Summer slide isn’t a piece of playground equipment – it’s the tendency for students to lose some of the progress they’ve made during the academic year. But there are ways to keep your students’ skills sharp and have fun all summer long.

For details, resources and lots more ways to foster reading this summer, go to HCPS’ summer reading page.

Come join Holman for the 1st Annual Huskie Open Golf Tournament! It will be held Saturday, May 11, 2019 at Hunting Hawk Golf Club. Registration Begins at 12:30; Shotgun Start 2:00.

Cost is $400.00 per foursome or $100.00 per golfer. *Fee includes boxed lunch, green fee, golf cart, practice balls, door prizes!

Parents, students, alumni, teachers, and friends are invited for a day of golf, fun, and prizes while supporting the Holman Athletic Department. Golfers may sign up as foursomes, individuals, or groups of 2 or 3. We will be selling mulligans, power drives, and the HMS PTA will have 50/50 tickets, all available for $5 each at the course. Funds raised from the tournament will benefit the 12 Holman athletic teams, going towards uniforms, equipment, field maintenance, and more.

To register for the tournament as a player or sponsor, please fill out this form and and return it to Daniel McKinney at Holman by Friday, April 26, 2019 . Please attach a check made out to Holman Middle School for $80.00 per golfer in your group, or $320 if you have an entire foursome. For questions, contact Daniel McKinney at (804) 346-1300 or dgmckinney@henrico.k12.va.us.

By telling us about your perspectives and experiences, you can help Henrico Schools improve and make important decisions about the future.

The survey is open until April 19.

Highlights from the Black History Month Program at Holman Middle School with guest speaker Michele Hudgins.

Henrico, Va. Jan. 17, 2019 – Who is the special teacher in your life? The REB Awards for Teaching Excellence provide a tangible, public way to recognize outstanding teachers in Henrico County Public Schools – and give them the means to continue growing. The Community Foundation’s yearly awards identify, recognize and support teaching excellence in the Richmond area. Honorees receive professional development grants of $4,000 to $12,000, given to teachers who have distinguished themselves by their inspiring classroom performance.

Through a nomination process, approximately 15 outstanding teachers are selected each year to receive cash grants to support professional development activities.

Nominations are invited from parents, students, educators and the community at large. Award recipients have earned graduate degrees, climbed mountains, traced their ancestors and met peers from around the world – all to reignite their own passion for learning and to pass it on to their students.

Nominations must be made online. A letter in support of the nomination must be written by another individual and submitted online with the nomination.

Who:The Community Foundation invites nominations from students, parents, colleagues, school staff and administrators (except for the school principal), and the community at large.
 

When: Nominations and letters of support must be submitted by Feb. 25 at 5 p.m.
 

How: Nominations must be submitted through the Community Foundation’s website. For detailed instructions, eligibility criteria and a link to the nomination portal, please visit https://www.cfrichmond.org/Grantseekers/REB-Awards-for-Teaching-Excellence#123671-award-amount.

*A link to the Community Foundation’s nomination portal can be found at henricoschools.us, under Hot Topics. For questions regarding nominations, please contact Tracie Weston, director of professional learning and leadership, at 804-652-3769.

The Children’s Hospital of Richmond and is the only facility of its kind that is equipped with specialists for adolescents in the Richmond Area.  Their foundation is currently working to fund and recruit nationally known neuro-oncologists to oversee brain treatment for pediatrics.  They are also beginning construction to expand and add a new dental clinic to help serve children in on community that are in need of dental services. This past December we had a fundraiser and as a school raised $670, but would like to raise more to help this worth non-profit, even a donation of $5 can make an impact.  To help donate please go to https://give.chfrichmond.org/team/203294 and help Holman’s Team.  Thank you!

HCPS-TV stopped by Ms. Ogando’s 6th Grade Social Studies class as they did a cool review

Click on the image for dates and hours.

Henrico, Va. Oct. 1, 2018 – The REB Awards for Distinguished Educational Leadership provide a tangible, public way to recognize an outstanding principal at a Henrico County school. The Community Foundation’s yearly awards identify, recognize and support leadership excellence in the Richmond area. Honorees receive an unrestricted $7,500 cash grant, and $7,500 to be used for school initiatives. Eligible are principals from public schools in Henrico, Chesterfield and Hanover counties and the city of Richmond. Nominees should have served in their current positions for at least three years.

To find out more and download a nomination form, go to tcfrichmond.org/Grantseekers/Awards/REB-Awards-for-Distinguished Educational-Leadership.

Who: The Community Foundation invites nominations from students, parents, colleagues, school personnel and administrators and the community at large. Nominations should take the form of a completed nomination form, downloaded from the foundation’s website, a one- to two-page typeset letter describing the nominee’s distinguished educational leadership. It can be accompanied by up to three one-page letters of support. Principals may not nominate themselves.

When: Nominations must be mailed or hand-delivered, and must be received by 5 p.m. on Nov. 8. Emailed or faxed nominations are not accepted.

Where: Please mail nominations to:

REB Awards for Distinguished Educational Leadership

The Community Foundation

Attn: Stacey Keeley, Donor Engagement Officer

7501
Boulders View Drive, Suite 110

Richmond, Va. 23225

For questions regarding nominations, please contact Tracie Weston, director of HCPS’ Department of Professional Learning and Leadership, at 804-652-3840. More information is also available at tcfrichmond.org.

Award recipients will be announced in March 2019.

Applications are available for any sixth grade student interested in applying to the IB Middle Years Program at Moody Middle School for the 2019-2020 school year.  Stop by the school counseling office to request an application and/or get more information about the IB program. There will be an open house at Moody Middle on Tuesday, October 16. Applications are due Friday, November 16.