Hastings Middle School

🎉 MASH Afterschool Program is Back! 📚

We’re excited to announce that our Meaningful After School Hour (MASH) is starting up this week! Join us Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday after school from 3:00–4:00 PM in the Media Center. 🕒

MASH is our afterschool program designed to help students stay on track with homework, schoolwork, and academic support ✏️📖. Students can get one-on-one or small group assistance in a welcoming, supportive environment 🤝✨.

Don’t miss this great opportunity to get help, ask questions, and make sure you’re keeping up with your classes. See you at MASH! 💪🎒

From superheroes to spooky ghosts, many of our halls were packed with creativity this Halloween! 🎃👻 We loved seeing everyone’s amazing costumes!

We're looking for some generous donations of sweet treats to reward our students with!

Our school board will meet tonight at Central Elementary. Board meetings are always open to the public.

Region 3, District 2 semifinals will feature a familiar pairing on Friday night as the Saxons take on cross-county rivals Thornapple Kellogg. Their first meeting this season was a thriller!

Tickets for district semifinals are $7 and will be sold exclusively online at GoFan.co. Ticket sales open later this afternoon.

Please note: The game falls on Halloween night, and a portion of Green Street, a main roadway here in town, will be closed for trick-or-treating for much of the evening. Be sure to allow extra time and plan an alternate route.

What an incredible night of music at the Hastings Choirs Fall Concert! All of our choirs and ensembles took the stage, and their talent truly shined. Thank you to everyone who came out and packed the house to support and celebrate these amazing students!

Fall Break means there is no school on Friday, October 17 and Monday, October 20.

Join us for our first choir concert of the year! It will be a great night of beautiful, exciting, and enjoyable music featuring the 6th grade choir, 7th grade choir, 8th grade choir, Treble Chorale, Bass Chorale, Sonos, and Varsity Singers.

The concert kicks off at 7 p.m. in the Hastings Performing Arts Center.

The Kiwanis Club of Hastings is once again proud to present its monthly Young Citizenship Award to outstanding fifth graders from each elementary school, as well as two students from each grade level at the Middle School.

These students exemplify quality conduct in their everyday lives and excel in areas such as character, service, sportsmanship, academics, and leadership.
Congratulations to the September award recipients. Look for them in this week's Hastings Banner. Great work, everyone!

It will be a busy day of homecoming festivities today, capped off with a BIG game against Harper Creek. Go Saxons!

Barry Intermediate School District is asking voters this November to consider a Regional Enhancement Millage. This proposal would generate local funds through property tax to directly support educational and career-readiness programs for all students and school districts within the ISD — including Hastings Area Schools.

Learn what it means for our community and cast an informed vote at: https://barryisd.org/rem

We are looking forward to meeting with all the parents and guardians tomorrow and sharing the great progress made by our students!

There will be a parent meeting for all 8th grade students who would like to attend the Washington D.C. trip this June. The meeting will be held Thursday, October 9 at 6 P.M. in Ms. Tibble's Room, E-121. For more information, contact Ms. Tibble at christy.tibble@hassk12.org.

Our Middle School PTO will be providing dinner for our teachers on Tuesday, October 8, as they stay late into the evening for conferences. They’d love your help in showing our appreciation! Sign up below to bring any of a variety of items.

Sign up - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0449ACAB23A5FE3-58656929-feed#/

Jim "Basketball" Jones visited our Central Elementary and Middle School students, bringing an action-packed assembly filled with basketball stunts and important lessons on character building. Students had a great time!

As we await finalization of the state budget, we want to provide clarity for our families regarding school breakfast and lunch. Following recent action by our Board of Education, we are pleased to share that, regardless of state-level decisions, our district will continue to provide free breakfast and lunch for all students through December 2025.

Further information about meal program plans beyond that date will be communicated as it becomes available.

We value the importance of ensuring every student has access to these nutritious meals, and we are grateful for the opportunity to continue offering this support to our school community.

Our Power of Purpose fundraiser comes with some SWEET rewards. Today, Mr. Knapp's class won with the highest donation amount. As a result, they shared a two-pound Rice Krispies treat with the class! Yesterday, Ms. Byykkonen's class won it.

We're excited for Game On!, an activity-based fundraiser that promotes teamwork, physical activity, and healthy living, while raising funds for school improvements and equipment. It kicks off tomorrow. Keep an eye out for information!

Mrs. Saunders joins us this year as a Middle School Special Education teacher. We're so excited to have her on board! Welcome!