Harnett Central Middle School

Good Evening Raiders!! Tomorrow, March 20th our Raider Baseball, Softball and Soccer teams will have a home game against Shughart. This is a schedule change as Shughart's field is currently unplayable. We will also have a home game on Thursday, March 23rd against Coats-Erwin. All games will start at 4pm. Admission to all games is $5 and concessions will be available for sale. We can only accept cash for admission and concessions. Students who wish to attend the games, must leave campus via carpool or bus and return to school for the games. To ensure the safety of students, staff and spectators the following policies will be implemented at all Harnett County Middle Schools' Spring Sport contents. Please assist us with following the outline guidelines moving forward. The Following Items are Prohibited: - Backpacks/Bags -Weapons, including any type of knife -Tobacco Products/Vaping Products -No Passes out In addition, we expect all spectators to display sportsmanship at all times. Be Positive, Be Encouraging, Be Supportive. Wednesday, March 22nd is Dress as Twins or Triplets day. Students and staff are encouraged to dress up as Twin or Triplet with a friend or two. Please be reminded that school dress code still applies. The Spring HCMS Team store closes this evening at 11:59pm. Please be sure to get your orders in this evening by visiting https://harnettcentral.itemorder.com/shop/home/ The 3rd quarter will end on Tuesday, March 28th. Please encourage your students to check with their teachers about missing assignments or login to their PowerSchool accounts to view their current grades. Thank you and have a great evening.

Good Evening Raiders!! Tomorrow, March 13th is an Optional Teacher Workday. There is no school for students. We have opened another online team store for HCMS apparel including some new items. The online store closes on Sunday, March 19th. You can find the link included with this weekly email. Spring Pictures are scheduled for Friday, March 17th. Spring pictures are pre-paid only. Students who have not had a picture taken for the Yearbook will need to do so on Friday. This will be the final opportunity to have a yearbook picture taken. Friday, March 17th is St. Patrick's Day. Students and staff are encouraged to wear green. School dress code still applies. Students are not permitted to bring any outside Fast Food items for breakfast or lunch including beverages. Students are not permitted to bring any drinks that are not in a resealable containers. Thank you and have a great evening. HCMS Online Store

Good Evening Raiders!! Hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. Spring Sports tryouts start tomorrow, February 27th for Baseball, Softball and Girls Soccer. Baseball and softball tryouts will end at 4:30pm and Girls Soccer at 5pm. We will be holding a Parent Information Night on Thursday, March 9th for rising 6th grade students at 6pm. Information flyers will be sent the elementary schools that feed Harnett Central Middle. This event is only for current 5th grade student who will be attending Harnett Central next year as a 6th grade student. Thank you and have a great evening.

Good Evening Raiders, The HCMS PTG will be holding their next meeting on Tuesday, February 21st at 6pm in the HCMS cafeteria. The HCMS PTG meetings are open to all parents and guardians of HCMS students. There is no cost to join and this is a great way to find out how the PTG supports the students and staff at HCMS. The HCMS PTG is always looking for parent volunteers to assist. If you would like to join the HCMS PTG and to be placed on their email list, please contact Lynne Wilkerson, PTG President at hcmsptg@gmail.com. Baseball, Softball and Girls Soccer are tentatively scheduled to begin tryouts on Monday, February 27th. Golf will begin at a date and time to be determined. Any student interested in trying out for a spring sports must have a current physical on file on or before the start of tryouts. Physical forms are available at the front office. The 2023 Harnett Central Middle School Book Fair will take place the week of February 13th. We will be holding a family night on Thursday, February 16th from 3pm - 6pm in our Media Center. Yearbooks may be purchased online at www.balfour.com. Yearbooks cost $32 and there are less than 200 yearbooks left to purchase. All 8th grade ads must be purchased by March 1st. Monday, February 20th is an annual leave day. There is no school for students on Monday. Progress reports will be sent home on Wednesday, February 22nd. Thank you and have a great evening,

