Daily Announcements

Future 2024-2025 Football Information

For the 2024-2025 school year, the Shawnee Mission School District is adding 8th Grade Football as a new school sponsored activity. We are trying to gauge interest and gather data about uniform needs in this survey. Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey if your child would be interested in participating in football during their 8th Grade year.

Follow the link for survey:  https://bit.ly/44GLMZb

 

FRIDAY, SEPT. 29, 2023

The 1st Quarter Celebration Field trip is on Wednesday October 11.  Students with NO D’s or F’s and NO ISS or OSS will get to go to Power Play, the cost is $15.  Students who do not earn the field trip will be in study hall with the opportunity to work on assignments to raise their grades.  Grades will be pulled on Monday 10/2 – please look at Skyward to make sure you have no D’s or F’s.

Alphabet Soup Club will start meeting in October! Listen for a date coming soon!

Catch the Hocker Grove Spirit!!!  Next week  - Oct. 2-6 is Spirit Week!

  • ·         Monday:  PJ day …start the week comfy in your slippers, PJs, robe.
  • ·         Tuesday:  Sports Day!...rep your favorite professional, amateur, or school team
  • ·         Wednesday:  Fun in The Sun Day…get out those sunnies, sun hats, fun shirts, etc.
  • ·         Thursday:  Mustache Day…I mustache you a question…How awesome are the HG Eagles?!  StuCo will be selling stick-on mustaches for $1 Monday and Wednesday during EH.
  • ·         Friday:  HG and SMN Spirit Day! Go Eagles and Bisons! Wear your red and black spirit wear!

 

THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 2023

Jam Session meets after school.  Come to the band room to play your instrument. If you have questions, see Mrs. Balsinger.

The 1st Quarter Celebration Field trip is on Wednesday October 11.  Students with NO D’s or F’s and NO ISS or OSS will get to go to Power Play, the cost is $15.  Students who do not earn the field trip will be in study hall with the opportunity to work on assignments to raise their grades.  Grades will be pulled on Monday 10/2 – please look at Skyward to make sure you have no D’s or F’s.

Alphabet Soup Club will start meeting in October! Listen for a date coming soon!

Wrestlers: please come after school and enjoy a nice wrestling practice!

Instructional players have their last volleyball game tonight in the main gym! We will play 3 games tonight to determine a winner of instructional league. Competitive VB will practice in the aux gym directly after school!

Attention cast of the fall play. Today’s after school rehearsal is cancelled. Please arrange to go home right after school. Today’s rehearsal is cancelled.

Way to go cross country in our meet!  Eli Beecher placed 4th, Owen Brenneman places 5th, Levi Meador placed 7th ,

Tessa Liang placed 2nd , Eileen Smith 6th , Maddy Hull placed 10th , Sophia Meyer placed 3rd , Maddy King placed 4th ,Brody Cothren placed 7th   Way to go cross country!

 

WENDESDAY, SEPT. 27, 2023

Attention all cast of the fall play.  Tonight's rehearsal is cancelled,  Please arrange to go home right after school.  Study your lines and rehearsal resources at home.

Jam Session meets Thursday after school.  Come to the band room to play your instrument. If you have questions, see Mrs. Balsinger.

The 1st Quarter Celebration Field trip is on Wednesday October 11.  Students with NO D’s or F’s and NO ISS or OSS will get to go to Power Play, the cost is $15.  Students who do not earn the field trip will be in study hall with the opportunity to work on assignments to raise their grades.  Grades will be pulled on Monday 10/2 – please look at Skyward to make sure you have no D’s or F’s.

Come over to Culver’s Night in Mission anytime from 5-8 tonight to support your Hocker Grove Student Council! 

Alphabet Soup Club will start meeting in October! Listen for a date coming soon!

Wrestlers: please come after school and enjoy a nice wrestling practice!

Good luck cross country in their meet against Westridge and Trailridge! Run fast!

 

TUESDAY, SEPT. 26, 2023

Kindness Club will meet TODAY in room 211.

Jam Session meets Thursday after school.

Come to the band room to play your instrument. If you have questions, see Mrs. Balsinger.

Our first quarter celebration is Wednesday October 11th, which is 3 weeks from today.   Earn the celebration by having all As, Bs and Cs and no ISS or OSS.   Again, earn the celebration by having no Ds, Fs, ISS or Oss.   Our destination will be announced soon.

This Wednesday, September 27, Come over to Culver’s Night in Mission anytime from 5-8 to support your Hocker Grove Student Council! 

Alphabet Soup Club will start meeting in October! Listen for a date coming soon!

