Heartland Volleyball played for a cause bigger than the game last night!
Our Pink Out was about more than points on the scoreboard—it was about coming together to support, honor, and make a difference. Thanks to the incredible efforts of our players, families, staff, and Heartland community, over $1,000 was raised for the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer! We are so proud of these girls for using the game they love to support such an important cause. Way to represent Heartland with heart, purpose, and pride!
Great job, girls! 💕
Our Pink Out was about more than points on the scoreboard—it was about coming together to support, honor, and make a difference. Thanks to the incredible efforts of our players, families, staff, and Heartland community, over $1,000 was raised for the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer! We are so proud of these girls for using the game they love to support such an important cause. Way to represent Heartland with heart, purpose, and pride!
Great job, girls! 💕
Take advantage of our early bird pricing and save! $35 until October 19th. After this date, the price will increase to $40. Purchase at: yearbookforever.com
Hawk Hangout is an Advisory activity that allows our students to make some choices about what topic(s) they'd like to learn more about or spend their time completing.
📢 Important Information Regarding Summer Hours
All elementary and middle school offices will be closed through July 31. High school offices and district offices will be open Monday–Thursday from 8am to 4pm. High school offices will be closed for lunch from 11:30am to 12:30pm each day.
Central Enrollment will be open Monday–Thursday, July 6–16 at Memorial's Welcome Center for families who need enrollment assistance.
Families can continue to enroll online at any time by visiting edmondschools.net/enroll. Enrollment applications will begin processing during Central Enrollment or when school registrars return on August 1.
All elementary and middle school offices will be closed through July 31. High school offices and district offices will be open Monday–Thursday from 8am to 4pm. High school offices will be closed for lunch from 11:30am to 12:30pm each day.
Central Enrollment will be open Monday–Thursday, July 6–16 at Memorial's Welcome Center for families who need enrollment assistance.
Families can continue to enroll online at any time by visiting edmondschools.net/enroll. Enrollment applications will begin processing during Central Enrollment or when school registrars return on August 1.
Hello Readers!
Incoming 6th, 7th and 8th graders are invited to participate in Heartland’s Summer Reading Program. Read five books, fill out the bingo sheet (https://tinyurl.com/3px6xkc8), and do a creative project related to one of the books you read. Turn everything in to Mrs. Miller at the start of the school year to attend a donut party and receive a free book! For extra free books, sign up for the public library’s summer reading program and you can get credit for reading the same books twice!
Happy Reading!
Incoming 6th, 7th and 8th graders are invited to participate in Heartland’s Summer Reading Program. Read five books, fill out the bingo sheet (https://tinyurl.com/3px6xkc8), and do a creative project related to one of the books you read. Turn everything in to Mrs. Miller at the start of the school year to attend a donut party and receive a free book! For extra free books, sign up for the public library’s summer reading program and you can get credit for reading the same books twice!
Happy Reading!
We are excited to share that we will be hosting our first "Parent Café" event at Heartland on the evening of April 20th from 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM.
Please register at the following link so we know how many adults and children to expect at the event!
Registration Link: bit.ly/hmsparentcafe
Heartland had the esteemed honor of hosting SuperSAC today, Edmond Public Schools’ Superintendent Student Advisory Committee! 🍀
Middle school principals from across the district brought three student representatives each to meet with Superintendent Mr. Delich and members of his administrative team. Together they shared ideas, asked thoughtful questions, and provided valuable student feedback about initiatives affecting students across our district.
With a little St. Patrick’s Day spirit mixed in, it was a great afternoon of meaningful conversations, leadership, and student voices helping shape the future of Edmond Public Schools! ✨
Middle school principals from across the district brought three student representatives each to meet with Superintendent Mr. Delich and members of his administrative team. Together they shared ideas, asked thoughtful questions, and provided valuable student feedback about initiatives affecting students across our district.
With a little St. Patrick’s Day spirit mixed in, it was a great afternoon of meaningful conversations, leadership, and student voices helping shape the future of Edmond Public Schools! ✨
New York Times Bestselling Author Allyson Gerber will be visiting Heartland on April 9 to promote the latest book in her series The Liars Society. She will be presenting to 7th graders, but all students have the opportunity to order signed copies of her books. Order forms and payment (cash or check made out to Heartland Middle School) are due in the media center by Friday, March 13.
Innovation, imagination, and coding know-how! Ms. Goss's computer science students brought it all to life at their Computer Science Fair. From videos explaining passwords to projects exploring the NBA and gaming, these tech-savvy Hawks showcased their creativity, knowledge and talent! Way to go Hawks!
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Heartland!
The easiest way to let your child shop the Fair independently is by creating an eWallet. It’s easy to set up and easy for others to add funds.
Create an eWallet, and you’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to Share the Fair - the giving program that supports students at our school who need help buying books. Consider participating so that no child leaves the Fair empty-handed!
Here’s everything else you need to know about the Book Fair:
Dates: Monday, Nov 4 - Friday Nov 7, from 7:20 to 2:25
Location: Heartland Media Center
For full details, and to create an eWallet, visit our school’s Book Fair homepage:
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/heartlandmiddleschool
If you would like to volunteer to help at the Fair, you may sign up to do so here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F48A5AA23A3F85-59836910-fall
Happy reading!
The easiest way to let your child shop the Fair independently is by creating an eWallet. It’s easy to set up and easy for others to add funds.