Good Evening Raiders!! As we move closer to February, I wanted to share some upcoming dates to remember. All 6th and 8th grade students will be taking their NC Check-In #2 assessments during the week of February 6th. It is very important that students are at school and on time each day of these assessments. These assessments provide our teachers with valuable data in order to analyze student proficiency of targeted grade level standards. February 7th: 6th Grade Math and 8th Grade Science February 8th: 6th Grade ELA and 8th Grade Math February 10th: 8th Grade Math 7th Grade students will take their NC-Check In#2 in March due to ensuring that students have received instructions on the standards to be assessed. Yearbooks may be purchased online at www.balfour.com. Yearbooks cost $32. Spring Sports tryouts are coming soon and anyone interested in trying out must have a current physical on file with the front office. If your student needs a physical form, they are available at the front office. The 2023 Harnett Central Middle School Book Fair will take place the week of February 13th. We will be holding a family night on Thursday, February 16th from 3pm - 6pm in our Media Center. Our Raider Basketball teams will be on the road tomorrow, January 30th at Coats-Erwin and at home on Thursday, February 2nd against Overhills. As a reminder, Harnett Central Middle School does have a cell phone and electronic device policy and students are expected to adhere to them. You may find the policies attached to the email that accompanies this weekly message. Thank you for your continued support and have a great evening. HCMS Cell Phone _ Wireless Device Policy.pdf

Good afternoon, Raiders family. Harnett County Schools will operate on a normal schedule today. However, Harnett Central Middle School will not have any after school activities today.

Good Evening Raiders. Hope everyone had a great weekend and here are this week's updates. Friday, January 13th is an Early Release Day. Car Riders will be dismissed at 11:45am and bus riders will be off campus by 12pm. Students may not be checked out after 11:15am. Friday, January 13th is also Tye Dye day. Students may wear their favorite tye dye gear. Please remember school dress code still applies. The 2nd quarter will end on Friday, January 13th. Reports cards will be send home electronically with all students on January 25th. Monday, January 16th is Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday and there is no school for students or staff. Tuesday, January 17th and Wednesday, January 18th are Mandatory Teacher Workdays. There is no school for students. The Raider Basketball team have a home game tomorrow against Western Harnett Middle School. The girls game will begin at 4pm with the boys game taking place following the conclusion of the girls game. Admission is $5 and concessions will be available. Thank you for your continued support of Harnett Central Middle School and have a great evening.

Good Evening and Happy New Year Raiders!! We are looking forward to having our students return to school tomorrow, January 3rd. As a reminder, the second quarter and first semester will end on Friday, January 13th. Our Raider Basketball teams will have an away game on Thursday, January 5th at Overhills Middle School at 4pm. We are looking forward to a great start of 2023 and we appreciate your continued support of Harnett Central Middle School. Thank you and have a great evening.

Good Evening Raiders!! Please remember that pajama pants are not permitted at school and this is a violation of the Harnett Central Middle School student dress code. Students who arrive to school in pajama pants will be asked to call home for a change of clothing. Students who cannot get a change of clothing will be asked to sit in ISS for the remainder of the day. Thank you for your assistance. We have COVID home-tests available free of charge in our front office. These are being provided to our families with the goal of helping to have a safe return to school post winter break. These tests are completely optional, but we wanted to make you were aware of their availability to those you may be interested. Our HCMS PTG is actively seeking parents and families to join the PTG. There is no cost to join and if you are interested please email the PTG President, Lynn Wilkerson at HCMSPTG@gmail.com. Thank you and have a great evening!!

Good Afternoon Parents and Guardians, Please mark your calendars for the following important dates in November. Thursday, November 3rd: Report Cards Emailed Home Friday, November 4th: Fall Sports Pictures Tuesday, November 8th: Optional Teacher Workday (No School for students) Friday, November 11th: Veteran's Day (No School) Monday, November 14th: Optional Teacher Workday (No School for students) Wednesday, November 23rd: Early Release Day @ 11:45am Thursday, November 24th - Friday, November 25th: Thanksgiving Break (No School) Thank you and have a great evening,

Good Evening Harnett Central Raiders, Our World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser kicked off this afternoon as chocolate was sent home with students who returned their permission slips. Please remember that students are not permitted to sell chocolate at school due to Child Nutrition guidelines. We are not permitted to sell any food items until after school hours unless it is sold by our Child Nutrition staff during student lunches. In addition, chocolate may not be sold on buses or through door-to-door sales. As the weather turns cooler, please remember that students are not permitted to bring blankets on the bus or to school. Thank you and have a great evening,

Good Morning Parents and Guardians of Harnett Central Middle School, This is Jen Black, Principal at Harnett Central Middle School. As a follow-up to the message sent out last evening, there are many rumors on Social Media regarding the ammunition that was found yesterday at Harnett Central. Our administrative staff has extensively investigated yesterday's incident and the Social Media rumors associated with it. We have determined that there is no viable threat at Harnett Central Middle School and our school is operating as usual. Please know that the safety of our students and staff are our top priority. Thank you and have a great day!

