The city track meet has been canceled for today due to weather. We will provide further updates for a rescheduled meet soon.
Color Wars in 8th grade earned all the homerooms a special treat today! 💙🖤❤️🖤
Hello Raiders!
💯 Attendance Challenge: This is the final week to earn jibbitz for your bracelet! Be sure you’re at school each and every day!
🎨 All our after-school clubs have concluded for the year. Thank you for participating!
💬 PTO would like some input from families and staff regarding next year. Please complete this short survey: https://forms.gle/TwuRvrCbHwfciqvy9
💻 There is another virtual Town Hall regarding Standards-Based Grading in Middle School on Monday, May 19th at 5:00 p.m. Join the meeting here: https://forms.gle/TwuRvrCbHwfciqvy9
🗣 The district’s last PTO Council meeting of the school year is on Tuesday, May 20th at 6:00 p.m. Join in-person at the Admin Building or online on MS Teams. More info here: https://www.peoriapublicschools.org/page/pto
📣 The 8th graders only will have a free dress/spirit week this week:
--Monday: Class Color Day (chosen in advance by each homeroom); the class with the highest participation will earn a delicious treat!
--Tuesday: Character Day; dress like your favorite characters from a movie, book, cartoon, etc.
--Wednesday: Career Day; dress as you will in your future careers
--Thursday: Throwback Day; either dress from a specific decade or as you did during your younger years (such as pigtails, jelly sandals, tutus, etc.)
--Friday: Rehearsal & Celebration; wear your 8th grade class t-shirts (if you ordered) along with “Class of ‘25” headbands, buttons, etc.
🇺🇸 There is no school on Monday, May 26th for Memorial Day.
🎓 Tuesday, May 27th at 5:00 p.m. will be the 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony. Students will receive a set number of tickets for their family members. Guests must have a ticket to attend. The ceremony will also be live streamed on MS Teams (bit.ly/25HBDpromotion) We will be offering free digital images this year. If you’re interested, please complete the form at bit.ly/2025promotionpics. For more information regarding the promotion ceremony, see the attachment.
📅 Please see the attached graphic for a full breakdown of this week's events, sports, and activities.
Peace Plays 🎷🎵
Ms. Innocenzi is encouraging students to express themselves and share their art! Throughout the building, there are blank canvases hanging all around, waiting for artists to fill them in.
We welcomed Mrs. Craig back this week! We sure have missed her! 💕
Our final monthly PTO meeting for the 24-25 school year is tonight at 6:00 p.m. in the library and/or on MS Teams.
Meeting link: bit.ly/HBDPTO2425
Students whose grownups attend the meeting (virtually or in person) will earn a FREE DRESS pass!
7Mindsets helps students label and explore their emotions. 😞😜😠😁😨
Hello Raiders!
💞 We hope you were able to celebrate the mothers in your lives today!
💯 Attendance Challenge: Students who are in school every day, earn a jibbitz each week. They’ve been enjoying showing off their bracelets as they fill them up!
👟 There is a track meet on Monday, May 12th and Tuesday, May 13th at 4:00 p.m. at Peoria Stadium.
🗣 We have our final PTO meeting on the school year on Tuesday, May 13th at 6:00 p.m. Join us in the library or online (bit.ly/HBDPTO2425) on to earn your child a free dress pass.
📣 8th graders only: Looking ahead to next week, 8th graders will have a free dress/spirit week:
--Monday 5/19: Class Color Day (chosen in advance by each homeroom); the class with the highest participation will earn a delicious treat!
--Tuesday 5/20: Character Day; dress like your favorite characters from a movie, book, cartoon, etc.
--Wednesday 5/21: Career Day; dress as you will in your future careers
--Thursday 5/22: Throwback Day; either dress from a specific decade or as you did during your younger years (such as pigtails, jelly sandals, tutus, etc.)
--Friday, 5/23: Rehearsal & Celebration; wear your 8th grade class t-shirts (if you ordered) along with “Class of ‘25” headbands, buttons, etc.
🎓 Tuesday, May 27th at 5:00 p.m. will be the 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony. The 8th graders will receive a set number of tickets for their family members. Guests must have a ticket to attend. The ceremony will also be live streamed on MS Teams (bit.ly/25HBDpromotion) We will be offering free digital images this year. If you’re interested, please complete the form at bit.ly/2025promotionpics. For more information regarding the promotion ceremony, see the attachment.
📅 Please see the attached graphic for a full breakdown of this week's events, sports, and activities.
Friday's Secret Spirit Week theme was Hat Day! 👒🎓🎩🤠
Yesterday's Secret Spirit Week theme was: Secret Service! 🕶
Mr. Lewis treated the staff to Grill 'Em All for lunch today! 🤤🍔😋🌯
Student Council "chalked the walk" for Staff Appreciation Week.
Today's Secret Spirit Week theme was: Anything But a Cup 🥤
Free Summer Meals for students 18 and under - with USDA and Sun Meals To-Go!
It's Secret Spirit Week for our staff. The kids have to guess what each day's theme is. Today was BEACH DAY! 🏖️
Hello Raiders!
💯 Attendance Challenge: For each week students are in school every day, they earn a jibbitz for their bracelet. Students who have 100% attendance over the next three weeks will earn an additional reward!
🍪 This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. If you’d like to donate any treats, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054FA4AF29A3F4CE9-56665829-teacher
💻 NWEA Spring Testing continues this week for some students. We’re almost done!
⏰ Wednesday, May 7th is an early dismissal day at 10:30 a.m. Students must have rides arranged, as staff have meetings immediately following dismissal.
👕 8th graders: Your t-shirt money is due by the morning of Friday, May 9th. No late orders will be accepted. The cost is $10 per shirt.
🏈 6th-12th grade girls are encouraged to sign up for the Chicago Bears Monsters Flag Football Clinic in Bloomington on May 10th: https://forms.gle/fw5Cz8eEkcKXBWEDA
🎊 The district’s Multicultural Fair is Saturday, May 10th from noon to 3:00 p.m. at Peoria Riverfront Museum. See attached flyer.
💞 Sunday, May 11th is Mothers’ Day. Don’t forget to send some love to the mothers in your life!
📅 Please see the attached graphic for a full breakdown of this week's events, sports, and activities.
Congrats to Eli on winning Grand Champion for Informative Speaking at the Speech Tournament last weekend! 🥇
The 6th graders made posters explaining what they'd learned about wildfires 🔥
8th grade Horizons visited the FUSE exhibits at the Peoria Riverfront last week. 🔬🎮