Create an eWallet, and you’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to Share the Fair - the giving program that supports students at our school who need help buying books. Consider participating so that no child leaves the Fair empty-handed!
Here’s everything else you need to know about the Book Fair:
Dates: Monday, Nov 4 - Friday Nov 7, from 7:20 to 2:25
Location: Heartland Media Center
For full details, and to create an eWallet, visit our school’s Book Fair homepage:
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/heartlandmiddleschool
If you would like to volunteer to help at the Fair, you may sign up to do so here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F48A5AA23A3F85-59836910-fall
Happy reading!
A special thank you to Brenda Gomez O'Dell, who visited Heartland today to share her inspiring story about the power of pride in your heritage, hard work, and perseverance in action. Querer es poder! We also appreciate our Heartland Culture Celebrations Committe for hosting this special event in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
New York Times Best Selling Author Scott Reintgen spoke to our sixth grade students while on tour promoting his latest book The Rise of Neptune. He’s published 15 books and is a two-time winner of the Red Dirt Book Award, a student choice award chosen by Edmond Middle School students. His book The Last Dragon on Mars is one of this year’s nominees. During his presentation, he shared stories about his family, talked about his books and allowed students to ask their own questions. Our students were interested and engaged. You can also see him tonight at a free signing event at Best of Books in Edmond.
Heartland students who participated in the summer reading program were rewarded this week with the Summer Reading Celebration, held during Advisory on Tuesday. Participants read five books over the summer and turned in a creative project inspired by one of those books. At the Summer Reading Celebration, students viewed the gallery of projects, decorated bookmarks, ate donuts, played the game Bring Your Own Book, and chose a free book from the prize shelf.
Coach Durham's Around the World class took a cultural journey right here at school! Students explored African culture and traditions. Hats can have powerful meaning within a culture. Students used their creativity to create their own hat celebrating identity, history, and style within a culture.
New York Times Bestselling author Scott Reintgen will be visiting our school on October 8 and speaking to our 6th grade students. Scott is the author of more than a dozen books. His books Nyxia and Ashlords were both winners of the Red Dirt Book Award, a student choice award selected by Edmond Middle School students. The Last Dragon on Mars, the first book in his Dragonships series is one of this year's Red Dirt Book Award nominees. To order an autographed copy of The Last Dragon on Mars or Rise of Neptune (book two in the series), please return the order form (see attached) with payment to the media center by September 17. Order forms will also be available in the Media Center. A limited number of copies may be available for purchase on the date of his visit.
Several Heartland art students have artwork on display in the executive hallways at the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Oliver Hodge Building in OKC.
The Oklahoma State Dept of Education is in the Oliver Hodge Building on the Capitol campus. The address is: Oklahoma State Capitol, 2500 N Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. Park northwest of the building and enter on the west side (main parking lot).
The art gallery is displayed in front of the executive office hall of the OSDE Oliver Hodge Building. Art is also displayed in the north hallway of the building. Unfortunately the hallways are not open to the public - please call or email Elizabeth Maughan about visitation times.
Contact Elizabeth Maughan, PhD
Fine Arts Project Manager
Oklahoma State Department of Education
(405) 522-0863
elizabeth.maughan@sde.ok.gov
The Oliver Hodge building closes at 4:30 p.m. every day, so plan ahead.
Please enjoy the photos if you are unable to schedule a time to view in person with Ms. Maughan.
Way to go Thunderhawks!
Heartland's Spring Book Fair (in partnership with local bookstore Best of Books) is coming soon with two shopping options. Students may shop at school Friday May 9 through Tuesday May 13 from a selection of books and items for middle school students. Families may also shop in-store (for books and items for all ages) at Best of Books Wednesday May 7 through Wednesday May 14 (just mention Heartland Book Fair at checkout). Heartland Media Center will receive a portion of all sales as store credit to buy more books for our library collection. Thank you for your support!
Today we had the opportunity to host award-winning author Dusti Bowling at Heartland! She signed books, conducted a writers workshop for young writers and spoke to the entire sixth grade about the writing process "From Spark to Story," sharing her real-life inspirations for her many books and encouraging students to keep trying even when things get hard. She was a compelling speaker with many interesting stories. Many thanks to the Heartland Parent Organization for helping to sponsor this event! If anyone missed out on purchasing a book, signed copies will also be available at our spring book fair in May.
Congratulations to Kiera Ford for her selection to the American Association of University Women's Girls Hall of Honor!
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Edmond branch started the Girls Hall of Honor to recognize 7th grade girls who exemplify strong leadership qualities. Each year, Edmond middle school teachers nominate outstanding girls from their schools. These nominees then fill out a questionnaire about themselves and their achievements. The AAUW then selects one girl from each Edmond middle school to honor at a reception, where they will give a brief presentation about themselves and be inducted into the AAUW Girls Hall of Honor. The honorees are featured in the display case in the lobby of the Edmond Public Library during the month of March – Women’s History Month.
All STEAM Art students considered the importance of Structural Engineering. Students created large 3D paper mache’ masks from cardboard, tape, newspaper and paper mache glue. Students considered how to interlock support beams (cardboard) for strength as well as how the interlocking beams can be used to form and shape their designs. Other challenges students explored were layering of the newsprint for strength, functionality of wearable art, constructing a 360 degree portrait of their favorite celebrity, and being able to physically see from under their structures.
