Holly Academy In The News
Essay Contest
Congratulations to Holly Academy’s 8th grade student, Audrey Broadwater, who won first place in the National Charter School Institute’s Essay Contest. More than 200 students entered the contest, writing an essay on the topic, “What My Charter School Means to Me.” Audrey will receive $500, a trip to Lansing to have lunch with House Education ...
Read MoreSeeing the light through a cow’s eye
Earlier this month, the sixth-grade classes at Holly Academy concluded their physical science unit with a cow eye dissection. Sixth-grade students studied and experimented for eight weeks the physical properties of light. They discovered that our eyes act as a light sensor and it allows us to see. Science teacher Andrew Roeser saw an opportunity ...
Read MoreHolly Academy Awarded “Green School” designation for 2014-15 year.
Holly Academy was recently awarded “Green School” designation for the 2014-15 year. This recognition honors our teachers’ hard work to encourage a more green future. We were awarded this designation for our devotion to recycling and reusing materials, our science teachers’ delivery of content that encourages a greater engagement with the natural world around us, ...
Read MoreHolly educator nominated among five in state for Michigan Charter School Teacher of the Year award
Holly Academy middle school science teacher Katherine Carswell is among five finalists in the state who were recently nominated for the Michigan Charter School Teacher of the Year award. The Michigan Association of Public School Academies on Monday announced the finalists for the award — a small group chosen from more than 10,000 public charter ...
Read More30 Michigan school districts and 20 charter schools receive perfect financial scores from consultant
LANSING — Thirty Michigan public school districts and 20 charter schools received perfect scores in a new financial analysis by an Auburn Hills-based web consultancy firm. Munetrix measured a variety of factors when developing their fiscal indicator scores for Michigan public schools, including operations performance, enrollment trends and fund balance status. The measurements are based ...
Read MoreFourth-graders collect bags for worthy project
Fourth-graders at Holly Academy have been collecting plastic bags — thousands of plastic bags. Why, you might ask. Creative people have discovered that recyclable plastic bags work great for making crocheted mats, which are also waterproof. Numerous other ideas can be found on Pinterest using crocheted plastic bags that have been cut into long strips. ...
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