{"id":1652,"date":"2015-12-30T13:47:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T18:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/hms\/?page_id=1652"},"modified":"2024-02-07T15:32:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T20:32:40","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/hms\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>About Us<\/h1>\n<p>Hendersonville Middle School has earned \u201cSchool of Distinction\u201d status since the inception of the NC \u201cABC\u201d Accountability Program for nine out of ten years. HMS consists of approximately 500 students, 41 teachers, 28 support staff, and dozens of parent and community volunteers.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Curriculum<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>All students take a series of core classes consisting of Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. Students also participate daily in Physical Education and Exploratory Classes. Students may select to participate in Band, Strings, Chorus, or Encore (enrichment and\/or remedial activities).<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Exploratory Classes, students receive computer skills training. AIG Classes and Exceptional Children&#8217;s Programs are provided for qualified students. A counselor is available to provide individual counseling, classroom guidance, and support for teachers and parents. HMS promotes a \u201cBully-Free\u201d school.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bully-Free School<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We promote a Bully-Free school, which includes monthly classroom lessons.<\/p>\n<p>We pledge to provide a safe, secure, inviting atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Help make our school \u201cBully-Free\u201d<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Learn what \u201cbullying\u201d is.<\/li>\n<li>Learn what to say and do when someone is \u201cbullying\u201d you.<\/li>\n<li>Learn what to say and do when someone is being aggressive and threatening to you.<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to be an active bystander when others are \u201cbullying\u201d or being \u201cbullied\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t be a \u201cguilty\u201d bystander.<\/li>\n<li>Learn when to help solve a problem and when to get help to solve a problem.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Remember our #1 Rule:<\/p>\n<p>When you have a problem, get to the closest adult.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/child-nutrition\/school-menus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Menus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/student-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Nurse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us Hendersonville Middle School has earned \u201cSchool of Distinction\u201d status since the inception of the NC \u201cABC\u201d Accountability Program for nine out of ten years. HMS consists of approximately 500 students, 41 teachers, 28 support staff, and dozens of parent and community volunteers. Curriculum All students take a series of core classes consisting of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1652","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/hms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/hms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/hms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/hms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/hms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/hms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3312,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/hms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1652\/revisions\/3312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/hms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}