December Weekly Update

Week of Monday, December 7th - Friday, December 11th, 2026

Cozy classroom decorated for December with paper snowflakes, a reading nook, and a wall calendar

📣 Families! Here's What's Happening This Week:

Give parents and caregivers a clear look at your week with a template built for sharing activities, assignments, and upcoming dates.

We've added placeholders for the info home adults most want to know! And here's a Pro Tip: Add lots of pictures of students. It's the key to parent engagement!

📆 Our Schedule This Week

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🙌 Weekly Shout-Outs

This week we're traveling the globe! Students will explore winter celebrations like Hanukkah, Las Posadas, Kwanzaa, and the winter solstice. Ask your child which tradition they found most surprising.

📝 Assignments

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Share procedures for assignments & include a link if they can be submitted virtually. Here, we link to an assignment sheet.

🗓 Coming Up!

Event Information

Winter Break

✅ WE HAVE SCHOOL:
👉 Monday, December 21st
👉 Tuesday, December 22nd (special celebrations!)
✅ WE DON'T HAVE SCHOOL:
👉 Wednesday, December 23rd - Friday, January 1st
👉 Classes resume Monday, January 4th

When?

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2026, 03:00 PM

Where?

Home!

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💡 Reminders

1. IMPORTANT DATES 📆

List 'em here! Due dates, parent conferences, school closures, half-days, special programs, etc.

2. ASK YOUR CHILD ABOUT ❓

Help home adults support classroom activities by providing them with a few discussion prompts to ask their children.

3. RESOURCES FOR YOUR CHILD 🤗

Is your child struggling with coming to school or with homework? Here's how we can help:

Be clear and specific about spelling out resources for home adults each week.
Link to contact info for the school counselor.

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Teacher Teacher

Make sure to include all your contact information.

Email: teacher@youremail.org
Website: www.schoolname.org
Text/phone: 555-555-5555

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📣 Families! Here's What's Happening This Week:

📆 Our Schedule This Week 📆 Our Schedule This Week

🙌 Weekly Shout-Outs 🙌 Weekly Shout-Outs

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📝 Assignments 📝 Assignments

🗓 Coming Up! 🗓 Coming Up!