WildCAT PAW PRINTS Volume: 30 Number 4 December 2018 SCHOOL WEBSITE ADDRESS: www.hamburgcsd.org Dear Parent/Guardian: School closing information: If school is canceled due to Children need healthy meals to learn. Hamburg weather you will find this information posted on KMA, Community School District offers healthy meals every local Omaha channels, our schools website, Facebook school day. Breakfast cost (0); lunch costs $2.45. and an email and text message will be sent out through Your children may qualify for free meals/milk or for JMC. So, please make sure all of your information is up reduced price meals. Reduced price is (0) for to date on JMC including email and cell phone numbers breakfast and .40 cents for lunch. so you will receive the information in a timely manner. If your child/children already receive free or reduced meals, no further action is required at this time to The Middle School Christmas Concert will be continue benefits. Tuesday, Dec 18 at 7:00 p.m. Applications can be submitted at any time and may be found year round on the schools website at: Fri, Jan 4, JH G & B BB VS Heartland Christian 4:00 here www.hamburgcsd.org Tues, Jan 8, JH G BB VS Sidney 4:00 here Completed applications may be returned to: Fri, Jan 11, JH G & B BB at Essex 4:00 Roxanne Sebek at Hamburg Community Schools, 309 Thur, Jan 17, JH G BB VS Clarinda Lutheran 4:00 here “S” Street, Hamburg, IA 51640 712-382-2017 This institution is an equal opportunity provider. Friday, Dec 21 1:30 Early Out for Winter Break - No Afterschool Club. Winter Break will run from Dec 22 to Jan 2nd, 2019. Classes will resume Thursday, Jan 3, 2019! Colonial Theatre – Phone 712-382-1524 **Please "like" our Facebook page: Colonial Theatre of Hamburg to see updated information on all upcoming movies and for a chance to win with our giveaways!! Dedication of the Makerspace Honoring Dr. Ashler December 21-22-23 "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of will be held Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 12:30 in the Grindelwald" Rated PG-13 School Gym - A Prime Rib Luncheon will be followed December 28-29-30 "Ralph Breaks the Internet" Rtd PG by a building tour and student demonstration – January 4-5-6 "Creed II" Rated PG-13 Tickets available at the school for $25.00 each. January 11-12-13 "Mary Poppins Returns" Rated PG Proceeds benefit the Washington D.C. Trip for Jr. High January 18-19-20 "Aquaman" Rated PG-13 School Students. January 25-26-27 "Bumblebee" Rated PG-13 *All movies listed are subject to change* From Dr. Wells Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 6:30 A Time for Love PM - Doors open one half hour before show time. All We are at a very special time of the year. In schools tickets $2.00, 3 and under free. throughout the land, children grow excited at the thought of what is to come. Stores are full of excited/exhausted shoppers, the town is lit up and District, may Light and Love be yours forever. Merry music plays on the street, and the message of good will CHRISTmas, and Happy New Year. are everywhere. Even when people greet one another, I leave you with a poem from Perry Tanksley, there is a special feeling in it, a bright and warm “After the caroling, and the deep snowdrifts, and after feeling. Yes, we are at a special time indeed! the children have open their gifts, and after the fun What is it that takes the dark and cold days of and gifts are put away, and the candles go out and winter and fills them with light and warmth? It is the there’s little to say, when the carpet is swept and the anticipation of a special holiday, which we will soon be tree comes down and the holly withers and the berries celebrating. turn brown, Christmas will remain though the fire We celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ who is known burns low. The best part of Christmas is the as the Prince of Love! The feeling inside of us breaks afterglow”. If you have any questions or concerns down barriers and unites us all in a common feeling of about our school system please feel free to contact me affection for each other. Christmas is unique to each at 382-2017 or e-mail at [email protected] family, some celebrate with the lighting of candles, Thank you for your unwavering support others with traditional stories, but all share the common feeling of love. Light and love is very evident Please continue saving and sending your Boxtops for during this time. Here are two qualities that fill the Education. Shop Online and Earn “Boxtops” for our world at this special time, and the world becomes a school - go to: http://www.boxtops4education.com. better place for it. What a need there is for each of Follow the simple directions for signing up to shop them. The world is filled with corners of darkness and online and earn bonus eBoxtops!!! Tell your friends our society is filled with ignorance, prejudice and hate. and family!! There are corners where the light of knowledge and truth has not reached, yet. If only we could reach Stop Bullying Now every corner with the light of learning, what a hopeful The “School Rules Against Bullying”: world this would become for us all. 1. We will not bully others; In our world, there is a need for love. Each day we 2. We will try to help students who are bullied; read in the papers or see on television tragedies that 3. We will include students who are easily left out; hate and fear bring about. If only we could reach each 4. When we know somebody is being bullied, we will mind so those who know only hate and hurt could be tell an adult at school and an adult at home. given love. What a change there would be and how We have discussed with the students the need to much better the world would become. report bullying behaviors so that they can be Christmas brings love and light. What wonders can be addressed. To help students understand what needs to produced with this combination? Together they could be reported we are using these definitions: build a world where kindness would be the rule, where Tattling is telling just to get someone in trouble. concern for each other would be a part of daily life, Reporting is telling to keep someone out of trouble or where each person would grow, thrive, contribute and from getting hurt. find happiness and compassion. What a world that would be! Counselor Comments - Happy Holidays to all!! At this special season of love let us have the courage I hope you had a pleasant Thanksgiving as we pause to believe that this is not a dream, but reality. Let us and celebrate all the opportunities that are available to believe that it is a possibility within our grasp. For this us. The Christmas season is now on us with all the fun one season of the year, our lives can be filled with and activities as we celebrate with family and friends. happiness, warmth and a spirit of giving. Let us have a The old year will pass and a New Year will be ushered spirit of love that will last throughout the year. in. Let us all remember the “Reason for the Season”. Let us resolve to honor this special holiday in our lives. Let us cherish our loved ones and hold them I greatly enjoy the opportunity and consider it a dear, and then let us spread the feeling of love to all privilege to serve as your school counselor here at we meet. Pray for the men and women of our armed Hamburg. We are truly blessed with great children, forces, for world peace, and for our children. good families, a small loving school that works Federal courts have protected non-Christians but diligently to help meet each child’s individual needs doing so they have taken away the very fabric this and a caring and supporting community. great country was built on, the ability to talk about God. On behalf of the Hamburg Community School If you or your child could benefit from any of my outside and they got a solid. Then the sun melted the services, please feel free to contact me. I am here ice and we had liquid. They watched water turn to gas Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week. when it got very hot. Contact me on the school phone or my cell at 1-660- 744-3664. Enjoy the Holiday Season! J.H. Wolf In Math, the students continue working on counting 20 and some more, practice counting objects in a line and PreSchool – Mrs. Reafleng in a scattered configuration. They are problem solving Preschool has been enjoying Christmas with their counting collections. The students learned a and holiday themed activities. We’ve new shape hexagon and reviewed the rectangle, measured multiple items such as triangle, circle and square. We continue counting every reindeer and igloos with snowballs (pom- day and need to be able to count to 50 by January. poms) and made snowflake crystals with water and borax! Our favorite activity by far was making salt With the holidays coming and a long break from school dough ornaments with the 5th and 7th grade classes.