Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School

Summer Extended Learning Opportunities We would like to give parents an update on our plan for summer Extended Learning Opportunities. As of now we are planning on offering two, two weeklong sessions for our current 6 – 8 graders. In the coming weeks we will be sending class recommendations to student’s parents. Below is some general information and descriptions of the classes being offered. Times and Session Dates Monday - Friday 8:30 to 11:30 Session 1 June 7th – June 18th Session 2 July 26th – August 6th Transportation Shuttle Bus between HBRES and HBRHS daily to and from in the AM for Hinckley Students. Big Rock students will need to get to the middle school. Class descriptions for current school year 6 - 8 grade students. Language Arts and Social Studies classes would combine into to one class and work on reading comprehension, writing, synthesizing information, compare and contrast, inferential/conceptual knowledge, vocabulary. Math and Science classes would combine into to one class and work on graphing, solving for variables, extended response, adding, subtracting, multiplying & dividing fractions, precents, positive and Negative numbers and measuring. Both classes could also incorporate some Executive Function Skills like: note taking, organization, google classroom, email communication, emotional control and test taking activities. We would certainly add sections/ dates for students if we get more interest or confirmation of attending. The current dates also mirror elementary and high school to help our parents plan summer activities. We are still working on final details and will email families when we finalized everything in early to mid-May. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact our office or if you are interested in enrolling your student in one of the two classes. Have a great weekend and thank you for all you do, Jeff Strouss HBRMS Principal 630-556-4190 jstrouss@hbr429.org

NIU Summer Reading Skills Programs

There will be no student attendance this Friday April 23rd and Friday May 7th.

Attention Students and Parents: HBRMS is hosting a Food Drive ! Collections will be accepted April 26-May 5. See attached image for specific information. #WeAreHBR

Tonight's home soccer game vs. Earlville has been cancelled. There will NOT be any practice.

Tonight's track meet in Mendota has been cancelled due to weather. There will be indoor practice until 4:15 at the Middle School.

Check out The HBREA Judy Peterson-Blankenship Campership is an opportunity for a middle school student to get a 100 dollars scholarship may be used for an academic , musical, or athletic camp.

Tonight's soccer game at Indian Creek has been cancelled and is rescheduled for May 12th @ 4:15 in Waterman. There will be soccer practice tonight but no practice Friday. Congrats on your 6-1 win over Leland last night.

20-21 Yearbook order information

Dear Parents/Guardians of Hinckley-Big Rock Students, Hinckley-Big Rock School District’s online registration for the 2021-22 school year is now open. We encourage you to complete your registrations for next year as soon as possible. Registration is done through your Parent/Guardian Skyward Family Access account. Prompt payment of fees is appreciated, but is not required at the time of registration. If you have not yet set-up a Skyward Family Access account, follow the steps outlined below: - Contact your student’s building secretary for directions on how to set up your Family Access account in Skyward. Phone numbers are listed below for your easy reference. - Log in to your account at https://skyward.iscorp.com/HinckleyBR429ILStuSTS/ and look for the registration tiles titled “2021-22 Registration 1 and 2021-22 Registration 2”. These will appear next to your student’s name in Skyward. - Click on 2021-22 Registration 1 to begin and follow the directions for enrolling your student(s) for next year. Click on Registration 2 to complete the process. - 2021-22 registration fees have been generated for your student in PushCoin. Any optional fees (sports fees, parking fees etc.) can be paid through the webstore in PushCoin. A link to PushCoin is also provided during the registration process. - For HBRHS students, and HBRMS band students, class fees will be added to PushCoin once your student’s schedule is finalized. If you already have a Skyward Family Access account, follow the steps outlined below: - Log in to your account at https://skyward.iscorp.com/HinckleyBR429ILStuSTS/ and look for the registration tiles titled “2021-22 Registration 1 and 2021-22 Registration 2”. These will appear next to your student’s name in Skyward. - Click on 2021-22 Registration 1 and follow the directions for enrolling your student(s) for next year. Click on Registration 2 to complete the process. - 2021-22 registration fees have been generated for your student in PushCoin. Any optional fees as (sports fees, parking fees) can be paid through the webstore in PushCoin. A link to PushCoin is also provided during the registration process. - For HBRHS students, and HBRMS band students, class fees will be added to PushCoin once your student’s schedule is finalized. Should you need assistance during the enrollment process, or if you do not have access to an internet accessible computer, contact your building secretary. We will set up a time for you to come in and use a district computer to complete the online registration process. We ask that you to complete your student enrollment(s) as soon as possible in order for us to best plan for your student(s) and all students for the 2021-22 school year. If you run into any issues during the registration process, please reach out to your building secretary. Thanks in advance for your efforts as you utilize our online registration. For questions and/or assistance with enrollment: Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School - 815-286-3400 Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School – 815-286-4190 Hinckley-Big Rock High School – 815-286-7500

Registration for the 21-22 school year is open.

Live Boys BB action this afternoon click the link to enjoy. https://youtu.be/1hDXN8ce6V8 HBRMS Boys Basketball Intra-squad games day 1 Two games: Gold vs. Blue and Gold vs. White youtu.be Stream will go live at 3:30. Tonights games will be 20-minute halves with running clock and subs every 5 minutes. There will be no pressing and all teams are going to be working on zone offense and defense. Game 1 starts shortly after 3:30, game two will start 5 minutes after the completion of game one.

Community service opportunity for all our students

Sorry to inform you that tonight’s girls basketball game vs Serena has been canceled

HBRHS Cheerleading tryouts

A little boys basketball action this Wednesday morning at HBRMS

A great big “Thank you” to Mrs. Wassmann & Ms. Neidigh our HBR school social workers! Happy School Social Worker week! #WeAreHBR

Tonight's game link vs. Paw Paw only 7th grade game tonight. https://youtu.be/UQnRnYZ5tIo Will go live at 4:10.

PTO Bookfair 2021

Happy Friday to all of HBRMS’s Peeps. Enjoy your day!