SUBJECT:  HCHS, BK-8, and GAP School Schedules 

The Holmes County High School Boys Baseball team will be competing in the FHSAA Final Four Baseball Championships on the dates of May 19 & 20, 2021 in Ft. Myers, Florida, a distance of almost 500 miles.  The boys have a semi-final game scheduled on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 4:00 PM EST, and with a win they will play in the Class 1A State Championship game on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 7:00 PM EST.        

Due to the number of students and school staff (over 60 employees to include Bonifay bus drivers) that have indicated their intent to travel on Tuesday and Wednesday it has been determined the ability to actually keep these three schools open during all or part of this time will be impractical, if not nearly impossible.  The following are courses of actions that we will follow depending on the scenarios that are presented and determined by the course of the tournament games HCHS Blue Devils will be participating in:

1.  All 3 schools will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday (May 19 & 20) of this week.
2. HCHS Blue Devils win their semi-final game; all three schools will then be closed on Friday also.
3. HCHS Blue Devils do not win their semi-final game; all three schools will be open and follow their regular schedules on Friday

These options have been developed based on the survey of staff, support staff, and student body membership, and local community support as to their intent for attending the FHSAA Final Four. 

Buddy L. Brown
Superintendent
Holmes District Schools

Online Application Link

Registration for Holmes County students who will enter Kindergarten in fall of 2021 will begin Monday April 26, 2021, and will continue through April 30, 2021.  Parents or legal guardians should register the child online at www.hdsb.org and select the school that they would like to attend (Bethlehem, Bonifay K-8, Ponce de Leon or Poplar Springs).

https://hdsb.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus/apply/

The following information will need to be uploaded into the online enrollment application:

• birth certificate
• certificate of immunization
• copy of physical from a physician on a Florida physical form
• Social Security Card (copy will be kept sealed in the student’s permanent record and is not mandatory, but does help our school system with tracking important information for funding)
• two proofs of residence (driver’s license, power bill, voter’s registration card, etc.)

To be eligible to enter kindergarten this fall, a student must be five years of age on or before September 1, 2021. 

School of choice is dependent upon enrollment capacity.  If you are outside of your school of choice zone, please complete the online Controlled Open Enrollment application in addition to the online registration form.  The Controlled Open Enrollment form is available on our website and will be available through May 14^th.  All out of zone applications will be reviewed in May and a letter of acceptance or decline will be mailed to the address provided as soon as the review is complete at each school.

It is very important that children be registered so that staffing plans for the 2021-22 school year can be made. 

Online Application Link

Holmes District School Board VPK Sites

 Bethlehem High School, Bonifay K8,
Ponce de Leon Elementary, Poplar Springs High School

2021-22 School Year Voluntary Pre-K Registration Information

Step 1:  (Must complete before April 26^th)

Parents will log in to  https://familyservices.floridaearlylearning.com/Account/LogOn

Parents must have a valid e-mail address to complete this procedure.

Families must upload (scan & send) the child’s birth certificate and proof of Florida residency as prompted during process.  Everything has to be completed on-line.  The Early Learning Coalition will email the Certificate to the parents, then it will need to be uploaded in the HDSB registration portal.

Step 2:  Online VPK school registration will begin April 26^th at 9:00 a.m.  Parents will go to www.hdsb.org and click on the VPK registration link.  There are sections of the registration that require uploading documents for registration:  birth certificate, shot records, and certificate of eligibility from the Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida.

All VPK registrations will be completed online. There are limited VPK slots at each school site.  Registrations will be accepted in the order they are received.  You will be contacted by the VPK teacher to confirm registration in the program.

Please contact Carmen Bush at 547-9341  x1253 or Danielle Suggs  x1228 for more information.  Email:  [email protected]  or [email protected].