Week 16!

 Hello Families!

We had a wonderful week of learning about Christmas, and what it's really about! We loved learning about Jesus birthday and how he was born because he loves us so much! 

We also got to participate in Christmas Around the World! We LOVED seeing all the different displays in our hallways! Lorelai put it best when she said, "It was so nice to see the world!" 

This week is going to be a week of fun! Full of Christmas parties and PJ days! This is one of my favorite weeks of the year because it's all about having fun together and celebrating the most wonderful time of the year!

Our Christmas Parties will be on Monday and Tuesday! We will play some games, open a present and decorate some little Christmas trees! We also will do lots of music and make sure we read the Christmas story again. I am so sad that parents can't come and join in the fun, but I am going to try my best to take tons of pictures and hopefully a few videos to make you feel a part of it as much as possible!  Make sure you check your child's backpack! I will be sending home a present for you guys (the parents) as well! This is a special project we have been working on and we are very excited to share it with you! It's a small token of my appreciation for all of you! 

Pajama Day will be Wednesday and Thursday! We will celebrate the learning we have done this semester, and then watch a movie together in our jammies! Feel free to let your students bring a blanket, pillow, or stuffed animal to snuggle with! We will also talk about what kinds of things we are going to talk about next semester! 

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have to tell all of you, that you all have been amazing this year! You have all been full of grace, kindness, and generosity this year and it has blown me away. I truly have enjoyed interacting with each and every one of you. Your children are so wonderful, and that is due to the amazing work you have done as their parents. I am so sad that I don't get to know you as well as a "normal" year and that you don't get a chance to be in our room as much as you or I would like. I am praying that ends soon, but in the meantime please know how much I appreciate all of you! Your children bring me such joy and have been an absolute delight :)

From Rose Park:

The Show Must Go On

If you have had a child here at Rose Park for first grade, you likely remember the beauty and excitement of the annual first grade Christmas program as well as the Christmas Blessing experience. If your child is yet looking forward to first grade, they're in for a transformational experience! As with ALL of our learning plans for our students this year, we want to design experiences that are safe and meet the return-to-learn safety measures but also instill just as much, if not more, invigoration and JOY in the learning process. Truth be told, this stretch of creativity has been an exciting endeavor for our staff together! Our first grade Christmas program and blessing experience cannot look like it has in the past with rows of parents and grandparents seated in the gym, but that doesn't have to stop us! Guess what! The Show Must Go On! ....outside in the parking lot! We're moving our risers outside to hold our singing shepherds and angels! A local radio station and graciously agreed to transmit our caroling fleet of angels and shepherds voices right into the listening car radios of parents and grandparents watching from the parking lot! Shoot! This year they might even sing along from inside their car! You are welcome to share the experience and tune into the Christmas joy on December 16 at 9:30 on WHTC at 1450 AM or 99.7 FM. 

Here are our pictures from the week: