The Upcoming ("Christmas Crazy") Week

There is so much to be excited about coming right around the corner! Namely - Christmas!!! But as we prepare to meet the Baby Jesus once again, there's still a packed-full week of school to get through. For the most part, school will continue as normal - normal classes, normal homework, normal tests/quizzes. However, here are some out-of-the-ordinary things you can expect next week:

• Monday:
• Final research papers for 7th and 8th grades are due!!
• All three grades will begin a fun Christmas-focused writing unit.
• 6th & 7th grade will be watching a movie based on the book we just finished reading aloud as part of our Christmas short story unit - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson.
• 6th grade will start presentations of their mini history projects.
• Tuesday:
• Vocab is due a day early for 7th & 8th grade since we will not be having our class Wednesday afternoon.
• Wednesday:
• Dress rehearsal for our Christmas program will be in the afternoon 
• Thursday: Christmas Program Day!!
• The first performance will be at 1:00 p.m. All students need to be in their green Forest Hills t-shirt, unless they received different instructions from their band or handbell teacher.
• The second performance will be at 7:00 p.m. All students need to be dressed in "Sunday Best" for this performance, unless they received different instructions from their band or handbell teacher. 
• Students who are in band should report to the gym at 6:30 p.m. 
• Students who are in handbells should report to the gym at 6:30 p.m. 
• All other students should report to Mr. Plucknett's room at 6:45 p.m. on the dot.
• Friday: Christmas Celebration Day!!
• There will be so much happening this day! The three classes will be doing a variety of things including some or all of the following activities:
• Being in service to our school by helping clean up the gym from the program the night before
• Visiting with our buddies (the students can bring a little something for their buddies if they want to)
• Yummy Christmas breakfast provided by our wonderful parents
• Movies (Be sure to sign the permission slips coming home today!!)
• Parties complete with Secret Santa Gift Exchanges
• A special chapel put on by our very own 8th grade class

We are so excited for this fun-filled week! As always, let us know if you have any questions about anything.