​Dear Parent and Guardians, 

I want to congratulate all the students on two amazing Christmas concerts. They worked hard and we are all so proud. This week is our final week before Christmas break. We have some special activities going on throughout the week.

Reminders: 

MAS Clothing- Our clothing order has arrived. We will be sending orders home on Monday. If the order is a gift, please be sure to let me know.

Christmas Angel Tree- Thank you to our school community for being so kind and generous during the holiday season. Every angel has been taken off the tree. When you return the gift, we ask that it come back wrapped with the angel tree tag attached to the gift. Please have wrapped gifts back to the school no later than December 20th.

Tots and Taters- Reminder there is NO hot lunch orders this week on Tuesday and Friday. Please be sure to send a lunch with your child if they normally order.

MAS Christmas Caroling- Reminder on Tuesday December 18th we are inviting students and parents back to the school to spread some Christmas cheer around the neighborhood. We will meet here at 6pm and break into groups to go caroling. We will then return to the school around 7pm for hot chocolate and cookies. Feel free to wear a Christmas hat.

This week:  

Monday, Dec. 17- Pizza hot lunch. MAS clothing order coming home. 

Tuesday, Dec. 18- String Quartet visit. Christmas Caroling 6pm. 

Wednesday, Dec. 19- Christmas shopping spree.  Milk forms due.

Thursday, Dec. 20 - Hot lunch Great Canadian Bagel.  Wear fun Christmas Clothing (sweaters, shirts, etc)

Friday, Dec. 21- Christmas PJ day. Come dressed in your favorite Christmas jammies. Pancake breakfast for all. Multi-age Christmas stations.  Reminder this is the last day before Christmas break and it is a full day.

What we are learning this week:

Literacy: This week we will be continuing our work with poetry. We will be focusing on rhyming poems and limericks. Students will be reading poems as well as creating their own.

Math: This week we will be doing math review of measurement to prepare for our next unit. We will also be reviewing all math concepts we have covered so far in our math stations.

Science: In science, we will be looking at and experimenting with physical and chemical changes in matter.  

Health: This week we are continuing our discussion on safety and how students can play a role in keeping themselves safe in a variety of different situations.

French: In French will be doing holiday activities to learn new vocabulary. We will be discussing traditions around the holidays and learning many new words.

If you have any questions please let me know. Have a great week!