Dear Parents,

At the last school assembly, we recognized students who displayed the character trait, empathy. Congratulations to Anna, Maggie, Jonny and Jack for being honoured with a certificate!  They are understanding and supportive classmates who reflect all the children's efforts in making our classroom a positive and caring place to learn. 

During this week, the children have been learning about different traditions and celebrations such as Hanukkah and Christmas; they helped to make potato latkes and designed gingerbread houses. Thank you to the wonderful volunteers who helped with these activities.

This past week, the children also discussed the tradition of giving to a charity during the holiday season. The school is collecting new hats and mittens for a local women's shelter until the end of next week. The children would like your support in continuing a classroom tradition to adopt an animal through the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).  Through this symbolic adoption, we would be helping WWF protect a variety of at risk animals and the habitats they call home. If each child could bring in a small donation ( i.e. a toonie ) that would help us continue this classroom tradition that reflects the spirit of giving to others during the holidays.

Finally, the children enjoyed listening to a variety of musical performances and also shared two songs at our school concert this week; please encourage them to share their songs with you at home if you were not able to attend.

Thank you for your continued support.