This wonderful event is sponsored by Fairmont Private School and the OC Harley Davidson Owners Club.  On Friday, December 14 the Harleys will roar onto campus to the joy and delight of all our students.  We love listening and watching all the motorcycles roll on in to pick up all of the generous toys our students and parents have donated to the children who will be staying at CHOC over the holidays and the upcoming year. The patients of CHOC are so grateful for our donations, as they are confined to the hospital.

Donations are now being collected! All the toy donations must be new and unwrapped. A letter and "Wish List" from CHOC explaining the program is attached.  Thank you so very much for helping these children.

CHOC Toy Drive Information

Christmas Break
December 24-January 4
School resumes on Monday, January 7

Honor Roll Assemblies
On Wednesday we celebrated the first trimester Honor Roll recipients.  Honor Roll is given to students achieving a 3.5 GPA and Director's Honor Roll is given to students achieving a 4.0 GPA.  We are so very proud of all our students because they all work very hard to earn this achievement!  A few pictures are on Flickr.
4th and 5th Grade Honor Roll Pictures
Junior High Honor Roll Pictures

FPA Meeting
Thursday, December 13 at 8:45am in the MPR
Please join us for the monthly FPA meeting.  Breakfast will be served!

Preschool Sing-Along
The halls were magical on Thursday and Friday as all our pre-schoolers dazzled us all with their wonderful show of winter songs.  They were precious and adorable and brought smiles and cheers to everyone.
Check out the pictures on FLICKR:
Pre-School Winter Sing a-long Thursday, December 6
Pre-School Winter Sing a-long Friday, December 7

We are excited to kick off our new character development program based on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People at School. For the month of December, we will be practicing the habit "Begin with the end in mind."  This habit means:

• I plan ahead and set goals.
• I do things that have meaning and make a difference.
• I am an important part of my classroom and contribute to my school's mission and vision, and look for ways to be a good citizen.

We will continue practicing one habit each month for the remainder of the school year following this schedule:     

January: Seek First to Understand Then be Understood  

February: Synergize

March: Be Proactive

April: Think Win-Win 

May/June: Sharpen the Saw