November 26, 2012: Some things that are coming up...

Hello Parents.

It was great to see your kids this morning. And the snow was a beautiful welcome-back as we began  our four-week-passage into December and the holidays.

We talked about Chanukah and Christmas, and we read a book called "Christmas Day in the Morning." Ask your child to tell you about it.

For sharing this week, we are telling about something we will be getting as a gift (or doing as a gift) for someone we love. That fits into our new Social Studies unit: Economics (with a focus on wants and needs.)

Upcoming Bake Sale to raise money for COTS: On the week of December 10th, we'll be asking kids to help you, their parents, bake something at home (like a batch of brownies or cookies)  that your child will then donate to our Horizon Cookie Baking Company  bake sale that will be taking place on Friday, December 14th (at lunch time and after school). Horizon kids will be making posters and banners and  whipping up business by giving presentations and singing our song to the other teams during that week. They will also be selling the "goods" and counting the profit. More details to come.

Polar Express/Holiday Celebration coming up on Friday, December 21st: we will be showing the Polar Express. The kids will be invited to come  to school in PJs  and drinking hot chocolate in the morning. In the afternoon, at the end of the day, we'll have our classroom-level  Holiday Celebrations.

Jessica Lamorey, our room mom, will be in touch with folks about donating hot chocolate and coming in to help (those who are available).
Again, more to come.

Here's to a great holiday season!

Mr. B