Enjoy A Virtual Thanksgiving!
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| Saturday, Nov. 21 from 12noon- 3pm in St. Louis City Event Brite Registration link: Click here to register. Click on image for map and directions. | Tuesday, Nov. 24 from 1pm to 3pm in Cahokia, IL Click on image for map and directions. | Tuesday, Nov. 24 from1pm to 3pm in Jennings Click on image for map and directions. |
Event Brite Registration link: Click here to register.
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Click on image for map and directions.
Click on image for map and directions.
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| Concordia's 5th Annual Turkey Blessing: This is located in Kirkwood. Click on image for more information. No referral required. | Empower North County Affordable Christmas 2020 Mission St. Louis Affordable Christmas Shop The Mission St. Louis Affordable Christmas is available to city and county residents. Click here to to apply to shop. No referral needed. Click here to donate to Affordable Christmas. | Winter Coat Giveaway: It may not be cold yet , but winter is coming. Prepare now. Coats available for kids of all ages. Anyone can come. Click on image for more information. |
This is located in Kirkwood. Click on image for more information. No referral required.
Empower North County Affordable Christmas 2020
Click on image for more information. Armstrong families can be referred to programs like this by contacting Ms. Weigel at kweigel@hazelwoodschools.org and 314-917-2926
Mission St. Louis Affordable Christmas Shop
The Mission St. Louis Affordable Christmas is available to city and county residents. Click here to to apply to shop. No referral needed. Click here to donate to Affordable Christmas.
Winter Coat Giveaway:
It may not be cold yet , but winter is coming. Prepare now.
Coats available for kids of all ages. Anyone can come. Click on image for more information.
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| Turkey Trivia Saturday, November 21st at 6:00 on Zoom. You can sign up for Turkey Trivia there and it is only 99¢ for each player. The winner will receive a 12 pound butterball turkey! Sign up for our Turkey Trivia event: https://fb.me/e/1ZC93o8JQ | Join Armstrong's PTA NOW! PTA is a place where parents' voices can be heard. Both parents and teachers work together to benefit the students & school. Membership helps support these efforts. Please sign up to be a member of PTA. It is only $5. Join us here: https://www.hazelwoodschools.org/domain/52 | Penguin Patch Reminder: Shop Armstrong's Penguin Patch Gift Sale. Students have over 100+ different items to choose from for gifts. Prices on items start at just $0.50 so there are gifts to fit almost every budget! You can shop now until November 23rd at https://shop.penguinpatch.com |
Turkey Trivia Saturday, November 21st at 6:00 on Zoom. You can sign up for Turkey Trivia there and it is only 99¢ for each player. The winner will receive a 12 pound butterball turkey!
Sign up for our Turkey Trivia event: https://fb.me/e/1ZC93o8JQ
Join Armstrong's PTA NOW! PTA is a place where parents' voices can be heard. Both parents and teachers work together to benefit the students & school. Membership helps support these efforts. Please sign up to be a member of PTA. It is only $5. Join us here: https://www.hazelwoodschools.org/domain/52
Penguin Patch Reminder: Shop Armstrong's Penguin Patch Gift Sale. Students have over 100+ different items to choose from for gifts. Prices on items start at just $0.50 so there are gifts to fit almost every budget! You can shop now until November 23rd at https://shop.penguinpatch.com
Thanksgiving Video Dinner Party Suggestion
Have a video dinner party. Practice placement of your choice devices before Thanksgiving so you won’t have to worry about anyone’s head missing from calls during dinner. Make it easy and save space by having just one gadget at play per location, be it a smartphone, tablet or laptop. Check out a variety of video chatting apps here to see what works best for your family.
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| Check out these Library Resources: A list of all the online resources Armstrong students' have access to. Provides links, usernames and passwords for each one. | Read a Book About Gratitude During Thanksgiving Break Join author and illustrator, Christian Robinson, in a very special reading of "Last Stop On Market Street" written by Matt De La Peña and illustrated by Christian Robinson! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoPS0Ok5YiI | Sora: Add a Library: Short video on how to add St. Louis County Library to your Sora account. Get a St. Louis County library card here. |
Get a St. Louis County library card here.
Grateful during Thanksgiving
We can all fall into the trap of discontentment. Focusing on gratitude helps our kids see their blessings. For Thanksgiving we encourage thankfulness because it also shows where we should be more grateful too. Practicing gratitude makes you happier. Focus on recognizing people and things which your family is thankful for on Thanksgiving by using a "Gratitude Journal" which can be written on any paper or notebook. Click on image for inspiration to journal, write or draw while your child Facetimes their cousins, friends or family they'd normally see Thanksgiving.
Create a Canva Thank You Card
Say thank you by designing your personalized Thanksgiving Card in Canva. Create unique designs straight from your google account via your Canva account.
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| Virtual Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt: Scavenger hunts are great ways to get your team up and moving during online gatherings. To run a lightning online scavenger hunt, give players clues one at a time and award points to the first team that produces the prompted object or action. | Enjoy Thanksgiving Day Weather Outside:The weather prediction is a warmer than usual 57 degrees on Thanksgiving Day. Plan some time for simple sidewalk or backyard games with your household like: tossing a football, leaf blowing games or a pumpkin roll. Click on image for more ideas to enjoy the day outside with your household. | Virtual Thanksgiving Pictionary, Charades or Taboo: Pictionary is a fun game to play on Google--just flip your camera so everyone can see what you are drawing. Write your name across the top of your paper. Have one person from each team come up with the list of things to draw for the other team to choose from, but you will need to plan ahead and mail it or drop it off at their doorstep. You can play on household teams or you can create mixed household teams. |
Enjoy Thanksgiving Day Weather Outside:The weather prediction is a warmer than usual 57 degrees on Thanksgiving Day. Plan some time for simple sidewalk or backyard games with your household like: tossing a football, leaf blowing games or a pumpkin roll. Click on image for more ideas to enjoy the day outside with your household.
HSD Holiday Design Card Contest
The holiday season is quickly approaching; therefore, it is time for our annual Holiday Card Design Contest. HSD will select a winner from each grade level and one district winner. The winning card will be sent to all HSD employees and community partners. The winning card and student will also be featured on the district’s website and social media pages. Guidelines for the contest are below:
2020 GUIDELINES FOR HOLIDAY CARD DESIGN
- Actual size is 8 1/2” by 5 1/2”, which is one-half of an 8 1/2” by 11” sheet of paper.
- The design can be done vertically or horizontally.
- The design should be an original design, not copied or traced.
- The design can be in color or black and white.
- The name of the artist, school, grade-level, and the teacher’s name should be placed on the back of the original design.
- The artist should initial or put their name on the design in some location.
- Basic holiday/winter themes that are not religious in nature are appropriate.
- Original entries will also be sent to U.S. Military Service personnel, veteran and retirement homes, as well as, children’s hospitals in the area.
DEADLINE: December 1, 2020
Entries should be scanned or photographed and emailed to info@hazelwoodschools.org. Please include the student’s name, school, grade-level, and their teacher’s name in the email. Winners from each grade level will be asked to deliver their original designs to the Hazelwood School District Administration Building, 15955 New Halls Ferry Rd., Florissant, MO 63031
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