Monday, May 14, 2018

Daily Announcements Monday, May 14th, 2018 B Day

Student Life Holmes Junior High

There will be a meeting for all  incoming 9th-12th girls who are planning on playing volleyball in the fall of 2018.  This meeting will be in the Peet Junior High cafeteria today at 5:30pm. Coach Johnson will have information/dates for summer schedules as well as for the start of the fall season.

Any current 8th and 9th grade girls interested in participating in high school cross country next year should attend an informational meeting on Wednesday , May 16th at 7:35 AM in Mrs. Johnson's room. Information about summer training and the fall high school cross country season will be shared. If you can not attend, please see Mrs. Johnson.

Attention science Olympiad and science club members, we will be having our end of the year picnic on Thursday, May 31st after school. We will hand out awards and medals and enjoy some food outside at the Holmes park. Please plan to attend.

Remember that today is the last day of Cooking Club for this school year. We will begin right after school in the FCS Foods room. See you there!

Attention all boys basketball players: If you plan on going out for basketball next year, Coach Rottinghaus will hold offseason meetings on Tuesday for current 9th graders, Wednesday for current 8th graders, and Thursday for current 7th graders. The meetings will be held in Coach Rottinghaus' room directly after school and will last for only 5 minutes. Bring a writing utensil and a parent e-mail to the meeting. If you can't make the meeting, see Coach Rottinghaus for more information.

All 7th and 8th boys track team members who have not checked in their track equipment need to do so Monday after school. Those that do not will be fined and will be financially responsible for any items not turned in!

 Any 7th or 8th grade boys track team member that is interested in a track party should meet in the old gym this Weds. in the competition gym at 7:45.

Also any 8th grade track members interested in purchasing a Metro championship need to pick up a form Weds. morning at the meeting.

The 8th grade boys track team defended their Metro championship from a year ago by accumulating 181 points to 132 for Peet who took second. 3 school records were broken this season by the 8th graders. Ricky Valente broke the school record in the 10 flight hurdles set just last year, with a time of 14.21 seconds.      Ricky also joined teammates Kye Buerkle, Sidney Atkins, and Chet Schofield to break the shuttle hurdle record with a time of 1:03.65. The old record was set in 2017. Trey Campbell smashed the long jump record with a leap of 20'4&1/4 ". The old record was 19'1" set back in 1979.

The 7th grade track team ended on a high note as well as they made a valiant effort at the Metro but could not quite catch Peet who edged the Holmes squad 172-153. The squad was cited for a great effort with many personal bests on a windy and cold day.

Congratulations to the 7th and 8th grade girls on winning the metro. The coaching staff is proud of the work you put in all season. We will be having an end of the year party tonight after school in the cafeteria. Please bring running tops to be turned in.