Rudolph and Santa were a HUGE hit with our youngest students. Remember, we changed our Holidays Around the World so that it would be more appropriate for PreK-2nd grade students.
We planned on two days, but have now finished three days and Rudolph will add a few command performances on Monday.
Santa and Rudolph’s Numbers: 2,972 students
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Singing and reading continued today. Rudolph and Santa are hanging in there. Today Santa was called away to a budget meeting and his elf assistant had to fill in. She was definitely NOT Santa, but did a good job on short notice.
Day 2 Stats:
Rudolph sang to 32 classes in 14 connections for a total [...]

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Once upon a time, there was a deputy director of an educational service center in Texas. One day the bridge dude and his sidekick asked the deputy director if he would like to read some Christmas stories to young students during the first week in December…and now, for the rest of the story!
Yes, we have [...]

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Today is the first day of Holidays Around the World presentations. This year about 80 classes are participating from 14 districts. You might be wondering what goes on behind the scenes to make this happen.
I create the handouts and coordinate with the site managers and the teachers. The site managers send me a spreadsheet with [...]

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