Just a reminder of our district open house tonight from 5-7 pm.
Also, be sure to stop by and see Nurse Sayer for any medical needs.
🎒✏️ Back-to-School Supply Lists! 📚🖍️
We are so excited to welcome our students and families back for another great school year! 💚
Below you’ll find a general list of school supplies your student may need. Be sure to connect with your child’s teacher at Open House for more specific needs.
💚 If your family needs support with any of the items on the list, please reach out to your child’s teacher. We’re happy to help make sure students have what they need for a great start to the school year.
📅 District Open House
Thursday, August 20 | 5:00–7:00 PM
🏫 First Day of School
Monday, August 24 | Half Day
We can’t wait to see everyone! ✏️🍎📚
Thank you for your patience. Here is the 26-27 school year calendar.
Attention Middle School Families:
The middle school Track & Field Days just got a little more exciting! Both the 320 Crew and The Sippin Station will be available to help students stay energized and cool throughout the day with food, snacks, and refreshing drinks. 🥤🌭☀️🏃♀️🏃♂️
Today, Lady Frederick's 8th graders took on one of the most important legal cases of our time: The State vs. SpongeBob SquarePants.
This talented team successfully proved that SpongeBob did indeed murder Mr. Krabs! Through persuasive arguments, compelling exhibits, witness testimony, and a little courtroom flair, students showcased their creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, public speaking, and problem-solving skills.
Future lawyers, actors, leaders, and thinkers were on full display today!
A special thanks to Judge Grodus for his unwavering dedication to due process, proper courtroom decorum, and the faithful interpretation of maritime crustacean homicide law.
This talented team successfully proved that SpongeBob did indeed murder Mr. Krabs! Through persuasive arguments, compelling exhibits, witness testimony, and a little courtroom flair, students showcased their creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, public speaking, and problem-solving skills.
Future lawyers, actors, leaders, and thinkers were on full display today!
A special thanks to Judge Grodus for his unwavering dedication to due process, proper courtroom decorum, and the faithful interpretation of maritime crustacean homicide law.
🚧 Important Update for Hesperia Community Schools Families 🚧
Due to a safety concern near the middle school pickup area, the middle school pickup lane is closed indefinitely. Please plan for alternate pickup arrangements and avoid the closed area until further notice.
Thank you for your patience, flexibility, and cooperation as we work to keep everyone safe. 💚🖤
Tuesday evening, our middle school band held their spring concert under the direction of band director Stephanie Purvis. In "May the 4th be with you" style, Mrs. Purvis and the Hesperia Middle School band performed Star Wars as their grande finale, to perfection!
https://youtube.com/shorts/w6zkRirh5S0?si=ARcS4rniQLqLfiwf
Excellent job band members and Mrs. Purvis!
National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day!
Thank you to all of our dedicated, Professional School Bus Drivers. This team is up before the sun and often out, way past sunset. Without our Bus Drivers we wouldn't have a vital service that much of our community depends on.
Make sure that if you see a bus driver... tell them thank you!
#thankyoubusdrivers #bleedblackandyellow #grit #pantherpride
🎓 Middle School – End of Year Dates
🌸 The finish line is in sight! Check out these important end-of-year dates for David C. Outwin Middle School—from dances and trips to field day and the last day of school.
📅 Be sure to check out the live feed for the full graphic to mark your calendars so you don’t miss a thing as we wrap up the 2025-2026 school year!
Reminder: School resumes tomorrow, Tuesday, April 14! 💚
We hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! As we head into the final stretch of the school year, please note:
✔️ April 15 – SAT/PSAT Testing Day
✔️ April 22 & 29 – Half Days
✔️ MSTEP testing begins later this month
Let’s finish the year strong, Panthers! 🐾
We hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! As we head into the final stretch of the school year, please note:
✔️ April 15 – SAT/PSAT Testing Day
✔️ April 22 & 29 – Half Days
✔️ MSTEP testing begins later this month
Let’s finish the year strong, Panthers! 🐾
Panthers, enjoy the final days of Spring Break! 💚☀️
We return on Tuesday, April 14th, and kick off Testing Week on Wednesday. Please review the schedule and come ready to do your best!
