Holicong Weekly Update

Week of September 16, 2024

Holicong MS / Holicong MS Calendar (cbsd.org)

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS & WEEKLY UPDATE LINK

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Monday, September 16 (B DAY)

• Magazine Drive Assemblies
• District Curriculum Meetings

• Soft Pretzel Sales
• Resource Visits - Admin & Counselors visit classes

Wednesday, September 18 (B DAY)

• MTSS Meeting
  

Thursday, September 19 (A DAY)

• Picture Day!
• Parent Council Meeting
• 7th Grade Back to School Night
• New Teacher Academies

Friday, September 19 (B DAY)

• I & E Activities - Safe2Say, SAP & Schoolwide student survey

ATHLETICS CALENDAR

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Holicong Game and Practice Schedule Week of 9-16-24

Monday 9-16-24

Coed Volleyball practice 2:45 to 4:30

Girls Tennis 2:24 to 4:15

Football practice 2:45 to 4:45

Field Hockey 7th and 8th grade practice 2:45 to 4:30

Boys Soccer 7th and 8th grade 2:45 to 4:30

Cheerleading practice 2:45 to 4:45

Tuesday 9-17-24

Coed Volleyball Tohickon Home 3:15

Girls Tennis 2:24 to 4:15

Football practice 2:45 to 4:45

Field Hockey 7th and 8th grade practice 2:45 to 4:30

Boys Soccer 7th grade practice 2:45 to 4:30

Cheerleading practice 2:45 to 4:45

Wednesday 9-18-24

7th grade Field Hockey & Soccer Unami away 3:15 (Sit-in Reed/Walter 2:00)

Coed Volleyball practice 2:45 to 4:30

Girls Tennis 2:24 to 4:15

Football practice 2:45 to 4:45

Boys Soccer 7th and 8th grade 2:45 to 4:30

Cheerleading 2:45 to 4:45

Thursday 9-19-24

Girls Tennis Tohickon away 3:15

Coed Volleyball practice 2:45 to 4:30

Football practice 2:45 to 4:45

Field Hockey 7th and 8th grade practice 2:45 to 4:30

Boys Soccer 7th and 8th grade 2:45 to 4:30

Cheerleading practice 2:45 to 4:45

Friday 9-20-24

Boys Soccer 8th grade 2:45 to 4:30

Christopher Rittenhouse

Special Education Teacher

Athletic Director

Holicong Middle School

267-893-2700 x 1998

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• 7th GRADE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT – 7th Grade Parents please check your emails for your personal invitation and schedule for Back to School Night!

• PSSA & KEYSTONE SCORE REPORTS - These will be going home with students on Friday. Assessment results are also available on the Parent Portal!

• PARENT COUNCIL - Our 1st Parent Council meeting is Thursday! We will send a standalone invitation with the agenda and meeting link. The link is also on the calendar and our Parent Council Page - Parent Resources / Parent Council 2024-2025 (cbsd.org)

• 8th & 9th GRADE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT – Our Back to School Night for 8th & 9th grade parents & guardians is Thursday, September 26.

• STUDENT HANDBOOK REMINDER – A reminder to all students, parents, and guardians that students that the students were provided a free student handbook the first day of school. Students are required to have the handbook with them as it is used for a variety of purposes including a sign out for students leaving class, HW & assignment record, and other school activities. Please see students SMART goal completed last week in I & E so you are aware of and can assist with completing this goal.

• CERT & SAFETY – We will be conducting our I Love U Guys, ALICE, and other safety and security drills this week. The safety and security of our students and staff is our primary focus at Holicong and we will be reviewing our drills on a monthly basis.

• AM & PM PICKUP and DROPOFF REMINDER – The dropoff and pickup process is going well after the first week of school. We have noticed a few things from a safety and security focus that we wanted to address here. This is where we need everyone to please follow these protocols to ensure that our students know we are working together and enforcing the same expectations.