Attention Boys Basketball returning players: If you made A1, A2, or A3 and plan on trying out for the boys basketball team again this year, there will be a 15 minute meeting after school TODAY in Room 103. You may attend Academic Enrichment after, or stay with Coach Blesz for focused study until 4:45. The late bus will be offered. If you cannot attend, please check in with Coach Lloyd or Coach Blesz and we will get you caught up.

Knitting and Crochet club has been cancelled for today.

Battle of the Books will meet on after school in the library!  It’s not too late to join!  It’s not a big after school commitment, you just check out your book and start to read! If you have any questions, please ask Mrs. Edds in the library.  We need YOU to reclaim the district championship!

Wrestlers: please come after school and enjoy a nice wrestling practice!

Competitive & Instructional Volleyball practice tonight in the main and aux gym! Instructional Players- please bring your permission slips to room 34 for Senior Night!

 

MONDAY, SEPT. 25, 2023

Kindness Club will start meeting next Tuesday, the 26th.  We will meet every other Tuesday.  Ask Ms. Moore if you have any questions.

Our first quarter celebration is Wednesday October 11th, which is 3 weeks from today.   Earn the celebration by having all As, Bs and Cs and no ISS or OSS.   Again, earn the celebration by having no Ds, Fs, ISS or Oss.   Our destination will be announced soon.

This Wednesday, September 27, Come over to Culver’s Night in Mission anytime from 5-8 to support your Hocker Grove Student Council! 

Alphabet Soup Club will start meeting in October! Listen for a date coming soon!

Attention Boys Basketball returning players: If you made A1, A2, or A3 and plan on trying out for the boys basketball team again this year, there will be a 15 minute meeting after school on Tuesday of next week in Room 103. You may attend Academic Enrichment after, or stay with Coach Blesz for focused study until 4:45. The late bus will be offered. If you cannot attend, please check in with Coach Lloyd or Coach Blesz and we will get you caught up.

Knitting and Crochet club is cancelled for Tuesday Sept. 26th.  Mrs. McCracken will be out of the building.

Battle of the Books will meet on Tuesday (September 26th) after school in the library! It’s not too late to join! It’s not a big after school commitment, you just check out your book and start to read! If you have any questions, please ask Mrs. Edds in the library. We need YOU to reclaim the district championship!

Wrestlers: please come after school and enjoy a nice wrestling practice!

There will be NO Chess Club today. Again, NO Chess Club. Chess Club will continue next Monday.

Band students ~ great job playing at the varsity football game last Friday! You represented Hocker Grove very well. Way to go!

 

 

 

Fee Payment Information

We are asking all parents to pay fees ONLINE this year.   Fees will be posted near the end of July 2023.

·         The Online fee payment portal is now open and we appreciate your patience as student schedules are now finalized.    Go to www.smsd.org hover over the “Families” tab and click the link entitled “Pay Fees Online”.  The site can also be found at this link:  https://www.smsd.org/families/pay-fees.   You may also call the Hocker Grove Bookkeeper with Credit Card information to pay fees. 

·         Required fees include:  Instructional Resource Fee ($100.00), ID card ($5.00), and Elective Course fees (Art, Humanities, Industrial Tech classes-Robotics, Design & Modeling, Projects) 

·         Optional fees – Student Activity ticket and Yearbook – if a student does not want or need, these will automatically be deleted from the student’s account if it is unpaid at the end of first quarter.  The online system will allow parents the option to not pay these fees. 

·         KanCare 19 will no longer be accepted to help cover for fees.  For Instructional Resources fee and ID card fees to be waived will depend on Free and Reduced lunch qualifications.    Please contact our bookkeeper, Michele Dirks for help with this.  micheledirks@smsd.org or 913-993-0220 

·         If you need to pay by check, you will need to go to the pay fees online portal to find out your student fees.  Please make your check payable to Hocker Grove.  Mail your check with your students’ ID number to Hocker Grove, attn: Bookkeeper, 10400 Johnson Dr. Shawnee, KS 66203

 

DS BUS TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION (2022-2023)

Check out the DS Busing website: https://dsbuslines.com/  NEW this year, all students must enroll via DS Bus Lines to receive busing. This includes both pay riders and those that qualify as free riders. Emails will be going out to the families and a link will be shared on DS Bus Lines website as well as the SMSD Transportation webpage.

 

School Bus Weather Alerts

If your child rides the bus to and from school, please be aware that at times pick-up and drop-off might be delayed. Consider signing up for the Textcaster late bus notification system, which alerts families via text when buses are delayed. You can sign up for Textcaster here: https://my.textcaster.com/asa/2795. If you have signed up for Textcaster and have confirmed your sign-up, you will receive a text in the event your child’s bus has been delayed.