‘Tis the season for fun!  This year, we will be doing the majority of our celebrating on Thursday, December 18th at 9:00, we will be doing a little performance in the gym for any parents who would like to attend!  After the performance, we will be moving back to our classroom for a party.  If you would like to stay after the performance to help with our party, feel free to join us!  The party will run until 10:30, which is the students recess/lunch time.  We could also use some help setting up chairs in the gym for parents to use during the performance, so, if you are available to help, we will begin setting up chairs at 8:00 that morning.  

On Thursday, the 18th: Please have your child wear a uniform with a RED SHIRT. 

Girls will be performing the “Christmas Hula” (please allow your daughter to wear any “hula accessories,” such as a grass skirt or lei that day).  
Boys will be performing “The Christmas Song” and “Jingle Bells” (please feel free to allow your son to bring any jingle bells to school that day and to wear either a Santa hat, reindeer hat, or elf hat).  

IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO LABEL YOUR CHILD’S ACCESSORIES SINCE I AM SURE THAT A LOT OF ACCESSORIES WILL LOOK SIMILAR! 🙂

Also, we would like to do a little present-exchange at our party, so could you please send a minimum $5 wrapped gift with your child on December 18^th.  You can send the presents to class before that date, too, if you would like, and I will just hold onto them until needed.  Additionally, if you have the means to send any extra wrapped gifts for those children who may forget to bring one, we would surely appreciate it.  We are asking for a $3 donation per child to be given to the office for the cost of the party.

On Friday, the 19th: We plan to watch the movie The Polar Express (rated G) in class, as we will have just finished the book.  We plan to use the “Dress-Down Coupons” that we earned for winning the Box Tops contest a couple months ago to wear pajamas that day!  Below is the link to print the permission slip for allowing your child to watch the movie and participate in eating any snacks/treats that we may have during our party.  Please print, sign, and return permission slips, signed, by Wednesday, Dec. 17th at the latest.
 The permission slip can be signed electronically here: 
Christmas/Winter Permission Slip

ALSO on Friday, the 19th: We will also be performing the “Christmas Hula” and the “Christmas Song/Jingle Bells” for the assembly the morning of the 19th at Quest’s assembly.  Please allow your child to wear hula accessories or Santa/reindeer/elf hats with his/her pajamas that day. 

Remember that the last day of school before Winter Break is Friday, December 19th, which is an early-out day.  We will meet again at school on Monday, January 5th!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!