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Holden Elementary School

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Election Day Bake Sale Supports Holden School

Bake sale outside high school from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Holden School Association will be hosting a bake sale today outside Theodore Roosevelt High School from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. The sale, which will feature muffins, scones, brownies and other similar baked goods, benefits the the association at Holden Elementary School. The bake sale will be located outside the high school between the parking lot and the doors leading to the polls.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Safety School Class of 2012 Graduates!

About 65 soon-to-be kindergarteners honed safety skills at week-long school run by Kent Junior Mothers.

Numerous graduation exercises are staged each year in Kent, but none are quite as adorable as the ceremony that marks the end of Kent Junior Mothers’ Safety School. Commencement was held Friday at Walls Elementary School for about 65 soon-to-be-kindergarteners who spent the week learning vital safety skills regarding stranger awareness, guns, bicycles, buses, cars, water, weather, railroads, fire, playgrounds and more. The youngsters sported T-shirts in colors representing the elementary schools they will attend this fall: green for Davey, orange for Longcoy, red for Franklin, blue for Walls and Holden and yellow for St. Patrick's School/CDC. Kent Police officers and Kent Fire paramedics/firefighters were among the guest speakers to share …

Laurel Myers Hurst

9:47 am on Monday, July 23, 2012

This article represents weeks of hard work by dozens of already-busy families! Thank you. If it saves just one injury or one life, it will be worth it. Plus, the getting-to-know-you time before the first day of school calms nerves and encourages friendship. Well done KJM and their volunteers!   more ›

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