Elementary Newsletter

November 2023 Newsletter

Greetings from the Principal: Mrs. Andrea Kammer Phone: (970) 854-3411 Email: kammeran@hcosd.org

November Important Dates

11/3 - No School

11/7 - School Board Meeting @ 7pm

11/9 - End of Trimester

11/10 - No School

11/17 - No School

11/21 - School Board Meeting @ 7pm

11/22 - 11/24 - No School - Thanksgiving Break

12/1 - No School

Parent Teacher Conferences
Thank you to all who came to the parent teacher conferences! You are a big part of your child’s education and we appreciate working with you to give your child the best education possible.

Healthy Snack 

Please make sure to send a healthy snack with your child(ren) to school. We are seeing an influx of takis, chips, cookies, and other unhealthy items being brought. The purpose of snacks is for our kids to get an energy boost and help support their brain. If your child is in need of a healthy snack and does not get breakfast daily, he or she can get breakfast and have that as a snack later in the day! It’s free and healthy!
There is no soda allowed in the cafeteria, so if you are bringing lunch for your child or if your child brings a sack lunch, they are not allowed to have soda.

Thank you for your help and understanding!

Counselor Corner - Mr. Hines 

Sources of Strength guidance lessons will continue. Grade levels will be wrapping up Unit 1, community and connections, and starting Unit 2. Unit 2 for Kindergarten - 2nd grade is Engaging Our Strengths and for 3rd-6th grade is The Brain and Body. 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.

Weather - Inside or Outside?

With the weather always changing, we have set guidelines to help us make a decision when students will be inside for recess. Please make sure your child(ren) is dressed appropriately for the weather. If it is or feels like 20 degrees or below, students will be inside for recess.

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

S.O.A.R.

We are The Dragons and we Soar to excellence! SOAR stands for… 

  • Safety

  • Ownership

  • Achievement

  • Respect 

For the month of November, we are focusing on “S” Safety.

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 November, we are focusing on “A” Ask questions and Accept challenges.

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.  You're responsible to make sure your child has his/her headphones charged and ready for school daily.