Live Nativity

This week Mrs. Wyma taught the students about Advent. She talked about the great hope, joy, love, and peace we have that comes along with Christmas. She talked with the kids about what we hope for and that our hope as christians comes from Jesus and the gift he gave us. What an amazing gift! We have great hope as we wait for his return!

Homework:

We will not have homework next week.

We will start again after break on the Tuesday(Jan. 3) we come back.

Jungle Explorer of the Week:

Ellery was our special Jungle Explorer of the Week! Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with our class. We enjoyed getting to know you and learning that you love crafts, singing, and dancing! Your favorite place is Disney Springs, and your favorite foods are popcorn, pizza, blueberries, and macaroni and cheese! We love that you want to be a P.E. teacher when you grow up! You are so special to God and to us, Ellery, and we loved getting to know more about you this week!

WORDS OF THE WEEK:

Thanks for helping your child practice their words at home! We will have our next 3 words come home after break!

CHRISTMAS Party:

Our class Christmas party will be the Friday before break. 

Please have your child bring in his/her "boy" or "girl" gift on Friday, December 16.

We ask that each boy come with one wrapped "To: A boy, From: _______" labeled gift, and each girl come with one wrapped "To: A girl, from _______" labeled gift. These will be used as a part of games and activities at the class Christmas party. Please limit the value of these gifts to $3 only. Even though you may be able to find a great deal on a higher priced item for only $3, it helps us avoid some difficulty if the value of each item is actually $3. It is not a requirement to participate in the gift exchange part of the party if you would rather not participate.

Parent Board Christmas Lunch:

On December 14, staff will have the opportunity to gather together for a Christmas Luncheon. In order for this to happen, we would like some volunteers. I have a parent to cover lunch with the kids for that day. Thank you!! If you're willing to bundle up and cover recess duty, please sign up to reserve your spot! Thank you for your help in making this special time work for our staff!

Christmas Spirit Week

To get into the spirit of Christmas, we are going to have some fun, themed days our last week of school before Christmas Break, December 12-16. Here's what we (along with Pine Ridge) have planned: 

 

12/12   Monday: Christmas Socks

12/13   Tuesday: Christmas Sweater

12/14   Wednesday: Red/Green Day

12/15   Thursday: Christmas Headgear (antlers, hats)

12/16   Friday: Christmas PJs

Discover South Side 

Do you or any of your friends or extended family have a prospective preschooler or kindergartener? Are you looking into options for the 2023-2024 school year? We’ll be having our Discovery Night on January 10th from 6-7pm, and we’d love to have you come and explore South Side’s preschool and kindergarten programs! Since we prepare individually for each family visiting this Discovery Night, an RSVP is required.

If you are unable to make it to Discovery Night, you are still welcome to visit Holland Christian Schools in person and see things in action for yourself. Feel free to schedule a campus tour through our Admissions Department at admissions@hollandchristian.org or 616.820.2806. You can begin by filling out our INQUIRY FORM. Enrollment for the 2023-24 school year begins on February 1, 2023.

Christmas Service Project: 

With Christmas approaching, we are excited to take part in a school wide giving project! We are partnering with Hand2Hand Ministries to put together Snack Packs. Our class is in charge of bringing in individually packaged trail mix.  We will be collecting these items on tables in the hallway by the gym from December 5-13, and we will hold our packing day on Wednesday, December 14. See the green paper in today's Take Home Folder for more information. 

Maroon and White Shop:

The Maroon and White Shop will be open for the holiday season!  Pop in at any of our scheduled times and locations to do some Christmas Shopping!  All of the proceeds directly benefit our Special Olympics Unified Sports Program at the high school!

December Shopping Schedule:

Thursday, December 1 - Rose Park Elementary  2:00 - 4:30pm

Friday, December 2 - Rose Park Elementary 8:00am - 4:30pm

Thursday, December 8 - Pine Ridge Elementary 2:00 - 4:30pm

Friday, December 9 - HCHS 9:00am - 2:00pm

Thursday, December 15 - HCHS 10:00am -2:00pm

Friday, December 16 - HCHS 9:00am - 2:00pm

Important Dates:

Dec. 5-13: Donations for Hand2Hand Ministries- individual trail mix packages

Dec. 12: Purple Reading slip due, Math Homework due, Library books due

Dec. 15 : Field trip to Hand2Hand to bring our donations

Dec. 16: Class Christmas party

Dec. 17 - Jan. 2: Christmas Break

Jan. 3: Back to School