LUSI Lantern

December 2024

Holidays

This is our new newsletter platform! Hopefully this is easier for you to use than the Canva newsletters. The holidays have brought so much fun and philanthropy to LUSI! I have really enjoyed our microschool parties! I am hoping to continue our fun into the winter holidays!

Reminder: LUSI will be closed December 23rd - January 3rd. We will reopen January 6th.

December Activities

School Activities

The students have said that they would like to do a Christmas Party with a "Dirty Santa" game. We will play with a small $5 gift per person. I will send out a Signup Genius for party food signups closer to party time. Our party will be on December 19th. Feel free to dress up in your holiday attire or ugly Christmas sweater!

I have also planned for us all to go see "A Christmas Carol" at ASF on December 13th for our Fun Friday trip this month. If your student needs a ride please let me know in the form below.

STEAM Club Activities

December 3 - We will make fizzy ornaments and learn about acids and bases.

December 10 - We will try out some new tech and code our own candles we can blow out on our micro:bits.

December 17 - Design and begin 3d printing Christmas ornaments

Nature Club Activities

December 5 - There are 2 geocaches that I know of downtown the students will hunt for. Also, the city is having the Christmas tree lighting this evening from 7-8pm.

December 12 - We will be going to Montgomery Whitewater after school to go ice skating for our monthly trip. The time frame is 4:30 - 6:00pm. You may pick up your child from Montgomery Whitewater or from the school around 6:30pm.

December 19 - We will saw, drill, and create our own wooden ornaments. Safety equipment will be provided and carefully overseen.

List of All Activities

December 3 - STEAM: Fizzy Ornaments

December 5 - Nature: Geocaching Downtown

December 10 - STEAM: Micro:bit Candles

December 12 - Nature: Ice Skating @ Montgomery Whitewater

December 13 - All: A Christmas Carol @ ASF

December 15 - All donations due to Closet of Love

December 17 - STEAM: 3D Ornaments

December 19 - All: Christmas Party with Dirty Santa / Nature: Wooden Ornaments

December 23rd - January 3rd - LUSI Closed

January 6 - LUSI Reopens

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Book of the Month

Our book for December is Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". I figured this was fitting since we are going to see the play. We will read through this piece, see the play at ASF, compare the reading with different versions of this same story, analyze characters, study the author, and more!

Theme of the Month

Our theme for December will be generosity. Last month we focused on what we were grateful for, and I would like to build on that by focusing generosity and giving being more important than receiving during the holiday season. There are many ways for us all to contribute to those in need. This year I would love for our school to participate in Closet of Love. They give Christmas gifts for children in foster care and protective custody. They currently have 32 children ages 12-20 who are not sponsored. As we all know, this age asks for more expensive items such as iPads, Apple Watches, TV's, Jordan/Nike shoes, gift cards, etc. If you would be willing to purchase any of these items or make a donation towards a gift it would be much appreciated! I encourage you to have your student help out as well by donating a portion of their allowance, donating an electronic or gaming console they no longer use, or they could go with you to help pick out something for another child.. There are great sales going on and pawn shops sometimes have great deals! You can also sponsor a child yourself from your family to buy from their full list. The Facebook group is called Closet of Love. You can also Venmo: Sonya-Sheets-1. All gifts are due by December 15th.