Holmes Junior High’s own Rob Welter has been awarded two grants for his Science class. Mr. Welter was recently granted the KWWL Tools for School Award and the Cedar Falls Schools Foundation Grant, both of which will help fund a special project for his science students. Mr. Welter had this to say on the project: “We will be building "circuit blocks" - small manipulatives that can be connected and experimented with. Students will use them to learn about electric current, types of circuits, a [...]

The online school conference scheduler will be open for our Virtual Fall Conferences starting Thursday, October 15.  The scheduler will close on October 29.  Here are the instructions for accessing our online conference scheduler:Go to:  https://www.canyoncreeksoftware.com/scheduler/ia/cedarfalls/Choose your student’s school from the drop down list and click “GO”Enter the school password (orchardhill)Enter your student’s “Student ID”.  If you do not know their Student ID, use the LOOKUP ST [...]

If you're choosing to learn in person, here's the school supply list.  Watch for information on when to bring these items since there will not be a Backpack Night.