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Last week our class and  Mrs. Huizenga’s class worked together to make Christmas ornaments for Ingrid and Eva’s father who is stationed in Iraq.  A paper tree with ornaments are on the way  to Iraq for Lt. Johnson to have some holiday decor in his shelter!

Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas Lt. Johnson!  From all the 2nd graders at Georgetown Elementary!

Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours!  We have so much to be thankful for…. but know that I am especially grateful for the opportunity every day that I get to be  with your child!

I am thankful for the many people who are serving in the military overseas…. especially  Ingrid and Eva Johnson’s father who is  in Iraq this Thanksgiving.

I am  thankful for the many of you who are in the health care field… who will be working this holiday taking care of those who are sick.

I am thankful for the many of you who are police and/or firefighters protecting the community.

Happy Thanksgiving!

On Thursday of last week, we hosted the very talented <a href=”http://championsforever.com/” target=”_blank”>Crevier Family</a> from South Dakota.  Bruce, Diane and their nine children spun basketballs on their fingers, road unicycles, trained our staff to do ball catching tricks, and fed applesauce to four very brave student!  They entertained us for over an hour (two presentations back to back) and we were in awe of their skills.  If you watch this slide show with your children, I am sure that they will be able to share more than these photos portray!
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You have another opportunity to RSVP for our upcoming December 1st Kids Art Fair! An RSVP form and Art Fair information will be sent home with students this week.

Please note that returning your RSVP to Mrs. Brouwer does NOT mean that you must purchase your child’s framed artwork.  The RSVP just lets the Kids Art Fair people know how many frames to ship to Georgetown for the event.  So please RSVP if you plan to attend and celebrate your child’s creativity, enjoy a fun make-n-take art project, and register for some cool door prizes to be given away during the evening.

Also – Georgetown’s December Kids Art Fair does not take the place of the annual district-wide Student Art Show, which will be held as usual in April 2010.

We hope to see you at Georgetown’s Art Fair on December 1st between 4-7 PM!  Volunteers are still needed to help out – please contact Mrs. Brouwer!

Email:  jbrouwer@hpseagles.net

Phone: 616.797.9797 ext. 22412
Art Blog http://josettebrouwer.edublogs.org

Just a quick note to SAVE THE DATE for our 2009 Georgetown Holiday program!

Although it seems like a long ways away, it will be here before you know it.  So mark it on your calendar!
December 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm, Resurrection Life Church*
More details will be coming from Mrs. Bretz soon.

*This is the facility that we rent for our school wide performance.

On Friday we celebrated all the hard work we have done with the Reading Counts program!  We had a pizza lunch and watched the movie Charlotte’s Web!  (We just finished the book, so the timing was perfect).

We want to thank the many parents who help us take computer tests in the classroom weekly:  Mrs. Fernandez, Mr. and Mrs. Estefan, Mrs. Wolma, Mrs. Owens, and Mrs. Barr.  We appreciate you!

Last Friday we celebrated our heritages.  We had  A LOT of food, pictures, wooden shoes, dolls, hats, clogs, reindeer boots, tablecloths, as well as authentic immigration papers!  THANK YOU so much to all of you who contributed to this day of celebration!

Did you know Zach’s mom is a sergeant with the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department?  Sergeant Weiss visited our classroom and helped us to understand how the community  keeps us safe by having a Sheriff’s Department, (part of our Social Studies curriculum).  She showed us the many tools she uses that are on her person as well as gave us a walk-through of her vehicle.

Thank you Sergeant Weiss!

Mrs. Reagan had lunch with Jordyn from our classroom this past week.  Jordyn was the lucky winner of the blog scavenger hunt for the month of October.  To read all about the lunch, click on:  BLOG LUNCH

There are no math homework sheets nor word study paper for the week!  Coming home on Wednesday is the cover sheet that gives the week’s instructions and also the classroom news.  Please keep monitoring your child’s daily reading.  The new Reading Counts period has begun!  Because EVERYONE in our class made their goals in reading…  I will be providing a Pizza Lunch for them on Friday in our classroom! We will have pizza.  (If your child doesn’t like pizza he/she can still order lunch or bring a lunch from home).  We will also have Adoption Day on Friday to celebrate everyone’s heritage.  (This is part of our Social Studies curriculum)  Students can share any of their pictures, treasures and  food they would like to bring from their ancestors country(ies).  My grandfather came from Sweden and I will bring in pictures, a tablecloth, and Swedish cookies.  We will celebrate everyone’s heritage and my message will be that America is so great because of our diversity!