Winter Activity Day! Our Roar-tastic students Rocked!

Thank you to the entire Hester staff and student body who helped make Activity Day(afternoon) 2013 a success.  Here's a little glimpse (unfortunately we didn't get a picture of every activity) of what our students got to do this afternoon!

 3 on 3 basketball

 Handball

 Spa room

 Board games

 Anime drawing & watching

 Cookie decorating and board games

 Cookie decorating

 Cookie baking

 Ornament making

Trivia

 Karaoke

ROAR! Scooterdodgemahockeypinball!

There are few words to describe this afternoon at Hester Jr. High, although two words do come to mind......"TEACHERS WIN!"

No Shave or...BEARD BLOG

On behalf of Mr. Zabocki:
 Best (worst?) beard voting cups

It brings me great joy to announce that we have raised a total of $455 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. The safeway foundation has announced that they will actually match our donation so that means we are actually contributing $910!!  Our students, beards and male staff members really went all out during the month of November and for that I just wanted to say THANK YOU dudes! Hopefully HJH can continue this tradition every single year!  

    No Shave close-ups                      

And the winner is.................Mr. Cybulski!

Juggling Progress!

In the interest of honesty, this video is a week + old, but it is a fair representation of where my skills are at this point. I started from scratch, not even able to throw and catch with my right hand at all.  After a little practice and some tips from a few juggling-capable teachers at school, this is where I'm at.  Nothing can match that feeling when you "get" something that you didn't have the previous ability to do!

Zombie Clue! Mr. Maicki's 7th grade SS

Black Friday can certainly be a time to purchase flat-screen televisions for rock bottom prices. As you saw in the picture, these two gentleman capitalized on those low prices. The question is, where did that money they spent go? By recognizing the name brand on the television boxes, you'll be able to tell me where that corporation's headquarters are located. I need both the country and the capital city in which this company calls home. I also need the full "nickname" of the 38th parallel that separates North from South Korea.

Image credit:
http://www.netanimations.net

Thanksgiving/Black Friday CAPTION CONTEST

All Hester students:
Submit your original (school appropriate) caption for this picture and win a great prize!  Individually or in a pair or triad, use your writing skills to write something witty, clever, or just plain hilarious!
You have until  the end of school on Wednesday the 4th to enter.  A winner will be chosen based on both humor and originality.  Only posts that exhibit correct grammar or will be published.  Please do not use texting language, shortened words, etc.  Good luck!
Here's an example to get you started: "Dude, I give up. You drive slow and I'll just walk behind the car all the way home to make sure it doesn't fall out."

*I borrowed this picture from http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/11/29/bargain-hunters-crowd-stores-open-on-thanksgiving.html