What we do The Holmes School Parent Teacher Organization sponsors more than 50 events and activities every year. To lend a hand go to Help Needed.

You might be surprised to discover how many school programs are sponsored by the PTO. Generally speaking, however, we do five things:

1. Raise money to pay for things that the school district doesn’t, like instruments for music class, field trips, and certain classroom supplies (see where the money goes).
   
   
2. Help teachers, parents and children get to know each other better by sponsoring social events like the International Taste of Holmes and the annual Skating Party (see calendar).
   
   
3. Help our children learn more by sponsoring academic challenges like the spelling bee, special tutoring and after-school courses (see Edge sign-up). 
   
   
4. Promote healthy living and environmental responsibility with activities like the organic garden and extensive recycling programs (see photos).
   
   
5. Keep parents up to date with communications like the school directory and the weekly e-mail bulletins (see Holmes Headlines).

The best way to get an overview of almost everything we do, go to contacts, where you’ll find a list of almost all the PTO activities and who runs them.