Sunday, December 20, 2015

This week's blog is all pictures.  We had the most incredible week at Roycemore with so much fun going on!  Please scroll down to see all the excitement!

The Kindergarten had their annual car show!













First Diwali, then Hanukkah, and now SANTA!  Thank you Jeff Bach (Reagan Gr. 3, Christian Gr. 5, Hailey Gr. 9 and two alums)









The First through Fourth Graders went to the Robert Crown Center for ice-skating!

The Pre-Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten children made gingerbread men, and they ran away!  The children went on a hunt to find them, and celebrated finding them with parties in their rooms.











We always traditionally end the day before Winter Break with our Wassail Party.  This year we did a service project where all the students made blankets for Project Linus.  Some students made fleece blankets and others created squares for quilts. Our blankets will go to children who are ill in hospitals to make them feel better.  The older Middle and Upper School students buddied up with our Lower School students to help them.  We ended by our tradition of singing holiday songs in all the languages taught at Roycemore: English, of course, but also Spanish, French and Mandarin.


















Sunday, December 13, 2015

Wasn't Winter Program Wonderful!!!! Thank you to Mrs. Herrick and Mrs. Wunder for putting together such a fabulous production! The music was wonderful and the dance/tumblers fantastic!!! (See more pictures below)

Thank you to Director of Technology, Beth Shutters for going into all the classrooms to introduce coding to our students and for a fabulous HOUR OF CODE FAMILY CELEBRATION. It was so much fun to see how STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is alive and well at Roycemore!  See pictures below. 

AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT CLASSES
 You should have all received your enrichment flyers.  Please remember they are due on Wednesday, Dec. 16. If you did not get them, I have attached the flyers to the email accompanying this blog. 

WASSAIL CELEBRATION FRIDAY 12/18  2:00-3:00PM
SCHOOL DISMISSED AT 3:00, EDP GOES TO 6:00PM as usual
A long tradition at Roycemore is our Wassail Celebration where the entire community comes together to celebrate the holidays.  One of the things we will do is Project Linus!

PROJECT LINUS FRIDAY 12/18 (donations needed by 12/17)
As part of our Wassail celebration, all members of the Roycemore community (parents welcome) will work together to create fleece blankets for Project Linus.  If you can donate two yards of flannel, it would be appreciated.  

PICTURES THIS WEEK
1. The 4th Grade art gallery. Their beautiful watercolor pictures that showed the feelings portrayed in the book they were reading in literature, The Bridge to Tarabithia.

2. Lots of pictures of the matinee and evening performances of Winter Program, including one of our youngest students intently watching the tumbling!

3. Thank you to Vered Kaufman (Julian PK and Jonah Gr.1), Lisa Bretones (Arianna Gr. 1 and Natalia Gr. 5) and Beth Parab (Sauchi Gr. 1 and Ani Gr. 3) for sharing Hanukkah stories and games with our children.  The children also had some delicious latkes (potato pancakes), gelt (chocolate money) and dreidals to eat and play with.


4. Hour of Code Family Celebration was so much fun, including getting name tags printed on our 3D printer.


AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT
Each week I will list all the activities that we offer, but do know that sometimes, some of them will not go.  Please check them to see which ones are going that week.

K-Lego Club will meet Monday, December 14 in the Kindergarten Room from 3:15-4:00.
Gr. 1-4 Lego Club will meet Monday, December 14 in the 3rd Grade Classroom G13 from 3:15-4:00.
Programming will meet Monday, December 14 in the 4th Grade Classroom G12 from 3:15-4:00.
Martial Arts will meet Tuesday, December 15 in the Multi Purpose Room from 3:15-4:00.
Creative Improv will meet Wednesday, December 16 in the Gross Motor Room from 3:15-4:00.
Cross Country will  meet Wednesday, December 16 in the Gym Foyer from 3:15-4:00. 
Chess Club will  NOT meet Thursday, December 17 in the EDP Room and G06 from 3:00-4:00 
Fitness Fun Friday will NOT meet Friday, December 18 in the Gym from 3:15-4:00 because of the Wassail Celebration.
Spanish Club will NOT meet Friday, December 18 in Room 227 with pickup in the Foyer because of the Wassail Celebration.

A REMINDER: Please remember that Roycemore Lower School is a nut/peanut-free environment.  Please remember this when you send in birthday treats and snacks for your children.  There are many other allergies, specific to individual children, so please check with your classroom teacher before sending in treats.  Thank you in advance for caring about all of our children.

Finally, a reminder that available on RenWeb is a school calendar with all events. This can be found in the "School Information" section under the heading "Calendar." Please consult this calendar for a weekly preview of what is coming up.