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Back to School Updates:

The first day of school for HRE students in grades 1-5 is Wednesday, August 25th. The school day is from 9:15-3:45 with carpool, bus drop off, and walkers arriving at 8:45am and dismissing at 3:45- 3:55pm.

We have updated our 2010-11 School Supply list for familes who are eager to get started on their back to school shopping. Please click on this link for updated Supply Lists for grades K-5:ENGLISH.

Our Summer Reading Challenge 2010 is still on and we have added the information and READING LOG on-line for your convenience. Its a fun activity that encourages reading. Good luck!

Proud Sponsors of our spring TV Turnoff Week include:  Moe's in Fuquay, Jellybeans Skating in Cary, Roma's Italian in Cary, our PTA, and our parent volunteers.  Poster contest winners were Indi Sharpe (K), Marcia Cox (3rd) and Helena Tack (4th).

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SEPTEMBER CALENDAR

September 1: 1st Day of Kindergarten

September 3: PTA Fundraisor Kick-Off Assembly for students

September 3: PTA Family Movie Night at 6:15 (see PTA website)

For more information or to get involved, please go to www.hrepta.org or email Christine Pyne at pynecom@gmail.com. Thanks!

September 7: PTA Meeting at 6:15 and OPEN HOUSE 6:15-8:00

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VOLUNTEERING 2010-2011

We welcome parents who wish to share their time with students and staff at Holly Ridge Elementary!

Please keep in mind that ALL volunteers for WCPSS, former and new, need to register. You may access our library for the WCPSS Intranet, then go to Business Applications, scroll down to Volunteer Registration, and follow the prompts. [Note: Do not go to the https://volunteer.wcpss.net/ since this site will be disabled soon.]

State Superintendent Launches READ NC Literacy Campaign

State Superintendent June Atkinson today visited Turner Creek Elementary School to launch the NC Department of Public Instruction's READ NC literacy campaign. Atkinson showed teachers and students the new READ NC Web page which features a reading map, book search tool and other free resources that teachers, parents and students can access to help them use Lexile measures to find challenging and engaging books for summer reading and throughout the year.

Lexile measures assess both a student's reading ability and the text difficulty in books, magazines and newspapers.

The Web page includes a Lexile map that provides a list of fiction and nonfiction titles organized by Lexile level, including some titles with NC connections. Parents can print a copy of the map and take it, along with their child's Lexile measure, to their public library to find books that match their child's reading level.

The Web page provides the "Find a Book" search tool that allows parents and students to search online tens of thousands of book titles by Lexile measure and topic to find books that will tap into a student's personal interests and complement a specific reading comprehension level.

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There is a new community link for parents that is a parent's guide to local kids' sprots and activities. Visit this informative site at www.activealex.com for more information of fun summer activities for children in our community.

Tumble Book Library

There is a great new website for Parents & students to use at home to build reading skills: Tumble Book Library.

The username: hollyridge and the password: books.

Channel ABC 11 showed a helicopter view of our Holly Ridge Elementary Students during a morning special. Students were seen displaying the "LABS" letters along with a paw print that they created by standingin the back field. LABS stands for Listen, Act Respectfully, Behave Responsibly, and SUCCEED!

Click Here for the link to the photo of our LABS press release!