Mark Your Calendars!

Polar Pals Gift Shop—December 10-14th, Before School (See attached flyer)

K-8 STEM Fair—Dec. 11th, 4-6 PM

PBIS Family Movie Night—Dec. 11th, 6 PM (See attached flyer)

Buccaneers Basketball vs. Sugarloaf—Dec. 12th, 4:30 PM

Announcements

Attention 8th Grade students! The deadline for submitting baby photos for the yearbook is December 11th.

See page 2 for more information.

Do you need some extra help with your homework? Then Grade Boosters is for you! After-school tutoring

and homework help has begun. It will take place every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:50 PM to 4:50 PM. A

late bus will be available. If you’re interested, ask a teacher for a permission slip.

Monday, December 10, 2018

Ecology Club Visits Wildlife Center

By Cinthia Sancho

HOB’s Ecology Club took a field trip to the Key West Wildlife Center on November 30. There, we learned about a bunch of different birds and even saw a turtle pond! We learned about rehabitization and what steps and precautions the staff have to take to make sure that the animals can transition back into the wild safely and progress there too.

Learning about these things was really cool and it was a great experience. Even though I was bait to bugs, it was worth it! Til’ the next one, Bucs!

Buccaneers Win First Home Game

By John Grimesey

The HOB Buccaneers completed a sweep of Sigs-bee Charter Tuesday night with a rather thrilling 23-15 win in the girls’ game that was followed by a slightly more routine matchup resulting in a 33-21 win for the boys.

On the girls’ side, a layup by Olivia Gibson gave Sigsbee a 16-15 lead with just over three minutes to play. The Bucs handled the pressure, however, by scoring the last eight points and taking the victory. The Bucs were led by Trecia Whetstone, who domi-nated inside play and ended the game with 12 points.

The boys used heavy defensive pressure by guard Jamari Walker to take an early lead and held on throughout. Andy Desir led the way with 16 points and matched up well against Sailfish big man Andre Otto-a standout Buccaneer on the football field.

Both the boys and girls will be on the home court again this Saturday starting with the girls’ game at noon with the boys following afterward. Key Largo School will be the opponent. KLS will then play Sigs-bee in the HOB gym to complete a full afternoon of quality basketball encompassing four games. The concession stand will be open and the Buccaneer Grill will be activated providing burgers and dogs dur-ing all games.

ATTENTION: 8TH

GRADE PARENTS

8TH

Grade Parents are encouraged to submit a baby photo of their student for FREE!

Electronic Submissions Are Highly Recommended For Best Quality Print

Photo Submission Options:

Go to www.hjeshare.com and the school access code is hob.

Please upload your student’s picture with their FIRST AND LAST NAME AS FILE NAME.

Finish your submission by completing your student’s information.

OR

Submit one photo in a sealed envelope to Ms. Heil (Rm. 2-301).

Please write student’s full name & homeroom teacher on back of photo AND on the envelope.

Photo will be returned once the image has been scanned and uploaded into yearbook software.

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT BABY PHOTO IS Tuesday, December 11, 2018! NO EXCEPTIONS!

Yearbooks and 8th

grade recognition ads can also be purchased at www.yearbookordercenter.com School

Code: 16984

Yearbook prices increase on Friday, February 2, 2019

DEADLINE TO PURCHASE 8th

GRADE RECOGNITION ADS IS FRIDAY, FEBUARY 8, 2019!

Please let me know if you have any questions! erin.heil@keysschools.com 305-296-5628 ex.65388

HOB Jackets

With Key West temperatures

dropping, students are remind-

ed to wear the school uniform

at all times.

HOB logo hooded jackets

are available at Ramona’s

Conch Creations for $20.00

(without a zipper) or $22.00

(with a zipper). They are availa-

ble in most of the uniform col-

ors and are the only jacket al-

lowed at HOB. Hoods should

not be worn in the school build-

ing.

The classrooms can be cold

even in the fall and spring

months, so please purchase

your jacket early in the year. No

other jacket may be worn.

Students Rewarded for Participation in Fall Reading

Challenge

Stay tuned for details about the Winter Break Reading Chal-lenge coming soon!

Polar Pals Gift Shop By: Ariana Martin and Nathalie Espinoza

The Polar Pals Gift Shop is a place for kids to buy gifts for other people or them-selves at school. Middle school students can go every morning before school and Thursday during recess/lunch. Elemen-tary students can go with their class dur-ing their regular Art class. Students have to bring actual money to the shop. Items cost between $1-$18. There are lots of gifts like toys, pens, put-ty, jewelry, pillows, etc. This all starts on Monday, December 10th in Mrs. Goins’s room, 5-100. So come to the Polar Pals Gift Shop December 10th and find something to make someone smile!

The History of Hanukkah By Ocean Coulson and Keona Gerwig

Every year the Jewish community converges to cele-brate the holiday of giving, and the commemoration of the Second Temple of Jerusalem who rose up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors of Seleucid Empire in the Maccabean Revolt, brave enough to have their tale passed on through Jewish legend: Hanukkah. The holiday is observed each year, according to the Hebrew calendar. Hanukkah beings on the 25th day of the third month, referred to as Kislev. The celebrations last for eight days. This year, Hanukkah began on De-cember 2nd and ends tonight, December 10th. Throughout the course of the eight days, participants of the holiday light one candle of the nine present on the menorah, every day. Alongside this, each day after light-ing a candle they would get some sort of present or ob-ject. This is a special holiday filled with lots of meaning and emotion.