Last UPDATE: 03/02/2020
HAL Happenings at GMS!
August:
Week of August 26th: 6th grade HAL begins. Conferencing with 7th & 8th grade HAL students
Week of August 26th: 7th & 8th Math HAL students set up Khan Academy Accounts
September:
Week of September 2nd: Kick off 7th & 8th Language HAL unit: Hamilton!
September 10th: 6th Language HAL Leadership Seminar Gifford Farm. Leave at 8:30. Bring a lunch & drink.
September 11th: POSTPONED to October 28th 7th & 8th Lang. HAL Leadership Seminar Gifford Farm. Leave at 8:30. Bring a lunch & drink.
September 13th: Quiz bowl try out testing: 6th grade is 8:30 to 9:00 7th & 8th grade: 9:30 to 10:00
October:
October 2nd: 8th grade Language HAL: Presentation of Shakespeare play Othello. Leave at 7:40 and return by 1:30.
Bring a lunch OR bring money to purchase lunch.
October 9th: POSTPONED TO DEC. 13th due to the potential of flooding. 6th Math HAL: Science Olympiad at Gifford Farm Leave at 8:15 return by 2:45. Bring a lunch and drink.
October 22nd: 7th & 8th Celebrate Creativity at Joslyn. Leave at 8:15 return around 2:45. Bring a lunch and drink.
October 25th: 8th Math HAL: UNO Engineering Workshop, leave at 8:00 return by 2:30. Lunch provided.
October 28th: 7th & 8th Leadership Seminar Gifford Farm. Leave at 8:30 return by 1:45. Need lunch & drink.
October 29th: 8th Language HAL: Film Streams: Story Code: The structure of stories. Leave 9:15 return 1:30 lunch
is provided.
November:
November 6th: 7th & 8th quiz bowl at Seward. Leave at 7:30, return around 5:00. Bring money for lunch.
November 7th: 7th math HAL: Engineer day at UNL.
November 11th: 6th Math HAL: First Math Olympiad test
November 15th: 6th grade quiz bowl at the Educational Service unit in Omaha. Bring a lunch and drink.
November 18th: 6th Lang. HAL: Kicking of the book, "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
November 19th: 8th Language HAL: Film Streams:Storyteller's Point of View. Leave 9:15 return 1:30. Lunch
provided.
November 21st: Math competition at McMillan Magnet
December:
December 2nd: 7th & 8th quiz bowl ESU #3. Bring a lunch and drink.
December 3rd: 7th & 8th Lang. HAL: Kicking off the Ruth Bader Ginsburg unit of study
December 4th: 7th & 8th Language HAL: Film Streams Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Leave 9:10, return 1:30. Lunch provided.
December 5th: 7th Lang. HAL: Kick off of, "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
December 9th: 6th Math HAL: Second Math Olympiad test
December 10th: 8th Language HAL: Film Streams: Story Code. Leave 9:15 return 1:30. Lunch provided.
December 13th: 6th Math HAL: Science Olympiad Educational Service Unit #3. Leave 8:10 return 2:45. Bring lunch and drink.
December 17th: 7th Math HAL: Rocketry Activity Day at GMS 1:00 to 3:00
January:
January 13th: 6th HAL students kick off Cookie Quest unit
January 16th: 6th Math HAL Music and Math Game Show Holland Center: Leave at 9:00
January 24th: 7th & 8th Music Theory (Nominated students) at Aspen Middle school
January 31st: Math Counts Competition Twin Rivers YMCA Valley, NE
February:
Feb. 4th: 8th Lang. HAL Traveling to Film Streams for a writing workshop
Feb. 5th: 7th & 8th Lang. & Math HAL kicking off a "Think It Up" unit of study.
Feb. 10th: 7th & 8th Mad Hatter Quiz Bowl Competition at ESU #3
Feb. 17th: 7th & 8th Math HAL: Aeronautics/Drone Workshop at Do Space -- bring money for lunch
Feb. 14th: 6th Mad Hatter Quiz Bowl Competition at ESU #3
March:
March 3rd: GMS hosting a middle school quiz bowl 6th, 7th and 8th grade
March 5th: 7th Lang. HAL student present "Book Thief" projects
March 10th: 6th Lang. and Math HAL students make cookie dough at school
March 11th: 7th & 8th Lang. HAL present RBG projects
March 11th: 6th Lang. and Math HAL students sell cookies after school
March 13th: 7th HAL microbits programming at GMS
March 25th: 6th, 7th and 8th 3-2-1 National Computer Quiz bowl
March 27th: State Geography Bee
March 31st: 8th Lang. HAL Workshop at Film Streams on Story Boarding
April
April 1st: 6th Lang. and Math HAL students make cookie dough at school
April 2nd: 6th Lang. and Math HAL students sell cookies after school
August:
Week of August 26th: 6th grade HAL begins. Conferencing with 7th & 8th grade HAL students
Week of August 26th: 7th & 8th Math HAL students set up Khan Academy Accounts
September:
Week of September 2nd: Kick off 7th & 8th Language HAL unit: Hamilton!
