Preschoolers are excited to be back at school after the holiday break. We are welcoming back all our friends and are excited to learn about pets this month! We are loving all our stuffed pet friends and taking care of them. We especially love the snakes!

This week we did a fun Christmas challenge in Library that included silly Would You Rather? questions, naming Santa’s reindeer, and singing Jingle Bells with a mouth full of marshmallows. And of course, reading holiday poems and stories!

The fifth graders are doing a play called “A Christmas Carol,” and they are working very hard so they can impress their parents when they come to watch (or watch the video). The main character is Ebenezer Scrooge played by Luke. My role is the Ghost of Christmas Past. Something cool about my role is that since I am the Ghost of Christmas Past I get to lead Ebenezer through time and show him some stuff from the past. As a class, we have learned from Ebenezer Scrooge that it is never too late to make changes. Merry Christmas!

This week 2nd Grade performed our Christmas program. They worked so hard and did an amazing job. We are so grateful we were able to sing in person this year! Second graders sang Feliz Navidad, Melekalikimaka, Walking in our Winter Underwear, and I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. We even had our special guest hippo join us!