Last Day of School: Tuesday, May 21, Dismiss at 11:00
First Day of 2019-2020 School Year:
Thursday, August 1, Dismiss at 11:00
First Full Day of 2019-2020 School Year:
Friday, August 2, Full Day of School
Congratulations to the April classroom VIPs:
Emma Pearson, Kaitlynn Schoggen, Madelyn Campbell, Olivia Howell, Bobbie Webb, Konner Duncan, Briley Webb, Nicholas Bullington, Lauren Whitefield, Kalee Baker, Jada Bates
Awards Program: Monday, May 20 at 1:30
Preschool Graduation: Monday, May 20 at 8:15
Kindergarten Graduation: Tuesday: May 21 at 8:15
Holice Powell Title I Spring Parent Meeting Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 3:45 p.m. in the cafeteria.
All parents of Preschool - 5th grade students are encouraged to attend.
TCAP testing for grades 2-5 will be held April 15-May 1. Please read the attached schedule for each grade's daily subject test and times.
Leadership Team meeting today, April 4, until 4:15. If you have donations for our service project and need to bring them at pick up time you may.
Send your pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House of Memphis to Holice Powell by April 25. Thanks for making a difference!
Dyer County Schools will register children for the Pre-K classes on Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. and on Friday, April 12, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the Milton McGee Auditorium, 159 Everett Ave, Dyersburg. Applications will be available the day of registration. Your child must be four years old by August 15, 2019, to be eligible for the program. If you are interested, please bring the following information with you the day of registration:
Child's Certified Birth Certificate (not the Mother's Copy)
Child's social security number
Proof of income for ALL adults in the household
Child's most current physical and shot record (TN shot form)
Proof of residency (utility bill or lease)
*Please remember, applying for the Pre-K program does not automatically enroll your child. Notification letters will be mailed June 5th.
Please bring your child to registration if possible. Vision, speech and hearing screenings will be conducted.
Kindergarten Registration will take place on Wednesday, April 10th from 8:15-3:30 at each elementary school.
A child must be 5 years old on or before August 15, 2019 to attend Kindergarten during the 2019-2020 school year. Parents may pick up registration packets at their child's school. Included in this packet will be: (1) an explanation of requirements for enrollment (2) and a registration form.
State law requires that all children have a physical examination and proof of immunizations before entering school. You may register your child without the immunization record and physical, but you must have them both before school starts August 1, 2019.
On registration day parents need to bring the following: child's birth certificate, the child's social security number and the Certificate of Immunizations form (if you have physical and immunization record already completed).
Parents who will have a student in grades 6-12 in the upcoming school year, please read the attachment about upcoming sports physicals.
Wednesday, April 3 will PreK and kindergarten will have graduation pictures made. PreK has requested that students wear a spring outfit. Kindergarten will be wearing gowns for their pictures.
3rd quarter awards day will be April 5 at 2:30.
We hope everyone had a wonderful spring break and are ready to kick off the last quarter on March 25. Let's show our Choctaw spirit and do our best every day!
KEYS Families: Holice Powell is fortunate to have KEYS, a tutoring program for our school that allows for help with homework as well as enrichment activities. This program is a federally funded grant program, and one of the requirements is to receive feedback from the parents of our attendees. If you child has attended tutoring, even only once, would you please take a few minutes to complete the online survey. The link to the survey is:
http://tiny.utk.edu/PARENT
You will need the HPS program code which is 228. Thank you for your help.
Spring picture orders are due by Tuesday, March 26.
Individual spring pictures will be February 27, 2018.
Read Across America is March 4-8. See the attachment for dress up days. We're looking forward to celebrating reading!
See the attached flyer for information about the upcoming Innovative STEM Academy from DSCC.
Join us at McIver's Grant for a Read Across America event on March 4 from 5:30-6:45. Mrs. Jennifer, Mrs. Monica, and Mrs. Lori W. are just a few of the readers and would love to see everyone. More information is on the attached flyer.
Thursday is Valentine’s Day. As a reminder, no Valentine deliveries will be accepted at school for students. Parents may send valentines and treats for the entire class.
No balloons, stuffed animals, flowers, etc. can be sent to school for an individual student.
