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1 Rugged Road
Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554
ph: 508.228.0427
www.nantucketlighthouseschool.org
 December Happenings at the Nantucket Lighthouse School
- Yuletide Fair, December 13, 10 - 2 pm, 1 Rugged Road.
- Winter Celebration, December 18, 5:00 pm: Lighthouse School students present a holiday show for families and friends at Bennett Hall.
- Holiday Break: December 22 - Jan. 2. Happy Holidays!
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Yuletide Fair
10 am - 2 pm
SATURDAY
DECEMBER 13
1 RUGGED ROAD
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 PLEASE JOIN US for the 8th Annual Yuletide Fair!
Yuletide is a joyous celebration of the season, featuring unique hand-crafted holiday gifts, warm and tasty seasonal fare, entertainment, children's activities, photos by Cary Hazlegrove, and baked goods by Sarah Leah Chase. Proceeds benefit the Nantucket Lighthouse School.
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Lighthouse School has held its annual Yuletide Fair since its inception and with each passing year the event has
grown. This year's event will feature a
wide variety of unique handcrafts by Lighthouse
School children,
parents and friends, as well as a selection of unique holiday gift items for all ages.
The Yuletide café will include grilled items, sandwiches, hot soups, and drinks. A bake shop will feature beautifully wrapped baked goods suitable for gifts.
Yuletide will feature live entertainment by Mollie Glazer, Chris
Westerlund, magician Mark Carapezza and the Lighthouse School
children.
Parents
are encouraged to bring the whole family as there will be a Children's Activity
Area where children can work on craft projects and make gifts of their
own. Among activities planned are a
Music & Magic show, storytelling, Christmas cookie decorating, birdhouse
painting, gingerbread house decorating, crafts, and face painting.
Nantucket Lighthouse
School parent Cary
Hazlegrove will be on hand to take her magical holiday photographs. Lighthouse
School parent and renowned cookbook author Sarah Leah
Chase will be offering delicious baked goods and seasonings at the Yuletide Bake Shop, which will also feature a wide selection of edible gifts and treats.
Special Yuletide Offer for Email Newsletter Subscribers:
Clip the coupon at the end of this email newsletter for one free hot chocolate with Lighthouse School's famous candy cane whip cream at Yuletide! Restrictions apply. See below for details.
We hope to see you Saturday.
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At Lighthouse School, we leap wholeheartedly into the holiday season. Once we return from
Thanksgiving break, classrooms are abuzz with color, yarn, paint, and assorted
craft materials as children begin to craft projects for the season.
Christmastime gives us the opportunity to delve into essential aspects of our
curriculum, the education of the 'heart' and 'hand.'
In each child we strive to cultivate a sense of gratitude and generosity. These lessons are housed in daily activities as well as being highlighted in projects throughout the school year. One powerful lesson
exists in our annual Yuletide Fair. While Lighthouse students contribute
handmade wares to the fair themselves, they also see their teachers, parents,
friends and relatives contributing their time, energies and talents to
cooperatively create a wonderful community event on behalf of their school and
for their Nantucket community.
While children are accustomed to making their
Christmas lists of what they would like to receive, at school they are asked to
list people they would like to give a gift to,
and to go about creating those gifts for the people they love. We discussed the
importance of Christmas at a recent All School Meeting. A Small School
student said that the holiday was important 'because you get presents.' An Upper Primary
Class student responded that it was the giving
at Christmas that was important. He turned to the younger child and said, very
matter-of-factly, "If no one is doing the giving, then
you aren't getting!"
The excitement
and energy that this season inspires finds joyful expression in the doing and
making of things for others. Some of these projects can cause grousing on the
part of the 'merry' elves whose patience and focus are called upon in good
measure. However, the finished product and the eagerness to share these gifts
more than makes up for the hard work.
Children yearn for opportunities to be 'big' and we, as parents and
educators, need to make sure they are given ample and appropriate ways to
practice taking responsibility, expressing gratitude, and doing for others. Children feel a sense of accomplishment and pride in creating their projects and learn to
wrestle with tissue paper and tape as they 'wrap' their gifts. Very
importantly, they can't wait to give these presents to the people they love! The working toward and the
waiting to give are very significant aspects of this work. We can also call
this 'perseverance' and 'anticipation.' These are two key ingredients in human
experience that are in danger of evaporating in our technological age and that
find clear and constructive application
in school and in life.
Many of the projects throughout the school year --
including our end-of-year projects -- require time and patience to accomplish. While
the 'make-it-and-take it' projects have some value and are instantly gratifying
to children (and adults sometimes!), they do not teach the same lessons as
those projects requiring thought, diligence and perseverance.
Through our holiday work, we kindle the spirit of hope, patience, and
generosity within children, the warmth of which will fuel their future
endeavors.
We invite you to join us for an upcoming Open House to learn more about the Lighthouse School curriculum and the application process for the coming year. We have two Open House events in January: join us on January 8 at 4:30 pm or January 15 at 11 am. Both events last for one hour and begin with a guided tour followed by a discussion of our unique curriculum using actual student work. To learn more, visit our web site or call 508.228.0427.
Sincerely,
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Lizbet Carroll Fuller
Director of Education, Co-Founder
The Nantucket Lighthouse School
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