• AM Dropoff - Please drop off students in the lanes designated next to the tennis courts. You will see we have opened up both doors and hope this allows for the traffic to move more quickly. Please do not drop off in the front of Holicong as this is our staff parking lot, crosswalk traffic for our students from Holicong to East, and special needs students.

• AM/PM - We have noticed that students are getting dropped off or picked up at Holicong road and walking across bus and parent/staff traffic. We cannot tell if these are always Holicong or CB East parents or siblings but please do not have students walk to Holicong road for pickup as this is a safety concern for us. We realize that traffic is busy at the AM/PM time but all of our procedures are in place for student safety as the primary concern. Please reach out to us with any questions and have included our maps below again as a resource.

• Parent Resources / Student Arrival/Dismissal & Parent Pick-up/Drop-off (cbsd.org)

• Parent Resources / Holicong Overhead Map - Pickup/Dropoff & Parking (cbsd.org)

• CHIP APPLICATION & FREE and REDUCED LUNCH – We are encouraging our parents & guardians to review and complete the free and reduced or Children’s Health Insurance Program if you need financial or medical assistance. Please reach out to Mrs. Irrera if you have questions!

• MySchoolApps - Home Page – Application for Free & Reduced Lunch

• Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (pa.gov) – Link to application and resources to learn more about this program.

• COLONIAL CORES & EXPECTATIONS – It was a great first week with students as we reviewed basic overview of expectations, policies, and procedures and following up this week as noted above. We have created the Colonial Core page on our website for our community to access the overview of the Colonial Cores and what we teach and the expectations we have for students and all of us in a variety of settings. We will continue to model and revisit these throughout the year!

Student Services Department / 9th to 10th Grade Program Planning (cbsd.org)

Student Services Department / 8th to 9th Grade Program Planning (cbsd.org

Student Services Department / 7th to 8th Grade Program Planning (cbsd.org)

Information on Title IX
The 2024 Title IX regulations enhance protections against sexual harassment and gender identity discrimination. CBSD is dedicated to ensuring an environment free from discrimination due to race, age, religion, sex, gender identity, disability and any other classification protected by state or federal law. We uphold Title IX, prohibiting sex-based discrimination and harassment. Updated Title IX regulations, approved in the summer of 2024, emphasize stronger protections for students, particularly regarding sexual harassment and gender identity discrimination. Parents and guardians with inquiries should contact their building principal or Alyssa Wright, Title IX coordinator, at 267-893-2060 or alwright@cbsd.org. More information

Regular School Attendance is Critical for Student Success and Well-Being

As we begin the 2024-25 school year, CBSD wishes to remind families of important information regarding attendance. Pennsylvania's school laws, like Act 138 of 2016 and the updated Act 16, outline what is required for mandatory school attendance and procedures to follow when students are absent or late. Learn more

Create a Meal Payment Account for Your Student on MySchoolBucks

CBSD utilizes the online platform MySchoolBucks for school meal payments, making it easy to oversee a child's meal choices and maintain their account balance. It is important that an account is created for every student, regardless of whether they take part in school meals or not. You can access MySchoolBucks to view and/or set up an account for your student(s) here. To set up an account, you will need your child(ren)'s student identification number(s), which can be found in the Parent Portal.

Students: Create a Design for CBSD's Lock Screen for All to See!

During the 2024-2025 school year, CBSD invites students to draw inspiration from CBSD's "Portrait of a Graduate" to create an original design to display on the lock screens of district laptops and ClearTouch panels. The winning artwork will be featured on CBSD screens each month for all students, faculty and staff to see! The winning student artist will also receive a prize. Students can submit their designs based on each month's Portrait of a Graduate theme. Submissions are due on the 20th of each month. More details and how to submit.

HOLICONG CALENDAR

(subject to additions/adjustments)

Website: https://www.cbsd.org/holicong
Location: 2900 Holicong Road, Doylestown, PA, USA
Phone: 2678932700
Twitter: @CBHolicongMS