Entries from May 2009

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Field Day!

Just a reminder that field day for fourth grade will be on Monday, June 1. It will be for the whole day, so each child will need a sack lunch, sunscreen, water bottle, and their tennis shoes. It will be a great day! We will be spending the day with the students [...]

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Hands-On Science

We are learning all about electricity, static electricity, lightning, circuits, etc… These kids are so smart! They are fabulous scientists. We made our own closed circuits, tested good conductors of electricity, and watched science in action. It was great!

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Michigan, Our Michigan

Our third and fourth graders did a FABULOUS job at their performance on Tuesday evening. Here are some pictures from that night. A big thanks to Mrs. Ireland for all her hard work and extra effort to make it a success. The students at Holmes are SO talented!

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

A Visit from Dr. Powers

Kyra’s mom (Dr. Powers) graciously came to visit us last week to share all of her knowledge about matter, chemical changes, physical changes, and other interesting facts. She is a Biochemistry Professor at Grand Valley, so she is our resident expert! She brought some really fantastic demonstations with her and shared so many [...]

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Front Porch Night

front-porch
Holmes is defending their title for the “Coolest School” today! Please come and eat ice cream at the Front Porch from 12-8PM. Mrs. Smits will be scooping from 6-7! See the attached for more information…