Birthday Celebrations

Everybody likes to celebrate their birthday...even parents, right? Birthdays are a time for celebration and something we would like to all honor at school. In first grade, we’d like to continue the tradition of having ‘birthday breakfast’ once a month in your child’s classroom. We welcome families to join us for this celebration each month - regardless of whether your child’s birthday falls on that month! We encourage all families to join us in a morning meeting and participate in a whole class greeting. We then will sing a birthday song, and enjoy a special breakfast as a whole group.

Each month, we will need your help to make the birthday breakfast a success. We encourage you to sign up ahead of time to supply a special healthy breakfast treat (1-2 months in advance would be helpful). Breakfast ideas range from juice, muffins, bread, cheese and crackers, fruit salad, veggie and dip, fruit kabobs, yogurt parfait, granola, etc. All breakfast items need to be peanut-free so please read the labels carefully. Even if you are not able to attend, you can contribute to the breakfast. If you are not bringing a birthday treat, we welcome you to join as well! Remember, we need to honor our school policy of healthy snacks.

This is a great chance for you to join your child’s class and celebrate with the whole class community. Please look for a sign up during open house at the end of the month for a date that works for you and your family to bring a breakfast item to school.  Closer to the date that you sign up for, I’ll remind those that signed up and help to coordinate on who will be bringing what. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

**IN THE MEANTIME, I'D LIKE TO GET A HEADS START ON THE FIRST BIRTHDAY BREAKFAST - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th.  IF YOU CAN HELP SUPPLY ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW (jillc@mpsvt..org). REMEMBER, THIS MONTHLY EVENT CAN ONLY HAPPEN WITH YOUR HELP.  THANKS!

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If you are having a birthday or holiday celebration outside of school time, please send invitations on your own, not through school, unless all students from our class are invited. This pertains to "secretly" dropping an invitation in their folder or handing it to them during school hours. Please also discuss the potential conversations that could come about from having out of school gatherings with only select classmates and the feelings that those left out may have. I will be doing the same at school, but believe a follow up discussion can only benefit! Thanks so much for understanding and helping all children feel good.  (I'll try and get a contact list out for all students soon!)