Holiday Boutique – Your help is needed for the Holiday Shop where students buy gifts for family and friends. Volunteers are needed for all days, but especially on Tues., Dec. 10 (preview day). Please consider volunteering a few hours of your time. You can sign up at
Holiday Boutique Volunteer Sign-Up!
Holiday Sing Along – Our annual Sing-Along will be held on Friday, December 20 in the Gym at 9am. This year we will be inviting All Howe Montessori and Center-Based students and their parent to participate in on special event which will be held in the gym. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to wear red or green and wear Santa hats, reindeer antlers, Christmas light necklaces, etc. and decorate student wheelchairs. Please bring any jingle bells that you might have (or find at the Dollar store) for your students. Let’s make this a festive event!
This week’s Star of the Week is Sophia. She will make a poster board (NOT foam board) for Monday, bring a favorite book on Tuesday, bring sharing on Wednesday, and invite a guest to lunch on Thursday. Friday have the star’s parent writes a letter about why they are so special to them. The days maybe switched around except the poster board. Only one thing per day. Next week’s Star of the Week – Merlin
Star Parent Letters – If you did not get the chance to write a letter to your student about why they are so special to you I HIGHLY recommend that you do this. I almost cry each time I read one of these to the class they are so wonderful to read and such a precious gift to your child. I have started doing these for my own children. It is a great way to let your child know how much you care about them.
International Winter Holiday Project We have been working hard on our research project. We are trying to finish up. Please check your child’s project. Your student may need your help at this point. I have been doing writing conferencing with students everyday but only one person. At this point they should have completed their notes on Google classroom, their Blueprint(Graphic Organizer ) on paper and the Rough Draft on Google Classroom. I have put in grades for the notes and Blueprint and will be doing grades for the rough draft over the next couple of days. Here is the timeline we are following:
- Pick a holiday and start taking notes – November 26, 2019
- Take notes – due December 4, 2019
- Complete your Blueprint (Graphic Organizer) – due December 6, 2019
- Write a 1st draft – due December 10, 2019
- Edit using your Informational Writing Checklist due December 11, 2019
- Create a final draft in Google Docs- due December 13, 2019
- Create a presentation with pictures, videos or audio clips in Google Slides.- due December 16, 2019
- They will present their presentation to the class. due December 16-20, 2019
Each section will be a grade for the report card. This research paper can be worked on in school and at home.
Publishing a book – I would like to publish our International Holiday research papers into a book. I published a hardcover book with my class last year and it was wonderful. I will bring a copy of last year’s book to the sign along and Gingerbread house holiday party so you can see it.
Gingerbread Houses and Holiday Party – HELP NEEDED For our Holiday Celebration we will be creating Gingerbread Houses. The celebration will be December 20th at 2 PM. You may start sending in the materials to create the houses right away so that I can make sure we have enough of everything. Parents are welcome to join us for the celebration. We will be needing supplies to make the houses and treats for the party. – Sign up Here
The Dearborn City Librarians are excited to come in and present to classes on electronic resources available to Dearborn students from the Library. This will be a 30-minute in-school field trip.
Lanyard Sale – For a fundraiser Mr. Hesch (the chess coach) will be selling Howe School lanyards. Each lanyard includes an I.D. holder. The cost is $5. Available for students and staff. The leftover proceeds will be used to fund our classroom cooking projects. Lanyard order form
Next Week will be Holiday Spirit Week December 16-20 Monday– Dress to Impress- New Years Eve Attire
Tuesday– Winter wonderland white out! Wear white & wish for snow.
Wednesday– Twin day
Thursday– PJ day! Wear your favorite holiday pjs to school!
(Please also bring in a new pair of pajamas or a monetary donation for our school’s Girl Scout troop who is doing a pj drive)
Friday– Wear Red or Green for our school’s holiday sing along.
Holiday hats or headbands are included.
No School – December 21-January 5th Holiday Break
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