12 STUFF 'N SUg Christmas Find-a-Word — The Meaning of Christmas ‘WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME is for carols and candles so bright, is for Him born on that Holy Night. Doom ANGELS j ; RE!|!NDEERESTL | BABY is for reindeer that pull Santa's 3 BETHLEHEM sleigh, ERSHLAVEEE!? {cay cass I is for Infant asleep on the hay. CAROLS S is for star that shone on the stable, BAEYEHVVHSG : T is for tree, and: turkey on the table. DECEMBER ; MMEGORRE TU H [kvercreeNs M is for manger and the Mother so mild, GREETINGS A is for angels who told of the Child. EA YUNTMRA ST HOLLY S is for shepherds who came there to CRLERANGEL S I{inent see. | EYBABRMRR OG | JESUS That's what Christmas means to me. LIGHTS DOA RA NT EO R SN aes Grade Three Class BETH ek BE Mea pe 2 - Christmas means a lot to me. We do ; SoBN AEN, DANA C4 eee lots of things at Christmas time. We (ee ; Le 3 , ‘ wee ‘ GNIKCOTSYCE |i craush | $0,out and sot a very big Onristnas | | Sirehday. At Christ: NHRY UL ET ! DE | SHEPHERDS Then, when we go home, we start decora- eS Se ae and OATTESNIOPR SONGS ting the Christmas tree and we make it give presents. I like f STOCKING very nice. to eat turkey on S RENSICA CE FEU Ss Opis _ We clean the house as best we can. eugetias Day: 1; 2ike TREE : 1t because on Christ- PSN EM.& 5 bk wear oat Wjen it's Christmas I put on a long a See =e : dress and so does my sister. We have : AS HEPH EROS S |WREATH siape tees Manger scfonen our pre: poles Sa some YULETIDE sents and my father takes pictures. en Freee Bre ces Write down unused letters in order and After we play games, and my sister, test BEL COes el ee Debbie Hard read the message. ; my brother, and I play with our new Grade! two: y games, We also celebrate Christmas because that is the day Jesus is born. So we should all remember that! Cristina Fiorella Grade 4 SCHOOL NEWS CASSTAR ELEMENTARY - SECONDARY SCHOOL GHRISTMAS CONCERT TIME I think Christmas is a time when we remember Jesus. It is a time when we try to be extra good, such as being happier. to give than receive. iWhen we celebrate | Jesus' birthday, even if you don't get what — you want still be thankful. Brian Grant Grade Three Field Trip... Oe Ee a ___ The meaning of Christmas is to think of the Christ child. On Christmas night make sure you pray. About two weeks — ahead of Christmas you can go with your parents and get a tree. At home you can trim the tree and decorate the tree. Cassiar School will be holding their ~ annual Christmas concert on Thursday, December 16, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Parents and adults are very welcome to attend this enjoyable annual event. Students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 will be participating. Please reserve that evening as part of your holiday plans. Further news on this event will be sent home with children. You can put glass balls on a tree >. - you can put tinsel on a tree. On Christmas evening Santa comes down your chimney and he is dressed in fur from his head to his toes. Donna Melchior Grade Five STIKINE STUDY ATTRACTS PROVINCIAL ATTENTION "A Study of School Expectations held by Community Members in the Stikine School District'' is the rather lengthy title given to a report done by researchers Drs. Lloyd MacDonald and Stan Garrod of the Educational Research Institute of Bate ember, is available to members of the public upon request. Dr. MacDonald and Mr. Garrod inter- viewed approximately 30 families in Cassiar and from these interviews came up with a series of issues and recom- mendations for education in Cassiar. Some of the recommendations reflect concern about problems existing in Cas- Siar, Mentioned in the report were issues such as, - the value of a drug and alcohol problem, a need for Native and Northern studies, a need for a firm and consistent standard of discipline, a need for increased Canadian content in curriculum. One of the recommendations is that a school-Community Advisory Council be set up. January at a public meeting. At that time, Dr. A. Newberry, District Super- intendent of Schools will be present to Jack Grant,Princi- address the meeting. pal, feels that there is a great need for direct input to many areas of school planning and that a group such as men- tioned could fill this need. Details of a public meeting will be outlined’ early in January, 1977. The report released in early Sept- Plans for this will go ahead in The Montreal Field Trip students and teachers wish to extend their sincere thanks to all those who so generously donated books for our sale. The book sale will be held the week of December 6 - 10 in the grocery store, cookery and school. The exact time of these sales will be posted so watch for the signs. The field trip students will also be sponsoring a bake sale on Saturday December 11th at the store. Again many thanks. Bev Evans We are still in the process of raising money for the Cassiar students' field trip to Eastern Canada. Our next pro- ject, we hope, will be a cookbook con- taining recipes obtained from this area. But we will need your help for this project. If you have recipes you think may interest us, please let us know. The recipes can be from any ethnic group. There are no restrictions. Only we must reserve the right to make a selec- tion of the received recipes to avoid duplication. |. ‘Please give your recipes, with.your.. J}. name and address attached to Estelle Berube or Anna Maria Santos. Or send the recipes to Kirsten Smidt, Cassiar School, Box 190. If you cannot find these people please call 778-7542 between 6 and 7 p.m. We will then pick up your recipe donations. Thank you for your support. Thank you also for your support of the Fashion Show. K. Smidt Coffee and cookies are sold reg- ularly at the school, and a number of major projects are planned. Students provided much of the behind the sce- nes work at the recent Fashion Show and have collected many books from houses in Cassiar and will hold a conm- bined bake and book sale in the near future. $1000 has been raised and the students have a full fund raising schedule for the next three months. Special thanks to Lorne Armstrong, Gerry Kamlah and Rolf Lee for their help on the Fashion Show. Special thanks, also for donations from Ev Rattray and George Zimich. [Ed. note: We're also pleased that the students have offered to help y S39 O87) “ag + JP wet ss Fs