Update to the 12 Days of Reindeer Games:
-Door Decorating Contest will now end on Monday. Voting will be Tues and Wed. Winner announced on Thurs.
-Ugly Christmas Sweater Day will now be on Tuesday with our festive facemasks.
-Gingerbread Man Hunt for staff will be on Monday.
Important:

Tough choices!!! 3rd grade students also plotting the choices on a graph for each student vote in the class.


We had a group dancing this morning to our Christmas music. The group kept growing and growing!!!



The joys of getting ready for recess in an elementary building in the winters!!


We love the PTO program, Art Reach, and the art projects that the students create! A huge thanks to the volunteers for helping with the program!

Our 2nd graders do such a great job walking safely down the hallway and following their ROARS!

Today we had our first of two tornado drills that we do throughout the year. The students did a great job of moving quickly to their safety areas!

Our teachers are AWESOME! We spent 2 hours in professional learning after school today. Teachers could select their learning paths - everything from Relaxation techniques to Tech Tips & Tools to Best Practices in Reading Instruction. Thank you to ALL of our presenters & teachers!



Today felt frosty..... and tomorrow will be Frosty The Snow Man Day! Wear your sweats!!!
I love the writing activities this time of year!!! A pet reindeer, how fun!!!

Students working on a variety of basketball skills in PE class!


Jingle all the way with our Space T-shirt’s on Space Shirt Tuesday!


Students had a great lesson today in Second Steps. They learned how to calm down when becoming frustrated. Ask them about the song they sang and the fist.



A huge THANKS goes out to Michigan One Community Credit Union in Alma for supporting our schools!!! We are so fortunate to have such an awesome community that supports the schools!!


Join in the fun tomorrow!! It will be cold, so bundle up!!!



We had a GREAT week at Hillcrest! Check out the Hillcrest Space Station Happenings-Dec. 3
https://www.smore.com/4k6wf
Have a safe weekend!
The students did really DECK THE HALLwayS in their Falalalala flannels on f-alalala-riday!

Today we will “Deck The Halls” in our Fa-La-la-la-flannel!!!!

Tomorrow the fun begins!
