Holmes students will be taking the ISASP (Iowa State Assessment of Student Progress)  starting March 30. Students in 7th, 8th, and 9th grade will take the reading, language and writing, and math assessments. Eighth grade students will also take a science assessment. This is a very important week for our students and our school. If you have appointments scheduled or your student needs to be out of school, it would be helpful if you work around the testing schedule. Students who are absent d [...]

Peet Parents and Guardians,Parent-teacher conferences continue to be a valuable experience to support students in their education. As a result, we will continue to offer this experience and it will look very similar to last year. Parents/guardians will sign up for conferences starting February 13 and closing on February 27 at midnight using Canyon Creek which is the same system the elementary schools use for conference scheduling. While we expect that most will take advantage of the conven [...]

Spring conferences are just around the corner. Mark your calendars for your Holmes Junior High conferences: Tuesday March 10 from 4-8 p.m. and Thursday March 12 from 12:30-7:00 p.m. Holmes will dismiss at 11:15 a.m. on March 12 and there is no school on Friday March 13. Spring Break is the following week from March 16-20.

Delay on a Monday:If a weather related delay occurs on a Monday, classes will still start at 9:30 am, the only difference is teachers will not have their collaborative team time.Delay on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday:If there is a weather related delay on a Tuesday-Friday, we will run a Monday school day schedule, with classes starting at 9:30 am (90-minutes later than a Tuesday-Friday schedule).Bus schedule for a delay on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday:If ther [...]

Hello Holmes Community! With the arrival of the new year and the wild weather Iowa has had in the last month it is time for a reminder. The Cedar Falls School District will comminicate all closings, delays, and early dimissals to you using the current information in your PowerSchool account. For help with PowerSchool, Holmes parents can contact Stormy Jensen at 319-553-2702. In the event of a delay start we use the Monday/Late start schedule. School will start at 9:30.If there is a cancell [...]