Author: nickeld

Weekly schedule
DECEMBER 14-18, 2009
Bus duty: MR. THOMAS KREHBieL

Volume 13, issue 13

COMING:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 10 a.m. & 7 p.m. Christmas Concert (see details below)
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 H1N1 Immunizations (see details on back)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 Christmas Spirit Day (wear red and green, Santa hats, etc.)
Hearing Screening ( K, 1, 2, 3, 5, new & special ed. Students)

DECEMBER 4, 2009

UPCOMING EVENTS:
▪December 15, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. are the dates for our GES Christmas Concert. This program will have 5th grade band, K-3 Choir ("The Nutcracker Suite"), Christmas carols, and the 4th and 5th grade choir. Students should wear school clothes in the morning and nice clothes for the evening program. Have K-4 students in their classroom at 6:45 p.m.. 5th Grade Band students need to be in the music room by 6:30 p.m.
▪December 17, 2:30-4:00 p.m.—H1N1 immunization is offered for the 2nd dose for children 9 years old and younger. Those who missed the first dose are also welcome. Paperwork is available in the office. See note on back.
▪December 22, 9:30 a.m.—Caroling at Bethesda; 10:00 a.m.—Christmas Parties.
▪December 22– 12:30 p.m.—Christmas vacation begins.
SCHOOL NEWS:
▪Check our voice mail to keep up to date with GES news and changes caused by weather, 367-2818. Website: USD411.org.
COMMUNITY NEWS:
▪Christmas Giving Tree is back. The Goessel Ministerial Alliance and the Crossroads Credit Union are again sponsoring a "Christmas Giving Tree". They would like to ask all parents who feel they could use a little help with Christmas expenses to fill out an application. Applications are available at the Goessel, Tabor and Alexanderwohl Mennonite Churches, the Citizens State Bank, Crossroads Credit Union and the school office. Applications need to be turned in NOW to any of the churches or at the Crossroads Credit Union in a sealed envelope marked "Christmas Giving Tree". The names of the children will not be on the tag.
PTO NEWS:
▪PTO Food Drive will be extended until December 16. Especially needed items are: cereal, laundry soap, dish soap, toilet paper, brownie mixes, canned fruit, hamburger helper, mac & cheese, ramen noodles and other instant boxed foods. Canned vegetables are well stocked at this time.
▪There are some 50th Anniversary Cookbooks available for $13.00 each. Call the school if you want one.
▪Continue to collect
Boxtops.
Make your life as meaningful
as possible; live in such a way that you can be proud of yourself; act in such a way that some part of you lives on.
Oswald Spengler.

Mr. Stucky & 2nd Grade created 271 feet of Christmas Chain, just 4 feet short of the record!

Frosty 4th graders play in the frigid temps.