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Last Call for H Factor Ads

Support your Friends & Family at H Factor! We are once again offering family and friends the opportunity to buy ads in this year’s H Factor program to support their talent show participant! Ads should be appropriate for an elementary school audience. All ads will be black and white. Prices: Quarter page – $25 Half […]

Darien Young Composers Concert

The Music Department of the Darien Public Schools would like to announce the 17th annual Darien Young Composers Concert. This special concert program will be held on Wednesday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. for grades K-5 and at 7:30 p.m. for grades 6-12 in the Darien High School auditorium and will feature the works of […]

Parent Orientation at MMS

We are hosting the Parent Orientation at MMS on February 12 at 6:00pm. This will be for the 5th grade parents who have students transitioning to 6th grade in the Fall. The meeting will take place in the Auditorium and is for parents only.

Get Your Act Together for H Factor!

The annual Holmes School talent show will take place on Sunday, March 4th from 3-5pm!! All students in grades 3-5 who are interested in participating should fill out the attached application and return to the school office no later than Friday, January 19th. Tryouts will be held after school on the afternoons of January 29th […]

Help Holmes Students Recycle at Lunch!

Sign up to assist at lunch with helping kids understand what should be recycled, and with encouraging trash-free lunches (reusable containers/sandwich wrappers instead of plastic bags, water bottles instead of juice boxes, cloth napkins, etc.), especially on Trash-Free Thursdays. Sign up for a lunch shift here or contact Laura Pesce-Gray, Environmental Chair, with questions at […]

Anxiety & stress in children

Presentation this Friday The Holmes School PTO is excited to welcome Dr. Chris Bogart, Executive Director of the Southfield Center for Development, to Holmes to discuss childhood anxiety and stress. Dr. Bogart will define exactly what stress and anxiety are, identify risk factors, provide concrete ways we can help our children and provide suggestions for […]

Save the Date – Sound Tigers Game

As in years past, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers is offering Holmes School discounted tickets to a game as a fundraiser for our school. This year’s “Darien Day” at the Sound Tigers will be on Saturday, January 27 at 7pm. Details on how to purchase tickets will be in the next H2H.

Save the Date – H Factor Tryouts

Get excited for the return of the H Factor! The talent show for children in grades 3-5 will be held on Sunday, March 4 from 3-5pm at Darien High School. Mandatory tryouts will be after school on Monday, January 29 or Tuesday, January 30. Start thinking now about your act! For those of you new […]

Google Classroom 101

The Council of Darien School Parents (CDSP) Presents: GOOGLE CLASSROOM 101: DEMO FOR PARENTS Date: Thursday, Dec. 7th Time: 9:15 coffee, 9:30 General CDSP meeting and Google Classroom presentation Location: Darien Board of Ed meeting room, 35 Leroy Ave. Join the CDSP for a demo and Q&A session on Google Classroom with our District Instructional […]