The most important gift!

"Reading together twenty minutes a day is the most important gift you can give your child."
~Rosemary Wells, Author of Read to Your Bunny

A Sensory Friendly Night of ...The Nutcracker!

Gather your friends and family to celebrate the holidays with a mesmerizing production of The Nutcracker. In this enchanting performance, originally captured live from the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Tchaikovsky's stunning score is brought to life by Grigorovich's sensational vision and the world-renowned ballet company.

Create your own holiday tradition and be transported to a magical kingdom with a special sensory friendly screening of the Bolshoi Ballet’s The Nutcracker in select cinemas on Monday, December 19 only.

In this special sensory friendly event, movie-goers are encouraged to be themselves. We’ll turn the lights up, and turn down the sound, so you can get up, dance, walk, shout or sing!

For participating theater locations and to purchase tickets visit www.autism-society.org/thenutcracker.

No Spelling Words until 2017!

Due to culture rotations occurring Wednesday through Friday this week and the many fun activities scheduled for next week, students in Mrs. Alaimo's room will not have any spelling words until we return from winter break on Wednesday, January 4th. Thank you for your attention!

Congrats to our Turkey Score recipients!

Hillcrest's Super Second Graders worked hard to meet the November reading fluency goal of 50 wpm. In order to do this, students received a new story every week to repeat read daily. When they met the goal of 50 wpm they got to write the title of their story on a turkey feather. The student with the most feathers by the end of the trimester got to select a gift card off Mrs. Alaimo's "R" gift card tree. Congrats to Brandon H. from Mrs. Hetman's classroom for the first trimester of second grade! We're off to meet the shamrock score of 73 wpm...

The Nutcracker, a Sensory Friendly Event

Sensory Friendly Event  December 19 only Bolshoi Ballet’s The Nutcracker Date: Monday, December 19 Time: 6:00 p.m. (local time) Run Time: 2 hours 15 minutes (approximate) Ticketing: Click here to buy tickets. If online ticketing is not available for your location, you can purchase your tickets by visiting the box office at your local participating cinema. Special Fathom Features: A special sensory friendly event featuring the Bolshoi Ballet’s 2014 production of The Nutcracker captured from the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Fathom Events and the Autism Society are delighted to bring a first-of-its-kind sensory friendly cinema event featuring the Bolshoi Ballet’s timeless holiday classic, The Nutcracker, to select cinemas on Monday. December 19. For tickets and list of cinema locations, please click here.   In this special cinema presentation consumers are encouraged to be themselves. We’ll turn the lights up, and turn down the sound, so you can get up, dance, walk, shout or sing! On Christmas Eve, Marie’s wooden nutcracker doll transforms into a beautiful prince who takes her on a magical journey. Before they leave, they must confront the Mouse King whose army is threatening Marie… Christmas would not be complete without the enchanting tale of young Marie and her Nutcracker prince! Danced by the Bolshoi’s principals, E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairytale staged by Russian ballet master Yuri Grigorovich will transport children and adults alike to a world of magic and wonder for the holiday season.

My PROMISE to YOU...

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