May/June 2010
Robbie is "spell bound" for
DC and the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week!
After winning the school, county, and state spelling bees, Robbie
Palmisano will attend the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington,
DC beginning this Thursday June 3rd. The bee will be televised
on ESPN.
ESPN PRELIMINARIES, Thursday, June 3rd 1:15 p.m.
ESPN SEMI-FINALS, Friday, June 4th 10:00 a.m.
All of HMS wishes Robbie good luck!
Check out Robbie's latest interview on wHMS clickHERE
BEE NOTES
Bee Notes:
There will be 273 spellers in 2010 Scripps-Howard competition.
144 boys / 129 girls
Youngest participant: 8 yrs old from Kansas, she is the sister
of the 2009 champion
Oldest participant: 15 yrs old
School Types
Participants come from
public schools, private schools, home schools, parochial schools,
charter schools
and 1 VIRTUAL school!
1 person has been in the Bee for four years in a row
Since 1978, Scripps has welcomed
participants from outside the US. This year, they come from
the Bahamas, Canada, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand
and South Korea.
Check out Miss Molineaux's class on TV!
They were interviewed at the Zoo
clickHERE
Reading pays off at Hereford Middle
School
Eighth grader Robbie Mays enjoys reading and he particularly
enjoys the series 39 Clues. Robbie originally started the series
because the first book was written by Rick Riordan, the author
of the highly entertaining Percy Jackson series. Because of
Riordan, Robbie decided to read and participate in the new interactive
series published by Scholastic and written by such diverse and
popular authors as Riordan, Gordon Korman and Margaret Haddix
to name a few. He solved the clues in the books and then went
online where he used his clues to participate in missions, play
games, and earn more points and clues. Robbie was astounded
when he was notified that he had won third prize for Episode
7—a prize that awarded him $575.00. Notified by mail of
his prize, Robbie and his parents verified the claim through
Scholastic’s website.
Asked why he enjoys the series, Robbie responded, “I enjoy
mystery and adventure, plus it gives me an excuse to play on
the computer.” Hoping to win again, Robbie is currently
reading Book 9, Storm Warning, by Linda Sue Park—and logging
those clues.
May 2010
Hereford Middle School student scores interview
with Raven Matt Birk
Baltimore Raven player Matt Birk visited Hereford Middle School
on May 12 to conduct an interview with one of the school's students,
Beckley Lorenz, who won the Maryland Disability Award last year.
Butterflys in the Library!
There is something special going on in the library! We have five
Painted Lady Butterfly chrysalides almost ready to hatch.
They arrived as hungry caterpillars two weeks ago and spent
a week eating a special diet. After a week they crawled up and
hung from the top of their container. Two days later, they had
each formed a chrysalis.
They were tranferred to their indoor “Butterfly Garden”
in the library and now a webcam is trained on them, waiting
to capture their emergence using
time- lapse photography.
Check back to see our new arrivals (approx. May 27th - 30th)
March, 2010
Robbie Palmisano wins Spelling Bee!
After competing in 29 rounds, Robbie Palmisano outlasted
all other competitors. Baltimore City Superintendent Andres
Alonso was one of judges and he personally congratulated Robbie
who will now compete in the Scripps Spelling Bee. Both Maggie
Gutberlet, who came in 12th out of 75, and Robbie, showed tremendous
composure under pressure.
Maggie Gutberlet, who came in 12th out of 75, and Robbie, showed
tremendous composure under pressure.
February 2010
Spelling Bee winners!
Congratulations to all the 32 classroom winners who competed
in our 3rd annual HMS Spelling Bee.
All 32 classroom representatives showed tremendous poise as
they spelled challenging words. First and 2nd place winners
were Robbie Palmisano and Maggie Gutberlet who will be our
representatives in the Baltimore Bee in March.
Our 3rd place winner was Allie Stachura.
Congratulations to our great competitors!
First Place Winner
from left to right, 3rd and 2nd place winners
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
Hereford Middle School
