WEDNESDAY WEEKLY
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Upcoming Events
For a full list of events please check the online calendar.
November 28-30: SEM Goes Shopping, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Mural Room
December 6: Environmental Club, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Room 216*
December 7: Bake Sale for Round Square Projects, all lunches
December 7: Environmental Club, 3:30-5:00 p.m., Room 216*
December 7: Spelling Bee Assembly
December 7: Grade 8 Movie Night-Glory!
December 11: Parents Association Meeting
December 11: Art Club, 3:15-4:00 p.m., Room 204
December 11: Select Chorus with The Yale Wiffenpoofs, 7:30 p.m., KCCA
December 12: Grade 6 A Christmas Carol, 7:15 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Allentown
December 13: MS Instrumental Concert, 6:00 p.m., Amato Auditorium
December 14: Grades 2 & 3-Nutcracker, 9:00 a.m.-Noon, Scranton
December 14: Geography Bee Assembly
December 19: Select Chorus-Winter Chapel at the Upper School
December 21: Holiday Concert and Tea, 9:00 a.m., Amato Auditorium
December 21: Holiday Tea-Grade 8, following the Concert in the Gymnasium
Noon Dismissal**
* Environmental Club t-shirts may be worn with Sem attire
**NO Afternoon Bus Transportation , NO Aftercare
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Holiday After School Enrichment
With the holidays quickly approaching the After School Enrichment Program is offering a few classes to help usher in this festive time of year. For all the details and registration please open here.
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Geography Bee Sign Up
Any Middle School student who wishes to participate in the Geography Bee needs to sign up with Mr. Davis by Monday, December 10.
The Geography Bee will take place on Friday, December 14.
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Children & Youth Gift Project
Students in Grades 4 through 8 were given the opportunity to provide a small gift to a less fortunate child. If participating, your student selected a child's name with a few gift ideas to take home to you this week. The gifts should not exceed $25.00 and should be returned to his/her homerooms today, November 28. Gift wrapping is not required. Thank you for your continued generosity. If you have any questions, please contact the office.
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White Team Event
White Team Members in Grades 5 through 8 are welcome to participate in creating holiday cards for active military personnel as well as local veterans. This event will take place on Tuesday, December 4, after school in Room 216 from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
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Holiday Tea and Concert
Our annual holiday choral concert will be held on Friday, December 21. The concert begins at 9:00 a.m. (auditorium doors open at 8:45 a.m.). Concert dress is required for all participating chorus students. All boys will be required to wear a jacket, shirt and tie or turtleneck, dress slacks, dress socks and shoes. Girls are required to wear a dress or a skirt and blouse/sweater and dress shoes.
All Grade 8 students who are not in the Holiday Concert should report to
Mr. Switzer's Room at 10:30 a.m., also in dress attire as detailed above. The Grade 8 Ornaments will be presented during the Holiday Tea this year.
The Holiday Tea begins immediately following the concert in the gymnasium. All parents and grandparents are cordially invited. A reminder that ONLY eighth-grade students are to attend the tea. All other students should remain in their classrooms until they are picked up for dismissal.
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Inclement Weather
With the recent inclement weather day on our minds, we urge you to review the information below prior to an actual snow event. The office, bus monitors, and all school personnel are extremely busy handling busing details, public school districts phone calls, announcements, updates to and from teachers, etc. The Lower School will follow the instructions you provided on your family's early dismissal form. Please contact the main office this week if you have changes or would like to review your selections. The office and classroom teachers should have the same instructions to follow on any early dismissal day.
Early Dismissal: When we are contacted by a school district about an early dismissal, parents of children who ride the bus may expect their students to be dismissed when that bus arrives. Students who do not ride the bus but whose district is closing early may be picked up at the early dismissal time in the main office.
Delayed Opening: If your school district is on a delayed opening schedule, your student will be permitted to arrive in accordance with your district's announced time, whether your student rides the bus or is driven to school.
School Closing: If your school district closes your student will not be expected in school even if we are open. If you wish to transport your student in this situation, do so at your own discretion.
Our students' safety is our main concern during bad weather. As always, please check our homepage often and sign up for text alerts for weather-related announcements. For more detailed information about our Inclement Weather Policy please see our lower school handbook.
Main Office 570-718-6600
jkatra@wyomingseminary.org and asirak@wyomingseminary.org
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Life at Lower School
For information and images about activities, accolades and events at Lower School, click on the links below...
Pre-kindergarten Thanksgiving Opera
Second grade trip to Everhart Museum
Third grade celebrates Thanksgiving
175th Anniversary celebration dress-down day
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Select Chorus News
The Lower School Select Chorus is invited to sing with The Yale Whiffenpoofs on December 11. Open here for more details/permission slip.
Please return permission slips to Mrs. Paciotti today.
The Select Chorus is also invited to perform at the Winter Chapel at the Upper School on December 19. This Detail/Permission Slip should be returned to Mrs. Paciotti by December 3.
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Tree Decorating
All Grades: We are once again decorating our school tree with hats, scarves, mittens and gloves. These items will be donated to children in need. Please send in your donations and we will add them to our tree throughout December. Thank you!
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Vineyard Vines Shirts and Hats
Some completed orders of the Vineyard Vines t-shirts and hats have been distributed this week. Please note that select sizes of Youth and Mens shirts have been back ordered until late Nov/early Dec; therefore, if your order is not received this week, it will be sent home once your complete order is fulfilled. Also, we have a limited quantity of Women's Long-sleeve White Vineyard Vines Shirts remaining from last year. These are $40 each and in medium and large sizes. If interested, please contact Kimberley Kindler at 570-406-7518.