DCSS Schools Closed Tuesday: Due to the State of Emergency declared for Winter Weather, the Douglas County School System will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Escuelas del DCSS cerradas el martes: Debido al estado de emergencia declarado para el clima invernal, el Sistema Escolar del Condado de Douglas estará cerrado mañana, martes 21 de enero del 2025.
The PTA’s Family Valentine’s Dance is coming soon. Join us for a night of fun and dancing! The event will take place on Friday, February 7th, from 5–7 PM in the gym. Bring your family, your dancing shoes, and your Valentine spirit! See the flyer for more information.
We are delighted to announce that State Superintendent Richard Woods will be visiting our school on Wednesday, January 15, at 1:30 PM. This visit is a great honor, as he will be recognizing our school for its outstanding achievements as a Georgia Literacy Leaders School. Please have your child(ren) dress for success in honor of this special occasion. Thank you for your consideration!
The Douglas County School System has published a new Beanstack reading challenge for all students. It is called Be a Reading Machine. This challenge is simply to log 900 minutes between January 1st -March 7th. We hope all of our Hawks will meet this challenge and help us win first place in the county! The minutes you log will count towards this challenge and our Great Escape School Year Challenge. Please let Mrs. Harbin know if you have any questions!
Congratulations to our recent Beanstack winners for the combined months of November and December. The top three grade levels will earn extra recess. The top 3 classes earned homework passes and the traveling trophy is proudly displayed in their classroom. The 3 top readers earned a token to our book vending machine and our staff winners received a free lesson pass. Way to go, Hawks!
Congratulations to our school's Spelling Bee winner, 4th Grader Mylah Hampton! We are so proud of you! Our runner up was Ryder Toadvine. Mylah will represent HSES at the Douglas County Spelling Bee in January. Congratulations to all of our spellers who competed fiercely this morning in the competition!
We are so proud of our students who will represent Holly Springs Elementary in the DCSS Art Show this evening!
Holiday Dress Up Days are coming soon!
The Holly Springs Elementary Spelling Bee is Friday morning and we wish our students the best as they compete! https://www.canva.com/design/DAGYK7Y0Bmc/D8N7w9c6bJkdsEU9yr57bw/view?utm_content=DAGYK7Y0Bmc&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h51cc84ded6
An extra Beanstack Challenge kicked off Monday and students have the opportunity to earn a token to the book vending machine for completion. Check out the 12 Books of Christmas Challenge today...it only lasts 12 days ! Make sure to click FINISHED when logging minutes for a book to count. Students in upper grades may want to focus on graphic novels, picture books, and informational books in their LEXILE range.
The DCSS Beanstack Bingo Challenge continues. Before the break, we were 2nd place in the county amongst elementary schools for completion. Let's bring the trophy home to HSES!
The deadline to reach 1,500 minutes for our school year challenge is Dec. 19. Lots of reading opportunities for our HAWKS!
Share-a-Pair Wear-a-Pair is back this year! Our annual pajama drive to benefit students in foster care will take place again this December. Please see the picture for more information.
Holiday Concert Information!
Our Featured Faculty Member for this week is Miss Amanda, our lead custodian. Ms. Amanda has worked in the county for 11 years. This is her first year at HSES. Ms. Amanda says she enjoys doing her job and she loves her crew, Mr. Kevin and Ms. Mickey. Her husband's name is Boyce and they have been married for 20 years and they have 3 wonderful children. Andrew is 26, Haley is 23 and Justin is 21. Andrew has been in the army since 2015. She also has 3 wonderful grandkids, who are her world! She loves to take pictures of nature and flowers. She loves the sunrise, sunset, moon and stars and is always trying to get good pictures of them. Ms. Amanda said she is not much of a talker but she is a good listener and wants to try and help others as much as she can. Ms. Amanda has been an excellent addition to HSES and we are thankful she is on staff with us this year!
Thanksgiving Holiday Information
Welcome to November...it's another busy week for our Hawk families! Tomorrow is a Teacher Work Day. Thursday we have STEAM Night and progress reports will come home. We also hope you can join us Friday for Sparkles Spirit Night in Hiram. Have a great week, Hawks!
Reminder: Tomorrow is Election Day and there is a Teacher Work Day. Students do not report to school tomorrow. Thank you!
Congratulations to our Beanstack Top Readers for the month of October! The top three grade levels will earn extra recess. The top 3 classes earned homework passes and the traveling trophy is proudly displayed in their classroom. The 3 top readers earned a token to our book vending machine and our staff winners received a free lesson pass. Way to go, Hawks! Keep in mind Thursday, December 19th is the deadline to read and log 1,500 minutes total in our Great Escape Reading Challenge. The challenge began August 12th and students who reach this milestone will be invited to a Glow-in-the-Dark Dance Party! Happy Reading!
Hat Day - Coming Soon!
Our Featured Faculty Member for this week is Mrs. Stutesman. She has been a speech-therapist for 7 years. She is an animal-lover, known for stopping traffic to pick up a stray or move a turtle out of the way. Mrs. Stutesman has 4 rescues (2 dogs and 2 cats). All but one, came from the side of the road! On weekends, you can usually find her reading a good book or spending time with friends and family. On school breaks, she enjoys traveling with her husband, Jake. Her dream is to visit all 50 states and all 7 continents. We are so glad to have you here as a Holly Hawk this year, Mrs. Stutesman!
In support of the National Milk Coalition and the Dairy Farmers of the world the Holly Hawks Cafe has adopted a calf (baby cow). We have been assigned to a farm right here in Georgia. Big Sandy Creek Dairy is located in Madison, Georgia and is open for farm tours with appointments. Our calf was born on September 10th and weighed 75 pounds. Her name is Gouda and we think she is adorable. We are using this opportunity to bring attention to the Dairy Farmers and the wonderful products they make for us.
