Hinckley-Finlayson High School PO Box 308 201 Main Street Hinckley, MN 55037
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Monday, February 13, 2012

February has a lot of events that are taking place.  This week there is a boy's basketball game at home on Tuesday.  On Friday there is another boys basketball game at home, the girl's basketball team is away on Friday.  Also on Friday we have the traditional waffle supper supported by the Lions Club.  The waffle supper begins at 4:00.

Congratulations to our Speech team.  The Speech team placed second over the weekend at their Speech Meet.  Way to go!  They are proudly displaying the trophy they won as well.  

We are continuing our Rachel's Challenge activities.  Last week the grades competed against each other to see what grade could have the most acts of kindness.  The grade with the most acts of kindness was our seniors; they had 1,108 acts of kindness.  Total the school had over 5,000 recorded with an average of 736 acts of kindness each day during that week.  Great job students.

As we look toward next week, reminder that there is no school on Monday, February 20th.  On February 22nd and 23rd we have our Honors Breakfast.  It is also amazing that mid-quarters for quarter three are not too far off.  Mid-quarters will be due on Monday, February 27th.

If there are any questions regarding Rachel's Challenge, Honors Breakfast, or anything else, do not hesitate to call the high school office.

Mr. Masterson

Friday, February 3, 2012

Snow Week

It is hard to believe that Friday of snow week is here.  This has been a busy week.  Congratulations to the Hood Rats who not only won the Dodge Ball tournament on Monday evening, but also beat the staff today (Friday) at the pep assembly.

On Tuesday we had our traditional Rent-a-Friend pep assembly.  The students had a lot of fun and the seniors served their Rent-a-Friend responsibilities on Wednesday.

Thursday we had our kick off to Rachel's Challenge.  The students learned about the challenges we are going start.  We are going to have a grade level competition to see who can have the most acts of kindness.  We are, once a month, going to have the students assigned to a random lunch table, to sit with people they may not know, or talk to.  We are also creating T-shirts in the honor of Brian Flagstad.  Proceeds from these shirts will go to the Friend of Rachel club to help us reach the larger community with our acts of kindness.

Today is activity day.  We had a pep fest this morning, and the students will be seeing a movie this afternoon.  The 7-9th grade students will stay at the high school in the FAC and the 10-12th grade students will see a movie at Grand Cinema.  The week will close with the snow week dance from 9pm-12am tonight.

It has been a great week.  Thank you to the students for your excitement and leadership.

Mr. Masterson