Hello,
Welcome to the final week of school in the year 2024. Blessings to you and your family as you continue to prepare your hearts and minds for the celebration of Jesus’s birth.
Here are some tidbits for the week:
SINGING: We sing tomorrow, Sunday, December 15,for the 10 am Advent Song service. The children will be sitting together as a choir on that Sunday and need to be in the church by 9:10 am. to practice with the other choirs. Then we sing the following Sunday, December 22, for the Christmas Service.
MISSION: We are now collecting for the World Mission in the UK. Our offering total for this mission is $455.95. That brings us to roughly 91 % of our goal. We have one more offering opportunity for this quarter. Let’s hit our goal and go beyond if possible.
SPELLING TESTS: There won’t be any tests this week.
POP TOP TABS: My sister’s school is collecting pop top tabs, monster tabs, etc. for a family using the Ronald McDonald House due to a serious injury of their son. If you aren’t collecting these for any other reason, feel free to send them to our room, and I will get them to my sister. Thanks.
J for state book: Refer to fast direct email and weekly folder for the letter J news.
BAPTISM BIRTHDAYS: We are adding baptism dates to our birthday chart in our room. Please send a note or text informing me of your child’s baptism day. We will be having a celebration around the time of my baptism birthday. (I have 9 baptism birthdays as of this typing. Thank you!)
CLASS PARTY: On December 20 we’ll have our Christmas party. Food is taken care of. This year, in the spirit of creativity and fun, I’ve decided to do things a little differently. Instead of our usual gift exchange, I invite you to bring an item or activity the kids could enjoy at various times throughout the rest of the school year. Then you wrap it, and send it with your child with a tag that reads–
To: My class From: (Your child’s name)
At the party, your child will unwrap the classroom gift that will stay for us to enjoy!
Ideas:
*a new game such as Jenga, The Fuzzies, Skipbo Card Game, Guess In 10 Card games, Moose Match, Mayhem card game
*Ingredients for a pancake breakfast day or a hot cocoa party
*A craft for the whole class to complete
*Homemade coupon with an activity to be redeemed at a future date –such as an ice cream party
*New packs of playdoh
*An assortment of non-perishable snacks for a surprise afternoon snack day.
*Durable Mini Flashlights for “Read by Flashlight” fun.
*Red Plastic Solo Shot Cups (The kiddos love stacking them to make different creations, and we don’t have this size.)
God’s blessings!!
Karen Cooper
