Holly Pond Elementary

Bronco Brag 🐴 Help us congratulate Zoie on recieving a "Brocno Brag"! Zoie took initiative to clean up a mess that someone else left behind. She is always volunteering to help her teachers and peers whenever she can. Keep up the good work Zoie!

The Holly Pond Middle School Volleyball team will travel to Good Hope tonight. Good luck girls!

Come support your Holly Pond Middle School football team tonight against Carbon Hill. This is the first regular season home game! Reminder: All K-8 students get in free with a paid adult by using their Athletic Pass!

Bronco Brag 🐴 A big shoutout to Lucas for helping clean up trash after the game tonight. Lucas took initiative and picked up trash after the game and then helped load the bags to take to the dumpster. Thanks for always jumping in and helping out! Keep working hard!

📸SCHOOL PICTURES 📸 School pictures will be this Wednesday for all K-8 students!

Please join us for our first middle school football game of the year this Tuesday. The Broncos will take on Oneonta at 6 pm. We hope to see you there!

There is no better way to start our morning here at the K-8! Thank you to the Varsity football team for helping greet some of our car riders today. Good luck tonight!

Our Chief Science Officers did a great job representing Holly Pond K-8 this week. We look forward to all they accomplish throughout the year with this program!

Bronco Brag 🐴 Help us congratulate Skyler on his "Bronco Brag"! Skyler volunteered to help a student with classwork who had just started the school year. He was very kind and patient with the student and just an overall great friend! Keep being a great leader Skyler!

Bronco Brag 🐴 Help us congratulate Wesley on his "Bronco Brag"! He saw a new kindergarten who was struggling to find their correct classroom yesterday morning and took initiative. He brought her to the office and made sure she found the right classroom. Great job being a leader Wesley! Keep it up!

Mrs. Barksdale's Kindergarten class is doing a great job learning how to use their math manipulatives. Keep up the good work!

Thank you to Jonathan Miller for such an awesome presentation to our K-5 students today. He is the author of the book series "Adventures with Sammy". Order forms were sent home today in case any student would like to purchase a book tomorrow. The orders must be turned in tomorrow morning. You can check out his website at http://Sammydogbooks.com

Bronco Brag 🐴 Our first "Bronco Brag" of the year goes to Chelsey in 4th grade! Chelsey saw a need, problem solved, and helped her classmates out. She is a kind student who enjoys helping others. Keep up the good work Chelsey!

We enjoyed seeing so many familiar faces today and a few new Broncos! Share your Open House pictures from today and the next few days by commenting below in this thread. 🙂 If you were not able to make it today you will be able to meet the teacher and see the classroom tomorrow morning. You may walk in with your child on their first day of school (Wednesday for last name A-K, Thursday for last name L-Z) from 7:30-8:15.

Marissa completed the "All Together Now" Reading Challenge this summer. Marissa read 1,800 minutes during the challenge. Marissa had over 100 AR points here at Holly Pond last school year. Keep up the great reading!

☀️Kindergarten Parents☀️ We are so excited to have your child join the Bronco Family! We invite you to meet in the K-8 library on August 6th at 4 pm. This meeting is for parents only. Students will get to meet their teacher at open house, which will be held August 7th from 4-7! We look forward to seeing you!

We will have our summer enrollment day on July 25 from 9-2. We look forward to meeting our new Broncos!

🚨 Only 30 days until school begins!🚨 The school supply list for 2023-2024 is attached below. We will see students with last name beginning with A-K on August 9th and students with last name beginning with L-Z on August 10th. All students will attend on August 11th! We can't wait to see our Broncos!

We look forward to meeting all the future Broncos tomorrow for Kindergarten Registration!

⭐STAFF SPOTLIGHT⭐ Meet Mrs. Finley! How many years have you worked at Holly Pond? - 22 Favorite Food- Spaghetti Favorite Movie- Annabelle's Wish (Christmas) Favorite Quote- “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”― Helen Keller Interesting Fact- I love carousels and angels. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?- Alaska What do you enjoy most about working in a K-8 School? My most favorite thing about HP K-8 is the people. I love having the opportunity to help students learn and grow into confident young people. Thank you for all you do for everyone at Holly Pond! We are thankful for you! 💚