May/June 2009
Hereford Middle School
attended the BCSC end of the year Bull
Roast at Oregon Ridge on May 15th. During
the Bull Roast, student councils from
all over Baltimore County gathered to
celebrate their accomplishments and community
service throughout the year. Hereford
Middle School’s Student Council
was awarded a Service Project award for
their contributions to Kids Helping Hopkins
with the money they raised from the school’s
annual Penny Wars competition. Amanda
B. and
Sara C., HMS historians, were awarded
1st place in the scrapbook competition
for their HMS Student Council scrapbook.
The main event during
the Bull Roast was the induction of the
following year’s officer team. Sworn
in by Dr. Hairston, Olivia K. and Sara
C. accepted the roles of President and
Second Vice President. Olivia K., a freshman
at Hereford High School, became the youngest
BCSC president in the history of the organization.
Sara C., a seventh grader, will oversee
next year’s Baltimore County Middle
School Leadership Workshop.
reported by Mrs. Brown
The
Engineering club participated in the Maryland
Engineering Challenges last Saturday April
18th, 2009. The team of 8th graders, Daniel
K. and Connor O. and
Josh B./6th grade, were awarded third
place in the Eco - Challenge competition.
The "HMS Engineering"
group finished first in the performance
of their wind turbine with an output of
over 2 volts DC.
The Team is pictured with
the professional Engineers who volunteered
to judge the competiton.
Congratulations
to our sixth grade team for their participation
as well.
More Engineering Club photos
> clickHERE
Hereford Middle
School‘s Sixth Graders Contribute to
Holocaust Memorial
photo by Julee Williams
A trip to Toby’s Dinner
Theater to see the play “Anne Frank”
has inspired 6th grade students at Hereford
Middle school to contribute to the Houston Butterfly
Project. Every 6th grader is designing a butterfly
which will be sent to the Holocaust Museum Houston.
The 373 butterflies made by HMS students will
be part of an exhibition that will be showcased
by the Holocaust Museum in Houston in the spring
of 2012. Each butterfly represents one of the
1.5 million children who died during the Holocaust.
As of this date, the Museum has collected over
400,000 butterflies. story by
Kristine Rahn
February, 2009
Sixth grade students, identified
by their teachers as having all work turned in and
performing in a positive way, were recently rewarded
with a pizza party.
Sixth grade Pizza Party
photos
February 2009
A group of 8 eighth grade girls
are researching the history of the people who
lived and worked for the Glenn L. Martin Airport
in Middle River for their Oral History project.
These girls expressed an interest in local history
and learning more about Glenn Martin's innovative
ideas in the aviation industry in the 1940s.
Plane
shown was used in the filming
of the movie "Top Gun"
The girls
will take 3 trips to the airport and aviation
museum in order to research their archives and
interview men and women in order to complete their
project which is to be completed by mid-May.
January, 2009
December, 2008
Ms. Stem's Chinese World Language
class is using technology to enhance learning.
Pictured, students are conversing with Perry Hall
Middle School students via the internet.
Students were able to practice
using phrases in an online live voice and camera
connection with students at Perry Hall. Student
groups asked common questions in Chinese. The
other groups had to quickly comprehend the question
and respond in Chinese. Students were very motivated
by this "real world" experience.
December 22, 2008
click HERE
for more pictures of the Chinese online activity
Debbie Phelps, Mother of the
2008 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year,
Michael Phelps, Inspires Hereford Middle Students
on Career Day
Debbie Phelps spoke in our cafeterium
on Career Day.
Her message was one of passion, perseverance,
and support of family.
Mrs. Walrod and Hereford Middle thank Mrs. Phelps
for coming to our school.
Career
Day 2008 at HMS
Seventh grade students
were treated to 100 presentations from a huge
variety of people in many different professions
ranging from a NASA astronaut to a SWAT member
to leaders in business fields. Many thanks go
to Mrs. Aumann and the School Counselors department
as well as the many staff members and parent volunteers
that assisted in putting the day together.
Bob Turk, weather meteorologist
Our school had a very inspiring
assembly all about Courage. "Courage Lions"
is part of a program started to comfort and inspire
children who are in hospitals. Students are asked
to donate spare change during lunches so that
our school can donate a "Courage Lion"
plush to a hospital.
go to the School
Counselor page
for more information
November, 2008
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