Fundraiser Checkbooks Still Available

A limited number of fundraiser checkbooks are still available for purchase in the Hidden Oaks office. The checkbooks contain coupons for local merchants and are perfect for holiday giving. $20 each while supplies last!

Drama Club Auditions

Hidden Oaks Writers

Hidden Oaks Writers

Luc Le, 8^th grade Advanced English student at Hidden Oaks Middle School, is the winner of the Prior Lake VFW Post #6208’s Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest.  Luc was awarded $200.00 for his winning essay, and will be reading it at the VFW Christmas dinner on Sunday, December 16.  He will now advance to the VFW State level contest. 

Cassandra Herubin, 8^th grade Advanced English student at Hidden Oaks, was awarded first runner-up in the Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest.  She will also be reading her essay at the dinner, and was awarded $100.00.

The prompt for this year’s essay contest was “What I Would Tell America’s Founding Fathers.”

Congratulations to both these writers! 



FROG CLUB meets Tuesday morning

Hidden Oaks and Twin Oaks students are invited to join tomorrow's FROG CLUB meeting on Tuesday, November 27th at 6:45 AM in Twin Oaks Room 503. Join other students for donuts and an encouraging devotion. No registration is necessary.  FROG CLUB is a student-led middle school faith club that meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday morning of each month and is open to all TO/HO students.

SPAN

Reminder that SPAN (Synergy/SAGE Parent Action Network) will be hosting an MCGT-sponsored CHAT night on Tuesday November 27 at 7pm in the WestWood Media Center.  The title of of the CHAT night is “The Social and  Emotional Development of Gifted Kids Throughout Childhood.”  Our facilitator will be Dr. Teresa Boatman, a Twin Cities psychologist who focuses her practice on  gifted kids.  Please contact Apryl at span.priorlake@gmail.com with questions or for more information.

6th Gr. Middle School Choir Concert

The Twin Oaks Middle School and Hidden Oaks Middle School 6^th grade choirs will present their first concert on Tuesday evening, November 27^th.  Twin Oaks choirs perform at 6:45 and Hidden Oaks choirs perform at 7:45 (note second concert time change).  All performances will be held in the Twin Oaks Auditorium.

Join us as our combined choirs from TOMS provide the first of back-to-back concerts followed by the combined choirs from HOMS in a second performance.  Their music making and 6^thgrade enthusiasm will offer a charming introduction to festivities associated with the holiday season.

"SOCK IT" to Drugs Day

 Many students got into the spirit and wore fun socks in support of our "SOCK IT" to Drugs Day! Fun socks were all around to show support for Chemical Health week!



Letters to Veterans

Students learning English as an additional language wrote letters to veterans this week. They thanked them for the freedom to move to this country and for fighting so that they could have new opportunities in a new country. Students were excited to learn that their letters would be sent to the local VFW!

Middle School Laker Strength Team Winter 2012

         Prior Lake Athletes in grades 7-8 are invited to join the Laker Strength Team.
      Click HERE for details.

SPAN

 SPAN (Synergy/SAGE Parent Action Network) will have its next meeting on Tuesday November 27 at 7pm in the WestWood Media Center. The event will be an MCGT-sponsored CHAT night titled, ―The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Kids Throughout Childhood.‖ The facilitator will be Dr. Teresa Boatman, a psychologist from the Twin Cities area who focuses her practice on gifted kids. The event is free and open to the public. Please see our website www.mcgt.net/priorlake for more information about SPAN. Contact span@mchsi.com  with questions/concerns.

1st Quarter All-Star Team

Congratulations to our 1st Quarter All -Star Team!

School Store

The holiday season is quickly approaching. Are you thinking of picking up some Laker gear for the Lakers in your family? The Hidden Oaks Student Council is running a school store this year. We have lots of school supplies…pencils, pens, rulers, colored pencils, notebooks, folders, erasers, lead. Most items at the school store cost between $0.25 and $1.50.

Two of our newest items are drawstring Laker bags and Laker water bottles; these would both make great holiday gifts! The drawstring bags cost $7.00 and the water bottles cost $3.00. If you would like more information or would like to purchase some Laker gear, please contact Mrs. Koepp kkoepp@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us, Ms. Toeller atoeller@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us, or Mrs. Suttner nsuttner@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us.

The school store is open on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7:00-7:20.

Ski Club

HOMS/TOMS F.R.O.G. Club

Friday, Nov. 16th 6th Grade Activity Night

On Friday, November 16^th, HOMS and TOMS will be hosting a joint Activity Night for our 6^th graders. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you get to hang out with your friends from across the street! The Activity Night will be held at Hidden Oaks from 2:15-4:00. Some of the activities to look forward to include:

-         A movie

 -        Karaoke

 -        Concessions- candy, pop, pizza

 -        Open gym- volleyball and basketball

 -        BINGO

 -        Swimming

You will need a signed permission slip turned in with $5 to attend the activity night. Permission slips can be found in the main office of both schools. We hope to see you all there!

Library Cards from our public libraries

Hello Families of Hidden Oaks Middle School!

I want to inform you that your child may come home with a form from the media center for the Scott County Public Library System.  I encourage you to bring your child to the Prior Lake or Savage Library to get their own card for a BIG reason!  We are partnering with the Scott County Library so that your child will be able to use all of the fantastic features on their website.  If your child is doing research, they are able to get on the databases with their library card.  This is important because we do many research projects at school and if they bring their library card they will have an easier time getting on the website and finding reliable and valuable information.  The other amazing feature that your child will be able to use is an online tutoring system called HOMEWORK RESCUE.  They are online to help your child from 1pm to 11pm with any questions they have on their homework-any subject!  The tutors are certified teachers from California on the other end.  Please consider taking the time to check out this great resource, it is simple to use and it will save you time if your child can talk to a tutor online and help them through the problems.  They will never give your child the answer but help them through the problem!  There is also a writing lab on the Homework Rescue site where your child can write a paper, and the online tutor for the writing lab will go through and grade the paper and give recommendations for correcting within 24 hours.  Hop on board with me in order to use this exciting tool.  Any questions please call or email Gina Zurn, Media Specialist at Hidden Oaks and Twin Oaks Middle School or simply stop in to Prior Lake or Savage Public Library.  Thank you for your consideration!

Gina Zurn                       

Media Specialist

Hidden Oaks-952-226-0195

Twin Oaks 952-226-0578           

gzurn@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us

7th Grade Raptor Visit

Students got up close and personal with a number of raptors on Wednesday.  

The University of Minnesota Raptor Center brought vititors to Hieen Oaks during

Mr. Kemper and Mr. Lillquists classes.

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