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Happy last week of school! We are so excited to celebrate our students’ successes this week as they prepare to finish out the school year and head into the summer. As we wrap up the year, there are several people that we want to be sure to thank for all the support they have given Hollymead throughout the years. Please join us in thanking the following individuals who will be moving on to new adventures next year:

• Alison Agarwal and Shannon Hall who have served as Hospitality Chairs for Hollymead for several years. Thank you for making sure our staff has always felt appreciated, especially over the past few years. 
• Nicole Felini and Kristen Jones for coordinating all of the awesome Dining Nights Out we’ve had over the past few years. We have enjoyed gathering as a community to support both Hollymead and local businesses; thank you for all of the wonderful experiences you have coordinated!
• Vanitha Perumal for coordinating the Scholastic Book Fair for several years. This has always been a highlight of the school year, and you have always done such a tremendous job making it an enjoyable experience for everyone involved (even as a virtual event during COVID!). 
• Crystal Pariseau, Sara Harrison, Kate DeLuca, Marion Hight, and Vanitha Perumal (yes, again!) who are stepping down from their PTO Board positions for the next school year. Thank you for all you have done to support the PTO over the past few years. We could not have kept things running without each of you. 
• And finally, Mr. Dommer–thank you for being supportive of the PTO and a true partner in helping to foster such a wonderful sense of community for our students, staff, families, and caregivers. 

We are sincerely grateful to all of you for your support, and we will miss you all next year!

Finally, we wanted to extend a final “thank you” to all of the volunteers that have helped make this year feel as “normal” and fun as possible. Thank you for your time, your generosity, and your support across the past year. We look forward to seeing most of you back for the 2022-2023 school year. And for those who are moving on from Hollymead this year, we wish you all well! 

We hope everyone has a safe, happy, and healthy summer. And, as always–Go Hornets!

Your Hollymead PTO Co-Presidents

Meagan Gregory and Crystal Pariseau

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We hope everyone enjoyed the (hopefully last!) taste of winter this weekend. We know we’re all looking forward to warmer weather starting next week, just in time for our PTO-sponsored Camp4Real afterschool club! For more details, please see the Camp4Real section later in this newsletter.

We are also gearing up for our Hollymead Talent Show, that will be held on March 26th at 4:00 on the black top. We are so thankful to our wonderful volunteer Talent Show coordinator Katie Arostegui for all of the work she has put into helping Hollymead’s talented students prepare for the show! Please plan on coming out to support our students on the 26th. 

A few more reminders for important days in the upcoming weeks:

• Friday, March 18th – Teacher Work Day (no school for students)
• Wednesday, March 30th – Dining Night Out – Torchy’s Tacos
• Friday, April 1st – Half day for students
• Saturday, April 2nd – Sunday, April 10th – Spring Break
• Wednesday, April 13th – Hollymead PTO Meeting
• Monday April 25th – Friday April 29th – Scholastic Book Fair

Finally, don’t forget that 2021-2022 yearbooks are on sale now (flyers went home in folders last week)! The last day for flyer ordering is April 1st and the last day for online ordering is April 3rd. 

Thanks, as always, to all of our volunteers, as well as all of the families, caregivers, staff, and students that make the Hollymead community so great. 

Go Hornets!

Hollymead PTO Co-Presidents

Meagan Gregory and Crystal Pariseau

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Happy (almost) March! Now that the weather is getting a little warmer it certainly feels like spring is just around the corner. The third semester is flying by!

This coming week is Read Across America Week and all Hollymead students are invited to participate by showing their bookish spirit! The theme schedule for the week is as follows:

• Monday – Hats Off to Reading (wear a hat)
• Tuesday – PAWSitively Wild About Reading (wear animal-print clothing or clothing with an animal on it)
• Wednesday – Team Up for Reading (wear a sports shirt)
• Thursday – Snuggle Up and Read! (Wear pajamas)

As a reminder, Friday, March 4th is a Teacher Work Day so there will be no school for students. 

We also wanted to extend a big THANK YOU! to everyone who donated to our most recent Stock the Lounge for Hollymead staff. And of course thank you to our wonderful Hospitality volunteers, Shannon Hall and Allison Argawal! We’re so grateful to be able to show such appreciation for our awesome Hollymead staff!

