Friday December 19th, 2014

One of the best things at Harrison would be the Christmas gifts from students. We always have gifts that truly are from the heart. Our students may not always have extra money to buy something for their teachers and special staff members, but they want to give something. We had a young man on Thursday who picked out the very best rocks on the way to school. He then gave them to different teachers as Christmas gifts. He was so proud of his gifts. He wanted to give something to people he really cared about. During the holiday season, remember the rock and the true reason for the season:

Last year we collected about 1200 items for our food drive. This year was 2,352 items! Wow!

Thursday we had the Principal's lunch with November student leaders. I wish you could have seen the smile on one of the kindergarten students. He is in the afternoon class and came a little earlier to school so he could participate. I'm not sure his smile could get any bigger. A big thank you to Chick-fil-A for the student lunches! The lunch also gave students an opportunity to provide input to what is working well at school, suggestions for changes, and new ideas:

Thursday was a busy day with Christmas items. We have class parties on Friday for fourth and fifth grade classrooms. Sometimes the two weeks off of school can be hard for kids. We always make sure to have plenty of special Christmas items at school. Please continue to send any pictures you would like to share.

We had Doug Maughan from CSI reading to classrooms, and he was engaging!

We had Santa visit! Here are third grade students:

We had Christmas parties! A big thank you to all the parents:

We had Christmas caroling from kindergarten students:

We had a special show for parents at the preschool, from Mrs. Gibbons' classroom:

Even with all the holiday activities, we still had students learning. During lunch I saw Mrs. Vandenbosch in the library helping a student with reading. We have persistent staff who ensure students are reaching their fullest potential: