School calendar proposals nudge toward 4-day week
A 2020-21 draft calendar for Holyoke School District Re-1J will come back with revisions in a more aggressive move toward a four-day week.
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Swaths of empty seats at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland during the Colorado 2A girls state quarterfinals March 12 were one of the early signs of preventative measures to come in Colorado. In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, events are being postponed or canceled across the state, the nation and the world. As of March 15, the recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is that in-person events that consist of 50 people or more be canceled or postponed. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications
School spring break extended 1 week
This week’s spring break in Holyoke School District has been extended through March 29, with students to return Monday, March 30.
Holyoke FCCLA hosts districts
On Monday, March 9, Holyoke High School’s FCCLA chapter hosted this year's district conference at the Phillips County Event Center.
School board to meet Monday, March 23
Holyoke School District Re-1J Board of Education will meet Monday, March 23, at 7 p.m., with the meeting still planned in the board meeting room, No. 218, in the junior high.
Holyoke High School sophomore Kenneth Lindholm, center, is featured in Sound Check’s version of “The Greatest Show.” Select choir members are pictured from left, front row, Max Kleve, Lindholm and Mason Vernon; middle row, Mariana Varela, Elise Krogmeier and Rylee Oakley; and back row, Anna Chaney, Clover Adler and Emma Thompson. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications
High school trumpeters Angel Escamilla, in front, and Levi Ford focus on their music during last Tuesday’s concert. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications
Music changes lives
March is Music in Our Schools Month, and this year’s theme is “Music Changes Lives.” That concept was certainly evident in a Tuesday, March 3, concert that featured musicians from Holyoke School Di