DCSS Registration is NOW OPEN for All Grade Levels!
Secure your child’s spot today to avoid delays in starting the new school year. To guarantee a smooth, on-time start on the first day of school, please complete registration by July 20 for students new to Douglas County Schools.
Don’t wait—register now and set your student up for success!
Visit https://www.dcssga.org/page/registration for more information.
🍎📱 Free and reduced meal applications now open!
Douglas County families can now apply for free and reduced-price school meals through the district's online application system.
The application process opens today and uses the SchoolCafe mobile app available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Parents and guardians can create an account, select "Apply for Benefits" and follow the step-by-step instructions to complete their application.
To apply:
📱 Download the SchoolCafe app from your app store
👤 Create an account
✅ Click "Apply for Benefits"
📋 Follow the application steps
Questions about the application process can be directed to Douglas County School Nutrition.
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It's hard to believe we are halfway through summer break and so far we have 20 Holly Hawks who have met half or more of the summer reading challenge goal! There is a lot of time to catch up and meet the goal of 1,000 minutes by July 31. For more information, please visit our website: https://hses.dcssga.org/o/hses/article/2183561
Help us welcome our new teachers to Holly Springs Elementary! Ms. Pinkus, Ms. Bourquine and Ms. Hamilton will be joining us for the 2025-2026 school year.
Need literacy ideas for the summer break ? Check out the calendars for June and July. These were created by the DCSS to go along with our Douglas County Loves Literacy Summer Reading Challenge! The first summer pop up event is coming up soon. Meet at Jessie Davis Park on June 3rd from 6-7pm. See you there!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WGXigKRlOu0PiCD5HgHQQNZWfpBm-s5C/view?usp=sharing
It's summer break! Get hyped for our summer reading challenge. Share this video with your family!
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Parents of upcoming Kindergarten students, don't miss the informational meetings offered tomorrow! The virtual option is at 9am and the in-person option is at 4pm. Here is the link for the 9am virtual option: https://meet.google.com/ftd-cdsn-riv
Water Day is Wednesday, May 14 for all Hawks! See the flyer for all the need-to-know information!
Happy National Principal's Day to Dr. Abell! Thank you for all you do to support our community of Holly Hawks!
Do you know a high school senior that attended HSES? Please pass this information to them, so they can attend our Senior Walk! Thank you!
All student's library books are due this Friday, May 2nd! This is the Beanstack deadline as well.
Teacher Appreciation Week is next week! See the flyer for more details!
It's Administrative Professionals Day and we are so thankful for these three front office ladies! We appreciate you, Ms. Eason, Mrs. Fields, and Mrs. Misutka!
Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year, Ms. Katie Winslett! Ms. Winslett teaches 5th Grade and is very involved in many facets of our school including the PTA, Parent Advisory Council, and our team sports program. She is a phenomenal teacher who is well loved by students , parents, and the staff of HSES!
There are nine more instructional days until the GMAS...help bring on testing with these fun dress up days!
Tomorrow is Paraprofessional's Appreciation Day! Show your love to our amazing paras: Ms. Barnum, Ms. Glasper, Ms. Perez, Ms. Gonzalez, Ms. Hayes, Coach Hogan & Ms. Isom. We also have an amazing Media Clerk, Mrs. Tucker. Thank you for all you do, seen and unseen, in our school!
Kindergarten Registration Begins May 1! See the article for more details: https://hses.dcssga.org/o/hses/article/2118538
On the last day of March, we would like to give a shout out to our amazing Music Education teacher, Mr. Nedvidek, in honor of Music in our Schools Month! Mr. Nedvidek makes music a fun, exciting time for all of our Holly Hawks. Mr. Nedvidek plans engaging lessons and also leads performances throughout the year for all Holly Hawks to participate in such as Veterans Day and the holiday concert. Mr. Nedvidek also leads the county's only elementary band program. Many of his former Hawks go on to participate in middle and high school. Mr. Nedvidek also leads the Chous program. We are grateful for the extra time Mr. Nedvidek gives in offering these programs to our students.
Did you hear there's a new Beanstack Challenge?! The Douglas County School System has a special challenge for the next six weeks called Team Douglas LOVES Literacy. Students will need to log 600 minutes of reading AND complete at least one book review in Beanstack by May 2. The school with the highest challenge completion rate will keep the Beanstack trophy through the summer. In addition, 10 students from each school who complete the challenge will be randomly chosen to take part in a special district wide celebration! This is a challenge you do not want to miss!
Tonight: Easy Dinner Alert!
