11-15 de diciembre

¡Hola Familias!

We have had a GREAT week learning and celebrating together! It was such a joy to celebrate our Savior's birth together this Tuesday at our SI Christmas Concert. If you would like to watch the recording, here is the link. I am so proud of the kids for all the hard work they put into learning the songs and acting out the Christmas story!

Here are some more updates from our week...

Reading / Lectura: This week we reviewed the syllables la, le, li, lo, lu. We are gaining more confidence in writing words and syllables as well! We've also been reading pattern books together, which are great for building confidence in early readers!

Writing / Escritura: We have continued writing pattern books and sharing our work with others. The kids are working on adding spaces between words and a punto (period) at the end of each sentence.

Math / Matemáticas: This week we worked on exploring shapes, including el hexágono. We have also been practicing addition and subtraction facts and exploring patterns, shapes and more in our Christmas math centers.

Bible / Biblia: We have been working on memorizing parts of Lucas 2, as well as practicing retelling the story of Jesus' birth.

Lost and Found

Our lost and found table by the office is quite full! It will be donated at the end of next week, so please stop by to claim anything that might belong to your child! See photo below.

Tech Devices at School

As we’re entering gift-giving season, we’ve been noticing a few children showing off smart watches and devices that have connectivity outside of school. Your child’s safety and mental wellness is our priority. To that end, children are not permitted to bring devices that have connectivity outside of school. This policy is meant for your child’s well-being as well as that of classmates. Please note this policy that holds preschool through 12th grade at Holland Christian. Thank you for your mindfulness and partnership:

Personal Technology: Personal Technology is not necessary in a school setting and disrupts the learning environment. Personal Technology includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Cell Phones

• Smartwatches

• Headphones or Earbuds

• Personal Laptops

• MP3-Players

Etc. (i.e. Any non-school issued personal technology)

If parents need to communicate with their student, they can send their student an email or call the office and get a note from the office.  Personal Technology items are not allowed to be used or visible during the time a student enters school until the final bell rings. If a student needs to use their phone, they must receive direct permission from a staff person to do so. 

Shoes for PE

As we enter the winter months and many of your kids are wearing boots to school, please remember to have tennis shoes in their locker or backpack for their PE days (Tuesdays and some Fridays)!

Hearing and Vision Screenings - coming in January! 
Hearing screening January 11 for grades K, 2, and 4

Vision screening January 12 for grades 1, 3, and 5

Parents can opt out if desired, but you need to submit the following in writing: name of student, date of screening, which screening opting out of, and parent signature. *Children with shunts or medically implanted devices cannot do the hearing screening.

We've got one more week till Christmas vacation! Have a wonderful weekend and see you back on Monday. :) Here are more photos from our week: