Holicong Weekly Update

Week of September 9, 2024

Holicong MS / Holicong MS Calendar (cbsd.org)

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS & WEEKLY UPDATE LINK

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Monday, September 9 (A DAY)

• Faculty Meeting
• Standard Response Protocol (SRP) Support Staff Training

• I & E Activities - Schoolwide Positive Behavior Plan Overview & Website Overview

  SWPBIS Overview Video 1

  
  

• School Board Meeting
• I & E Activities - Standard Response Protocol (SRP) Overview & Drill
  

Wednesday, September 11 (A DAY)

• 9/11 Observance
• MTSS Meeting
• I & E Activities - Safety Drill & Responses Continued
  
• Resource Activities - SMART Futures Overview for each grade
• MTSS Meeting
• Class Act Performance @ Central Park for Summer Concert Series

Thursday, September 12 (B DAY)

• District Department Coordinator Meetings
• Secondary Principals Meeting
• I & E Activities - Securly (formerly Edficiency) Student Training

Friday, September 13 (A DAY)

• I & E Activities - Team Activities by Grade

ATHLETICS CALENDAR

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

Monday 9-9-24

Coed Volleyball Tryouts 7th grade only 2:45 to 4:30

Girls Tennis 2:24 to 4:15

Football practice 2:45 to 4:45

Field Hockey tryouts 7th grade only 2:45 to 4:30

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

Cheerleading 2:45 to 4:45

Tuesday 9-10-24

Coed Volleyball Tryouts 8th grade only 2:45 to 4:30

Girls Tennis 2:24 to 4:15

Football practice 2:45 to 4:45

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

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

Wednesday 9-11-24

Coed Volleyball Tryouts Invite only 2:45 to 4:30

Girls Tennis 2:24 to 4:15

Football practice 2:45 to 4:45

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

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

Cheerleading 2:45 to 4:45

Thursday 9-12-24

Coed Volleyball practice 2:45 to 4:30

Girls Tennis 2:24 to 4:15

Football practice 2:45 to 4:45

Field Hockey tryouts 8th grade only 2:45 to 4:30

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

Friday 9-13-24

Boys soccer TBD

• 7th GRADE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT – Our Back to School Night for 7th grade parents & guardians in Thursday, September 19. Please mark your calendars!

• 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)

New Safety Protocol Launched with New School Year

All schools in CBSD will be implementing the Standard Response Protocol developed by the "I Love U Guys" Foundation beginning this school year. The SRP provides a framework for handling various emergency situations in schools by emphasizing the importance of consistent, clear communication across all schools and with law enforcement. 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.

Introducing a Newsletter from Aramark, CBSD's Meal Provider, and a Special Meal for September

Want to know what’s new in school cafeterias this year? Discover exciting c for the new school year, helpful info for parents, Aramark's creative menu process, and a September limited time offer: the Chicken Katsu Bowl, packed with flavor and served over whole-grain rice! Click here to read the first edition of Aramark's new newsletter for CBSD families.

HOLICONG CALENDAR

(subject to additions/adjustments)

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