Building+Community

Let's get to know each other a little better. Please take a look at the questions below with your class and fill in your answers. Be sure to check out the Google Map on the participant page to see where we're all located. Once you've joined the project you'll be able to click on Edit This Page. If you need to add a new row click in the last row. Then click the little box, then click row, then add row, then add below. Now you're all set to add your information. When you're done be sure to click save. ** ||= **Does it snow where you live? ** ||= **What activities do you participate in during the winter?** ||= **What winter holidays do you celebrate?** ||= **Does your community have any special winter events?** ||= **Is there any other information you'd like to share? ** || Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day || Community Tree Lighting ||  || Palmer, AK || Yes! || Ice Skating, snowmachining, sledding, putting up the Christmas tree, building snowforts, eating icicles, riding 4-wheelers || We celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hannukah. ||  ||   || locally: ice skating, minor league hockey, Holiday Lights at the Beach || Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day || Each city in our area has some combination of the following: parades, building lighting ceremonies, fireworks, or drive-thru holiday light displays ||   ||
 * = **School Name/Location
 * St. Augustine of Canterbury, NJ || very rarely || Christmas Show, Valentine's Party Christmas Party || Christmas, New Year,
 * Big Rapids, MI ||= Yes! || Making snowmen, wrestling, snowmobiling, making snow forts, sledding, ice skating, using my snow ball gun, snow ball fights, snow boarding, making snow angels, hunting and skiing :) || Christmas, New Years, Thanksgiving (sometimes :)) Valentines day :), ||  ||   ||
 * John F. Kennedy School, Spring Valley, Illinois ||= Yes || Snow ball fights, making igloos, sledding, making snowmen and snowwomen, snowboarding, drink hot cocoa, ice fishing, ice skating, hiking, and skiiing. || Christmas, New Years, President's Day, Hannukah, Valentine's Day, and Ground Hog's Day. || Christmas Caroling, Meeting Santa Claus ||  ||
 * Heights Elementary School, Sharon, MA ||= Yes ||  || Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year, Eid-al-Adha || First Night Sharon on New Year's Eve. ||   ||
 * St. Martin's School, Winnetka, CA ||= No || We do have some ice skating rinks and we can drive to the local mountains (1 1/2 - 2 hours away) for skiing. Winter in California still means lots of outdoor activities including all our after school sports teams. Sometimes it's even warm enough to go swimming during the winter. || We're a Christian school so most of our students celebrate Christmas. We have a few families that celebrate Hannukah and we also have a few Muslim families. We also have parties at school for Valentine's Day and many of the classes do special lessons about Groundhog Day. || At school we decorate the tree in the church, put on a Christmas program for our family and friends and have Christmas parties. Our church has special family services on Christmas Eve and the first Sunday in January when we celebrate the Feast of the Lights. Valentine's Day is another day for parties at school. We're not far from Hollywood where there is an [|annual parade] every year on Thanksgiving weekend and not far from Pasadena where the [|Rose Parade] happens every year. ||  ||
 * St. George's Independent School, Germantown TN ||= Rarely || When it does snow, we sled (because it is mostly ice), build mini snowmen and make fires in the fireplace. Hot cocoa is also a favorite around here. || Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, Groundhog Day, and Valentine's Day || Several community parades, Enchanted Forrest, Zoo lights, Community Tree lightings, Meet Santa ||  ||
 * St. Michael School, Cranford, NJ || Sometimes || Many students have different favorite activities. Here are a few: build a snowman, go skiing, have snowball fights, go snowboarding, go to an indoor swimming pool, go ice skating. || There are a few winter holidays that we celebrate: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Night, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Three Kings Day, Valentine's Day. || We have some school and town events. Some of our favorites are: town tree decorating, snowman contest, winter break, snowball fighting, Christmas parties, the Giving Tree, town tree lighting, Catholic Schools Week, Christmas Concert, snowboarding, winter parties. ||  ||
 * Academy Charter School
 * Springville Elementary School, AL || Rarely - maybe once a year || Christmas "Deck the Halls" at school, decorate Christmas tree, Springville Christmas Parade, Christmas party, exchange Valentines, || Christmas, New Year's Day, President's Day, Hannukah, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Groundhog's Day, Valentine's Day || Springville Christmas Parade. Also, our school does "Deck the Halls" where each room decorates a Christmas tree according to a theme in a book. We open the school up from 5:30 - 7:00 (pm) for parents and students to visit. Santa even stops by! This year's date is December 16. || When it does snow here in the South, we shut down. No school b/c we don't have chains for tires and sometimes don't have salt or sand for the roads! We're not used to it! ||
 * Parkway Elementary School, Virginia Beach, VA || rarely || at school: Annual Christmas Holiday Program
 * Goodnoe Elementary, Newtown, PA || yes || In the winter, we like to: have snowball fights, make snow forts, go skiing, decorate Christmas trees, build snowmen, go sledding, go ice skating, play ice hockey, sing Christmas carols, visit Santa Claus at the mall, and make gingerbread men cookies. || Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's Eve and Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day. || Our class participates in a whole Gingerbread Man unit. We read lots of different gingerbread stories, bake gingerbread men, make crafts, and we have a play called the Gingerbread Kid Caper. ||  ||
 * Roosevelt Elementary, South Plainfield, NJ || Yes || We like to bake cookies, make snow angels, have snow ball fights, drink hot cocoa, ice skating || Christmas, New Years, Hanukkah, Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Day || Santa Claus drives around town in a fire truck and visits the children at their homes. ||  ||