buy
a yearbook
— said NO
ONE!
Less than 2 weeks left to order a
yearbook!
The deadline is quickly approaching! Don’t let your
kids come home upset when yearbooks are
delivered and they did not get one. The books have
great pictures and memories that the kids love!
The last day to order is April 1st.
There will be no extras.
To order: ybpay.lifetouch.com
Yearbook ID Code: 11838515
Do you have pictures
of this school year?
We need you to upload pictures to be used in the yearbook as soon as
possible. Pictures taken on phones will not work, but all others are
welcome! Upload pictures: community.lifetouch.com
and register with the following access code: TXQHRB
Please include a description of each photo is so that committee can
ensure photos make it to the right section of the yearbook.
P A G E 7 V O L U M N E 2 I S S U E 2 9
Announcements The last day to buy Silent Auction tickets is April 6th.
The Book Fair will be held May 11-15th.
5th Grade “Move Up Day” (daytime) and 8th Grade Graduation (evening) are June
4th! Make sure you buy a yearbook by April 1st for your graduating student!
Lost and Found: Have your children check for their stuff! Items that have been there
longer than a month will be donated. Lunch boxes are located in the cafeteria, valua-
ble or small items (head bands, etc.) are at the front desk, and coats, sweaters, pants,
etc. are in front of the Media Center. There are 2 sets of car keys at the front office.
Consider purchasing a yearbook for your teacher!
Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4th—Math 8th.
Make sure you check the volunteer tab on the PTSO page regularly
for volunteer opportunities. We are always adding additional oppor-
tunities! Each family is required to volunteer 10 hours per year! If
you are looking for opportunities outside of regular business hours,
please consider helping to get donations for the Silent Auction. Also,
you get 1 hour for each PTSO meeting you attend.
New spots recently added: We need judges, score keepers and time
keepers to help with Battle of the Books in May.
Ms. Halsor’s Bulletin Board: The Life Cycle of a HAMS Volunteer.
The members of the Dad’s Club have put a lot of work to
find the storage shed, get it delivered and set up. The shed
will be used to store the Haunted House supplies and give
Coach Cooney some extra storage space for sports
equipment. Thank you to everyone involved for all you did!
Busch Gardens has extended the dead-
line to sign up for Grad Nite to April
1st!!
8th graders transitioning into high school can attend the
Busch Gardens Grad Night on May 1st from 7 p.m. until mid-
night. The cost is $53.50 per student and includes rides, DJs,
live entertainment and dinner. Busch Gardens is open exclu-
sively for 8th graders that night. Flyers are available on the
PTSO website. Please return a completed form to child’s hom-
eroom teacher by April 1st. Parents are needed to chaperone
and transport to and from Busch Gardens. There will be a par-
ent sign up on the website closer to the event. For every 10
paid kids there will be a free chaperone.
For more information, please contact Susan Faris at
Don’t forget the opportunities to help us collect “Free Money”
This money really adds up quickly and we have already been able to purchase a lot from these programs!
Please continue to turn in Coke Rewards: Every point counts towards free money for the school. Codes can be found on the packaging of your favorite Coca-Cola brands, including Powerade and Dasani water. Codes are located under caps, inside the tear-off on 12-packs and on multi-pack wraps.
Please download the Shoparoo app and start tak- ing pictures of your grocery, Target, Walmart, Lowes and other receipts.
Send in your Box Tops as soon as possible so they can be included in the next submission.
Be sure to sign up for a Target Credit or Debit card then designate our school as your school of choice. You will save 5% on your purchases and free shipping. Plus, HAMS will earn 1% of your pur-chase.
Do you purchase from Amazon? Do all of your Amazon shopping through the link on the PTSO website.
We also participate in the Tyson Project A+™ Program, a fund-raising program sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. Just clip and collect Tyson Project A+ labels from Tyson prod-ucts. Send the labels to school with your child. We’ll collect the labels and send them to Tyson Foods.
Archery has been added to the after-school activities in May
for 3-8th graders!
There are a few Middle School spots available. If you have a 3-5th grad-
er that missed a chance to sign up please email Ms. Morgan at
[email protected] to be placed on the waiting list.
Find us on the web
http://hillsboroughacademy.my-ptso.org
https://www.facebook.com/hamsptso
March
23 Flag football game at 4:30 pm
24 Soccer game at 4:30
25 Flag football game at 4:30 pm
26 PTSO meeting at 6:00 pm
Soccer game at 4:30
27 Skate Night from 6:00-8:00 pm
$1 Dress Down Day—90’s theme
30 Student of the Month
Flag football game at 4:30 pm
April
1 Last day to purchase a yearbook
Last day to sign up for 8th grade Grad
Night
2 New Student Registration Day from
9:30 am—2:00 pm
3 Teacher Work Day – No School
6 Last day to buy Silent Auction tickets
7 New Student Registration Day from
4:00 - 6:30 pm
Dad’s Club Meeting at Charann’s Tavern
from 6:00-7:00 pm
National Elementary Honor Society
Induction Ceremony 6:00-7:00 pm
9 New Student Registration Day from
9:30 am—2:00 pm
National Junior Honor Society
Induction Ceremony 6:00-7:00 pm
10 Tasting for Technology Silent Auction
7:00-10:00 pm
16 Teacher Appreciation Breakfast (5th)
New Student Registration Day
4:00—6:30 pm
23 PTSO Meeting--Board Elections 6:00 pm
24 $1 Dress Down Day
May
1 Busch Gardens Grad Night for
8th Grade 7:00 - midnight
5 Middle School Battle of the Books
8:45—10:15 am
Dad’s Club Meeting at Charann’s Tavern
from 6:00-7:00 pm
11-15 Book Fair
14 Elementary Battle of the Books
8:45-10:15 am
15 Skate Night 6:00 - 8:00 pm
21 Teacher Appreciation Breakfast (PTSO)
25 Memorial Day—No School
28 PTSO Meeting 6:00 pm
29 Middle School End of the Year Dance
June
4 “Move Up” Day for 5th Grade (during
school) & 8th Grade Graduation (evening)
5 Last Day of School