October 16, 2022 Good Evening Raiders, On Friday, October 14th students were given a Federally Connected Survey Form. We are asking that all students, even those not Federally Connected to please return the forms to their Homeroom Teacher as soon as possible. This survey provides us with additional funding based on the number of federally connected forms that are returned. As a reminder, students are not permitted to wear any type of pajamas pants to school. This is a violation of our student dress code. On Monday, October 17th, our Raider Volleyball and Soccer teams are home against Highland. Our Raider Football team will be home on Wednesday, October 19th against Coats-Erwin. All games will begin at 4pm and admission is $5. Concessions will be available for all games. The HCMS PTG World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser will begin next week. On Monday, October 17th, students will receive a permission form for the fundraiser and students can pick up their box of chocolate beginning on Tuesday, October 18th with a signed permission form. The fundraiser will continue through November 18, 2022. Thank you for continue support and please reach out with any questions. Have a great evening.

#ThrowbackThursdays #ICYMI The inaugural 8th grade Spanish Dual Language recognition ceremony was held at Coats-Erwin Middle School in May. All 27 students met the NCDPI AAPL Test expectations and will earn credits for Highschool Spanish I and Spanish II. The AAPPL assesses Interpersonal Listening/Speaking, Presentational Writing, Interpretive Reading, and Interpretive Listening. We are so proud of their accomplishments! A special thank you to our student speakers… CEMS 8th Graders: Aubreigh Carroll, Adair Colmenero, and Cole Stevens HCMS 8th Graders: Karen Martinez Chavez, and Zhania McKoy for raising awareness on the benefits of Dual Language Programs and inspiring others to begin and continue foreign language studies! #SuccessWithHCS #LanguageLearning #BilingualEducation #InspringLearnersToBeLeaders

Amy Crockett (HCS Student Support Services Coordinator), Lauren Cappola (HCS Director of Counseling Services), Jan Rogers (CAC Director and Forensic Interviewer), and Jermaine White (HCS Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services) look on as Dr. Aaron Fleming (HCS Superintendent) signs the Memorandum of Understanding renewing the partnership between Children’s Advocacy Centers and Harnett County Schools. The CAC raises community awareness about child abuse and provides resources for the safety and protection of children. A multidisciplinary team, composed of CAC staff and representatives from all intervening agencies, frequently review active cases. Harnett County Schools Student Support Services staff serve on this multidisciplinary team to best support students and families who may be involved with the CAC. According to Jan Rogers, the partnership with HCS has optimized their ability to serve children, since schools are where children spend much of their time. Harnett County Schools is dedicated to the same mission and is thankful for Children’s Advocacy Centers for everything they do for our community. #TogetherWeServe #Children #ChildProtection #WeAreHarnett #SuccessWithHCS

The Harnett County Schools school bus safety program is helping to improve safety for everyone in our community. We spoke to Dr. Fleming, Superintendent at Harnett County Public Schools, about school bus safety, and why this program is so important. #StopForMyBus

County Commissioners recognized the Harnett Central High School Lady Trojans softball team for their outstanding athletic and academic achievement during the 2022 Softball season. Congrats to the Lady Trojans on a great season and making Harnett County proud.

June 23rd marks the 50th anniversary of the Pell Grant, the cornerstone of federal financial aid. These grants are some of the most important financial aid resources. The Pell Grants help raise the state's attainment level, particularly among first generation students. To receive a Pell grant, a student must submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Not sure where to go to get help with completing the FAFSA? It’s OK to ask for help! Or you can check out the resources here: https://www.cfnc.org/pay-for.../apply-for-financial-aid/ Watch the video to hear about how these resources have changed lives. Hurry, deadline to apply for FAFSA is June 30th! https://youtu.be/MccSHaxVSnc #NCFirstInFAFSA #YourFutureIsOurFuture #SuccessWith #terrifictuesday