Welcome to West Elementary

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held:

• Tuesday, February 11, 4:15-7:15pm
• Wednesday, February 19, 4:15-7:15pm

Please set an appointment time to meet with your student's teacher:

• Holland Heights
• Holland Language Academy
• West
• Jefferson

Drop-in Parent/Teacher Conferences at HMS will be held Thursday, February 13 and Tuesday, February 18 from 3:30-6:30pm.

Parent/Teacher Conference at HHS are student-led. Appointments are set with student's Advisory teacher.  

The Michigan Art Education Region 9 Art Show will include:

• Charlie Kraus Girl Looking out the WIndow - drawing  (2nd grade | Mrs. Kuiper)
• Marian Reynolds Shmal Behind the Fence - drawing in (4th grade | Mrs. Chamness)
•  Vincent Vereeke Basketball - drawing (5th grade | Mrs. Witters)

The show runs February 10-26  at the downtown Grand Rapids Western Michigan University Campus -  200 Ionia Ave SW | Mon-Fri 8:30a-5:30p.

February is our Give Back Month for the Power H Shop. Instead of shopping this month you can: 

• drop of donations during the event (Thursday, February 6 at Maplewood) 
• drop them off at any school (there's a box in the office!)
• send them from our Amazon Wishlist.

Thursday, February 6, 5-7pm. 

Check out all the great opportunities available for students at Holland Middle School.  You’ll love it here!

• We will have academic information meetings in the cafeteria at 5:15pm and 6:15pm
• An interactive tour with stations around the school for families to visit and learn more about HMS
• See classrooms and meet teachers!

Any Holland families interested in attending HMS are invited. All HPS 5th-grade Parents and Students are encouraged to attend.

Breakfast for Learning: Why the Morning Meal Matters

For years, nutrition experts have said that eating breakfast is a key start to the day. Research shows that regularly eating breakfast positively affects school performance, including having better concentration and more energy. Despite this, approximately 13% of all school-aged kids skip breakfast. This increases to 27% in adolescence.

We are looking for 2 sets of 20-30 Munchkins, and hope to have students from all of our elementary schools represented.  MUNCHKIN AUDITIONS for 3rd-5th grade students (preferably under 5'2") are:

• Thursday, January 30 at 5, 6 or 7pm (sign up for a time below.)
• Saturday 2/1/25 at 9:30am (The first Munchkin rehearsal is Saturday, 10a-12n...so if you attend the audition Saturday morning, you should plan on staying for rehearsal until noon.)

Tentative Performance Dates: First week of May.

Questions: Contact Mrs. Miller - Theatre Director

Congratulations to two representatives from Holland Public Schools for being recognized by the City of Holland with a Social Justice Award.

• Karinna Martinez (Class of 2025) was awarded the Social Justice Youth Award recognizes her commitment to make the City of Holland a better place for everyone to call home.
• Chase Magsig (DHH Deaf Language Model) was awarded the Social Justice Award for his work to improve accessibility for the DHH Community in the City of Holland.

Thank you Karinna and Chase for everything you do in the City of Holland.

REMIND is the best way to get “Snow Day” announcements from HPS.

Holland Public Schools is excited to be using the My Ride K-12 app!

This app will let parents:

• Use their phone to follow your student’s bus in real time.
• See estimated arrival times of the bus to the bus stop.
• Check for bus information.
• Receive updates on their phone about any changes in daily bus routes.

We hope parents of all K-5 bus riders will download and use the app.

Congratulations to these West Students who haven't missed a day in the first half of the school year!