Advent/Christmas at Valle

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Preparing for the Christmas season is a very busy time for most folks. During Advent the preparations are everywhere. Busy moms are cooking and baking, sales clerks are working late and letter carriers are swamped. Churches are getting ready to move from purple vestments to white. </strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Preparations at Valle Catholic are no different.</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong></strong> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Valle 5th Grade tried to help folks enjoy the spirit of the season by spreading some Christmas cheer with Christmas caroling for the residents of <em>Riverview at The Park</em> in Ste. Genevieve. They entertained the residents with many Christmas carols. The students then shared their homemade cards with the residents.</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-5th-Grade-carolers-with-Carl.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-5240" alt="Valle 5th Grade carolers with Carl" src="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-5th-Grade-carolers-with-Carl-1024×649.jpg" width="409" height="259" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong></strong> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Other Advent/Christmas activities at Valle Catholic included:</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong></strong> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>** annual "Pajama Day with our Prayer Angels". </strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-Prayer-Angel-Day-Sadie-and-Mrs-Blair.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-5241" alt="Valle Prayer Angel Day Sadie and Mrs Blair" src="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-Prayer-Angel-Day-Sadie-and-Mrs-Blair.jpg" width="350" height="263" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Cookies and Christmas stories were shared</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong></strong> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">**<strong> Gingerbread House Decorating with Kindergarten and First Grade students</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-gingerbread-houses-Kdg.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-5243" alt="Valle gingerbread houses Kdg" src="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-gingerbread-houses-Kdg-768×1024.jpg" width="409" height="545" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong></strong> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>** <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Giving Tree </em>projects:</span> Grade School Student Council sponsored a Hot Cocoa and cookie sale to raise money for <em>Giving Tree</em> items. 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Their class virtue is <em>honesty so e</em>ach child took a paper home with spaces for four quarters to be taped. It read, "I honestly earned this quarter by…" Students helped out around the house and earned a dollar in quarters to pool together with other students to purchase items. 2nd Grade photos show a student proudly displaying his quarters earned and the second grade class placing their gifts under the tree. </strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-2nd-Grade-Giving-Tree.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5246" alt="Valle 2nd Grade Giving Tree" src="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-2nd-Grade-Giving-Tree-225×300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /></a><a href="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-2nd-Grader-with-quarters.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5247 alignright" alt="Valle 2nd Grader with quarters" src="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-2nd-Grader-with-quarters-225×300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong></strong> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>** Each building began each Monday of Advent with prayer and lighting the Advent Wreath</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/valle-Advent-Wreath-2014-640×480.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5214" alt="valle Advent Wreath 2014 (640×480)" src="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/valle-Advent-Wreath-2014-640×480-300×225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a><a href="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-Advent-wreath-lighting.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5178 alignright" alt="Valle Advent wreath lighting" src="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-Advent-wreath-lighting-300×168.jpg" width="300" height="168" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong> </strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"></div> <div style="text-align: center;"></div> <div style="text-align: center;"></div> <div style="text-align: center;"></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Valle Catholic 6th Grade conducted a Coat Drive during Advent. They donated the coats to St. Vincent DePaul just in time for Christmas.</span></strong></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-6th-Grade-coat-drive.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5251" alt="Valle 6th Grade coat drive" src="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-6th-Grade-coat-drive.jpg" width="480" height="292" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>** High School and middle school students did the traditional "12 Days of Christmas". High School students held <em>Breakfast with Santa.</em></strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-Band-Christmas-Concert.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5249" alt="Valle Band Christmas Concert" src="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/Valle-Band-Christmas-Concert-225×300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><em></em></strong> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>** Christmas Concert ~ Grades 6-12 </strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/church-at-Christmas.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-2566" alt="Christmas church at Christmas" src="http://www.valleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/church-at-Christmas-1024×765.jpg" width="584" height="436" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong></strong> </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><em>Merry Christmas from all of us at Valle Catholic Schools.</em></span></strong></span></div> <div></div>