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Dear Parents,
On Monday, January 23, 2012, Holden School will begin a week long celebration for Chinese New Year. The week will include your child in various activities relating to the Chinese New Year. The week will end on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 with a family celebration to be held at Holden School starting at 5:00 pm and ending at 6:00pm. We hope to see many of our parents here for the closing festivities!
Below is a schedule of planned activities for the week:
| Monday, Jan. 23 | ||
| Daily proverb/phrase will be read aloud each morning-each classroom will discuss its meaning or significance | ||
| Coloring contest begins for primary grades | ||
| Couplet/scroll writing for intermediate and upper students begins | ||
| Chinese lantern displayed in each classroom | ||
| Tuesday, Jan, 24- Thursday, Jan. 26 | ||
| Various games and craft activities such as origami, tangram art, and lantern making are planned throughout the week . | ||
| Tuesday, Jan. 31 | ||
| In school culminating activities/Lion Dance
and Lantern Parade Students may wear a red shirt/top to school on this day for the cost of 50 cents. Proceeds will benefit the Bilingual Committee. |
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| TUESDAY EVENING PARENT’S NIGHT | ||
| Parents’ Night in the auditorium from 5:00-6:00
p.m. (includes: Lion Dance and Lantern Parade, reading of student written couplets and scrolls, piano compositions performed by students, performance of the Mongolian Folk Dance, student Chinese crafts/artwork displayed on first floor for parent viewing, and refreshments served.) |
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HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE ! |
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The Charles N. Holden School is an elementary Chicago Public School, located in the Bridgeport community Boundaries:
North to the Chicago River
East to Halsted
South to 32nd St. - even #'s
West to Chicago River
Holden offers a pre-school through eighth grade curriculum and is part of the "Magnet Cluster Program" with emphases on the visual arts and technology.
Although Holden school is a neighborhood school that services students in its attendance areas, students from other neighborhoods may enroll through the Magnet Cluster Program. Applications are available every year (in the main office and online) for enrollment the following school year, and if space is available at that particular grade level, students are accepted.
Explore our website to learn more.
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Ms. Murray Pre-K ~ Rm 112 UPDATES Jan '12 Newsletter and Calendar |
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