Editor’s Note: The Garretson Gazette loves the innocence of how children view the season; while we’ve run Letters to Santa from the second-grade students and drawings from the sixth-grade students for several years now, we wanted to include the younger Garretson Elementary students as well. This week, we present Jacki Liester’s Kindergarten class letting us know what their favorite things are about Christmas.
We’ve also got the 6th Grade Drawing Contest, in which some wonderful drawings were submitted. School Board member and former teacher Ruth Sarar graciously judged the contest on technique, thoughtfulness, originality, and holiday festiveness. The winners will receive some Garretson Bucks compliments of the Gazette to spend at a local business. Big thanks to Julie Mueller for gathering the drawings.
Our winners this year were: First Place – Lucie Frewaldt, Second Place – Nathan Roberts, Third Place – Ethan Magnuson, Honorable Mention – Hope Wheeler.
Thank you to all our sponsors for this contest, Alliance Communications, Blue Dragon Academy, CHS, City of Garretson, Don’s Auto, First Bank & Trust, the Garretson Commercial Club, Garretson Insurance, Garretson Food Center, Jesse James Country Store, Minnehaha Funeral Home, Landmark Realty, Nordstrom’s Automotive, Performance Press, Sander’s Printing, and Vandersnick Excavating.
An extra special thanks to Sarar, who told us that it’s hard to pick just four students, because she loved every single drawing.
With the Second Grade letters, we did our best to preserve errors, misspellings, and the spirit of the child’s letter. Corrections were made with regards to certain errors or words that only made sense in the child’s handwriting. A huge thank you goes out to teachers Samantha Bruins and Jodi Neugebauer for undertaking this project each year!
- What are your favorite things about Christmas? (On-line Subscription Required)
- Letters to Santa (On-line Subscription required)
- Holiday Drawings (Open to all)
