It's Christmas Time........

What a whirlwind week of yes, some academics........some vocabulary, some fractions, some holiday writing and some character studies, and the list goes on.  About those fractions.......this is such an interesting program...the way they put numbers together is so cool, and the girls are beginning to catch on, but enough about that!  Let's look at the fun stuff!

We made stockings for the fireplace with glitter galore.  Christmas music and creativity...great combination! We've written Christmas stories and Storybirds, read Christmas stories with our Big Sisters, and we drew one more Christmas Star of David. In fact, the girls taught the eighth graders how to do it, and they loved it.  Geometry and religion...great combination. Before we were in full throttle Christmas many of the girls wrote Advent Haiku and published it in a special jeweled notebook. A few days ago ,they also made a beautiful Nativity.  Each figure was hand sculpted by each girl.  The result was just fabulous...the attention to each detail of a king or a donkey or a camel or Mary or the Baby Jesus...beautiful.

Roberts' girls from the eighth grade AND their teacher, Mrs. Crook...also a Roberts' girl!

...and the stockings were hung by the chimney with care...

              Laila Patel Supports the Troops and Their Families

Laila and her family are dedicated to a wonderful charity call Fort Lee Holiday Helper.  Laila decided to help three years ago by making beautiful jewelry and keychains to sell.  "This year my goal is to make $125 to donate," she says.  Each object, lovingly made by Laila, sells for $5. Last Friday morning Laila brought her wares to school, and our class had so much fun trying to decide what to buy. You could hear gales of laughter and joy down the hall!  By the way, Laila doubled her goal!

We are so proud of our classmate, Laila!