September 10th: 6th Language HAL Leadership Seminar Gifford Farm. Leave at 8:30. Bring a lunch & drink.
September 11th: POSTPONED to October 28th 7th & 8th Lang. HAL Leadership Seminar Gifford Farm. Leave at 8:30. Bring a lunch & drink.
September 13th: Quiz bowl try out testing: 6th grade is 8:30 to 9:00 7th & 8th grade: 9:30 to 10:00
October:
October 2nd: 8th grade Language HAL: Presentation of Shakespeare play Othello. Leave at 7:40 and return by 1:30.
Bring a lunch OR bring money to purchase lunch.
October 9th: POSTPONED TO DEC. 13th due to the potential of flooding. 6th Math HAL: Science Olympiad at Gifford Farm Leave at 8:15 return by 2:45. Bring a lunch and drink.
October 22nd: 7th & 8th Celebrate Creativity at Joslyn. Leave at 8:15 return around 2:45. Bring a lunch and drink.
October 25th: 8th Math HAL: UNO Engineering Workshop, leave at 8:00 return by 2:30. Lunch provided.
October 28th: 7th & 8th Leadership Seminar Gifford Farm. Leave at 8:30 return by 1:45. Need lunch & drink.
October 29th: 8th Language HAL: Film Streams: Story Code: The structure of stories. Leave 9:15 return 1:30 lunch
is provided.
November:
November 6th: 7th & 8th quiz bowl at Seward. Leave at 7:30, return around 5:00. Bring money for lunch.
November 7th: 7th math HAL: Engineer day at UNL.
November 11th: 6th Math HAL: First Math Olympiad test
November 15th: 6th grade quiz bowl at the Educational Service unit in Omaha. Bring a lunch and drink.
November 18th: 6th Lang. HAL: Kicking of the book, "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
November 19th: 8th Language HAL: Film Streams:Storyteller's Point of View. Leave 9:15 return 1:30. Lunch
provided.
November 21st: Math competition at McMillan Magnet
December:
December 2nd: 7th & 8th quiz bowl ESU #3. Bring a lunch and drink.
December 3rd: 7th & 8th Lang. HAL: Kicking off the Ruth Bader Ginsburg unit of study
December 4th: 7th & 8th Language HAL: Film Streams Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Leave 9:10, return 1:30. Lunch provided.
December 5th: 7th Lang. HAL: Kick off of, "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
December 9th: 6th Math HAL: Second Math Olympiad test
December 10th: 8th Language HAL: Film Streams: Story Code. Leave 9:15 return 1:30. Lunch provided.
December 13th: 6th Math HAL: Science Olympiad Educational Service Unit #3. Leave 8:10 return 2:45. Bring lunch and drink.
December 17th: 7th Math HAL: Rocketry Activity Day at GMS 1:00 to 3:00
January:
January 13th: 6th HAL students kick off Cookie Quest unit
January 16th: 6th Math HAL Music and Math Game Show Holland Center: Leave at 9:00
January 24th: 7th & 8th Music Theory (Nominated students) at Aspen Middle school
January 31st: Math Counts Competition Twin Rivers YMCA Valley, NE
February:
Feb. 4th: 8th Lang. HAL Traveling to Film Streams for a writing workshop
Feb. 5th: 7th & 8th Lang. & Math HAL kicking off a "Think It Up" unit of study.
Feb. 10th: 7th & 8th Mad Hatter Quiz Bowl Competition at ESU #3
Feb. 17th: 7th & 8th Math HAL: Aeronautics/Drone Workshop at Do Space -- bring money for lunch
Feb. 14th: 6th Mad Hatter Quiz Bowl Competition at ESU #3
March:
March 3rd: GMS hosting a middle school quiz bowl 6th, 7th and 8th grade
March 5th: 7th Lang. HAL student present "Book Thief" projects
March 10th: 6th Lang. and Math HAL students make cookie dough at school
March 11th: 7th & 8th Lang. HAL present RBG projects
March 11th: 6th Lang. and Math HAL students sell cookies after school
March 13th: 7th HAL microbits programming at GMS
March 25th: 6th, 7th and 8th 3-2-1 National Computer Quiz bowl
March 27th: State Geography Bee
March 31st: 8th Lang. HAL Workshop at Film Streams on Story Boarding
April
April 1st: 6th Lang. and Math HAL students make cookie dough at school
April 2nd: 6th Lang. and Math HAL students sell cookies after school