Happy New Year! Welcome Back!

Welcome back everyone. Time to build endurance. That is what we will be working on for this second half of the school year in p.e. class.

I case you missed our school's turkey trot/snowman shuffle event. Below are the winners of the event. I am also proud of the spectacular turnout of the boys and girls here at Holmes. Smart Minds and Smart Bodies.

Holmes School

Turkey Trot/Snowman Shuffle

Winners

December

2011

5^th Grade

First Place:

Natalie Ungaretti

Shawn Stone

Second Place:

Gordon Anderson

Natalia Nikolic

Third Place:

Taka Dwairo

Claire Tousignant

4^th Grade

First Place:

William Vejcik

Claudia Celio

Second Place:

Danny Lingen

Alexis Schulman

Third Place:

Noah Schwartz

Madeline Wilkie

3^rd Grade

First Place:

Lucille Henry

Owen Arnold

Second Place:

Keenan White

Shannon Johnson

Third Place:

Sophie Bessell

Tyler Chodera

The Physical Education Department here at Holmes would like to thank all of the staff, administrators, PTO and dedicated parent volunteers who made our extended version of the Turkey Trot/ (Snowman Shuffle) another great success.

The Holmes P.E. department would also like to thank the manager of Jewel-Osco at 7525 W. Lake Street of River Forest, IL; the manager of Jewel-Osco at 7036 Roosevelt Road of Oak Park, IL, and Mr. Dave Ecton manager of Dominicks at 259 Lake Street of Oak Park, IL for each of their gift card donations of $20.

Mr. David Williams

  Holmes School

Physical Education