Hillsborough Academy

Of Math and Science

May 2017

Inside the Issue

1 Admin Message

2 Elementary Update

3 Middle School

Update

4 HAMS Highlights

5 Super Character

6 Upcoming Events

Headquarter Highlights

Helping Everyone Reach

Outstanding Educational Success

Contact Information

9659 W. Waters Ave.

Tampa, FL 33635

Principal:

Ms. Cristina Fuentes

Assistant Principal:

Ms. Virginia Maxwell

Administrative Assistant:

Ms. Katie Fortuna

Registrar:

Ms. Jessica Clark

Dear HAMS families,

The final month of school has arrived! It is hard to believe

how quickly this year has passed. April was another busy and great

month here at Hillsborough Academy of Math and Science. A

special thank you to our PTSO for putting on another amazing Silent

Auction event. It was a huge success and a fun night for everyone

who attended. Thank you to everyone who helped and stopped by

for this well planned evening and bid in the silent auction.

The state testing season is winding down, but will continue

into May with Math and Civics End of Course Exams. We appreciate

your patience in helping us maintain a closed campus for all of our

students testing security.

We are looking forward to finishing out this school year on a

positive note.

The Admin Team

Kindergarten

Kindergarten is almost over! We have come so far this school year and we are so proud of ourselves! Kindergarten will wrap up our reading and language arts curriculum by practicing what we know, learning a few new words, and writing about animals. We will review addition and subtraction and do our best to master these math facts for first grade. We will keep busy in Science and Social Studies as we work on a very large animal presentation! Students will be transformed into an animal of their choice. We will learn many details about our animals, write a report, and present what we learn to the whole school! Kindergarten classes will also celebrate successes with a field trip to Dinosaur World and a Sing-A-Long Graduation Ceremony! First grade here we come!

First Grade

First graders will be going to their final field trip to the Florida Aquarium, where they will learn about a variety of sea life animals and plants. First graders are also preparing for second grade as they learn more math, engineer more, do author studies and study people in history.

Second Grade

In May we are wrapping up our year of science with habitat projects. Students will be writing research papers on a chosen habitat. In reading we will be finishing with a book study on Charlotte’s Web. We will review all reading strategies within the text.

Third Grade

This month our Third Graders will be preparing for Fourth Grade. We will be doing this by showing off our best writing skills and working on using our best spelling and conventions to make a paragraph truly shine! We will also be diving deeper into math concepts and combining different concepts for problem solving projects.

Fourth Grade

It’s hard to believe that we are in the last month of school. In 4th grade we will continue mastering math skills through a variety of projects. In science, students will enjoy a health unit as we finish the year. And finally, in language arts, we will finish reading Kingdom Keepers as we prepare for our end of the year trip to Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

Fifth Grade

For the month of May our 5th grade scholars will be studying a historical person and then creating a project about them for our 5th grade Wax Museum. In reading and language arts we are doing a project about food and continuing to work on our reading and writing skills. In math and science, students will be preparing for 6th grade by learning about negative numbers and biology.

Elementary Updates

Middle School Updates 6th grade students went on a 3 day field trip to

Nature’s Classroom on the Hillsborough River.

Activities included survival training; a hike

through, and information about, the 4

ecosystems that are present there;

orienteering with a compass and paces; hands-

on learning with snakes, baby alligators,

turtles, rabbits, and guinea pigs; using a dip net

and buckets for shoreline sampling and

collection and identification of species from

the Hillsborough River; and a walk through the

animal enclosure with rescue animals including

a bald eagle, owls, hawks, bears, a Florida

panther, and of course, a BOBCAT!

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HAMS Highlights

Nature’s Classroom

& Brooker Creek

April Character Students Congratulations Superheroes!

2nd Grade

Micah Chinchilla

Jessie Schweiberger

Adriana Sukovykh

Dallas Gregory

Jose Guirola

Viviana Marrero

1st Grade

Elijah Lingo Jeyden De Jesus Jayden Galindo

Christrian Johnson Jaxon Johnson

Angel Alcantara-Harley

3rd Grade

Charley Lazarra

Jonathan Hall

Zeb Virani

Alexandra Bonner

Luis Castro Bernal

Justin Gomez

Jason Do

4th Grade

David Makar

Sean Vicha

Liam Rathbone

Brady Colindres

5th Grade

Paris Michaud

Dafner Ortiz

Alisa Frankson

Alex Dang

6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade

Miranda Mercado Kaden Weber Christian Chitwood Eric Gomez Joaquin Guerra Colin Parsons Ronny Brito Kyle Burke Bryce Rodriguez Connor Russell

COOPERATION/

SPORTSMANSHIP

Kindergarten

Ivan Martinez

Anya Silvaraman

Diego Thompson

Jaime Suarez

Liam Desmond

LIanna Valdez

Upcoming Events

May 4th— Kindergarten Round-up 6:00—7:30 p.m.

May 5th— 8th Grade Grad Day at Busch Gardens

May 8th— 1st Grade Field Trip to Florida Aquarium

May 11th— PTSO General Meeting 6:00 p.m.

May 12th— 8th Grade Marine Science Field Trip

May 12th— Sports Awards Banquet 6:00—8:00 p.m.

May 17th— Peter Pan Presentation 6:00 p.m. @ Nielsen in Oldsmar

May 18th– Spring Concert & Band Performance 7:00—8:00 p.m.

May 19th— 5th Grade End-of-Year Ceremony 9:30—10:00 a.m.

5th Grade Field Day

May 23rd— 4th Grade Field Trip to Disney’s Animal Kingdom

May 24th— Kindergarten Sing-a-long Ceremony 9:30 a.m.

8th Grade Graduation 7:00—8:00 p.m.

May 26th— Last Day of School—EARLY RELEASE @ 1:00 p.m.

The mission of Hillsborough Academy is to provide students with a challenging program which

emphasizes scientific inquiring, critical thinking, understanding of mathematical concepts and

effective communication using innovative, reform-based instructional methods in a stimulating

and nurturing environment that fosters maximum student achievement.