Welcome to Holmes Elementary School

We are happy that you took the time to visit us and we hope that you will spend some time browsing our site and learning more about who we are and what we do!

As the new principal of Holmes School, I welcome you to the Holmes website. Holmes School is one of five elementary schools located in the town of Darien, Connecticut. It is a vibrant, neighborhood school that currently houses approximately 420 students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Our staff members are passionate about providing a rigorous, exciting educational experience for our students.  Each day, teachers strive to match scientifically research-based instructional strategies to the educational needs of each individual child in order to ensure that they are progressing toward their learning goals. 

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Information from Holmes School...

Safe School Climate Plan

As required by Connecticut Public Act 11-232, “An Act Concerning the Strengthening of School Bullying Laws”, on December 13, 2011 the Darien Board of Education approved a Safe School Climate Plan. To view click here. This plan is a supplement to Board of Education Policy 5245, Bullying Prevention and Intervention. To view click here.

Web Prepayment system for school meals available now!

With LunchPrepay.com you never have to worry about lost lunch money again. LunchPrepay.com is a secure, easy and convenient way to apply funds directly to your student's account online. You can even check the account balance and keep an eye on what your student is buying! As an added convenience, parents can receive a Low Balance notification email alerting the parent that the student’s account will need another payment applied soon.

www.LunchPrepay.com has been designed to make it easy for you to know exactly what information you need to provide and to guide you through the process.

Membership Details: 

• $10 Membership fee (one-time only)
• Deposit money with ease using your debit or credit card
• Flexibility to deposit money into multiple student accounts with one payment
• View Account Balances
• View 90 day Meal History
• Low Balance Notification via email

To learn more visit www.LunchPrepay.com to register, you simply need your student’s district student Id #. If you do not have this number you may obtain it from your student’s school.

Green Cleaning Programs in Schools (CT PUBLIC ACT 09-81)

The State of Connecticut is requiring that each local and regional board of education implement a green cleaning program for all school buildings and facilities in its district.

The Darien Public Schools is committed to the implementation of this law by providing the staff and the parents and guardians of each child enrolled in each school with a written statement of the school district’s green cleaning program as well as making it available on its web site annually.

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  *** ATTENTION TEACHERS ***

Useful links to child friendly Internet search engines and resources are listed below.

TekMom - Search Tools for Students
Yahooligans - Web Guide for Kids
Ask Jeeves for Kids

To see a list of current events planned at Holmes school, please click the Calendar of Events link. 

To view the current district calendar please visit the "District Calendar" link to the left.