A few additional dates for your calendars include:

• Wednesday, March 2nd – PTO Board Meeting (7:30 PM)
• Friday. March 11th – Kids Night Out (6:00 PM)
• Saturday, March 26th – Hollymead Talent Show (4:00 PM)

Events are definitely starting to pick up as the weather (and COVID numbers!) improve, and we’re excited to hopefully be able to host more events this spring. As we solidify more events, we will be sure to keep you updated through newsletters and social media. Stay tuned, and go Hornets!

Meagan Gregory and Crystal Pariseau

Hollymead PTO Co-Presidents

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Happy February! We hope everyone is enjoying the nice reprieve from winter weather we’ve had this week.

All families and caregivers should have received a copy of the Hollymead Directory in the past few weeks. We’d like to take a moment to thank our Directory volunteers–Tara Goodrich, Jonelle Kinback, Rachel Cann, and Kate DeLuca–for putting everything together and making sure that this year’s Directory was such a success! If you see any of these wonderful volunteers around the neighborhood or at school pick up/drop off, please be sure to thank them for all of their time and expertise!

Thank you, as well, to everyone who attended our February Dining Night Out at Skrimp Shack! We love to see everyone coming together to support both Hollymead and a local business. As always, thank you as well for our DNO volunteers Nicole Felini and Kristen Jones for putting the event together!

Finally, please save the date for our next Hollymead Talent Show, which will happen in-person, outside on March 26th (rain date: April 16th). More details will be going home in folders soon!

Wishing everyone a fun-filled weekend of football and Valentines,

Hollymead PTO Co-Presidents

Meagan Gregory & Crystal Pariseau 

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Hopefully everyone managed to stay warm during our snow this past weekend; and here’s hoping this is among the last major weather events of the school year!

As January winds to a close we want to extend a massive “thank you” to our amazing Hollymead community for everything everyone is doing to keep our kids safe and in school. From the teachers who keep the kids engaged in the classroom each day, to the staff who brave the cold with our kids during dropoff/pickup and outdoor recess/lunch, to the parents and caregivers who have shown tremendous support for our school during yet another unconventional year, to our kids who enthusiastically show up to school each day–every one of you helps make our community a wonderful, nurturing, caring place in which we all can thrive. Despite the weather and the continued health concerns of the past month, we’re really looking forward to the second half of the school year and the exciting opportunities that we hope will be able to go off as planned!

To that end, Camp4Real is currently in session and is going well so far! In addition, please save the date for our next Hollymead Dining Night Out at Skrimp Shack on February 9th from 4:00 – 8:00 PM. More info about this DNO can be found further down in the newsletter. 

Also, please remember that we have a PTO Board Meeting on February 2nd at 7:30 PM. We hope you all can join us!

Until then–Go Hornets!

Hollymead PTO Co-Presidents

Meagan Gregory and Crystal Pariseau

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Happy December, Hollymead,

We can’t believe that in just a few short weeks we’ll be off on Winter Break! As students and teachers are planning their own ways to celebrate the holidays in school, we have a few PTO-sponsored events coming up to round out 2021:

• On Wednesday, December 8th we will have a Dining Day Out at Martin’s Grill. It’s a half-day for students, so you can plan your after-school lunch or dinner at Martin’s Grill. A percentage of all sales will go to Hollymead on the 8th!
• On Friday, December 10th, Hollymead will be hosting a Kids Night Out. Weather permitting, the event will be held outside (and so far the weather is looking great!)

Thank you to everyone who has participated in a fundraising events or donated to the PTO this year. We’re excited to share that we were able to grant funds for three grade-level grants at our PTO meeting on December 1st. Thanks to this community’s generosity, we were able to help purchase materials for tee-shirt decorating for second graders, new books for third graders, and new “Genius Hour” supplies for fifth graders. Thank you again!

Relatedly, as you go about your holiday shopping this year, don’t forget to:

• Collect and scan those Box Tops receipts! Box Tops recently added tons of Betty Crocker mixes to its list of eligible products just in time for holiday baking!
• Use Hollymead’s code when shopping at Shutterfly or Mabel’s Labels!
• Set up Hollymead as your designated charity on Amazon Smile.

We are hoping to host more in-person events in the spring, and your donations will help make it possible for everyone to attend and have a great time as a Hollymead Community!

Until then, thank you for all of your support, and Go Hornets!

Your PTO Presidents,

Meagan Gregory and Crystal Parisea

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