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selections. There are also a variety of vegetables, The vending machines are only available to
fruits and cold milks to choose from. At the Middle students during their lunch period, before or after
School, at least five components are offered each day; school.
however your child may choose as little as three foods
to complete a meal. Our schools also offer a variety of CLINIC
a la carte items for sale including portioned baked
snacks, soft pretzels, bagels, juices, fresh baked There is a school nurse on staff at Hudson Middle
cookies, chips, waters and alternate non-carbonated School. If students become ill during the day, they
beverages ranging in prices from $.50 and up need to get a pass from their teacher to go to the clinic,
depending on location. Lunch costs are currently which is located in the Commons. The clinic will
$3.00* for all lunches. *Subject to change. contact the parent/guardian if the illness warrants their
awareness. For the health and safety of all students
The identification of students for the 2015-2016 school the following Health Guidelines for School Attendance
year will be a biometric finger scan. The scan correlates are to be adhered. Do not send your child to school if
to the student ID number (EMIS Number). Hudson any of the following symptoms or conditions were
Nutrition Services uses MyPaymentsPlus software. present in the last 24 hours:
This allows lunch lines to move more efficiently by ~Temperature above 100 degrees, vomiting or diarrhea
eliminating the exchange of money during lunch. during the previous evening or night, undiagnosed rash,
Students use their finger to record what they are buying bacterial infections not treated for at least 24 hours, pus
that day. Parents may put money on their child’s or mucus draining from the eye and not treated by
account by either sending cash or a check to the school physician, severe headache, ear pain with fever, live
made payable to Hudson City Schools. Please include lice, continuous cough, severe sore throat, or unusually
the students’ name and ID number on the check or tired, pale, difficult to awake, lack of appetite. See
envelope. Parents can also make deposits online at MEDICATIONS for more information.
www.MyPaymentsPlus.com for a small fee. Students
will have to have monies on account in order to Elevator Key Usage
purchase lunches and ala carte items. If your balance When a student has an injury that requires them to use
falls below $5.00, you will receive a reminder call from our elevator, our school nurse will provide a key for
the E-connect system regarding your low account elevator access. A $5.00 deposit must be paid in
status. Please remember, we will not be accepting advance and will be refunded when the key is returned.
money during the lunch lines to decrease the
amount of time students wait in line, and increase CLUBS AND SPECIAL GROUPS
the amount of time they have to eat. Students who
have opted out of the biometric scan process must Drama Club Show Choir
know their ID number and will be asked to enter the
number on a keypad at the point of sale where a Jazz Band Power of the Pen
cashier can verify the students account with a
photo match for account security. 4Kids/Student Council
Daily menu specials, online accounting services, and (Information pertaining to these clubs is available in the
financial assistance application can be found at
www.hudson.k12.oh.us – District Home Page/Parent Student Resource Center.)
Link/Nutrition. Parents may contact the Nutrition
Service Department with questions at 330-653-1203. COMMUNITIES/TEAMS
1. Students will not behave in a manner that Hudson Middle School is organized into three learning
could cause injury to someone else or create a communities to help personalize education and provide
disturbance. (i.e.: running, wrestling, throwing a sense of belonging for our students. Our
food or objects, etc.) communities consist of teaching teams at 6th, 7th, and
8th grade. Each interdisciplinary team is composed of a
2. Students are expected to have good behavior language arts, math, science, and social studies
while waiting in the lunch line: there will be no teacher. The community structure has several
cutting in line, pushing, or causing a general advantages for students, parents, and teachers:
disturbance.
1. Better relationships among students due to a
3. Students are expected to be polite and smaller group setting.
considerate at all times.
2. Unity and ownership among students through
4. Students are to keep the dining areas clean community activities, events and teaming.
and neat.
3. Improvement of the instructional program as a
5. Eating and drinking are to be confined to the result of interdisciplinary teaming of teachers.
Commons. Students are not permitted to eat
or drink in the classrooms or in the hallways, Students remain in their community during 6th and 7th
unless permission has been granted by the grade and are redistributed prior to the start of their 8th
classroom teacher. grade year. This structure allows our incoming students
a safe and secure environment for the first two years of
6. Students are to report to the cafeteria only their middle school experience, while they are still
during their assigned lunch period. afforded the opportunity to meet new people and make
new friends as they prepare to transition to the high
7. Students are not permitted to leave the school.
Commons area without a written pass from a
teacher. Students must also have a written
pass from a teacher if they are tardy to lunch.
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