Holmes Weekly Update
Week Ending 5/31/19
What's Happening this Week?
Monday: 5/27/19
- Woot Woot - No School!
Tuesday: 5/28/19
- 5th Grade Shakespeare performances
- 1st Grae Fiel Trip - Brookfield Zoo
- Service Team Meetings
Wednesday: 5/29/19
- 5th Grade Shakespeare performances
- PBIS School-wide Booster - 2:00
- PBIS Meeting 3:15
Thursday: 5/30/19
- 2nd Grade Field Trip - Naper Settlement
- 5th Grade Shakespeare performances
- Dr. Warke Visit - may visit classrooms
- BLT 3:15-4:15
Friday: 5/31/19
- 4th Grade field trip - Austin Gardens 10:30-2:30
- Device Collections 3rd - 5th grade
This Week's Announcements: Information Item
This week's parent Update: Information Item
Please feel free to copy/paste any portion to include in your weekly/monthly communication.
School Wide Bingo! : Information Item
The students voted for school-wide bingo for our last PBIS celebration!!! The PBIS team is excited to share that our last celebration will be on Monday, June 3rd from 1:30-2:30. Details about the exciting celebration will come out soon in an email from your PBIS team. Please mark your calendars!
Curriculum Coaching Corner
Summer PD
Check out the great PDs being offered during the week of June 10th. Come for one session (only 85 minutes) or stay for three!
Marianne will be facilitating 3 sessions: Math Workshop, Tech, and PBL. I hope to see many of you there! Sign up today!
Jennifer Serravallo free online reading camp this summer!
Get a Head Start On Our 2019-20 Staff Reading
We will be doing a book study next school year and will be utilizing staff meeting time throughout the year to engage with this book.
Feel free to browse this amazing resource over to summer. It will be placed in your mailbox this week.
Holmes Optional Summer Reading
Ideas for our LIM Theme: Growing Together
Summer PDs with #D97Learns
Trainings include learning how to implement Kagan strategies, becoming a Google certified teacher, and expert work in Units of Study (Reading, Writing, Phonics).
Book Swap Books Needed: Action Item
We would keep these in the office and students who don't bring books to swap can come down and pick a few so they can participate in the swap.
Please reach out to your team leader for details about the swap.
Please add to your weekly communication to parents: Action Item
Holmes School Book Swap
Monday, June 3rd from 9:00-10:00
Holmes Elementary students are invited to participate in a book swap, to be held in anticipation of a summer of reading. The book swap will be held on the blacktop on the morning of Monday, June 3rd. Students will bring in gently used books and trade them into their teacher for Book Bucks to purchase "new to you" books to read! Here's how our book swap will work:
Click here for more information and to print the permission slip.
Olympic Day
Thursday, June 6
Morning Activities - 8:15-10:30 - K-2
Afternoon Activities - 12:30-2:45 - 3-5
We love to have our parents support our games and activities during Olympic Day. Please sign-up to volunteer here.
Recycling - Action Item
Mark you Calendar for These Important End of School Events - Information and Action Item
Book Swap - June 3 - 9:00-10:00
School-wide Bingo - June 3 - 1:30-2:30
Kindergarten Tribute to Excellence - June 4
5th Grade Completion Ceremony - June 5
Olympic Day - June 6
Last Day of School - June 6
Report Cards go home - June 6
Leader in Me Weekly: Action Item
Synergize:
“Only when people are sincerely and meaningfully involved are they willing to commit the best that is within them.”
Reflect on this quote and what it means to you as an educator.
Staff Shout Outs - Action Item
Holmes School Mission
Keeping the End in Mind - This is our end in mind and our plan to get there.
Vision:
Create a positive learning environment for all District 97 students that is equitable, inclusive and focused on the whole child.
Mission:
At Holmes School our mission is to:
establish positive relationships by celebrating differences and embracing diversity
engage students in equitable learning experiences
empower students to be proactive, collaborative leaders
prepare students to be successful lifelong learners and productive citizens