Wiggin Street Parent Update

Dear families,

It was great to see so many students thinking about others this morning at the Holiday Shop. We appreciate our PTO, Friends of Wiggin Street, setting up the event and helping students shop.

We have an exciting week next week with all of the Holiday Happenings! Make sure to mark your calendars! We appreciate all that our staff does to make the holidays a special time at Wiggin Street. Enjoy the pictures in this update.

Happy Holidays,

Christy Grandstaff

The students enjoyed shopping today for their friends and family at the Holiday Shop. We appreciate all the efforts from the Friends of Wiggin Street to make this such a wonderful event for all!

The next FOW meeting is Tuesday, January 7th, at 5:00 pm in the library.

Run, run, as fast as you can to see our Kindergarten classes perform "The Tale of the Gingerbread Man" play! Students should arrive at 6:00 pm on Dec. 16th to get into their costumes. Parents are welcome at that time to proceed to the gym with the performance beginning at 6:15 pm.

There is also an opportunity for older students to watch the play during their dress rehearsal on Dec. 16th at 3:05 pm.

Make sure to save the date! Mrs. Springer has been preparing our students for their Winter Program, and you won't want to miss it. The flyer provided below gives all the information needed.

Students will be celebrating the Iceland tradition of Jólabókaflóð (Icelandic Book Flood) next week. In Iceland, books are exchanged on Christmas Eve, and people spend the rest of the night reading. They take their books to bed along with some chocolate. Classroom teachers read The Christmas Book Flood in their classes for students to better understand the tradition.

Wiggin Street students chose 2-3 books to take home to read over Winter Break. They also received a bookmark to go with their books to explain the holiday as well as a packet of hot chocolate mix courtesy of Friends of Wiggin Street.

First and Second Grade students learned this week about how people from other countries celebtrate holidays based on their culture.

Second grade made pomander decorations like in France.

2nd Grade students made Christmas Trees from Germany and La Befana from Italy.

Mrs. Bebout's class had a pizza party for brining in the most contributions!

Please remember that students will go outside on days where the temperature with wind chill accounted for is 20°f and above. Be sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather each day. Coats, hats, and gloves are necessary at this time of the year. Boots are required for playing in the snow. If you need assistance with winter outerwear for your child, please contact our school, and we will happily find warm clothes for them.

Please remind your student to get their sweatshirts and jackets from lost and found. You can also submit this form to let us know what you are looking for, and we will do our best to get it to your child.

Remember that it is helpful to label all jackets, lunchboxes, bookbags. Donations will be made over winter break, so please remind your child to check out the Lost and Found.

Friends of Wiggin Street School (FOWS) would like to inform parents of an easy way to earn cash-back rewards for the school. Below are instructions provided by Kroger on how to sign-up for their charitable rewards program.

Kroger Community Rewards

Create a digital account, link your card to the organization "Friends of Wiggin Street School” and cash rewards are sent directly to this charitable organization at no added cost to you

https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards

The Mount Vernon City Schools Master Facility Advisory Committee has met since June to develop a long-term plan for our district's school facilities. This group consists of representatives from the Gambier Village Council, Kenyon, community members, parents, educators, and expers. For more information regarding the Facilities Master Plan meetings, please visit the MVCSD Website

Community flyers can be found on our district website here. Check them out!

December

16 Gingerbread Man Play Dress Reh.; 3:05

16 Gingerbread Man Play 6:15 pm (students arrive @ 6:00)

18 Gifted Seminar- Field House

Email: cgrandstaff@mvcsd.us
Website: https://www.mt-vernon.k12.oh.us/wigginstreetelementary_home.aspx
Location: 207 Wiggin St, Gambier, OH, USA
Phone: 740-427-4262
Facebook: facebook.com/wigginstreet
Twitter: @wiggin_street

Email: cgrandstaff@mvcsd.us
Website: mvcsd.us
Location: 207 Wiggin St, Gambier, OH, USA
Phone: 740-427-4262
Facebook: facebook.com/wigginstreet
Twitter: @wiggin_street