Dates of Note
December 23rd- January 6th - Winter Break
January 9 - Finance Committee
January 13 - Community Circle
January 20 - Martin Luther King Jr Day - No School
Winter Market Tomorrow
Friday, December 20thFifth Graders will be selling crafts (made from landfill bound materials), nutritious treats, and cups of warm mint tea. Each item will be priced at $1 and each student is invited to choose a craft, a treat, and tea for a total of up to $3. In order to support Evergreen’s sustainable ethos, we ask students to bring their own mugs if possible.
Students will visit the Winter Market during the school day with their class. The money raised will help fund the 5th graders end-of-year campout in addition to making charitable donations to our community nonprofit partners. Donations above asking price are always welcome. We appreciate your support!
Hot Lunch is Back for 2025!
Head on over to the Nutrition Page to check out January and February Menus, or simply click here to place your order!
Last Call for Grandfriend Addresses!
With Grandfriends’ Day rescheduled for Valentines Day, we will need to get invites out just after the holidays. If you did not do so the first go-round, please include your guests’ info in the form linked below!
Honey for the Holidays
Stop by the office to make your next celebration a little sweeter. Local honey for $7-22. Some sizes are selling out! Make like Janice and Get It While You Can.
Open Enrollment starts January 1
Let your friends and neighbors know: Open Enrollment starts on January 1st and runs through March 31st. The lottery will be drawn on April 8th!
Lost & Found
The last day to check December's lost and found is this Friday December 20th! As always, any unclaimed items will be donated to our ECCS Robin's Nest and other donation sites in need. All lost and found items labeled with names have been returned.
Locations: Foyer outside main office, Gym
Thank You to Our Fund Raisers and our fun Raisers
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Community Builders
Last week at the East Asheville Library, Evergreen Families made Holiday Cards for the Nursing-Home-Bound residents of Asheville.
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Having a log accounting our community’s significant investment in our collective success helps us when we are applying for grants from other funding sources. Other funding sources = less need for monetary donations from families.
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ATTN: MIDDLE SCHOOL
North Asheville Junior League is looking for middle school athletes (age 13-15) who want to develop their baseball skills.
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Parenting Through Winter Break And Starting The New Year Strong
The end of the year is approaching, which means we are already halfway through the school year; I can’t believe it! Holiday parties, special religious celebrations and services, snow days, and winter break are all here. While the holidays are meant to bring us joy, rest, and spiritual rejuvenation, all of these changes also can be disruptive or stressful for families with children. This may be especially true for families with children who have special needs due to a mental health diagnosis.
Maybe you’ve established a system that works well for your child but are worried about how the approaching changes might interrupt the system. Or maybe your family is still trying to figure out and understand what works best for your child with special needs.
Let’s Talk About Routines
Routines and consistency are important for all children — and helpful for adults too! Routines provide children with a sense of safety and predictability in the world. Chaos or unpredictability can set children up for experiencing worry and anxiety.
A child may wonder:
“How do I know what to expect?”“What if something bad happens next?”Or they may experience oppositional behavior:“I’m not sure what the rules or boundaries are, so I need to test them to find out.”Keeping in mind that we can’t be 100 percent consistent all of the time, here are some general guidelines on ways to maintain consistency and routines throughout the school year and the holidays.
Try to Keep to a Similar Sleeping and Eating Schedule
Disrupting daily biological routines can lead to changes in mood, fatigue and irritability. I know it’s tempting to let kids stay up late and sleep in during their holiday break. But it’s just as important to stick to a consistent sleeping and eating schedule during the holidays as it is during a normal school week. So, during the holiday season, follow these important schedule guidelines:
Stick to usual eating and sleeping times.
If your child needs daily medication, keep the timing of delivery consistent for the medication to be most effective.
If your family absolutely has to stay up late for holiday travel or a holiday party, that’s OK, but try to minimize these disruptions as much as possible.
If there needs to be an overall shift during the holiday, try to keep it within one hour of the established routine.
Structure Throughout the Day
While most school-aged kids will have regular homework during the school year, they won’t have much, if any, homework over holiday breaks. Transitioning to a holiday break with very little structure can be dysregulating. Therefore, it is still helpful for children to have some type of structure to their day. During lots of travel or between stimulating holiday activities, try to create a regular “low-key” time of day where your child can engage in light activities, including:
Reading
Drawing
Coloring
Learning-based gameplay
This is especially important for children who struggle more with lack of structure, such as children with ADHD or those who are on the autism spectrum.
This “low-key” time may also be a good time for them to practice any skills, such as relaxation or emotion identification.
Check in With Your Child
As the first half of the school year winds down, take some time to talk with your child about how they think the semester went:
What subjects did they enjoy or struggle with?
If your child has school accommodations, are they meeting your child’s needs?
What are some fun things they do with friends?
Any major social challenges?
What do they feel most proud of this year?
Give them genuine praise for the hard work they have done this year, let them know how proud you are of them, and let them know that it’s OK if they are struggling in any area and that you can work together to help make it better.
Even though I covered a lot about routines, consistency, and schedules, please make sure to schedule times of rest, rejuvenation, and joy this winter break! See you all in the New Year!!
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‘Tis the Season to Flood Back Love
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Connect With Free Resources for Families
Buncombe County
Public Library
Buncombe County Library has such a rich calendar of free events for the community! Lego Clubs, Ukelele Lessons, Intro to Mindfulness, Book Clubs, Festivals, Watercolor Painting, Clothing Swaps, D&D!
Come find your community (and a good book) at the library!
Don’t forget to check out ZOOM Passes, your free ticket to local attractions.
Bounty & Soul Market
“We know our farmers and they know us. We honor their work as sacred.
Knowledge is power and communities are wise. Communities have the resources to care for each other.
Together we create a just and equitable food and health system.”
Use the button above to check out to find a pop-up market near you.
Resources for Resilience
Resources for Resilience shares practical tools and research-based resources that people of all ages can use to manage stress and find compassion and connection. Our trainings and professional development workshops help participants work together to prevent future adversity and create healthier, more resilient communities.
Click the button above to learn more about their workshops, trainings, and listening circles.
Ways to give that don’t involve cash!
Do you use aluminum cans in life? Do you want to help support our Adventure Program? If the answer is yes to both then we’re looking for you. Our Cans for Climbing program is a major fundraiser for Evergreen’s Adventure Program that is easy to participate in. All you need to do is drop off any aluminum cans you have in the Cans for Climbing Trailer located right by our buses.
Download the app and start scanning your receipts at checkout!
Linking your card really does make a difference! If you cannot afford to give monetarily to our fundraisers, linking your grocery cards is a great way to make sure that you are helping to support our school!
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Purchase a book for the library, or use it as a book recommendation list for your next library trip!
Did you know that 10% of each Artsonia purchase is donated to the school.
