December is Full of Holidays

December is a festive month throughout the US. And it is a festive month at CPSC. Since we have many different kinds of families who celebrate many different holidays, as a school we celebrate many different holidays as well. Our effort is to bring children’s homes and the celebrations that are important to them into our school. This happens throughout the year, but December contains an unusual number. So we’ve had lots of fun this month with many of our families and teachers bringing their celebrations into our classrooms. The children whose parents shared the holidays that are so special in their homes with their classmates glowed under the special attention paid to something important to them. The children who learned about how a holiday is celebrated in the household of their friend or teacher discover once again that there are lots of different ways of celebrating and all are fun! Below is a sampling of what we have all enjoyed this month.

Our singing teacher shares Hanukkah songs
Mom and big sister share a Hanukkah story with brother's class.
Santa captured everyone's attention.
Kimee shares Kwanzaa with the children.