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Day 5: Teachers and Paraprofessionals

Whew! We made it through a very exciting and fun filled week! I know that the children are itching to be at home with their families, patiently awaiting the arrival of one of their favorite people! To wrap up our week of random acts of Christmas kindness, we made thank you cards for each teacher and paraprofessional in our school! Each student was in charge of making one thank you card and attaching our "rack'd" letter as well as a candy cane to the care package. Two second grade elves helped me to deliver all of the beautiful card to the faculty mailboxes. I apologize, but with the extremely busy day we had today, I completely forgot to take pictures of the elves in action today! I promise that once again they were excited to be doing something special for other people, and the cards that they made were just amazing! I hope that the faculty of Hartland School know just how much the second grade and I appreciate each and every one of them!

As I final note, I am attaching my bi-weekly newsletter. It describes all of this weeks' acts of kindness, as well as includes a little plug for my website :) Please feel free to check it out when you a get a chance. Now I am off to start baking for the annual Forler/Swanson Christmas Eve party. I wish all of my students and their families a safe and relaxing break! Be sure to squeeze your loved ones a little tighter tonight and let them know just how much you appreciate them!

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Day 4: Superintendent, Principal & Nurse

Here we are at Thursday, and that means another act of random kindness! Today the second graders and I recognized Dr. Fish, our school superintendent, Ms. Hollingsworth, our school principal, and Mrs. Casey, our school nurse. We had a difficult time deciding what to offer as our act of kindness, but we finally decided upon a bag of trail mix. Once again, I provided all of the essentials (granola, chocolate chips. peanuts, raisins, and craisins), and my little elves went to work! They filled the bags will all of the goodies, and when the bags were ready, we attached our "rack'd" letter and off they went!

Although Dr. Fish and Ms. Hollingsworth were in a meeting, I hope that they were still able to enjoy our treat! Mrs. Casey was very grateful for a healthy treat at this time of the year!

Now I'm off to plan for our biggest act of kindness yet: all of the teachers and paraprofessionals in our building! Yikes!

Day #3: Specials Teachers

Welcome to Wednesday! As we continue our theme of Random Acts of Christmas Kindness, the kids were very excited to find out that today we would be honoring our four specials teachers: gym, music, art, and library. These four educators are absolutely amazing with all that they do in the one or two periods that they have the children each week. Recognizing them for their greatness has been long overdue! The children chose to deliver a bag of popcorn along with a handmade card to each of these teachers. Here they are hard at work decorating and writing out those thoughtful cards!

Finally when all of the gifts and cards were ready, the second grade elves were eager to deliver them! I hope that all four of the teachers felt the kindness that is simply radiating from Room 3!