Tuesday, December 13 - Holiday Head Wear - wear your Santa hat, reindeer antlers or any other holiday hat or headband

Wednesday, December 14 - Candy Cane Day - wear red and white or green and white

Thursday, December 15 - Holiday Cheer - wear a holiday sweater/shirt or red & green

Friday, December 16 - Holiday Stuffed Animal - bring your festive stuffy to school

• Starting in kindergarten, too many absences can cause children to fall behind in school.
• Missing 10% can make it harder to learn to read.
• Students can still fall behind if they miss just a day or two every few weeks.
• Being late to school may lead to poor attendance.
• Absences can affect the whole classroom if the teacher has to slow down learning to help catch children up.

December

8 - 3rd Grade Concert, 6 p.m., Emerson Gym

8 - 4th Grade Concert, 7 p.m., Emerson Gym

9 - Dudes & Doughnuts, Central Gym, 7:45-8:15 a.m.

12-16 Holiday Spirit Week

12 - Stadium Flowers Pick Up at Central, 3-6 p.m.

13 - K-2 Central Jammie & Jingle Bells Family Night, 5:30-7 p.m., Central Gym

20 - Early Dismissal/11:30 @ Central & 11:45 @ Emerson

21- Jan. 3 Winter Break/No School

January

4 - School Resumes

13 - MLK Assembly, Emerson Campus 8:45

16 - MLK Holiday/No School

30 - Non Student Day/No School

High Trek Adventures: If you received a High Trek Adventures voucher for reading from last year, please note that they expire on February 28, 2023. The vouchers were sent directly to the student's email. Use them over Winter Break for some fun!

Dudes and Doughnuts: The PTA is partnering with and bringing back Watch Dogs for Central and Emerson. Join us December 9 in Central's Gym from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to share a doughnut with your child and learn about volunteering for Watch Dogs. This is a program that focuses on bringing fathers and father figures into the school and classrooms. There will be another informational meeting at Emerson in January.

PTA and ArtWise NW: Central Emerson PTA and ArtWiseNW are partnering up again to bring a holiday crafting workshop to Central and Emerson. Central art workshop was held this week. Emerson will host a 3-day camp on December 13, 14 and 15 in the gym after school. Spots are still available for the Emerson Art Workshop. Register today. All the information is on the flyer below. Email ptacentralemerson@gmail.com ASAP for interest in scholarship.

Stadium Flower Orders: All orders were placed last week and will be delivered to Central on December 12. Pick up will ONLY be at Central from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. If unable to pick up that day, please contact the PTA to schedule a time. The PTA is looking for volunteers to help with sorting and picking up orders on the December 12, click here for the SignUpGenius to volunteer, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4BABAC2CABFDC16-stadium.

Please email ptacentralemerson@gmail.com for more information or to schedule a different pick-up time. Thank you to everyone who ordered, and we raised over $1,000 for our school.

Food Bank Donation: THE FOOD DRIVE IS IN FULL SWING! FILL UP THOSE CRATES! The PTA wants to give back to our community this holiday season with a food donation drive. We have partnered with the Snohomish Food Bank to make this happen. The Food Drive will run from December 1 to 15. Each class will have a crate to fill for the food bank. The class that collects the greatest number of items will win a class doughnut party from the PTA. There will be one winning class at Central and one winning class at Emerson. Start collecting today!

Here is a list of most needed items from the Snohomish Food Bank: Canned frosting for cakes, Apple Sauce, Canned Pasta Sauce, Jell-O, Canned fruit- peaches, pears or mandarin oranges, Peanut Butter, Jelly, Cornbread Muffin Mix, Boxes of tea, Canned dog or cat food, Baby wipes, Soups- Cream of mushroom, vegetable, chicken noodle or tomato, and Canned Vegetables. They will also accept monetary donations- cash or check made out to the Snohomish Food Bank with name and address in an envelope. This will ensure they will send you a card stating they received the donation and follow up with a tax letter in January. $1 will equal 1 item in our competition. Just a reminder no expired food or opened items. They will have to throw them away.

Thank you so much from the Snohomish Food Bank and the PTA!

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If you have any questions – please contact ptacentralemerson@gmail.com.