Baseball Holiday Camp- Northwood University is hosting a 13 and under baseball camp December 27th & 28th at their University Turf Building. Special Guest Instructors will include current MLB players. Registration forms are in the office.

Hemlock Band Program- cordially invites you to our annual Christmas Concert on Wednesday December 19th beginning at 7:00 pm in the Hemlock High School gymnasium. There will be a reception following the concert in the High School student center. We are asking for each band member in grades 7 through 12 to bring a dozen cookies to share, and for 6th grade members to bring a case of water.
7th and 8th Grade Bands should wear their band polo, khaki pants, and nice dress shoes. The 6th grade band should dress in nice dress clothes. The HS band will be in full concert black.
Call Times:
HS Band should report for a 6pm warm up and percussion should report at 5pm. MS Should report at 6:30pm and place belongings in designated area and then be seated in the bleachers. Remember, the concert is at the High School gymnasium.

We have a new laminator in our building thanks to the outstanding fundraising efforts of Char O'Connor. Thank you to Jim at McDonald's, Isabella Bank, Rick Ford, Outside Legal Counsel and board president Katie Ellison--each gave us a donation. Andersons Elevator, First Area Credit Union, and Greenstone Farm Credit each gave at least $100.00. Thanks to all of you!

Meanwhile, our 5th graders are designing rollercoasters that will harness and maintain the inertia of a rolling marble and trying to develop the most intricate and creative track.

Full STEAM Ahead on Friday afternoon. Blending science, technology, engineering, art and math. Complete engagement. Teamwork. The only thing these students started the hour with is the learning target on the board, Spheros and Chromebook app, and the track sections. They programmed and created it all from there. For info about Spheros and why we use them, go to Spheros.com.




We had a terrific recycling/environment assembly today! Live animals included!!




The "Boil Water Ban" has been lifted at Middle School. Everything is back to normal. Thank you for your cooperation!
Season's greetings from our library!

Valuable information for parents. https://growingleaders.com/blog/five-dangerous-apps-parents-dont-know-teens-use/
Our Christmas Dance will be on Tuesday, December 18th from 2:45-4:30. We need chaperones for the dance, so if a parent would like to chaperone please let Ms. Ludlum (ludlum@hemlockps.com) or Mrs. Curtis (curtis@hemlockps.com) know ASAP.

Mrs. Pedelty’s 7th-grade leadership class is paired with Mrs. Sensabaugh and Mrs. Olinger’s classes for a “Reading Buddies” program.
NJHS students "Making Spirits Bright" at Roethke Park!
8 Things you should know about Hemlock Public School District

For our First Lego League team, today was their first competition. After three months of preparation, today out of 62 teams the girls had the best teamwork. The smiles on their faces was the best!

Congratulations to our weekly PAWS winners : Izzy Krueger, Hunter Emmendorfer and our monthly winners : Tim Reid, Emma Streich, and Tim Hegenauer.

First home game of the 2018-19 season for the defending boys district champions (2018), Friday night against Saginaw County rivals Swan Valley!

WoodTech students have been busy this year designing and creating projects they can use. One project example is the coasters pictured below:




Full STEAM Ahead Class--Higher order thinking skills in use to solve riddles to break into the locked treasure box. Think! Think!! Think!!!



It's Salmon in the Classroom time again!

It's salmon egg time again! The sixth grade students are part of the Salmon in the Classroom program through Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources and funded by the Leon P. Martuch Chapter of Trout Unlimited. In this program, the students raise Chinook salmon from eggs to smolt, while learning about energy roles, ecosystems, food webs, and the importance of Michigan’s fisheries to our state economy.
