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This winter, the Crochet Club at Sandy Hill Elementary demonstrated the power of kindness and community spirit through a meaningful outreach project. The club, which meets regularly to practice their crochet skills, decided to use their talents to spread joy by crocheting scarves for the residents of Maplewood Care Society in Abbotsford. This idea originated from the students' desire to show appreciation for the elderly members of their community. 

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A little more of our Winter arts and crafts happening around the school!

Thank you to our Sandy Hill families for your thoughtfulness and generosity towards the Christmas Neighbours program through Archway. Your generous donations allowed for our school to support two families of six and two families of 3 this upcoming holiday season! We were able to provide these families with their gifts as well as their holiday meals. We thank you all for helping our school spread kindness and empathy to those in need in our community. Happy holidays to all! 

Welcome to Kindergarten - Learn Through Play Issue 8 is now available.

This issue is packed with fun activities that you can enjoy with your child at home. These activities are designed to promote early literacy, creativity, and bonding. Whether it's reading a story together or exploring nature, there's something for everyone!

Over 30 students were involved and 46 scarves were made and donated to the residents of Maplewood Care home on Friday. This community project was possible only with the generosity of the Sandy Hill Community contributing yarn and funds, Mrs. Juulsen's classroom was full of the yarn and supplies! Thank you so much for your continued support!

Mrs. Miller has turned the Library Learning Commons into a Winter Wonderland of fun and games!

We were surprised by the PAC this morning with a lovely coffee bar and baked goods. Thank you so much, we all enjoyed the delicious treats!

The grade 5 hoodies have arrived and they look fantastic! Students proudly wore their new hoodies for the rest of the day.

Thank you to the PAC for subsidizing the cost of the hoodies, ensuring each student was able to receive a grade 5 hoodie, running HotLunch for purchases, and to the parent who organized and facilitated.

Our hallways are lined with beautiful winter artwork created by our talented students and our foyer is sparkling with trees decorated by Division 1 students and lights hung by our PAC.

Yesterday morning Sinterklaas elves visited the school. Students left a shoe in the hallway and came back to find that the elves had left a candy cane in each shoe! This is a Dutch winter tradition where Sinterklaas arrives on December 5th to leave a gift on the doorstep. There were squeals of joy heard in the hallways!