Volume 2
Bobcat News
Issue 12
Our monthly PTSO meeting will be
Thursday night at 6 pm in the HAMS
cafeteria. Come out and see what is
happening with our school. Dr. Cullen
will be joining us. Come help us give him
a HAMS welcome!
Trunk or Treat will be 10/24 from 6-8 pm
We will have food trucks, lots of candy and a haunted house!
HAMS’ Dad Club is building a haunted house in the
cafeteria and will charge $1 admission.
Food trucks will sell food and donate a percentage of the
proceeds back to the PTSO
Each class will have an opportunity to sign up for a spot to
decorate a trunk and give out candy
Don’t forget your costumes!!
PTSO members will receive one free admission to the haunted
house with the purchase of one admission. You must show your
PTSO card for discount.
Park at Alonso and take the shuttle. The parking lot will be
closed for the safety of our students. After care will park by the
basketball courts and pick up through the front on that day.
We ask that kids only visit each trunk once, to ensure everyone
has a chance for goodies!
April 10, 2014
We would like to Welcome Dr. Cullen to HAMS!
He comes to us from Bell Creek Academy where he was the assistant principal. Prior to his
time at BCA he served as Principal Designate for New York City Charter High School. At
NYCHS, Dr. Cullen was responsible for teacher evaluations, curriculum review and
evaluations and data analysis. He earned his Education Doctorate with a Specialization in
Curriculum and Instruction in 2011. He has a Master of Arts in educational Leadership and
Supervision and a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Social Studies. He is
certified by the State of Florida in Education Leadership. He has been a classroom teacher and
administrator and looks forward to reinforcing Charter School Associates’ commitment to
teacher development and support at HAMS.
Dr. Cullen enjoys watching all sports, but especially the Pittsburg Steelers, the Penguins and
the Manchester United. He likes watching college football but doesn't have a favorite team.
He likes to travel and go on cruises. He has been married for 2.5 years and lived in Florida
only a short time.
Dr. Cullen is excited to be at HAMS and looks forward to working with the staff, children and
parents to make it the best school around!
Have you volunteered at the school? If
so, be sure to log your hours on the
PTSO website. You must complete the
free registration for the website. Then
go to the Track Volunteer Hours tab.
You will go to the date you
volunteered and enter the number of
hours. Be sure to include the activity
you did and your child’s name in the
note field.
If you signed up to volunteer through
the PTSO website, the hours are
automatically tracked.
Be sure to check the PTSO website for
volunteer opportunities!
Current volunteer needs include:
Book Inventory
Lunchroom Help
Dad’s Club as been busy
working on the Haunted
House!
Be sure to visit the Haunted
House during Trunk or Treat.
There will be Middle School
students working with Dad’s
Club to be characters in the
Haunted House.
Each admission is $1
PTSO members will get buy
one get one price for
admission
Calling all photographers!
We are looking for people to help take pictures at school events to be used
in the yearbook. Pictures taken with cell phones won’t work. If you attend a
school event and bring your camera, please upload them to the yearbook
site. To submit photos to the yearbook staff, go to community.lifetouch.com
and register with the following access code: TXQHRB
Please include a description of what each photo is so that committee members can ensure
photos make it to the right section of the yearbook
Ms. Davis is a 1st grade
teacher at HAMS. She is a
recent graduate of Southeastern
University in Lakeland, FL.
She graduated Cum Laude with
her Bachelor of Science in
Elementary Education. She has
endorsements in Reading and
ESOL. She was on the
Southeastern’s women’s soccer
team for 4 years. She was born and raised in
Marianna, Florida. When not teaching, she
enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Her favorite hobbies include going to the gym,
coaching soccer, playing video games and
going to the lake.
She believes every child can reach great
potential with the proper facilitator. When
given the right opportunities and tools, all
child can be successful learners. She is a firm
believer in making learning fun and engaging
in order to instill a lifelong love of learning.
Her goal is to work with students and parents
to maintain a strong learning environment. She
knows that working together will result in a
successful year in 1st grade.
Mr. Brown teaches 5th grade. He was born
and raised in Tampa. He recently graduated
from the University of South Florida with a
Bachelor of Science in Elementary
Education with ESOL endorsement. He is
working on completing his Reading
Endorsement. In his free time he enjoys
reading, playing basketball and socializing
with friends.
He strongly believes in helping ensure all
students feel safe, respected and successfully
in his classroom through specific praise,
conferences and recognition of quality work.
When students know they are valued, their
learning is more meaningful. Along with
social/emotional goals, he will strive to help
them
develop into life-long
learners through high level
questions and authentic
problem solving task.
He expects to work cooperatively with students and
parents in order to maintain
a supportive learning
environment
HAMS is looking for a variety of
people interested in spending some
time talking about their careers with
the students.
Career Day is Friday,
November 14, 9-3
Career Day 2014
If you are interested in
participating, please contact
Brenda
[email protected]
By October 24
Love Yourself, Be Drug FREE!
Monday 10/27—Kick off Red Ribbon Week
Dress in ALL red
Tuesday 10/28 — Shade out Drugs
Wear your favorite shades/sunglasses
Wednesday 10/29 — Put a Cap on Drugs
Wear your favorite hat
Thursday 10/30 — Team Up Against Drugs
Wear your favorite team jersey
Friday 10/31 — Say Boo to Drugs
3-8 wear black and orange to say BOO to drugs (no costumes)
K-2 Dress up as your favorite Fairy Tale character for the 2nd annual
Fairy Tale Bowl
Basketball Tryouts
Grades 6-8
Monday 10/20 and Tuesday 10/21
5-630 pm
St. Mathews Lutheran Church
5601 Hanley Road
Tampa, FL 33634
HAMS 1st Skate Night
November 7, 2014
6-8 pm
7510 Paula Drive
Tampa
November 14-20 9 am-2 pm
Stay tuned for more details!
Students earn a BLUE cup by being quiet and not
getting up during lunch
Students can earn extra privileges for blue cups
Students start with GREEN cup during lunch
YELLOW cups are given when the table is
misbehaving by not listening or running around
the cafeteria
RED cups are given if the table has been warned
with a yellow cup and still are not listening.
Volunteers are needed!
Tuesday and Wednesday to do
book inventory. Please visit the
PTSO website to sign up to
volunteer
Marine
Quest
St. Pete
Science
Festival
10/20 Teacher Work Day– NO STUDENTS
10/23 PTSO Meeting
10/24 $1 Jean Day
Trunk or Treat 6-8
10/27-10/31 Red Ribbon Week
10/31 Fairy Tale Bowl
10/30 PDQ Spirit Night
11/7 Skate Night
11/10 Kindergarten Honor Roll 845
11/10 1st grade Honor Roll 945
11/11 Veteran’s Day– NO SCHOOL
11/12 yearbook picture re-takes
2nd Grade Honor Roll 845
3rd and 4th Honor Roll 945
11/13 5th Grade Honor Roll 845
6th Grade Honor Roll 945
11/17 7th and 8th Grade Honor Roll 845
11/17-21 Book Fair
11/18 Student of the Month
11/21 $1 Jean Day
11/24-11/28 Thanksgiving Holiday
Find us on the web
http://hillsboroughacademy.com
http://hillsboroughacademy.my-ptso.org
https://www.facebook.com/hamsptso
Hillsborough Academy of Math and Science
9659 West Waters Ave.
Tampa, FL 33635
Contact us
[email protected]