Dear Holliman Families

I continue to be so very grateful for this school community. There is a saying that when you love what you do, you'll never a work a day in your life. I truly love what I do each day and on most days it doesn't feel like "work." Now that it my second year as principal of Holliman, I feel as though the relationships between families and students has strengthened tremendously. Each and every students puts a smile on my face in their own way. I am so grateful for the trust you have put in me to ensure your child's academic success and social emotional well being.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break with your family and friends. I am looking forward to enjoying the holiday season with this remarkable school community!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Cabana, Principal

Thank you Mrs. Kanaczet for organzing this each year! Hope to see everyone there!!!!

During the weeks of November 21st and November 28th, The Lions club will be at Holliman for eye screening. It is a mandated screening, however families who wish to opt out may do so in writing. This screening is accurate and takes seconds to do with a spot screener device.

Thank you ALL who donated canned/boxed goods for our Feinstein Thanksgiving Food Drive. Mrs. Williams's fifth grade class collected the most items and has won a glow stick dance party. ALL classrooms did an amazing job on this service project!

Remember your golden tickets are here, we'll contact you if you're a winner!

Golden Ticket Winners: Feinstein Facebook Page

Virtual Journal

Keep an eye out for our next good deeds collection, we need to redecorate the tree!!

Visit the Feinstein website to learn more about this wonderful foundation and how they help so many schools and people in need!!

Feinstein Foundation

Don't forget to use your Feinstein Jr. Scholar Card to have free fun with your family!!

This week we began our Scrabble Club!

Little Caesars: https://fundraising.littlecaesars.com/login/join-fundraiser/14fadd57-a8f2-4abb-84fe-5b9746256621

Fun Pasta Fundraising: https://funpastafundraising.com/shop/holliman-pta-

If you’re looking for Thanksgiving-ish stories about Indigenous people, try these:

K-2: My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith is a super sweet and wonderful board book perfect for your baby or toddler. It's also one of the few board books featuring an indigenous protagonist. The text celebrates finding happiness in the everyday events and joyful, colorful illustrations

2-5: Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal. This utterly marvelous and cheerful book is a celebration of fry bread and it's place in Native American family culture. The bouncy, rhythmic verse tells the history of fry bread, its importance in Native American life, how it's eaten, enjoyed and what it represents. An end note explains the context further. Highly recommended!

Quite often, I hear from parents that "this new math does make sense". What is more surprising is when I tell them it's not that new at all. Over the next few weeks I hope to share a few more articles and videos that explain why math is being taught the way it is today and how you can best support your child(ren) at home. Here is a great quote that captures what mathematics instruction looks like in an elementary classroom.

"The new approach is not all that new. It is grounded in research going back more than 30 years and is reflected in the Common Core State Standards, which are used in 41 states. (And most states now follow standards with the same principles, even if they don’t call them Common Core.) Instead of memorizing procedures to solve problems, kids are asked to think through various ways to arrive at an answer and then explain their strategies. While some parents believe these methods are just a more complicated way of teaching math, they are designed to promote a deeper understanding of the subject and help students make lasting connections."

If this quote has piqued your interest you can read more in Confused by your kid's math homework? Here's how it all adds up. By Caralee Adams

REPORTING A POSITIVE COVID CASE

Click Here to Report your child's positive COVID results. Please contact the COIVD coordinator with any questions regarding your child's positive COVID result.

covidcoordinator@warwickschools.org

401-734-3030

Please do not contact your child's school nurse.

Thank you all who have been taking advantage of the drop off loop in the morning. Please pull all the way up to the Student Drop Off sign so we can unload up to three cars at a time.

If you must park at arrival, please do not pull into the bus lane for any reason. For quick access to the parking lot, please pull into the far back lot closest to the trees

Tuesday, November 22nd

Family Literacy Night

Wednesday, November 23rd - Friday, November 25th

Thanksgiving Break

Friday, December 2nd

School pictures makes ups and retakes

Kimberly Cabana, Principal

Linda Harvey, Secretary

Alison Razza, Nurse

Email: kimberly.cabana@warwickschools.org
Website: https://holliman.warwickschools.org/
Location: 70 Deborah Road, Warwick, RI, USA
Phone: 401-734-3170
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082896548282
Twitter: @PrincipalCaban1