Whitehouse News - January 2025

Dear WHS Families,

Happy New Year!!! It is time for our WHS Family Photo Contest. This is a good way to promote family fun and memory-making! The contest guidelines are listed below.

WHS FAMILY PHOTO CONTEST

• The contest is open to all students and their families.

• One photo entry per student is permitted.

• Photos should be recent, taken during the duration of the contest (January 2025 to March 2025), and must include the child.

• The back of each photo should contain the participant’s name, grade, and a brief description of the picture.

• All photos are due by March 7, 2025 and will be displayed near the Main Office.

THE PRIZE

Winning photos will be published in the April 2025 issue of the Whitehouse School News. Winners will be selected for each of the following categories.

CATEGORIES

Most Exciting Activity

Silliest Picture

Most Educational

Farthest Location

Best Pose with a Celebrity

Again, I am looking forward to seeing all of the amazing photo submissions. Best wishes to you and yours in the new year!!

Warmly,

Dr. Ann T. DeRosa

Hold onto your hats (and your teacups) because the Whitehouse School is hopping down the rabbit hole into the enchanting world of Alice in Wonderland! This year, our school-wide thematic unit invites students to immerse themselves in Lewis Carroll’s timeless tale. Over the next few months, our students will dive into Wonderland, listening to the classic story and making interdisciplinary connections that stretch their imaginations.

As shown in the pictures, teachers are reading four different versions of it.

Here’s what’s brewing at our tea party:

• Story Synthesis Day (March 3): A day for our budding artists, writers, and thinkers to collaborate and create, blending the magic of Alice in Wonderland with their own ideas.
• New Jersey Makers Day (March 21): A day of hands-on exploration where students can unleash their inner creators by designing and tinkering.
• Drama/Storytelling Club Performances (March 27 & 28): Our talented performers will bring Alice in Wonderland to life.
• Professional Theatre Performance (April 15): A visiting troupe will treat students to a spectacular show.

Our Alice and Wonderland thematic unit is not just a celebration of a classic story—it’s a chance for our students to explore, collaborate, and think critically in new and exciting ways. As the Cheshire Cat wisely said, “Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.”

Meet some of the people who make Whitehouse School such an amazing place!

Each month, three staff members are randomly chosen and are showcased in this segment.

We are teaching the children to be fair during the month of January. Being fair simply means everyone gets what they need to succeed. Please partner with us and encourage your children to continue to show good character as they earn your permission to shade in pieces of their bucket-filler "Fairness"

puzzle!