School district valuation up $2.6M
With an assessed valuation of $75,831,880, Holyoke School District Re-1J certified a total mill levy of 35.949 mills for property tax year 2017. Certification occurred at the Dec.
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Cash Adler and Kyra Loutensock showcase some of the pottery that will be used at the Empty Bowl Supper Thursday, Jan. 11. They are currently selling meal tickets as well as accepting bowl donations. — Johnson Publications
FCCLA students aim to fill empty bowls, empty bellies
Recognizing that children and adults in their own community often go hungry, two Holyoke FCCLA students are working to change that.
Members of the Holyoke High School select choir, Sound Check, perform a high-energy medley, “A Rock ‘n’ Roll Christmas,” at the Dec. 11 concert. Reindeer are pictured from left, Colby Purkeypile, Drew Stewart, Tate Dille, Anthony Rojo and Luke Krogmeier. — Johnson Publications
Choirs sing loud, spread Christmas cheer
Christmas songs from funny to sincere combined in a well-rounded Dec. 11 concert featuring Holyoke’s junior high and high school choruses, as well as the HHS select choir, Sound Check.
Kindergartners choreograph “Must Be Santa” at the Elementary School concert Thursday, Dec 7. Pictured from left, front row, are Chloe Benson, Hudson Lueth, Sophia Martinez Daniel and Laityn Bieber; second row, Ian Hernandez, Jozelyn Perez, Genni Koberstein, Derek Aranda Dominguez and Emma Sanchez; and back row, JaRae Sholes, Gavin Skinner, Pierce Marlow and Yareli Goytia. — Johnson Publications
Elementary kids take stage with holly, jolly, joy
With fanfare, forte and form, Holyoke Elementary School students captured the stage Thursday, Dec. 7, for the annual holiday music program.
Preparation, pagination, printing, preservation covered at 4th-grade Enterprise field trip
Fourth-grade students from Holyoke Elementary took a Dec. 6 field trip to The Holyoke Enterprise office, where they learned the basics of newspaper publication.