The Hawks Nest

Holmes Hawks! Don’t miss the 6th Annual CodeWizardsHQ Logic Challenge! Open to students in grades 3-12, this exciting and free event helps build crucial 21st-century computational thinking and problem-solving skills. Sign up today and let your child compete with peers nationwide for the chance to win amazing tech prizes! Register your student by going to: www.codewizardshq.com/logic-challenge/

With the following class code by grade level:

Holmes MS 6th: wbpxQ

Holmes MS 7th: PxrjQ

Holmes MS 8th: n9TPV

For more information or if you have any questions, please email Mr. Teoh at kenshing.teoh@d11.org

Have you ordered a Holmes 24-25 Yearbook yet?

Order link:

https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A00000000

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Schneider at kylene.schneider@d11.org

Congratulations to Kelly Gauck, Family and Consumer Sciences teacher for the amazing honor of CATFACS Teacher of the Year for all of Colorado! We are so proud of you!

National Junior Honor Society is collecting items to create Welcome Bags for parents who stay at the Ronald McDonald House. Any donated items will help families relieve stress while their child receives medical care during long days at the hospital. Donated items may be placed in the library in a box to the right of the printer. Items needed include: playing card, coloring pencils (12 pack), coloring book (for adults), puzzle books (crossword, Sudoku, or word search), travel tumblers, lip balm, travel hand sanitizer, or a throw blanket. Deadline: Deadline for donations is 2/28. Thank you for any support you can lend to our service project!

If you have any questions, please email Ms. Abernethy at kristin.abernethy@d11.org

If you have any questions you can email Veronica Rivas-Castillo at veronica.rivas-castillo@d11.org

This past Thursday and Friday five of our amazing students participated in the 2025 Colorado All-State Choir Festival in Denver, CO (photo below). This is a prestigious honor for these students. They had a rigorous audition process to be selected and were honored at the D11 Board of Education meeting last Wednesday. If you see these students (above), give them a big CONGRATULATIONS!

6th grade science classes had a blast making ice cream in a bag to culminate their understanding of states of matter phase changes and freezing point depression!

The Ski Trip was a great success! Thank you to our amazing teachers that helped pull it together to keep this tradition going!

The Boys Basketball teams are off to a great start this season! Come support them in their home final game of the season Wednesday 2/12/25 starting at 4:45. Let's go Hawks!

-B Squad Classics: 2/21, 2/22

-A Squad Classics: 2/28, 3/1

If you have further questions or need clarification please reach out to our School Resource Officer, Emily McBride at emily.mcbride@d11.org

If you have any questions or need further clarification please email Annette Brown at annette.brown@d11.org

If you have questions or need further clarification please email Jamie Frieling at jamie.frieling@d11.org

PTA is currently looking for nominations for the next President and Treasurer to serve next year. If you or someone you know is interested, please reach out to holmeshawkspta@gmail.com for information!

* Please note, without a treasurer, PTA CANNOT function by law.