Martin Luther King Day

Happy Birthday Dr.King! We have celebrated his birthday with books, works, cooking...but maybe the best descriptive of MLK's influence is an event that happened on the playground. There were several girls playing in the castle house, who when approached by two girls and a boy, loudly exclaimed: 'No boys allowed". That did not fly with the latter group, which ran up to the teacher and still in disbelief, confided:" That is not fair rule. We have to change it. They should change it! We should go back to the castle and tell them it is not fair, and it cannot be a rule. Everyone is allowed in the castle because it belongs to all the children. Yeah, it belongs to the school. Lets go!" And they went and changed rules and made peace...Just like Martin Luther King JR. taught us...:)

Introducing the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

Making Vanilla and Chocolate Pudding

Yum

Cooking Play dough in different colors

Different colors together

Even if it is different color it is still the same play dough

International Social

We are truly grateful for the diverse community we have at our school! This Social was a beautiful celebration of our differences and richness of our cultures. Warm thank you to all of you who came, performed, shared your talents, food and crafts!

Christmas singing

Christmas singing with Kristin

Singing with Ms. Kristin on Pajama Day

On Friday we celebrated Winter Solstice-the shortest day of the year. Wearing pajamas and drinking hot cocoa...does it get better than that? Well yes, if Ms.Kristin visits with her guitar and beautiful voice! Everyone enjoyed our Christmas sing-a-long!

super boys in pajamas

Extending our kindness to animals around the school 

Children strung cheerios to hang on our tree for birds to enjoy

Maybe even a squirrel will munch on this one

It will be a feast:)

Warming up with Hot Cocoa

Singing with Ms.Kristin!

Santa Lucia Celebration in Primary Classes

rolling Lusskats

Spinkle of Cinnamon

Trying on some Swedish Clogs

Oldest girl and boy serving treats

Saint Lucia's Day

Saint Lucia's Day is dedicated to Saint Lucy and is observed on the 13th of December in Sweden and Norway and other European countries and in the United States in communities with a large number of people of Scandinavian ancestry.

Oldest boy in class with light (traditionally candle) to represent hope.

A traditional kind of bun, Lussekatt ("St. Lucia Bun"), made with saffron, is normally eaten on this day. We made our own delicious Saffron buns.

The oldest girl in the class wore a white Swedish gown with a red sash and candle-wreath in her hair and along with oldest boy in class carrying light distributed sweets.