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HMS Annual “Bring a Veteran to School” Event
Harborside's "Bring a Veteran to School" event will be on Tuesday, November 11th!
Students and staff are invited to bring a veteran family member or friend to participate in a ceremony and classroom visit.
Google Sign-up Forms should be submitted by Friday, October 31st. Click 2025 HMS Veterans Day Form to complete a sign-up form.
Students are encouraged to wear RED, WHITE, and/or BLUE on Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11th.
Harborside is participating in the annual VFW Patriot's Pen Writing Contest. Students should see Miss Napier if they would like an entry form or more information. Contest entries are due to Miss Napier by Tuesday, October 28th.
Conference Reminders
Families can now access the online conference schedule system. Families can revise/cancel their own conferences through 12:00 PM on Monday, October 13. See below for additional information.
Access to the online system -
Go to the HMS website and click on Fall Conference“Click here to Sign-Up” and follow the directions.
Quick tip: Look for emails from “noreply@myconferencetime.com” when searching email for conference confirmation communications.
Scheduling Reminder -
Due to limited slots available per teacher, it is not possible for every parent/guardian to meet with every one of their child’s teachers. Therefore, parents/guardians are asked to limit their selection to two core teachers per student (Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science,Spanish, or French) and three Unified Arts teachers (Phys. Ed., Art, Music, Tech Ed, and Health).
If parents/guardians wish to meet with additional core/unified art teachers or the team as a whole please contact the specific teacher or team to set up a mutually agreed upon time, during the school day, outside of the conference dates to meet.
Parents/guardians can also schedule meetings with the guidance counselor, social worker, psychologist, speech and language, and special education teachers using this system.
Please remember that we will have a modified early dismissal time on the conference days to accommodate the conference schedule. Therefore, students will be dismissed on October 15th and October 16th at 12:35 pm.
Conference dates and times.-
Wednesday, October 15th 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM.
Thursday, October 16th 1:05 PM - 3:05 PM.
HMS Movie Night
HMS Family Movie Night (adults must accompany students and siblings) will be on Friday, October 17 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
The movie, Live Action Lilo and Stitch, will be shown in the gym.
HMS Scholastic Book Fair -
Harborside will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair in October.
The book fair will be open from Monday, October 13th to Friday, October 17th during school hours and parent report card conferences.
Parents can set up an eWallet for their child to shop at the book fair. Here is a link to all the book fair details.
Monday, October 13 - HMS Afterschool Clubs begin.
Wednesday, October 15 and Thursday, October 16 - Early release for Fall Conferences. Dismissal is at 12:35 PM on these days.
Fall Middle School Conferences -
Wednesday, October 15th 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 16th 1:05-3:05 p.m.
Spring Middle School Conference -
Tuesday, March 17th 1:05-3:05 p.m.
Wednesday, March 18th 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 29 - PTO meeting at 7:00 at HMS.
Tuesday, November 4 - Election Day. No school for students. Professional learning for staff.
Wednesday, November, 19 - Early Dismissal for staff Professional learning.
Wednesday, November 26 - Early Dismissal for Thanksgiving break.
Thursday November 27 and Friday, November 28 - No school for Thanksgiving break.
Wednesday, December 10 - Early Dismissal for staff Professional learning.
Tuesday, December 23 - Early Dismissal for the Holiday break.
Wednesday, December 24 - Friday, January 2 - No school for Holiday break.
Monday, January 5 - Return to school from Holiday break.