Snowman Shuffle 2011

Holmes School

Snowman Shuffle

2011

Staff and Parents, 

Our Holmes school turkey trot has been cancelled for this school year. We will now have in its place a Snowman Shuffle running event. The event is set to take place on Thursday, December 22, 2011.

The event will take place during our afternoon school hours. This gives every student who wishes to participate the opportunity to do so.

As a result of this, staff and parent volunteers will be needed to help with safety, crowd control, and to stand at designated post throughout the running path.

Below is the order in which the event will take place:

Running times/Grade Levels:

11:00 - 11:30 -- K and 1st Grades (will run 2 laps around the school yard)

12:00 - 12:30 -- 2nd Grade (will run 2 laps)

12:30 - 1:00 -- 3rd Grade (will run 4 laps around the school yard)

1:30 - 2:00 -- 4th Grade (4 laps)

2:00 - 2:30 -- 5th Grade (4 laps)

*The 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade gift card presentations, and Kindergarten,1st and 2nd grade gift card raffle should be complete before our 1:45 p.m. dismissal time.

*Student will receive a certificate of participation.

*Gift cards are to be given to the winners of the event

*There will also be a gift card raffle for K-2 participates 

Please respond as soon as possible if you will be available to volunteer. You will be assigned to a post and/or duty during the event. This is always a fun and exciting event. You are also encouraged to participate in the event! Thanks in advance for your help with this event.

Parents: contact Laura Hunnewell, laura@hunnewells.com

David 

HEARTLAND ADVENTURE

The month of November brings to Holmes our District 97 HEARTLAND ADVENTURE. That's right for the entire month of November the boys and girls here at Holmes will be rolling, jumping, running and gliding through one of the most fun filled activities of the school year.

The heartland adventure activity is designed to take those participating on an all out tour of our respiratory and cirulatory systems. The students while going through the adventure learn the names of the parts of the respiratory system (right atrium, tricupid valve, right venticle, etc.) that are responible for carrying oxygen throughout our bodies as well as learn the parts of the cirulatory system (left atrium, mitral valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, etc.) that are responsible for carrying blood throughout our bodies.

The students here at Holmes love this district activity. The kids actually become the air and blood flowing and travelling throughout the air and blood passageways. This activity also exposes them to just how hard our interior body parts and organs work for us and why it is very important to love our interior perhaps a little more than our exterior.

Parents should your child come home having misunderstood any concepts and/or examples given pertaining to the Heartland experience, please try to discern their understanding and explain correctly what your child may be attempting to share or call or email me directly for clarity.

Any questions or concerning about the HEARTLAND ADVENTURE, please feel free to contact me.

Mr. David Williams
Holmes School
Physical Education
dwilliams@op97.org