INFORMATION & REMINDERS
Dates to Remember
Shop at Safeway and Automatically Donate to HCMS  It's time to sign-up or re-new your Safeway/eScrip accounts with the HCMS PTA group.
If you participated last year, simply click here and enter either your phone number, email or Safeway club number. If you are new to the program, click here and enter Harper's Choice Middle School. If you do not have email access, call (800) 400-7878 with your card number.
Box Tops for Education  We hope you have been clipping and saving Box Tops labels. We have a Box Tops collection box in the school lobby. Keep them coming!
Recycle Cell Phones, Batteries, Empty Ink & Toner Cartridges
Don't throw them in the trash! We receive funds for cell phones, empty ink and toner cartridges. Batteries are recycled to keep them out of the landfills and to reduce our carbon footprint! Please have your children put them in the box in the school lobby. |
Harper's Choice Middle School 5450 Beaverkill Road
410-313-6929 Office 410-313-6931 Guidance 410-313-6934 Health Room 410-313-5612 Fax Mr. Restia Whitaker, Principal Mrs. Tiffany Carmean, Assistant Principal Mrs. Michelle Howard, Administrator
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School Hours 8:00-2:50 Doors open at
7:55 Homeroom begins 8:00 Don't Be Late! Don't Miss Out! |
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STUDENT SUPPORT
THE BRIDGES PROGRAM
Instructional Support & Academic Enrichment Activities
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Our Bridges program will resume next year. Thank you for your participation! |
Accessing The HCPSS Family Portal
Each family will receive an authorization code. Once you have the code, click on the link below and follow the instructions to activate your Family Portal account.
Having technical problems with your Family Portal account? Please click on the button below to access our help form. |
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Complete your membership form here!
How to report a student absence from school call: 410-313-6929 Please send a note to school with your child following a full or partial day absence.
SCHOOL DELAYS/CLOSINGS
If it is necessary to close or delay the start of school due to inclement weather or other emergencies, information may be obtained from the following sources:
- The HCPSS school system website: www.hcpss.org
- HCPSS News email and text alerts: www.hcpssnews.com
- HCPSS-TV cable channels: Comcast 95 and Verizon 42
- HCPSS Information Hotline: 410-313-6666
- Local Television:
- WMAR – Channel 2
- WRC – Channel 4
- WJLA – Channel 7
- WUSA – Channel 9
- WBAL – Channel 11
- WJZ – Channel 13
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- Local Radio:
- WIYY – 97.9 FM
- WTOP – 103.5 FM
- WMAL – 630 AM
- WBAL – 1090 AM
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Shakespeare Festival
The 8th grade students participated in the Artists in Residency program with the Maryland Shakespeare festival. This is made possible through support from the Maryland Arts council and the HCMS PTA. Student groups will showcase their work at the HCMS Enrichment Fair on May 22nd.
MSA TESTING AT HCMS
Kudos to our student body for achieving 97.47% attendance during the four days of MSA testing. As you know, this means the students and staff enjoyed a school wide pizza party to celebrate. We are encouraging students to continue this excellent dedication to their attendance and schoolwork. It will serve them well as they continue their education here at Harper's Choice, in high school, and college.
2013-14 School Supplyt List
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WHAT'S NEW
Five NASA engineers took over two of Nancy Prendergastís science classes last Wednesday, to talk about their education and career paths, and to lead students through a hands-on engineering activity.
Working in small groups, the Harper's Choice Middle School eighth graders drew up plans and created miniature cars using a few household items, including styrofoam, straws, coffee stirrers, tape, and a balloon. The aim was to create a vehicle that would move forward in reaction to the air escaping the attached inflated balloon.
The engineers visited Harper's Choice in celebration of Black History Month and National Engineers Week (Feb. 18-22). The goal of NASA's program is to showcase its engineers and inspire students to pursue STEM (science, technology, mathematics and engineering) careers.
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