Holland Middle

As we prepare for the start of the next school year, it's time to register your student for 2026-27. This is something we ask ALL current HPS families to do EVERY year. Completing the registration lets us know:

• Your student(s) will be returning next year!
• Your household contact information is up to date
• Your student health information is up to date
• if you are requesting transportation for the 2026-2027 school year (Deadline to request bussing is August 1.)

Without this information, your student can not be added to a class list for next year OR have a class schedule created for them.

 WEEK AT A GLANCE:

Monday- 18th

• 6th graders- JOHN BALL ZOO
• Soccer (Girls 7th) - Crestwood Middle School (H)5/18/2026 4:00 PM
• Soccer (Girls 8th) - Crestwood Middle School (H)5/18/2026 5:15 PM

Tuesday- 19th

• Soccer (Girls 7th) - Holland Christian Middle School (A)5/19/2026 4:00 PM

Wednesday- 20th

• 8th Grade MiCareerquest Field Trip

Thursday- 21st

• Talent Show- 4-6

  Are you Smarter than an 8th Grader?- 6-8

• Soccer (Girls 7th) - Muskegon Middle School (A)5/21/2026 4:00 PM

• Soccer (Girls 8th) - Muskegon Middle School (A)5/21/2026 5:15 PM

Friday -22nd

• Last Pep Assembly of the year- 1:45

"Are You Smart Than An 8th Grader?" Trivia Night at HMS | May 21 from 6-8 pm.  

This fundraiser promises a fun night of learning, laughter and community building.

HPS is proud to provide 7-Day Meal Boxes to families in the district during the summer months.

Each box will contain a menu with food prep instructions and food items for 7 breakfasts and 7 lunches per week. 

• Meal pick-up will be located at Central Wesleyan Church (446 West 40th St. Holland MI 49423 - Door A) from 12:00-1:00 PM 
•  Thursday, June 11 through July 30
• Meals will be distributed based on a first come first served basis and not based on pre-registration. 

There is no need to register for these meals... just stop by during the pick-up time to receive the meals for your student(s).

For the last 77 years, May has been designated as Mental Health Awareness Month.  It was introduced by the organization Mental Health America, with the focus of increasing awareness, reducing stigma, and promoting wellness.

In this month's newsletter, you'll learn more about practices that can help improve our children’s mental health as well as our own.  

This week we talk with our Community Coordinators Alex Crisp (Holland Heights & HMS), Grace Stupka (West & Jefferson), and Kate Leighton-Colburn (HLA and HHS) about the Registration Block Party and Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, April 29, 5:30-7pm at Holland Middle School.

• Listen Now!

Congratulations to our 2026 District Art Award Winners:

• Cassidy Russell, Grade 12
• Jordan Garcia, Grade 11 
• Von Bunnell II, Grade 9
• Jose Mendez Pimentel Jr, Grade 8
• Hendrick Hoekman, Grade 7
• Charlotte Buck, Grade 6
• Gennesis Ramirez-Ramirez, Holland Heights 5
• Tamari Jeanne, West 3
• Noah Fortuna, Jefferson 3
• Cecelia Ferreira, HLA 4

The award-winning artwork will hang in the Board Training Room at the District Admin Building for next year.

Congratulations to these HMS Students who will advance to the Finals of the National History Day competition in College Park, MD in early June.

• Hadley Nelson - The Guerrilla Girls: Instigating Revolution, Reaction and Reform in Art History
• Eliana Carter & Leah Peck - Seneca Falls and the Fight for Rights
• Dannon Spencer - The Berlin Wall: How a Concrete Barrier Exposed the Economic and Social Costs of Division

The students competed in the Michigan National History Day competition at SVSU on April 25.

Holland Police Department is hosting a Junior Police Academy for 7th and 8th grade students.

• July 13-30
• Monday through Thursday
• 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• The Academy is offered at no cost to students or their families.
• Apply Today

Contact Student Resource Officers Nicole Hamberg at 616-355-1703 OR Nic Wedeven at 616-355-1725 with any questions.  

23 students from Holland Middle School will compete in the National History Day State Competition at Saginaw Valley State University on Saturday, April 25. Good Luck and GoDUTCH!