The Hoopeston Area Middle School faculty invites our parents to join us for our upcoming Parent-Teacher conferences on Thursday, March 21 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday, March 22 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. One of our primary goals in middle school is to encourage students to develop more independence and take greater ownership of their learning. ... READ MORE >
HAMS Families,With the start of Remote Learning, teachers will be providing students with activities that will move the curriculum forward. This means that certain topics may be new to the students. To ensure that students are understanding the concepts, teachers will be collecting completed assignments. Online work may be submitted through Google Classroom.... READ MORE >
HAMS Families,Here are this week's remote learning activities. (Note: They are divided up by grade level.) Please reach out to your teachers via Google Classroom or email if you have questions. You are only expected to complete the activities assigned by the teachers on your schedule. However, if you see other items that look interesting, feel free to complete... READ MORE >
HAMS Remote LearningBeginning 3/30/20Introduction: Due to the Covid-19 virus, Illinois school closures are stretching into April and will probably continue for an undetermined length of time. HAMS faculty/staff feel an ethical responsibility to provide students with remote learning opportunities. Purposes: The purposes of providing remote learning opportunities... READ MORE >
Due to the recent health crisis, our school buildings will be closed until April 8th, 2020. During this time, the middle school staff wants to do everything we can to continue to support the learning of our students. Because of this, beginning on March 30th, we will post weekly activities on our school website, facebook, and google classrooms that students can... READ MORE >
Hoopeston Area Middle School Families, Please see the attached information regarding the school closure. For the Middle School, students only need to get packets of work if they do not have access to the internet. One of the attached pages identifies online educational activities the students can do during the school closure. For those that wish to pick up... READ MORE >
Today for our 12:20 dismissal day, HAMS focused on celebrating our student body and team building. We began the day with our first Student of the Month assembly. Then, students participated in a variety of team building activities in their classrooms. We ended the morning with Minute to Win It activities in the gym. Students had a great time working together... READ MORE >
Today HAMS kicked off the GEAR UP program. GEAR UP stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. Each week, our GEAR UP Corps member will meet with the 7th and 8th grade students to help them work on goal setting and exploring their interests. READ MORE >
The 5/6th grade girls basketball team played Armstrong-Potomac Thursday night and emerged victorious with a final score of 18-14. Congratulations girls! READ MORE >
The inaugural Cornjerkers MS softball season is well underway. These fantastic young ladies have 7 games under their belts and proudly sport a winning record of 5-2. Come out and cheer them on Friday 8/17 at home against Georgetown-Ridge Farm. Game time is 4:15 PM. See you there! READ MORE >
Today our WEB leaders met to prepare for the upcoming school year. This amazing group of students is committed to the mission to make sure HAMS is "Where Everybody Belongs". Under the direction of sponsors, Mrs. Judy and Mrs. Fesser, the WEB leaders participated in team building activities and practiced giving tours in preparation of helping the incoming 6th... READ MORE >