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Written by Amy Mayhew
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Friday, March 05 2010 8:37 am |
Dr. Meir Ben-Hur assists a stu... HOLLY, Michigan – To Kristie Brown’s 5- and 6-year-old students at Rose Pioneer Elementary School, it was another fun exercise with dots, but in reality, the young students are getting a jump start on math and language skills.
It’s all part of a cognitive learning program set in motion last year by Dr. Noni Miller, superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, and her colleague, Kaye Thorsby, director of Instructional Services.
Partnering with Oakland Schools in 2008, Holly Area Schools became involved with the Feuerstein’s Instrument Enrichment (FIE) course offered by the International Renewal Institute (iRi) of Chicago. With the diligent guidance of Dr. Meir Ben-Hur, iRi’s lead trainer for Cognitive Pathways to Mathematics Achievement, Holly students are getting a dose of the cognitive training twice a week.
“Last year, the teachers became familiar with the philosophy and the instruments (exercises), but this is the first year we have tried to fully implement the program,” Miller said. “Our intent or hypothesis is to reduce the number of K-2 students that are being identified as requiring special services.”
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, March 09 2010 4:41 pm |
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HOLLY, Michigan - Back in the fall of 2006, village voters approved a three year 2- mill special assessment to improve their police services. As of this July, Holly Village residents’ property taxes will be cut by 2-mills. The police services special assessment is no longer being collected from village residents.
The goals of the special assessment were technology improvements, safety and personal protection equipment for police officers, a vehicle fleet maintenance program to reduce operating costs, a few much-needed building renovations, and overhauling the local E911 Communications Center.
The special assessment cost the average homeowner approximately $175 a year which was added to their property tax bill. Over the three years, the special assessment collected a total of $822,703 from village taxpayers for the improvements.
Today, Village Manager Marsha Powers reports that all of the intended goals of the special assessment have been achieved. “The monies collected from the special assessment millage were put to work in the best interests of the taxpayers and village residents,” Powers said.
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Written by Amy Mayhew
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Tuesday, March 09 2010 1:20 pm |
Holly DDA board members, Jeann... HOLLY, Michigan – Budget reductions and a prior financial commitment of $4,500 to the ongoing Village Office reuse study are to blame for Holly’s Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors’ decision to not fund the proposed Economic Development Task Force market research survey.
In September, the Holly Area Economic Development Task Force was born – a group of concerned area citizens from throughout the community, interested in identifying ways to help spur economic development not only in the village, but also in the township.
Charged with leading the group, Holly Township Trustee Janet Leslie enlisted the help of resident Ryan Bladzik, owner/principal of Great Lakes Creative Marketing and Communications in developing a market research survey.
Bladzik, who volunteered his professional services to the cause, said the 37-question marketing survey covers a wide assortment of demographic categories, including employment, consumer habits, dining habits, opinions and attitudes, lifestyle information, media and information and activities and hobbies, giving area businesses and organizations key information in spurring economic growth.
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Written by Amy Mayhew
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Saturday, November 21 2009 3:12 pm |
Holly Robotic Team members wor...
HOLLY, Michigan – It sounded just like any other championship basketball game from outside of the gymnasium doors, but inside it was quite a different story. With brightly painted faces and pom poms thrust high into the air, students from 19 Oakland County high schools cheered as they watched their classmates put their respective “robogladiators” to the test, going head to head in a game called “Bot Basketball.”
On Saturday, the Holly High School Robotics Team and 18 other teams from Oakland County took part in the last competition of the year, the Oakland County Competitive Robotics Association Championship – a full contact game of basketball played with 120- pound robogladiators.
OCCRA promotes excitement for technical and academic disciplines such as design, engineering, physics and electronics. The competition recognizes and encourages all students who sacrifice all their free time to this area of study.
Holly High School robotic students combine with students from Brandon High School to make up Team 43 – a team known for its competitive spirit, outstanding sportsmanship conduct, and hard-working members.
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Written by Amy Mayhew
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Thursday, November 12 2009 5:12 pm |
Levi Bischer takes part in STA... HOLLY, Michigan – In an attempt to beat last year’s world record of 225,560 simultaneous cup stackers across the globe, Holly Elementary School students gathered in the cafeteria on Thursday to take part in STACK UP! 2009.
Sponsored by the World Sport Stacking Association, sport stacking is termed “a track meet for your hands at warp speed.” Sport stacking is an exciting sport where students up stack and down stack 12 specially designed cups called “Speed Stacks” in predetermined sequences as fast as they can. Stackers race against the clock and compete in relays.
On Thursday, Holly stackers joined thousands of other stackers both in the United States and abroad, attempting to smash the Guinness World Record for the most people sport stacking at various locations around the world.
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Re: No director, no program: Holly DDA director position still tabled
Posted on Wednesday, March 10 2010 by Janet Leslie.I do not mean to imply that the DDA board had no meaningful discussions at their meeting...
Re: No director, no program: Holly DDA director position still tabled
Posted on Wednesday, March 10 2010 by Janet Leslie.My understanding of the village council's budget discussions last week is that they discussed...
Re: No director, no program: Holly DDA director position still tabled
Posted on Tuesday, March 09 2010 by Cathy.So does this mean we are on the verge of losing our Main Street Program and does the DDA Board...