July 31st

8TH GRADE – 8:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.
7TH GRADE – 11 A.M. to 1 P.M.
6TH GRADE – 2 P.M. to 4 P.M.

Parents who cannot attend during above hours may meet with administrators between 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

AUGUST 1st (limited hours)

8TH GRADE – 2 P.M. to 4 P.M.
7TH GRADE – 2 P.M. to 4 P.M.
WITH ADMIN ONLY – 4:30 P.M. to 6 P.M.

 

At Henderson Open House you will:

  • Provide Proof of Residency - Important and Required (if registering for the first time).
  • Complete online registration if you did not do it prior to Open House
  • Find out your team and homeroom teacher
  • Meet your teachers for the year and get school supply lists 
  • Find out your bus number and route
  • Get cafeteria and lunch information
  • Join the PTSA or renew your annual PTSA membership
  • Sign up to volunteer
  • Check out athletics and clubs
  • Shop for HMS spirit wear

New to DeKalb County Schools?  
Please visit the HMS Main Office first and provide important paperwork. Click here for more information.

 
GET STARTED NOW & SAVE TIME AT OPEN HOUSE!

  1. Update your student and directory account information on Membership Toolkit
  2. Purchase your 2024-2025 PTSA membership on TOTEM
  3. Donate to our Henderson Heroes Fund
     

NOTE: Deklab County now requires schools to use TOTEM for PTSA Membership.
Our HMS newsletter, signups and donations go through Membership Toolkit (because we pay less fees through them). If you already have a Membership Toolkit account from last year or with another school, you can use that to log in here and then skip to step 5. 

  1. Create an account. Simply click the Register Now button below.
     
  2. Select New User > Create Account, and follow the prompts. 
     
  3. Click "verify my email" and then check your email for a link. The link expires in 2 hours. If you do not receive the email, check your spam folders.

  4. Verify your email.

  5. Log back in and finish the registration process: add your contact and student  information and set your directory publish preferences.

  6. You can then join the PTSA, donate to the Henderson Heroes Fundraiser and Teacher Appreciation, purchase HMS Spirit Wear, and sign up to be a parent volunteer. And then checkout.
     
  7. Use your account to subscribe to our newsletters and keep up-to-date with HMS happenings.

  8. After you're all done with online registration with PTSA, don't forget to sign up online for School Cafe (meal payments for school lunch) and complete your application for free and reduced lunch. 

 

 
SCHOOL SUPPLY LISTS
Click here for a general school supply list to go by for standard items. Students will receive a list specific for their assigned Team at Open House on July 31st. Keep your receipt for returns if your Team supply list differs greatly from this general list. Students do not have lockers the first few days.  Please send your student with a notebook and a pen or pencil, on the first day of school.

New to Henderson Middle School?

Do you have a rising 6th grader coming to HMS in the Fall or are you otherwise new to HMS?  Check out our New Parent page with lots of information.

Registration for Free & Reduced Lunch

 
DeKalb School Nutrition Services is now accepting online applications for the 2024-2025 school year.

This website can be used to:

• Apply for free and reduced meal benefits and receive instant notification of status.
• Make meal prepayments. 

 
Click here to register. 
 

DO YOU PREFER SPANISH?
THE BILINGUAL LIASON IS HERE TO HELP!

HMS has many parents who are still learning English, most of them Spanish speakers, but the interpreter is available only two days. Did you know? The HMS Foundation is funding a bilingual liaison, Ailyn Ueda, to help our Spanish speaking parents communicate more effectively with teachers and staff, so that they can all work together to help our students learn.

Did you know that there are so many Shopportunities to support Henderson Middle School?

You can help our school earn money just by shopping at your favorite places!

 Click the buttons below to sign up!

Kroger

Publix

Coca-cola

Boxtops

 

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DONATE

 

WE NEED A HERO! 

Your PTSA has big plans for our school this year so any donation amount helps!

 

We're asking everyone to be a Henderson Hero and contribute to the PTSA Program Fund for the year. 

No Sales. No Pledges. No Hassles.

 

It will take all of us. 

All donations are greatly appreciated. 

  

SUGGESTED DONATION LEVELS:

Henderson Superhero   $75.00

Henderson Champion  $125.00

Henderson Defender  $175.00

Donate Now

or

Send money via PayPal to: Treasurer@hmsptsa.org

 

100% of the donations go directly to fund PTSA at HMS!
We need you and thank you for your support!

JOIN PTSA

By joining the PTSA, you help us meet our school's needs that are outside the scope of their budget. You also get access to our online Directory with an app for your smartphone.

JOIN NOW

 

CONTACT & CONNECT

Subscribe to the Henderson Newsletter

Email HMS PTSA:
president@hmsptsa.org

To receive messages from Principal Patillo:
Connect with School Messenger

More ways to contact & connect…

FIND US

Facebook

The Henderson Middle PTSA Page has general school and PTSA announcements.  
 
The Henderson Middle Parents Group is a closed group (request to be added and provide your student's name). This is a great place to ask specific questions about school that are then generally answered by other parents in the know.