Handwriting Without Tears is the writing program that is proving to be successful in teaching our preschoolers how to write. In order to make this program tangible for her students, Mrs. Overcash has put a creative twist on making the “Mat Man” used for teaching the big lines, little lines, big curves and little curves [...]
Holland Hall third grader Eva Campbell was watching TV one night and thought, “I am spoiled and a lot of people don’t have things I have.”
This thought led her to take action in helping raise money for the Red Cross Haiti Relief program.
“She really wanted to do this,” said John Campbell, Eva’s father. “Her goal [...]
Holland Hall will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony of the newly renovated Primary School on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 10:15 a.m. in front of the new Preschool entrance. Speakers will include Headmaster Mark D. Desjardins, Board of Trustees President Phil B. Allen and Head of Primary School Jo-An Vargo.
Thanks to the generosity of donors, [...]
Six months ago, work began on extensive improvements to the Primary School. Nearly 20,000 square feet will be added and 30,000 square feet remodeled.
Additions include a new practice gymnasium and a new permanent pre-school wing and extended day area. In addition, the library will be expanded significantly, the art room completely remodeled and moved [...]
Primary School “Extreme Makeover”Sept. 8, 2008
The Primary School construction project is moving ahead smoothly and according to our timetable. A new circle drive will be located next to the PreSchool addition on the east side of the division. This drive will be graded and tested next week. Once it passes, the construction [...]
A letter from Joann DuBiel York, Primary School Literacy Coach
August 29, 2008
Dear Holland Hall Primary School Preschool 4’s through Third Grade Families,
The Primary School works hard to offer authentic instruction practices to its learners. As we begin a new year, we are working to emphasize the work that readers do, real readers. All of [...]
In honor of Earth Day and inspired by the effects of December’s ice storm, Primary School students were encouraged to earn pennies in April to buy trees for Tulsa.
Last month at a Primary School community meeting, Cindra Andoe, Primary School teaching assistant and her daughter, third grader Clair, presented ways to take on Earth [...]
The Symbolic Monarch Butterflies have returned in the Primary School. Holland Hall second grade students along with thousands of students in the U.S. and Canada made paper butterflies last fall. A Mexican student cared for these butterflies until spring arrived then, in parallel with the real monarch migration, the Mexican child sent them on their [...]
The wedding bells chimed Monday afternoon as the Primary School quietly watched the letters Q and U join in matrimony.
The wedding was a lesson in the Kindergarten class on how the two letters cannot form words without each other.
The quickly married, though quite happy couple, Miss Q and Mr. U, wore the big [...]
In the Wednesday, April 30 issue of Tulsa World, letters from our third grade classes make up the entire Letters to the Editor section. As a celebration of learning to write personal essays, the students wrote letters to try to change the world. In their personal essay unit the children learned to say something (a [...]
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