Goodbye 2022

Second grade ended the 2022 year with lots of learning, projects, and fun! Students studied Ancient Greek civilizations throughout November and December. As a culmination to their learning, each student completed a research project covering one famous philosopher, one Greek invention, one of the 12 Olympian gods, and a Greek structure. They all did an amazing job and worked so hard on their presentations. We invited parents and the SJDS community to our presentations and each student gave their presentation to various audiences. Project based learning is rich in problem solving, team work, public speaking, collaboration and so much more.

Our next December adventure was Candlelight. This service marks the beginning of the Christmas season and is a beautiful celebratory performance given by the Lower School students. The Lower School body begins practicing for this night at the beginning of the school year and their hard word always pays off. Candlelight is such a special treat to attend. Lesson Readers are chosen from each grade level and everyone read beautifully. Second grade is very proud of our readers this year!

To end this first half of the school year, we had a pancake and pajama party on the last day before Christmas break. Students wore their pajamas to school and I cooked them a pancake breakfast. It was the perfect way to start our Christmas party festivities.

We ended our Christmas PJ Party with an ornament exchange. The class sat in a circle and we rolled dice with special instructions to exchange the ornaments. When everyone had a turn, we opened our ornaments! This was very fun for the kids and they were all so happy!