Entries from November 2008

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving

I just want to take some time to wish you all a very blessed Thanksgiving. I am thankful for so many things in my life and some of those things are the wonderful students and parents that I get to spend time with at Holmes Elementary. I am thankful for all of you!
Happy [...]

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

What a Day!

We were so busy today and it was fabulous! We had some special visitors here at Holmes School and we wrapped up the day with a pizza party!
We learned all about the town of Fayette in the Upper Peninsula. In 1880 it was “the” place for iron ore smelting. The kids [...]

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Faithful Readers…

Hello Faithful Readers…
You may have been wondering where room 12 has been… We have been here working OH SO hard, but Mrs. Smits has not updated the blog in a while. I keep hoping that we can get on a roll and get a post each day. We are going to try [...]

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Swimming at the Aquatic Center

We have a beautiful facility in Spring Lake for swimming and fitness. Our students were fortunate enough to be able to spend some time there on Thursday for swimming lessons. They will also go on November 13 and November 21. They learned a lot, swam a lot, and came back to school [...]

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Election Day!

We always try to give our students the right to express themselves at Holmes. An election year is no different… Everyone under the age of 12 was allowed to make their choice and have their opinion heard. The polls were open all day on Monday, November 3 and they voted. It [...]

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Happy Halloween!

Okay, we are a couple days late in posting our Halloween pictures, but we are just coming down from our sugar fun! The kids looked great, it was a beautiful day and we just have to share some pictures! Enjoy…