Polar Express In School

Students added their contributions to a Christmas tree located in the HMS Library. Every branch on this tree was covered with coats, hats, gloves, and scarves.

Winter Holiday Room Parties are Thursday, December 17th at 2:45 p.m. after the Winter Sing-A-Long. We hope you can help plan, or assist the day of, with your child's party. If you are unsure of your child's room parent coordinators, please contact Room Parent Co-Chairs Jennifer Chan Wong or Julie Sandler.

Just a quick reminder, we will be fundraising at the stadium on Saturday, Nov 21st. If anyone is still interested in participating, send me an email.

-We are currently having our annual school wide fundraiser. Students are selling cookie dough, Cinnabons, and magazine subscriptions. We will use the money from the fundraiser to purchase items for our school. This year we would like to buy a sound/video system for our auditorium. Students need to have their money and order forms to the office no later than October 25th. If you have any questions please contact Nichole Jones at our office.

Our donation goal towards St. Jude is $845,000. The revenue will be made up of ticket sales, from which $83 of every $85 ticket will be donated to give us a total of $360,000. Merchandise proceeds, $15 per hat and $30 per t-shirt, will accumulate to a total of $225,000. This will be combined with donations from the silent auction, with a goal of $10,000, and general donations, with a goal of $250,000. This total of at least $845,000 will go directly to St. Jude for research, treatment, and patient

A polar bears fur isn’t white, it just looks white. There fur is actually clear, hollow tubes filled with air. “An outer coat of long guard hair that sticks together when wet protects a dense, thick under coat.” When a polar bear rolls, water rolls off of the guards hairs. “Scarring or residue on the fur can cause the “white” fur to appear

There is always time to share with the less fortunate before the end of the year. With the holidays drawing near, CHHS teachers are taking the time to help the less fortunate kids with a thoughtful organization called Operation Christmas Child. This is an amazing journey of a shoebox gift that travels around the world to be received by a child in need. One simple shoebox filled with toys and accessories can definitely make a difference in a child's life. Many of these unprivileged children have never received a Christmas gift in their entire childhood. A shoebox packed with hygiene items, accessories, clothes, even toys will fill a child's heart with love. One shoebox can make a huge impact. What comes in the box is fun but what comes out of

NewSong is in the process of creating an idea for a major gifts program. In the fall of this year they want to have an event for individuals in the community, such as a gala or a dinner, in the hopes of cultivating larger donations and other major

It was just a few days before Thanksgiving, and the first train load of Christmas request arrived early in the afternoon. Children from all over the world had written Santa a letter telling him what they wanted for Christmas. The elves working in the post office take great care to open, read, and catalog what each child wanted. Each of the elves selects a letter for Santa and his wife to read. With the volume of mail they receive, it would be impossible for Santa to read all the letters.

On October 23 2016 I had the opportunity to volunteer at Pioneer Elementary Fall Fest. Fall Fest is a school wide event where the students dress up in their Halloween costumes and come to school to participate in fun games and activities. Having worked the same event last year, I was familiar with what we were doing and what activities there were available to work. This year, I worked the sugar candy table. Kids would come to our table, and pick what flavor of sugar candy they wanted. We then squirted the candy into a container and in return we got two tickets. At Fall Fest, each game or activity costs a certain number of tickets. Upon arrival, parents would have to pay a few dollars for a ticket, this way the parents club could benefit from

It is 5 weeks until Christmas and Santa is all set – he knows what the kids want, he has it ready to go and he is feeling prepared. Then all of a sudden, Santa finds out that what he thought the kids wanted is not correct. The kids want items that he may not be able to supply to each child. And they don’t want what he is already planning to give.

Silent auctions require a lot of volunteers. Luckily, you should have a lot of those from the mission participants. If a few more are needed, ask parents

The events name is going to be Cocktails & Kindness, and will be a cocktail and hordevour party to raise money for the non profit Books For Kids. Elegant glitter décor will be used.

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The North Pole; not the North Pole where Santa lives with his elves and reindeer, the other North Pole. The North Pole that many people don’t think of, or care of. Many people don’t know a lot about the North Pole. Some people think of a cold place with penguins and polar bears. They don’t understand what is actually going on at the North Pole or how it got discovered. What many people don’t understand is that there are different types of North Poles. Another thing they don’t know is how the North Pole is changing over time and some of the reason is because of us. Life at the North Pole is totally different from the United States of America; even the daylight and night times are totally different.