Many cultural holidays celebrate with the giving of gifts or money, including Christmas, Chinese New Year, Eid, and more. This year, as a literacy teacher, I have decided to give my students the gift of reading. As such, every student has received a $4.99 Scholastic Book Certificate.
Students received their gift certificates this week. If your family celebrates Christmas, then please consider it an early Christmas gift. However, because many members in our community do not celebrate Christmas, I have handed out the gifts now (as opposed to December) so they are not necessarily associated with the Christmas season.
Students, if you know that you will not be using the scholastic gift certificate, please return it to me, or pass it on to a friend who can make use of it. It would be a shame to waste the money.
There are usually several books in the Teen Readers Club for $4.99. There are several choices in the November flyer: Peeled, Surviving the Applewhites, Searching for David’s Heart, Dickens’ Christmas Carol, Cut, More Bones, and The Breadwinner.
(Please note that not some books in the Teen Readers Club Scholastic Flyer contain subject matter more appropriate for older readers or language that may be deemed offensive. They are marked in the TRC flyer with “HS” for High School.)
Parents, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or by phoning the school. Students, if you did not receive your Scholastic gift certificate, please come and see me.
Happy holidays!
