Important News

Due to inclement weather, the Harper's Choice Music Boosters restaurant fundraiser night has been rescheduled to Monday, February 25 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Chipotle in the Columbia Mall food court. All proceeds will benefit the HCMS music department. Chipotle will donate 33% of all sales to support scholarships for music trips, uniforms, replacing and repairing instruments, purchasing sheet…

Due to last week's inclement weather, Quarter 2 report cards will now be issued on Thursday, February 7.

On Thursday, February 28, the Health Department will hold a Hearing and Vision Screening for all 8th grade students, students new to the state of Maryland and students referred by their teacher. If your child wears glasses, please be certain they wear them on screening day. If you do not want your child screened for any reason, please contact the…

The HCMS PTA will be sponsoring a Valentine's Day Dance on Thursday, February 14 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the Cougar Cafe. The cost is $5.00 per student and includes pizza, drink and dessert. Permission slips with payment are due to the front office by Tuesday, February 12.

We will be offering a second session of Boys Basketball beginning in February. Click the permission slip for dates and more information. 6th Grade Boys Basketball 7th Grade Boys Basketball 8th Grade Boys Basketball

Check out the first edition of the HCMS newspaper Cougar Chronicle! Click here to view. Thank you to Ms. Cometa, Ms. Six and the students who helped contribute to the publication.

We are now accepting submissions for the HCPSS Our Voice Middle School literary publication. We are accepting both photographs and writing submissions. Each school only has a certain number of entries allotted, so any that do not make it into the Howard County publication will be entered in for our school literary magazine to come out later this year. Please…

Congratulations to 8th grader Sophia Sapp for winning the HCMS National Geographic Geography Bee! The runner-up was 8th grader Bruke Tewodros. Way to go!

December numbers are in...we collected 938 pounds of clothes and shoes! We earned $93.80 for student activities such as field trips, athletic and academic intramurals. Thanks for your support! Remember Clothing to Cash will accept items in ALL conditions: new with tags, or torn, stained, worn-out knees, shoes with holes or only one shoe, backpacks, old sheets, stuffed animals and…

Check out the Harper's Choice Chorale (7/8 group) which was featured on the Columbia Festival of the Arts online blog. There is an article and video recording of their performance of "Benediction: May We All Find Home," by Stephen Anthony Elkins. We are proud of their musical accomplishments this school year!