Tuesday, December 1, 2015

December 2015 Newsletter


Klahanie School
December 2015 Newsletter
Reflections On a Scottish Christmas
by Johnny Cunningham

The dark of winter wraps around us tight. 

The lamps are fired, and flickering light

beats time to the fiddle as notes float softly down, like the years' first snow. 

While outside the window a blast of late December wind

whistles harmony to the drone of the pipes. 

We push the old year back against the wall

so we can dance a jig for Christmas and welcome in the new

November 2015 Reflection
A beautiful month shared with your children celebrating family and friendship.  Older children dove into all sorts of extended projects and the younger children many-times stopped for long pauses to watch, ask questions and seek lessons themselves.   We also had some wonderful fieldtrips to KVI beach, some neighborhood walks and making an amazing meal and eating it together in celebration of togetherness and thanks to the earth.  

December Curriculum Topics
Happy Winter Solstice and New Year!

·      Belated celebration and study of Diwali (or Deepavali, the "festival of lights") is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn (northern hemisphere) or spring (southern hemisphere) every year.  Diwali is one of the largest and brightest festivals in India. The festival spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and hope over despair.  Its celebration includes millions of lights shining on housetops, outside doors and windows, around temples and other buildings in the communities and countries where it is observed.
·      Winter Solstice
·      Evergreen/ Conifer Trees
·      Christmas and Hanukkah

Reminders/Thank You
Wow!  Where to begin with the Thank you to our school’s Parent Community?  Thank you Kelly Reese for initiating a vastly helpful project of raising money for Montessori Math Materials for our classroom!  This benefits not only your children; these materials will be well loved and explored by the future students who attend Klahanie School.  Thank you for your Parent and Community member contributions and helping make this school more and more enriched each school year!  Merci, Mahalo, Gracias, Thank you!