We return on Tuesday, April 14th, and kick off Testing Week on Wednesday. Please review the schedule and come ready to do your best!
Due to the forecasted winter storm expected to move in early tomorrow morning, Hesperia Community Schools will be closed on Monday, March 16th. Please stay safe and warm, Panthers! ❄️🐾
On Saturday, a group of middle school students, led by Mrs. Troughton and Ms. Frederick, traveled to Caledonia Middle School to compete in out first ever JustWrite competition. We had 7 seventh graders and 1 eighth grader complete in 3, 45 minute writing sessions with only a writing prompt and a genre. We had 4 medalists. Jade Petkey, Mia Alexander, Lilith Siegel, and Marabelle Elenbaas.
Congratulations to the 7/8 band on their straight superior ratings Wednesday! What a talented group of students!
What do 8 teachers, a ladder, a drill, and a glue gun have in common?
They’ve been working around the clock to make March Is Reading Month absolutely legendary in the middle school.
The staff is incredibly passionate about their students’ love for reading, and it shows. This project represents countless hours from a dedicated crew who poured their hearts into this epic vision.
A massive shout-out to Mrs. Troughton, the true Architect and mastermind behind this project. Her brilliance kept us inspired, and her vision brought it all to life! Thank you to every single person who pitched in to make the magic happen.
Check out these behind-the-scenes shots! Get ready, Hesperia... it’s time to read!
Be sure to check in with your kids about some of these fun activities happening in the middle school, as well as other March is Reading Month activities across the district.
#HesperiaReads #MarchIsReadingMonth #BuildingReaders #Teamwork
They’ve been working around the clock to make March Is Reading Month absolutely legendary in the middle school.
The staff is incredibly passionate about their students’ love for reading, and it shows. This project represents countless hours from a dedicated crew who poured their hearts into this epic vision.
A massive shout-out to Mrs. Troughton, the true Architect and mastermind behind this project. Her brilliance kept us inspired, and her vision brought it all to life! Thank you to every single person who pitched in to make the magic happen.
Check out these behind-the-scenes shots! Get ready, Hesperia... it’s time to read!
Be sure to check in with your kids about some of these fun activities happening in the middle school, as well as other March is Reading Month activities across the district.
#HesperiaReads #MarchIsReadingMonth #BuildingReaders #Teamwork
A Note from the Counseling Office:
Just a note to inform parents of the upcoming 8th grade field trip to the Newaygo County Career Tech Center on Monday, March 2nd. Ms. Brooke also handed this out to students this week.
History Comes to Life at David C. Outwin Middle School! 🕯️
Our 8th graders took a deep dive into history today as they began their unit on The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. To help them understand the psychological weight of living in the "Secret Annex," students participated in a 20-minute total silence simulation—mimicking the daily reality of the Frank family while workers were in the warehouse below.
A massive thank you to the Newaygo County Sheriff's Office for their incredible support! We are so grateful to the deputies for volunteering their time to act as a "Secret Police" force. Their participation added a level of gravity and realism that truly transformed the lesson, helping our students feel a fraction of the constant vigilance and fear endured by those in hiding.
This experience led to profound journaling and discussions on empathy, sacrifice, and human rights. We are so proud of our Hesperia Community Schools students for their maturity and willingness to engage with such an important and difficult piece of history!
#HesperiaSchools #NewaygoCountySheriff #HandsOnLearning #AnneFrank #CommunityPartners #DavidCOutwinMiddleSchool
If you’re counting… this makes four snow days in a row ❄️❄️❄️❄️
Hesperia Community Schools are CLOSED today, Wednesday, January 21.
Please stay safe and warm.
Hesperia Community Schools are CLOSED today, Wednesday, January 21.
Please stay safe and warm.
❄️Another snow day, Panthers! ❄️
School is CLOSED Tuesday, January 20 due to hazardous winter conditions. Stay warm and stay safe!
School is CLOSED Tuesday, January 20 due to hazardous winter conditions. Stay warm and stay safe!
7th grade STEM finished the semester with an egg drop. Out of 12 groups, only 2 eggs broke when dropped from a height of 24 feet.
