Last day before Christmas!

Last Day before Christmas!

It is hard to believe, but we are now at the last day of school before Christmas break and the last school day before 2024.  Just a few quick reminders for tomorrow.

SECRET SANTA! 🎅

As your child may have already told you, we will be having a Secret Santa TOMORROW!  🎁 Here are the rules:

1. No names will be drawn in advance. 
2. Everyone will be asked to get a neutral gift (something good for both boys and girls).
3. Students will bring in their wrapped presents on the last day of school.
4. THIS IS NEW: All packages will be labeled with a number.  
5. Students will be selected at random and will take the next numbered package.  If it happens to be theirs, then we swap with another package.  
6. This way, everyone gets a gift; no one gets to splurge on a friend (resulting in some discomfort from the others); no big secrets need to be spilled ahead of time and I will have some extra gifts, just in case.  
7. No gift should be more expensive than $15. (I would have said $10, but I have to account for inflation this year. :))

I hope this makes sense.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me via email.

LAST DAY of SCHOOL before CHRISTMAS! - Dec. 20

To send off 2023, we would like to spend our last day of school relaxing and having a bit of fun.  As such, our day will include:

1. Arts and crafts 🎄🎨 - I will supply a lot of materials, but if you have anything to spare at home to help create some creative Christmas arts and crafts, we would love to have that for our last day.
2. Pajama Day 🧸 - On this day, we would like to relax and hang out in our pajamas while watching a movie.  If your child has a blanket they would like to also bring, they most certainly can, along with a stuffy too. Please make sure that your child's name is on the items they bring in so that we can return them if they get forgotten over the Christmas break.
3. Snacks for the movie 🍿🥤🎞️ - As indicated above, we will be watching a movie too on this day, so snacks are welcome.  If you are ok with it, your child may share with their classmates.  If you choose to send enough for the whole class, there are 28 students in the class. This is NOT required, however.  I encouraged the students to bring snacks and regular lunch for themselves as usual.   
4. Secret Santa 🎅🤶- We will wrap up the day with Secret Santa gift exchange.  Please read above the process we will be following for this.