December 3 - December 21

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Monday, December 3 Next!   The winter season brings an increased number of visitors to the nurse's office.

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Service Now and Then

Tuesday, December 4 Pennies and Nickels   Following the September 11 tragedy, these third grade girls became concerned that they should do something to help people in need. They began a quiet collection of spare change. Their encouragement to classmates resulted in a collection of $25.41, which was sent to our regional Red Cross office.

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Making a Quilt   School children have been giving to their community for as long as there have been schools. These Clifton Park children attended School 6, which stood at the corner of Clifton Park Center and Vischers Ferry Roads. (One half mile and several generations removed from Tesago!) The children had made a quilt to be sent to a serviceman overseas and posed here for a photograph taken..... .......in 1942. (photo courtesy of Clifton Park Town Historian John Scherer)

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Thursday, December 5 Ground Zero - Lower Manhattan   Tesago parent John Bonville recently delivered letters of encouragement to police, fire and construction workers at the site of the World Trade Center disaster. Students in many classes wrote individual letters. Pictured here is a banner made by one of our first grade classes. (Click here to see other photos and responses from rescue workers to the children.)

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Friday, December 7 "Students of the Month" November 2001   Students from third, fourth and fifth grade classrooms were honored as Students of the Month for their efforts during "Responsibilities Month". Kindergarten, first and second grade classes recognized students in their classrooms.

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Wednesday, December 12 Practice Time   As these students practice their lesson, visitors and passing classes enjoy the music.

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Friday, December 14 Pajama Jam   Second graders had a "Super Pajama Jam" on Friday to celebrate Scholastic's nationwide "Read for 2002 day". PJ's, good books and guest readers (like Moms, Dads and Grandparents) made for a special day.

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Friday, December 14 Hanukkah   As part of their studies of holidays around the world, Miss Shea's third graders learned about the annual celebration of Hanukkah.

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Monday, December 17 Caring and Sharing   Tesago's "Caring and Sharing" program, sponsored by the student council and Tesago PTA, encourages students and families to donate items for families in need. Student council representatives are sorting contributions from socks to shirts and mittens to toiletries.

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Tuesday, December 18 Math Class   Mrs. Williams' fifth grade math class is challenging, but the smiles suggest that learning is still fun.

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Wednesday, December 19 Holidays Around the World   Second graders learned about the seasonal holidays of people all around our world. Crafts and projects helped to bring the world into their classrooms.

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Thursday, December 20 Story Telling   Ms. Benardo's fourth graders were treated to a presentation by Janine Faverty, a professional story teller. Ms. Faverty presented a workshop on the use of story maps as a vehicle to the story telling art form.

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Thursday, December 20 Watch Out For the Herdmans!   Mrs. Scavone's fifth graders are creating paper dolls of the infamous Herdman children, characters in Barbara Robinson's books The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and The Best School Year Ever.

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Friday, December 21 Festive Costumes   These fifth graders dressed in their most "festive" clothing for the last day of school in year 2001.

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Friday, December 21 Dutch Traditions   Fourth graders walked to the Clifton Common to ice skate, a winter pastime enjoyed by many of the Dutch children who lived in our region many years ago.

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Friday, December 21 Holiday Sing along   Classes gathered in the gymnasium near the end of the school day to sing traditional seasonal songs.

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