In addition to the previously announced make-up days, the Board of Education has approved having school on Friday, April 2. School will be dismissed one hour early that day.
At the Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Board of Education meeting, the Board approved the following previously scheduled "no school" days to make up for days missed due to inclement weather:
Friday, February 19
Monday, March 29
Tuesday, March 30
Wednesday, March 31
Thursday, April 1
Important Dates:
March 8 - Dismiss 2 hours early - In-service March 8-12 - ITED Testing Week April 5 - 2 hour late start - In-service
April 10 - HDHS Prom "Hollywood"
May 13 - Senior Awards Night (7:00 Auditorium)
May 15 - Senior Breakfast (H.S. Cafeteria)
May 17 - Fine Arts/Honor Society Night (7:00 Auditorium)
May 19-21 - Senior Finals
May 19 - Baccalaureate (7:00 Auditorium)
May 23 - Commencement (2:30 H.S. Gymnasium)
NEW! The Hampton-Dumont school board has given approval to pursue a one-to-one laptop initiative for Hampton-Dumont High School students. For information on a one-to-one initiative, click HERE.
Due to the presence of H1N1 flu virus, Mr. Grundmeyer has issued the following statement:
"Attendance should be a high priority for Hampton-Dumont students and parents. However, the health and welfare of students is of utmost importance at this time more than ever. Students who have any flu-like symptoms need to stay home until fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications. Absences due to flu-like symptoms will not be in violation of the school's attendance policy. If it is necessary for your son or daughter to be absent for an extended time, you may request your child's homework, email teachers for assignments, and/or check PowerSchool for future assignments. Students will be allowed double the time they miss to make up school work related to an excused absence."
All State Music Festival
Congratulations to the 13 vocal students who were selected to the 2009 All-State Festival Choir. Those selected were seniors Pascale Bruns-2 years, Connor Butson-4 years, Ariel Grote-4 years, Sarah Owen-1 year vocal and 1 year band, Tyler Van Dyke-3 years; juniors Ben Ady-1 year, Ethan Bettenga-1 year, Kimberly Burman 3-years, Carter Collins 1-year, Kiersten Sorenson-2 years; sophomores Rebekah Anderson-1 year, Taylor Owen 1-year, and freshman Andrew Sorenson.
Congratulations to Maggie Voelker and Morgan Katz for being accepted into the prestigious Iowa All-State Band. This will be Morgan's third year of acceptance and Maggie became one of a very small percentage of Iowa High School musicians to be accepted into All-State all 4 years of high school. Mackenzie Wearda was also selected as an alternate to the All-State Band.
What's happening at HDHS?
Mrs. Meade's Mass Media class recently worked on still shot animations. The students, working with partners, took still pictures, and with the use of iPhoto and iMovie, created a video. They were helped in the process by Mr. Rob Hoffman, TAG coordinator at HDHS. The movie we have posted here was created by Alicia Pecha and Aryel LaRue. Alicia noted that it was a real learning process for Mrs. Meade and for her students, since none had done still animations previously. Alicia enjoyed making the video, dispite some camera difficulties. Overcoming those technical problems helped her understand the process better, and she feels it would be much easier to create a new animation with the knowledge she gained from her initial experience.
Class Officers for 2009-2010
Freshmen Class - Andrew Benning - President, Mitch Vetter - V.President, Taryn Barz - Secretary and Kendra Petersen - Treasurer
Sophomore Class- Sarah Nelson - President, Haylee Hansen - V.President, Tanner Brolsma - Secretary, Liz Hilsman - Treasurer
Junior Class - Maicie Mason - President, Nicki Wirtjes - V.President, Gabrielle Clark - Secretary and Carter Collins - Treasurer
Senior Class: Paige Shafrath - President, Patrick Hansen - V. President, Kodi Pratt - Secretary, and Richelle Orr - Treasurer
