The 5th Grade Winter Party will take place on Thursday, December 14th starting at 1:30 pm.  If you haven’t already, you will soon be contacted by your room parents about how your family can help contribute for snacks for the big event!

Additionally, this year we will be incorporating a small community service project into the Winter Party.  We are asking the 5th grade students to bring in non-perishable food items and toiletries for the Swiss Red Cross‘s 2xChristmas program – which offers a holiday distribution here in Switzerland as well as in countries in Eastern Europe.  This Swiss Red Cross has been distributing these items for 21 years.  In the 2016/2017 campaign, more than 66,000 parcels and CHF 200,000 were donated.

The students will view the following video that provides some insight into the program so that they can understand how their donations will help those in need.  This video is in German, but you can add Close-Captioning and Auto-Translate to English.

When deciding what to send in with your child for the community service project, please remember that foodstuffs must have a shelf-life of at least 6 months.  Toiletries such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, cotton wool, soap and shampoo are also very welcome.

Please make sure your students bring in their items on the day of the Winter Party!

Thanks for your assistance in making this a great 5th grade year for our children!

–5th Grade Room Parents