January Newsletter
Special Thanks!
The Christmas holidays are such a special time for all of us to be reminded of God’s never-ending desire 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 were at our annual Winter Concert last night 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 deeply appreciate your support for these activities. 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 3.
Virtue-of-the-Month
Our virtue-of-the month for January will be 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
Tomorrow, 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 three weeks later on Friday, Jan. 27, for the privilege of representing our school at the regional spelling bee being held at Bergen Community College in March. The winner of this event gets an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC, for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. Please support your child if he/she is competing in the spelling bee by encouraging him/her to study the list of words given to them over the winter break that will be in the spelling bee.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and God bless your family!
New Hope School staff
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
J.K. Rowling