Dr. Seuss

111_0063Monica Beltran and Alondra Garcia came to our ELL classrooms to help celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Alondra and Monica wore costumes to represent his books. Our students were excited about having the students guess what the books were. Thank you so much!!!! The ELL teachers were very proud of them. They were confident and willing to speak to help the ELL students identify the books. Thank you again.

Mrs. Corona, Miss Peterson,and Mr. Davis.

A Trip to the UNL Dairy Store

February 12, 2013 was a great day!!!! The weather was agreeable and the best part was that we were able to have some delicious ice-cream.  Our ELL students grades 2-5 took a field trip  to the UNL Dairy Store.  This was made possible for our students because of a Memorial Fund from Ted Simonson. Ted donates the fund to ELL students in honor of his wife. His wife loved her ELL students and we feel honored that he gave Holmes School an opportunity to have this learning experience. Ted joined us there and took the tour with us as well as enjoying the ice-cream. He shared with us that his wife Jan would be very happy today!!!!IMG_0157

Family Meal Night

Family Meal Night was an opportunity for parents and their children to make a nutritious meal by following a recipe that contained all the 4 food groups. What a great learning experience. There were many wonderful family conversations and the sharing of cooking skills. It was wonderful to see our ELL families as they prepared recipes with their children. Cindy Peterson and I enjoyed conversations with our parents and getting to know more about their culture.

Mrs. Juanita F. Corona/ELL Teacher/ Team Leader

Read Across America

Our own special ELL teacher Marj Lamberson  is an extraordinary teacher. She donated books to all of our ELL students from grades K-5. We will miss her lasting kindness and love for our students. She has been an inspiration to all of us. She is planning to retire this year and we will be missing her wisdom and thoughtfulness to her colleagues and students. We want to give a great thanks for what smiles she has given our children. They will always remember her as they sit down and read their great books!!! Thank you and we love you!!!!!

Mr. Keller’s Visit to Holmes ELL

On Monday November 14, 2011 in recognition of American Education Week we had the privilege to have a school board member Kevin Keller read the book “The Three Javelinas” to our 2nd and 3rd grade ELL students   The children enjoyed listening to the story and to participate in reading the coyote’s part ” I’ll huff and puff and blow your house in.” This is always a great experience for our students to have a a community member share their love of reading!

UNL Athletes

UNL AthletesOn Friday November 18, 2011 Student Athletes from UNL came to talk to our 2nd and 3rd graders about the importance of exercising our bodies as well as our minds. They  talked about the importance of eating the right foods to make our bodies strong. The students shared with them the exercises that they do each day.

Math Night Bug Bash

Holmes School is having a Math night for Grades K-Second grade.on Thursday, January 27th from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the gym. Free dinner and information on the importance of math from Delise Andrews( a LPS math curriculum specialist). There will also be some bug-filled math games.

Learn ways to practice math with your children.

Win a door Prize! A  note will be coming home with your child. Please fill out the bottom portion if you plan to attend to have an accurate count for dinner.

Hope to see you there!!! Mrs. Juanita Corona and the ELL team

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Thank you Juanita Corona

Visit to Bryan Hospital

Wow! December has been exciting for our students.

We learned to sing some fun American songs; “We wish you a Merry Christmas”, “Up on the rooftop” and “Jingle Bells”. We then walked over to Bryan Hospital to perform our songs for the hospital staff. The students gave a wonderful performance and felt so good about the gift of joy they brought to the hospital.

Getting ready to sing Jingle Bells