Bridport Community Newletter
December 14th, 2025
Happy Sunday BCS!
This week is a busy one at Bridport with two big events:
1. Wednesday is our Winter Luncheon Celebration! PreK-Grade 1 Families will begin eating around 11:15, then 2nd-5th grade families will eat beginning at 11:45. Each class will have a little something to share with us- a song, a video, or a dance! Looking forward to seeing you there.
2. On Friday morning, we are headed to the Middlebury Ice Rink to go ice skating! If your child has ice skates/helmet at home- please send them in on that day. We will also have skates to borrow there, and at school that students can use.
Then, the following week we will have gifts for giving on Tuesday, followed by a movie afternoon complete with popcorn.
I can't wait to celebrate the season with our community!
Thank you for your continued support,
Jenny
My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom
“I can’t wait for my hair to grow” is the powerful opening to this book, which lays groundwork for this compelling story highlighting not only the significance of hair to Indigenous peoples, but also memory, generational trauma, and the power of healing. Using three generations of hair as the medium, Lindstrom’s sparse, poetic language (“Our ancestors say: Our hair is our memories. Our source of strength”) and Littlebird’s bright palette capture both serenity and hope. The debut illustrator’s watercolor, ink, and computer-generated art resembles woodcuts—an effective medium for the etchings contained within the long, dark hair floating across double spreads.
This month, we read and talked about the book. Then we had a conversation about indigenous peoples, and made bullroarers, which are one of the first musical instruments, and ways to communicate. We LOVED creating them on Friday out of cardboard and string- ask your student to show you!
