Merry Christmas 2015!
by Isaiah Durbin, student boosters small group
Mr. Barnes put together another wonderful Christmas program. He has put so
much time and effort into his programs and this year was yet another example of
his hard work. Some elements of the program come together at the last moment - one
thing he mentioned was that the different classes had learned a song separately
and come together to do it for the first time that morning! First and second
grade said they had fun learning with Mr. Barnes.
Every year we have a Christmas tree decorating contest where the grades are
separated out and get to decorate their own tree. Kindergarten had a foil tree
where they made ornaments and a star out of foil. First and second grade had a
snowflake tree with candy canes. Third and fourth had a camping tree complete
with s’mores ornaments. Fifth and sixth
had their traditional World Vision tree with picture of many flags of countries
across the world, which leads me to another topic I will discuss in a moment. The
7th and 8th grade class had a heritage tree covered with little snippets of
information about our American heritage. Ninth through twelfth had the
simplicity tree (their excuse for not decorating the tree). The trees are then
judged by the people who attend the Christmas program by donating money to the
tree they think is the best. That money is then put into our World Vision missions
fund. Our winning tree this year was the 5th and 6th
grade, who brought in an additional $103.00 for our World Vision shopping day.
I
mentioned World Vision a little bit ago. Every semester the entire school gets
together for World Vision Chapel where we buy things for people in need with
the money that we raise throughout the year and from donations we get for each
tree. It's a lot of fun and everyone participates. World Vision Chapel is
Friday, December 18, 2015, and all parents are invited to join us.
Thanks again to all the parents and guests who came out to join us for the Christmas program! We do wish you all a Merry Christmas!
Mr. Barnes put together another wonderful Christmas program. He has put so
much time and effort into his programs and this year was yet another example of
his hard work. Some elements of the program come together at the last moment - one
thing he mentioned was that the different classes had learned a song separately
and come together to do it for the first time that morning! First and second
grade said they had fun learning with Mr. Barnes. 
Every year we have a Christmas tree decorating contest where the grades are
separated out and get to decorate their own tree. Kindergarten had a foil tree
where they made ornaments and a star out of foil. First and second grade had a
snowflake tree with candy canes. Third and fourth had a camping tree complete
with s’mores ornaments. Fifth and sixth
had their traditional World Vision tree with picture of many flags of countries
across the world, which leads me to another topic I will discuss in a moment. The
7th and 8th grade class had a heritage tree covered with little snippets of
information about our American heritage. Ninth through twelfth had the
simplicity tree (their excuse for not decorating the tree). The trees are then
judged by the people who attend the Christmas program by donating money to the
tree they think is the best. That money is then put into our World Vision missions
fund. Our winning tree this year was the 5th and 6th
grade, who brought in an additional $103.00 for our World Vision shopping day.
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