Halsted Middle School

#184DaysofBrave: Day 4 After another exciting day for scholars, our Halsted staff gathered for an informative and updated safety protocol meeting with our School Resource Officer, Officer Bellis of the Newton PD. Keeping students and staff safe is our top priority!

#184DaysofBrave: Day 3 Scholars were lined up bright and early this morning to start our first day of school for students! You could feel the excitement in the air across the board! A reminder that tomorrow (Friday) is also an Early Dismissal Day.

#184DaysofBrave: Day 2 Our Halsted Staff are bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and ready to welcome our students back to school tomorrow! The excitement of new beginnings is in the air!

#184DaysofBrave: Day 1!! Staff at Halsted and across the district gathered today for our first in-service day back to school! All NPS staff learned about the benefits of AI in the classroom and our HMS staff had a wonderful and informative first staff meeting of the year!

C2C Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is now open! Our after school program is free and open to all Halsted Students! Sign-Up Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWWiKUV1-BH4pglSu_R7McqJn-KLzxwPHn1PxoH7qcxxblFg/viewform

We are excited to announce that our very own music teacher Mr. Miller will be starring in a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth as Macbeth! The production runs July 27th and 28th at Riverside Park in Port Jervis, NY! Ticket information is available below. Break a leg Mr. Miller!

Congratulations to Evan Hutchens and Addison DeRoma who won second place in the NATION in their category at the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Orlando! Go Braves!

We would like to wish all of our Halsted families a wonderful Summer!! We hope that you enjoy time together with your families and enjoy some beautiful weather!

As we close out a fantastic year at Halsted, we wanted to celebrate some of our awesome 8th Graders who won awards last week at our 8th Grade Awards Night! Congrats Braves! Winners are as follows: Caring Award: Danica Platt | Sunshine Award: Ruth Alcivar | Science Award: Ruth Alcivar | S.T.E.M. Award: Eric Kristiansen | A.J. Cronin Instrumental Award: Nicole Villegas | Band Spirit Award: Danica Platt | Physical Education Award: Noah Alcantara | Physical Education Award: Skylar Mims | Fitness Award: Madison Schick |

As we close out a fantastic year at Halsted, we wanted to celebrate some of our awesome 8th Graders who won awards last week at our 8th Grade Awards Night! Congrats Braves! Winners are as follows: Fitness Award: Simon Luna | Outstanding Chorale Member Award: Molly Furey | A.J. Cronin Vocal Music Award: Matthew Acocella | A.J. Cronin Vocal Music Award: Riya Perrier | Spanish Achievement Award: Braeden Flanagan | Spanish Achievement Award: Maria Valencia | Artist of the Year Award: Arianah Furey | Artist of the Year Award: Laura Guevera | Artist of the Year Award: Shira Burgess (not pictured) | Positively Priceless Phil Perestam Award |

As we close out a fantastic year at Halsted, we wanted to celebrate some of our awesome 8th Graders who won awards last week at our 8th Grade Awards Night! Congrats Braves! Winners are as follows: Student Council President: Travis Whitesell | Student Council Vice President: Nicole. Villegas | English Language Arts Award: Ruth Alcivar | Aspiring Author Award: Leo Natale | Daughters of the American Revolution Award for Outstanding Work: Andrew Carleton | Daughters of the American Revolution Award for Citizenship: Ayden Myers (not pictured) | Shop Rite Award for Personality and Common Sense: Travis Whitesell | Shop Rite Award for Ambition and Cooperation: Romina Garcia-Solis | Future Entrepreneur Award: Anthony Annunziata | Be Brave Award: Leo Natale

As we close out a fantastic year at Halsted, we wanted to celebrate some of our awesome 8th Graders who won awards last week at our 8th Grade Awards Night! Congrats Braves! Winners are as follows: Math Award: Skylar Mims | Math Most Outstanding Award: Andrew Carleton (not pictured) | Make a Difference Award: Simon Luna | Presidents Education Achievement (Silver): Andreana Demartin, Arely Romero Garcia , Derek Noguiera, Dulce Zacal Sanchez, Camille Alexander, Aneek Mukherje | Presidents Academic Excellence (Gold): Ruth Alcivar, Skylar Mims, Quinn Stoner, Alaina Mancuso, Baylie Rawson, Leo Natale, Noah Alcantara, Danica Platt, Madison Schick, Alyssa Negron, Braeden Flanagan, Simon Luna, Travis Whitesell, Aiden D’Amico, Riya Perrier, Kayden Estremera | Presidents Academic Excellence Highest GPA: Kayden Estremera

As part of a wonderful year of FBLA achievements, The Halsted Middle School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), led by Theresa Iliff, launched a Community Service Project centered around National Suicide Awareness. They honored Anthony Monderine who was an FBLA alumni who attended Sayreville War Memorial High School and recently passed away. Anthony was such a bright and kindhearted young man who touched the heart of the entire Sayreville community as well as throughout the state with his participation in FBLA. Halsted FBLA members developed the kindness challenge. Their goal was to tell their fellow classmates they are valued and they are loved. They created sticky notes and taped them on the lockers of over 350 students. They created over 140 different statements filled with words of kindness and love. Examples of their messages, “You are kind”, “You are brave”, “I see you”, “You rock”, “You matter” and “I love your smile”. The goal is to spread positivity, acceptance, and kindness as well as promote National Suicide Health Prevention. Halsted Middle School students will be presenting their community service project at the 2024 NJ FBLA State Middle School Leadership Conference on April 8th. They are the first FBLA program ever chartered at Halsted and the only middle school program in Sussex County. The Halsted Middle School FBLA members want everyone to know that the lesson learned is that even small acts of kindness can make a huge difference in your community.

Join Newton Community Schools this Friday at NHS for Family Fest!

Thank you for supporting our Halsted Book Fair!

Halsted Book Fair is this Thursday and Friday!

Our Jazz Band and Chorale groups, led by Dr. Young and Mr. Miller are at Dorney Park today competing in the High Notes Festival and enjoying a gorgeous day in the park! BOTH groups received an EXCELLENT trophy! Congrats Braves!

The NHS Student Council is inviting all to participate in a Tri-District Spirit Day this Wednesday May 22nd! Students should wear school colors or attire. Homeroom teachers will tally the number of students participating and on Thursday, the totals will be announced at our Tri-District Field day!

Want more Book Fair? No problem! Keep the party going at our Book Fair online. All book purchases over $25 ship free and every purchase benefits our school! https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/halstedmiddleschool

Don't forget to set up your student's eWallet account for cashless, stress-less shopping at our Halsted Book Fair! Friends and family can even contribute funds!