Happy Holidays

Hello again KA families,

We had an incredible last week of the school year filled with holiday traditions and cheer. Following our last snow day of 2025, we went to the Holiday Shoppe to pick out gifts for you from your children. I can tell you that each one of them really took the time to think of what you like and/or what reminded them of you to choose what gift to get you. They helped pick out the wrapping paper and ribbons and filled out the gift tag. They spent the rest of the day so excited to give you their gifts. I hope you enjoy them! 

We read some holiday books and enjoyed some special treats this week as well. During their time with Mrs. Mac, students decorated gingerbread men after reading multiple books about gingerbread together. Students enjoyed a mug of hot chocolate while I read The Polar Express, Ms. Waye and Ms. MacKenzie took candy canes, apples and oranges around to all the classes, Ms. Karen took in some homemade cookies after the concert for the school, and some friends in class took some treats in to share as well. It was a delicious week!

We also of course had our Holiday Concert on Thursday. It was a big day for students as they performed in the morning for the school and in the afternoon for the families. They did a fantastic job and I am so proud of them all. And a big thank you to Mme. Morgan for helping your children’s talent shine! I hope you enjoyed it as well.

We also had holiday themed learning centers this week in class. The centers that used paper copies were sent home in the homework bags on Wednesday. This week our learning centers practiced number recognition in various forms, spatial awareness, composing numbers, hand strength and dexterity, letter finding and matching, word matching and syllable counting. 

On Friday, Mrs. Szwarc invited us to special activities in the gym and we were able to participate in glow bowling, face painting, table hockey and other fun games for some end of the year fun. 

And on Friday afternoon, we were treated to a surprise visit from Santa! Excitement was high and hearts were full!

Please check backpacks and homework bags. In their backpack is a small gift from the KA class to each student and in the homework bag is the Santa letter they wrote asking for something for a loved one. Also, the holiday break is a good time to clean out any extra papers that were sent home over the past couple of weeks.

Next Year in KA:

Monday, January 5, Day 2: Mrs. Mac, Phys. Ed & Library

Tuesday, January 6, Day 3: Music

Wednesday, January 7, Day 4: Mrs. Mac & Phys. Ed

Thursday, January 8, Day 5: Music

Friday, January 9, Day 6: Mrs. Mac & Phys. Ed

Wishing all the families of KA a wonderful holiday vacation and I look forward to seeing everyone again in the New Year! 

Lisa 😊