HOLLY, Michigan - For this year’s annual musical, the Holly High School choir has chosen to tackle the classic Broadway musical, Annie. Boasting a line-up of favorite American show tunes, this year’s choir will have more than enough quality material to put on another stellar show.
Made up of both high school and middle school students, the cast has been hard at work for five months, memorizing lines, learning choreography and dance numbers, and sharpening their vocal skills. “The actors have been at it since September,” Assistant Director and HHS Fine Arts teacher, Jo Grossman said. “Their determination to make this production the best it can possibly be is apparent.”
HOLLY, Michigan – For Holly Elementary School sixth grader, Kyle Noren, the regional round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee promises to be “fascinating!”
Kyle, 11, won the school’s annual spelling bee on Thursday, edging out super-speller, fellow classmate and friend, Phillip Aderholdt, also 11.
Following Kyle’s correct spelling of the word “fascinating,” the pressure was on Phillip to correctly spell the next word – “livelihood.” After coming up a vowel or two short, it was Kyle who became the 2012 Holly Elementary School Spelling Bee Champ. Phillip will serve as the school’s runner-up.
HOLLY, Michigan – National Junior Honor Society students of Holly Middle School presented Superintendent Kent Barnes with a check for $1,258.25 on Friday after sponsoring a “penny war” between the seventh and eighth grade students.
“I’m so proud of our school district’s staff members and students for their efforts on so many other community endeavors,” Barnes said.
In addition to the fundraising efforts at Holly Middle School, Barnes thanked Patterson Elementary School students for participating in “Food for Families,” a canned food drive that collected 2, 525 units of food for the Holly Kiwanis Christmas basket distribution project.
“Thanks to Mrs. Dierdre Dannecker and her class for organizing this wonderful community event,” he said.
DAVISBURG, Michigan – It was all about “talkin’ to the hands,” on Thursday morning as students at Davisburg Elementary School gathered in the cafeteria for some serious sport speed stacking.
Sponsored by the World Sport Stacking Association, sport stacking is an exciting sport whereby students up-stack and down-stack 12 specially designed cups called “Speed Stacks” in predetermined sequences as fast as they can. Stackers compete in relays and race against the clock.
Gym teacher, Jason McLaughlin asked students to demonstrate their ambidexterity, quickness and hand-eye coordination by taking part in STACK UP! 2011 – “a track meet for your hands at warp speed.”
The students joined thousands of other stackers across the globe, attempting to beat the Guinness World Record for the most people sport stacking at various locations around the world. Last year, 316,736 stackers took part in the event – this year, organizers are shooting for 350,000.
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