Welcome to Holland Language Academy

• Thursday, Feb. 20 - Half Day All Students
• Friday, Feb. 21 - No School
• Monday, Feb. 24 - No School

Parent/Teacher Conferences continue:

• 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

NSBW25 will take place March 3-7, 2025. During this week we will have extra special breakfast items.

National School Breakfast Week (NSBW) celebrates the importance of a nutritious school breakfast in fueling students for success. This special observance during the first week of March celebrates the National School Breakfast Program and the many ways it gives students a great start every day. 

This week Superintendent Nick Cassidy met with HPS staff members to share HPS' 5-year Facility Plan. This plan will:

• Ensure Every Student and Staff Member at HPS benefits from upgraded, 21st-century facilities
• Provide equitable access to programming
• Right-size our district to reduce operational costs
• Allow us to invest in our students, staff, and programs

The first rule of Days, is that you don't talk about Days.

For the remainder of the academic calendar, if it is safe to do so, Superintendent Nick Cassidy will consider calling a 2-hour delay rather than a full snow day!  This will help ensure students are in school when it is safe for them to be and that we don't have to extend the school calendar beyond June 4.

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.

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

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

There is limited space in HLA classrooms for the 2025-2026 academic year.

• Open Enrollment for '25-'26 opens February 1 for the entire district.
• Families with students already enrolled will be given first priority. Sibling Applications are due February 5 (see link below).
• The Application Deadline for all other families is February 19. (Applications received after this date, will be added to a wait list)
• An enrollment lottery will be held on February 26 if needed.

If you have any questions, please contact the HLA office at 616-494-2600

Congratulations to the following HLA Students who didn't miss a day in the first half of the school year!