Candy Cane Lane next Wednesday, December 1

You most certainly will not want to miss the First Annual Candy Cane Lane Children's Holiday Fashion Show and Luncheon benefiting the Children's Hospital at Scott & White on Wednesday, December 1.

The fashion show will feature some of our adorable students modeling holiday fashions from My Vintage Baby, Orient Expressed and original designs from Amanda Duggan, a mom of a CCS student!

The luncheon will begin at 11 a.m. and is catered by Megg's Cafe. Tickets are $20. Space is limited so we urge out parents and friends to reserve a chair as soon as possible. To make your reservation, please see Kathy Barnes in the office or call 774.8622.

Parents Plus is also hosting a Holiday Bazaar in conjunction. Talented parents and friends of the school will have lots of gifts on hand to purchase. It is really going to be a fabulous day. The Bazaar will run from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Admission to the Bazaar is free.

CCS Celebrates Veterans Day

Please join Christ Church School as we celebrate Veterans Day on
Thursday, November 11, at 11 a.m.

Students are encouraged to wear a white or red shirt. Uniform pants/
shorts/skirts are still required.

At 11 a.m. we will have our own Veterans Day Parade to honor all
veterans, especially parents and grandparents of students who are
veterans. We would love it if you could join us on this special day!

CCS Book Fair Saturday! Support CCS!

November

Dear Parents, Welcome to November! This month we will be learning about giving thanks, the first Thanksgiving, Pilgrims and Native Americans, and harvest. We also are learning about squares, black and brown, and migration. We continue to work on math concepts as related to fall themes...such as counting pumpkin seeds, patterning leaves, pumpkins, and acorns, etc. Our special activities this month include the Thanksgiving Sharing Feast and our Mayflower trip....for the feast, we need parents to help set up tables and serve food to the children. Ms. Boyd will have a short program and the children will dress in Pilgrim or Indian costumes. For the Mayflower trip, each child needs to bring a box big enough to sit in. We will put them all together and make a "boat" to sail away to the New Land. While on our trip, we will eat food similar to what the Pilgrims had such as biscuits, hard cheese, beef jerky, and dried fruit. This activity is usually confined to just our class but parents are welcome to join us. I will be sending home a large turkey feather for you to decorate with your child so that we can "dress" our big turkey on the board outside the room. You can use anything at all to decorate the feather......I love this activity because it shows such creativity and diversity among the children and parents. I will soon inform on dates for activities. Thanks! K. Mcrae

Dear Parents,

The sign-up sheet for Canterbury Faire work shifts is by the classroom door. We work in 30 minute shifts from 10:00 to 1:00.....please sign up to help. Our class is doing the Cake Walk. In addition to bringing baked goods for the bake sale, we need individually wrapped goodies for the cake walk, such as cookies, brownies, rice krispie treats, and cupcakes. I am also posting a party list for our Fall Fun party ( Halloween). Please sign up for that also. We will order pizza from Pizza, Wings and Things but need other party items as well. Our party is Friday, Oct. 29th at 11:00 and we would love to have you join us if you can. Please try to be at Canterbury Faire on Saturday...it is lots of fun for everyone and we need your support!!

The children have been busy learning all about fall and we have been decorating our room and hallway. We are focusing on kings, queens, castles, and dragons this week. Last week was all about fire safety. We are headed for the busiest time of the year with the holidays approaching, but it is a fun and exciting time, too! Thanks for all your help!

Mrs. McRae

Royal Volunteers Needed for Canterbury Faire

BAKE SALE
We are asking for everyone to donate one large item (such as a cake, pie, or bread) and one batch of small items individually wrapped (such as cookies, brownies, rice krispy treats).
• Label everything with tags or printed labels from your computer, be sure to mention if the item contains nuts. Don’t worry about pricing, we will handle that.
• Presentation is everything! Large items sell much faster if they look great. Check the dollar store for Fall or Halloween plates to display your creation.
• Individual items don’t need to be wrapped as fancy, most of these will be sold and eaten at lunchtime. These will be priced at 50 cents each, so package accordingly (one brownie per bag, two cookies per bag, etc.).
• Delivery times: Friday, October 22 before 4pm at the front of the school, or Saturday October 23 before 10am at our table by the Parish Hall.

CLASS BOOTHS
Sign up for a time to help at your classroom booth. Each class has a booth and parents need to sign up for 30 minute time slots. If you are unable to go into your child's class and sign up, send your teacher an email and let her know when you can help.

RAFFLE
Ready for a fall getaway? The Canterbury Faire committee is so excited to announce a raffle for a weekend getaway to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine. It is a kid's dream and fun for parents, too! Tickets for the raffle are available in the office. Tickets are $10 per ticket or 3 tickets for $20.
A special thank you to our generous raffle sponsor Sherri and Graves Erskine, Geico Local Office serving the Killeen/Temple area.

Questions? Don't know what you can do to help? Contact Holly Steele, Canterbury Faire Chairperson. Thanks everyone for supporting this Parents Plus fundraiser!!

conference sign-up

Dear Parents,

Conference Day is this coming Monday and we still have several slots open. The list is posted by the classroom door, so please remember to sign up as soon as possible. Also, the shields that were sent home recently can be decorated and returned any time. Canterbury Faire will be here before we know it! Our class is Kings Cake Walk, so we will need lots of goodies for that.......brownies, cookies, etc, individually packaged is the best way to send the baked goods. They can be sent the Friday before Canterbury or brought early Saturday morning. Our class has begun our study of fall and we have been busy making leaves, acorn, trees, etc...this is a fun and colorful time of year. We hope to see you all for conferences on Monday!

Mrs. McRae