Dear families,
This month, we celebrate Christmas! Welcome to Advent, the most wonderful time of the year! To get you in the spirit, we have a Christmas-themed Advent article with many resources. We hope you have a peaceful and joyous Christmas with your loved ones. We thank you for your Learning Commons patronage and look forward to serving you in the New Year.🎄
Announcements & Reminders
⭐️ Postal Strike Update: The postal strike is ongoing, and we thank you for your patience and flexibility as our shipping team has worked hard to find ways for you to receive and ship. We are hopeful we will hear some good news soon. Families in small communities who are a long way from a depot drop please wait until after Christmas to ship items back to HCOS. If you have questions about this, email Kelly Wiebe.
🎄Christmas-themed Book Highlights will be posted in the Learning Commons Hub all through the Christmas Season to encourage all of our students to get reading over the Winter break.
Parent Events & Webinars
- A Winter Storytime with Margaret & Dewey the Dragon on Dec. 10, 2024, for K – grade 4, but all are welcome. Register here.
Student Highlights & Contests
- Winter Photo Contest! 2024: Connections/Connecting
- Secret Santa! For those of you participating in the Student Secret Santa, you have been sent the name of the person you are sending a card and gift to. Please make sure to send it off by Dec 12th. If you have questions, you can email Erin Duncan.
Resource Updates & Tips
- Have some fun with these hands-on resources! Everything from robots to construction sets can be found in the Search Portal.
- Resource Highlight – Social Language Programs -Room 14 and Room 28 focus on social skills, problem-solving and communication.
- New on Sora More from the Wings of Fire series, new picture books, chapter books and readers, and…. new Audiobooks.
- Learn more here! Enchanted Learning has Christmas crafts galore. Enjoy!
- Tynker (K – 10) teaches coding as students create games and animated projects. Teachers set up classrooms, add students and send them login info. Students tynker.
Blessings From The Learning Commons
We thank you for your Learning Commons patronage and look forward to serving you in the New Year.🎄We hope you have a peaceful and joyous Christmas with your loved ones.
