November was such a fun month! At school we focused on our virtues and values. All the students discussed what it means to be good friends and how we can help our friends and family. We also discussed what we are thankful for and the meaning the Thanksgiving. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, our book of the month was “To Fill a Bucket”. We discussed how we can fill our friends’ buckets by being kind and understanding friends. We also learned about the United States this month. The students looked at where the U.S. is located on a map, and we discussed how there are 50 states in our country. We looked at the many different environments that we see throughout our country, such as mountains, deserts, swamps, and warm or cold states. We also talked about how our country is a melting pot of many different cultures.



For Thanksgiving, the students created their own version of turkeys. Some classes used paper to paste together a turkey and other classrooms created hand turkeys. Many classes also used fallen leaves to create special fall art projects. The primary classrooms created pressed leaf art using chalk and leaves, while our preprimary classroom dipped their leaves in paint and used those to transfer the print to paper. In November, we also had our Harvest Feast! Thank you, families, for helping us put together a delicious Harvest Feast buffet. The children got to try some foods they don’t typically see on our school menu. November was amazing and now we look ahead to December.

In December, the students will be discussing the different celebrations around the world. We will talk about Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanza, Diwali, and more. The students will see how different cultures celebrate their holidays. For Geography, our minds will travel to Europe. We will learn about the different countries in Europe and how the cultures differ. We will also be practicing for our Winter Recital! Each classroom will learn a few winter/holiday songs to perform for their families. In December, we look forward to a visit from Santa. We will get the chance to tell Santa what we hope for the holidays. We will be closing out the year with a very fun month of special activities.