Day 18

Everyone enjoyed our fabulous winter celebration at school. The students rotated to all the stations allowing them to experience many fun activities. They decorated scrumptious sugar cookies. Creating a foam snow globe with our class picture was fun too. Picking up Hershey's kisses with chopsticks was a bit of a challenge! BINGO is always popular, especially when you can win a Tootsie pop. Many students also painted or created a snowflake ornament. Everyone was very busy! I am always thankful to all the parents who helped by coordinating the party, running the stations, and sending supplies. It would be much more stressful without all of their work!

Day 17

Today we had an assembly at school. Our 3rd, 4th and 5th grade starter string students played a few songs. They looked quite professional in their performance clothes. Then Mrs. Childers, Mrs. Lueking and Mr. Fowler played the flute, violin and piano. The students chimed in and sang some familiar holiday songs. Finally, several staff members sang three songs: Deck the Halls, Winter Wonderland and Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. It was fun to watch and sing.

Day 15

We usually have a holiday assembly or two. Today, my class found a spot in the gym with the other 500 students to enjoy the music of the Lincoln Magnet School Jazz Band. Unfortunately, I had to spend most of my time looking for the substitute art teacher so I could go to our mandatory grade level meeting, so I only got to hear a couple of the songs.