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Date Added: 12/20/2024

To celebrate the holiday season and encourage time spent with family, Polk Street School hosted a gingerbread decorating activity with second graders and their families on Dec. 18.

To prepare for the activity, the second grade classes read gingerbread-themed books, including “The Gingerbread Girl” by Lisa Campbell Ernst.  

Each student received a gingerbread person, generously made by a parent, to decorate with frosting, candy and marshmallows.

Click here to view the PSS Hosts Gingerbread Decorating slideshow.

Date Added: 12/20/2024

John Street School students in grades pre-K through sixth grade enjoyed the festive multicultural show, “Mistletunes,” performed by the Squeaky Clean Band on Dec. 17.

The music group, led by singers Suzanne Smithline and Glenn Manion, discussed the multiple holidays and traditions often observed in December, including Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa. The students clapped and sang along to energetic renditions of classic holiday tunes, including “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “The Dreidel Song” and “Feliz Navidad.” They also learned the seven principles of Kwanzaa, reciting them in Swahili.

Date Added: 12/19/2024

Date Added: 12/18/2024

Last month, in honor of November being Men’s Health Awareness Month, our school participated in the “Movember Movement” to raise awareness and support for men’s health. To honor the cause throughout the month, students and staff were encouraged to wear blue on Fridays, and staff could donate to wear jeans and join in No Shave November. Students were given fake mustaches, as well, to join the fun. The school raised  $432.00 for Movember Foundation, which is dedicated to men’s health awareness and cancer research.

Date Added: 12/13/2024