Friendship Day!

 Dear Parents,                                                              

          We are very excited this year to be carrying on the special Great Hearts tradition of celebrating “Friendship Day” on Friday, February 9^th.  On this special day, in our classrooms, we will be celebrating the virtue of friendship which states that we regard others and ourselves as deserving of kind and just treatment, portraying considerate and polite conduct, looking for the good in others, demonstrating compassion, and knowing that our attitudes toward others and their property reflect the way we wish to be treated. We want to encourage our students to Be the best for others.        

In First Grade, we will enjoy a seminar on A Bargain for Frances, as we look at how friendship is represented in this book, and what it means to be a true friend.

            Following the seminar, we would also like to invite our scholars to give small friendship cards to their classmates.  This is an optional activity.  Should you choose to participate, please observe the following guidelines:

·        Scholars should make one card for each person in the class.

·        Cards should be homemade (not store bought).

·        Cards should focus on the virtue of friendship and NOT Valentine’s Day. (i.e. “You are a great friend” or “Thank you for being my friend.”)

·        NO candy please!

·        Please send completed cards to school in a Ziploc bag marked with your child’s name beginning February 7^th.

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Cards may be addressed “To my friend,” or the class list sent home may be used to address cards individually.

Look for a class list in your scholar's red folder this week. Please reach out to your scholar's teacher with any questions.