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Important Dates
9/4 - No School
9/5 - School Board Meeting @ 7pm
9/8- No School
9/15 - No School
9/18 - No School
9/19 - School Board Meeting @ 7pm
9/22 - No School
9/29 - No School
Welcome Back!
I hope your child(ren) has enjoyed being back at school. The teachers and staff worked hard to make sure this year is the best yet! Please keep an eye out for these monthly newsletters in your email. If you know of someone who is not getting the newsletter, please have them check their spam mail and check with our secretary, Mrs. Juarez, to see which email the newsletter is being sent to so we make sure we are sending it to the correct email address. If you do not have an email address, we will send home a copy of the monthly newsletter with your child.
New Staff for 2023-2024
Art Teacher - Mrs. Rebeka Froehlich
Technology/Library - Ms. Kimberlee Benett
3rd Grade - Mrs. Phawn Houghtelling
4th Grade - Mrs. Joylynn Kinniee
Music - Miss Nicole Brandt
Band/Interventions Mrs. Pat Wiebers
Special Education Paraprofessionalas - Ms. Susana Dominguez, Ms. Paola Dominguez, and Miss Mackenzie Martin
2nd Grade - Ms. Sarah Korpan was teaching Kindergarten and is now a 2nd grade teacher.
Counselor Corner - Mr. Hines
Guidance Counseling began. We are using the Random Acts of Kindness curriculum and Sources of Strength. If you would like your child to visit with Mr. Hines on a regular basis, please reach out to him by phone or email.
You can contact Mr. Hines at (970) 854-3411 and by email hineslo@hcosd.org.
Pennies for the Peerless!
Please consider donating loose change money to the Peerless Movie Theater! The Peerless is celebrating its 25th year! There is a classroom competition on what homeroom class can raise the most money for the Peerless. At the end of September, the winning class will get an ice cream party! Good luck!
End of the Day Messages
Please call our secretary, Mrs. Juarez, before 3:00 PM if you have a message for your child. We have around 300 students and have to start messages early to get through all of them depending on the day. Please know we understand last minute emergencies.
Please make sure your child has a water bottle daily!
Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast and lunch are free this year. Your child(ren) is allowed to get seconds or an additional milk when bringing cash with him/her to school. The following prices apply…
Extra milk $0.40
Additional breakfast $1.50
Additional lunch entree $1.50
Important Information
Please make sure to call Mrs. Juarez before 9 AM if your child will not be at school.
Students can start entering the school at 7:45 AM.
Students will be dismissed and exit the building at the following times and locations…
5th/6th Graders - dismissed at 3:38 PM and will exit the front doors
3rd/4th Graders - dismissed at 3:39 PM and will exit the front doors
1st/2nd Graders - dismissed at 3:40 PM and will exit the library doors
Kindergarten - dismissed at 3:40 PM and will exit the kindergarten doors
L.E.A.R.N.E.R.S.
LEARNERS is a word we will be focusing on at Holyoke Elementary. LEARNERS stands for…
Learn from mistakes
Evaluate work
Ask questions and accept challenges
Receive and respond to feedback
Never give up!
Effort matters
Reach goals
State what we’re learning
For the month of September, we are focusing on "L" Learn from mistakes.
S.O.A.R.
We are the dragons and we are soaring to excellence with our behavior. SOAR stands for…
Safety
Ownership
Achievement
Respect
For the month of September, we are focusing on "S" Safety.
Student Safety Before and After School
It is the goal of the city, police department, and the school that we have a great and safe start to the school year! We are providing you with information about the safest routes, rules, and helpful hints.
When walking or biking, please use the sidewalks.
Avoid alleys and parking lots.
Do not walk or ride in the middle of the street.
Travel in groups if possible, especially when crossing major intersections. This allows cars to not only see you, but make them stop on time.
When riding a bike, scooter, or skateboard, you are required to stop at stop signs just like a car.
Utilize the designated routes which are patrolled and shared with the public as streets to be watching for pedestrians and bikers.
Wear a bicycle helmet if you have one.
Always assume cars cannot see you and will not be stopping.
Congratulations to our winners!
Thank you for attending our back to school registration! We had a good turn out and appreciate your help in completing paperwork that needs to be done annually. The elementary did our drawing and we have two people who won an athletic pass for the school year to home events! Congratulations to Heather Huffman and Lilian Maradiaga!
Drop off and pick up
Please use yellow zones for dropping kids off. Do NOT park in the yellow zones. If you want to walk your child to the front door of the school, please park in a parking spot and not the yellow zones.
After school, please make sure to pull over in a parking spot to pick up your child. We have staff helping fill in as a crossing guard, so please let them help your son or daughter cross the street.
Chromebooks and Chargers
We appreciate your help with your child’s education by providing school supplies at the beginning of the year. If your child is in 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade, it will be your child’s responsibility to charge his/her Chromebook for school the next day. Your child was given a Chromebook and a charger at the beginning of the school year. If the charger gets lost, you will be responsible for replacing it. It would be a big help if you could remind your child to plug in his/her Chromebook nightly. Your responsibility to make sure your child has his/her headphones charged and ready for school daily.