Special Thanks!
The Christmas holidays are such a special time for all of us to be reminded of God’s never-ending desire especially in these perilous times to see a world of peace and happiness for all His children. As we look back over the activities of the first part of the school year, we would like to take the opportunity to express our appreciation for your support and involvement. Many of you came to our annual Winter Concert in support of your children. We hope it was a great experience for you all. In addition, recently we had our annual fall Read-a-thon fundraiser. We will use the funds raised to purchase another Promethean smartboard for one of our classes. We wish to thank everyone who supported this recent fundraiser.
We hope that over the winter break your child(ren) have a well-deserved rest and be ready to invest themselves into their academic work in the new year. Please note that school will be in session starting on Tuesday, January 2.
Virtue-of-the-Month
Our virtue-of-the month for January is Courage. This is a major virtue—with physical, moral, intellectual, and civic dimensions. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose life we commemorate this month, showed tremendous courage in fighting for the civil rights of African-Americans in the face of physical injury, imprisonment, and eventually even giving his very life. Our teachers will be addressing different dimensions of courage in their classrooms.
Spelling Bee
On Friday, Dec. 22, students in the 3rd through 8th grades will take part in the preliminary round of our annual spelling bee. Ten finalists will be chosen who will then compete a month later on Friday, Jan. 26, for the privilege of becoming our school champion. Please support your child if he/she will be competing in the final spelling bee by encouraging him/her over the winter break to study the list of words given to them that will be in the finals.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and may God bless your family!
New Hope School staff
“Courage is an inner decision to go forward in spite of obstacles and frightening situations… Courage faces fear and thereby masters it… We must constantly build walls of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.