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Schools 2010-2011
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**during the winter?** ||= **What winter holidays** **do you celebrate?** ||= **Does your community** **have any special winter events?** ||= **Is there any other information you'd **
 * = **School Name/Location ** ||= **Does it snow **
 * where you live? ** ||= **What activities do you participate in**
 * like to share? ** ||
 * St. Martin's School, Winnetka, CA

Teacher: Mrs. Sedgwick ||< Since our average temperature in the winter is about 69°F it doesn't snow here. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">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. All of our after school sports teams play outside year-round. Sometimes it's even warm enough to go swimming during the winter. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We're a Christian school so most of our students celebrate Christmas. We have a few families that celebrate Hanukkah 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. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">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. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Our Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade students are participating in at least some of the activities this year. ||
 * Burlington Elementary, Roanoke VA

Teacher: Mrs. Selleck, third grade! || Yes! We had record snow last year with some snow on the ground from Dec. 18 til the first of March! We hope for the sane this year! || Basketball, volleyball, indoor track in school. Hunting for some outside... ice skating at our local civic center. Of course, making snowmen and sledding if we have enough snow. || We have students from many different nationalities at our school. Most celebrate Christmas but some Hanukhah, Kwanzaa, or Muslim holidays. We have a winter holiday party the last day before winter break as well as a Valentine's Day party in February. || Oh yes! Theater shows, church programs, school concerts with our middle and high school bands and choirs...There is a community Christmas tree lighting ceremony in early December and many people gather with friends and family throughout the month for parties and dinners. || We K-5 school with about 450 students from many walks of life. A good number of our students come to us directly from another country and live with extended family members. We love our diversity and learn so much from each other! || Duluth, MN
 * Lakeview Christian Academy

Teacher: Mrs Salo || Yes we do! It can snow as early as Sept. but it usually doesn't accumulate until mid Nov. It will stay until early Apr. || There are so many activites: Snowboading, skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, ice-skating (hockey), broomball, sledding...the list seems endless...of course there is snowmen and snow fort building, occasional snowball fights. || We are a private pre K - 12 Christian school so most of the students celebrate Christmas. || Every year there is a parade call "The Christmas City of the North Parade." It has all kinds of different organizations apart of it. There are often several students in the parage each year. There are many different church programs. There are a lot of other parties with friends and family and work parties. || Our school is PreK-12. We have 206 students in our school. Our elementary students have Tech class twice a week and will be participating in some of these awesome projects. || Newton, MA || Yes it snows here. || Many students like to ski, skate, sled, snowboard and just play in the snow. || We are a private K - 6 Catholic School so many students celebrate Christmas. || Our school has a Christmas concert. Sometimes we have skating parties at an outdoor rink. We have a Giving Tree too. || We are a K - 6 private school outside of Boston, MA. We love to share our projects with the global community. || Independence Ohio || Yes it snows here. We get something called lake effect. When Lake Erie is not frozen the cold air from Canada picks up moisture and dumps it on us as snow. || Indoors - Basketball, dance, drama club, and other indoor sports. Outside - sledding, skiing, snowboading & playing in the snow. If it snows enough we can even try snowshoeing at the National Park. || We are a Catholic School so we celebrate: St. Nicholas Day, Las Posadas, & Christmas in December. || We do a Christmas concert, and have Breakfast in Bethlehem. We also celebrate Catholic Schools Week. During this week we do special activities to celebrate our school. ||  ||
 * Jackson School
 * St. Michael School
 * Holy Name Elementary Cleveland, Ohio || Yes!! We have just had the first winter blast of lake effect snow. || The kids main winter interests are playing outside - building snow forts, snow ball fights, snow angels. Also sledding and snow boarding. They also are big on playing basketball indoors during the winter months. || Our main winter holiday is Christmas. We are decorating a school tree with an ornament made by each child and preparing for a Christmas concert and art show. A few students celebrate Kwanzaa. We are learning about many of the celebrations that were listed on this wiki. || Thanksgiving week end many of our neighborhoods and communities kick off the holiday season with tree lightings and parades. Advent traditions and family gatherings are also popular. || Grades K-3 are studying celebrations around the world as a team project and Grades 4-5 are preparing for the Christmas concert which is also based on Christmas around the world. Art classes are preparing to display art from all the countries being studied for these projects. ||
 * Grassy Waters Elementary W.Palm Beach, Florida

Teacher: Mrs. Codner, Technology Lab Instructor (K-5) || South Florida has subtropical and mostly balmy weather all year long. So, it does not snow here. || Most of our days during the winter are warm enough that we can enjoy many outdoor activities all year long (i.e. going to the beach, enjoying our many amusement parks, sightseeing in our wildlife sanctuaries, and, playing sports like football, tennis and golf). The closest we get to experiencing actual "winter" activities is when our teachers create classroom "winter wonderlands," when Disney World in Orlando creates "snow" for visitors, or, when schools import "snow" for Snow Day events. || Our GWES student population is made up of several nationalities. So, we celebrate several winter holidays (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Boxing Day, Eid). The children also enjoy other special days during January and February such as Dr. Martin Luther King's Day, Valentine's Day and Groundhog Day. || Our surrounding community also holds various events to recognize the holiday season such as parades, and, tree and candle lighting ceremonies. The GWES Kindergartners put on an annual Winter Holidays program. Through songs and poetry, they honor the many traditions and celebrations held by our diverse student body and their families. It's always a big hit! || GWES is a diverse, Title 1 school located in an inner-city area populated by low-to-middle income families. Our student population numbers around 700, with 61% of the students on Free/Reduced Lunch. By allowing our youngest students to participate in this fun, collaborative project, we are continuing our mission to provide them with the best technology-enhanced learning opportunities possible. We're having quite a bit of fun, too! || & A.B. Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ || New Jersey celebrates all four seasons and we're really in the middle of winter right now! We've just had our second snowstorm since December and another one is on the way. || Our kids love to go out and play in the snow, building snowman, snow forts and having snowball fights. They also participate in a lot of winter sports, basketball, hockey, wrestling, etc. || We have a somewhat diverse population with most students either celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah. We also celebrate Martin Luther King Day, Groundhog Day and Valentines' Day. || The community has a tree and menorah lighting and our third and fourth grade students also put on a winter concert. || We are a public school district located about 40 minutes outside of NYC. Most of our students come from middle income families. ||
 * Meadowbrook Elementary School