I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Ours was restful and thankful. We had a lovely dinner with Miss Molly and family and our oldest daughter, Katy, and our youngest, Anne. We managed to all squeeze around the table this time. When the whole clan is together, we have to do buffet. I always think about how it was just Terry and me 37 years ago, and how we would leave for the holidays. Those days are surely over.

This week is Native American Week. We will discuss the lives of the Native Americans as they greeted the Pilgrims. It’s a fun week.

Today, we will be distributing calendars to parents. Please keep your calendar where you can see it on a daily basis. On the back of the calendar is all the information you will need for the month. The dates, the activities, the school closings are all there for you to read and to have if you forget. Please give us feedback about this. We need to know what else you would like to have to keep in touch with your child’s day.

It seems some parents do not have school handbooks because of the questions asked. If you don’t have a handbook, please see Miss Judy. The handbook has all the basic information you need about schedules, rules, clothes, tuition, etc.

Mondays are usually very hectic at school trying to get children to calm down and get back into the classroom with some order and some focus. Today will be a rainy day. It always helps to know that children have enough rest. That means getting at least 10 hours of sleep the night before. A good indicator is whether you had to wake your child this morning. If you did; he’s tired. Tired children often come down with illness.

From now through Christmas we ask that parents keep sick kids home. Children who become sick at school need to miss the next day. children with fevers of 100 degrees need to remain at home. This is not just slightly ill; this is incubating a whopper. Keeping kids at home the first day means they will not make everyone else sick. If your child vomited Sunday, and you bring him to school on Monday and he vomits again, he will need to be out of school 48 hours.

Children with bathroom issues like loose poop and vomiting need to be AT HOME! Children sent home with bathroom issues will need to remain home at least 48 hours.

It’s the time for colds. If your child has thick green mucus, keep him home. He’s sick. This is not “allergies.” He’s sick. If a child comes to school with uncontrollable green pesty slime, he will need to see a doctor before he is allowed back to school. If your child is coughing non stop – please take him to the doctor. Croup has circled, and this is not the kind of thing anyone wants to deal with during the Christmas season. Please help us keep everyone well.