Posts Categorized: Education Newsletters

Season’s Greetings, E&M friends! Did you know that every year, there is a winter solstice, the shortest
day of the year? On December 21st, 2023, the planet will be tilted as far away from the Sun as possible,
with the fewest hours of daylight. After the winter solstice, days become longer and nights shorter as
spring approaches.

This December’s Culture Corner will give a brief background on the history of the gingerbread house, and work to illuminate one of the holiday season’s most unique traditions. 

December is the time to cuddle indoors with cozy winter sweaters! If you could design your sweater, what would it look like? Print out this PDF of a sweater and add whatever you’d like to it! 

Family and cultural traditions can have a magical way of connecting our lives and generations. Have you ever prepared one of your grandmother’s holiday recipes with your kids, for example, or played her favorite game with them? Did you find yourself sharing stories about her and parts of her personality you see shining through in them?

November is National Parent Involvement Month. Research shows that when communities, schools, and families support each other, children of all backgrounds and various abilities achieve at higher levels.