Families and Holidays

Families can come in all different shapes and sizes.There is a variety of backgrounds among our students here in this classroom. Nobody in this classroom was born in a different country, but there are eight people who parents were born in different countries. 

   Also there are three people who speak another language besides English. Some of the different nationalities which are in our class are: Italians, Jamaicans, and Hispanics. Members of this class come from many different backgrounds and each has some special traditions even while we have much in common.

   Our entire school is one big family with all kinds of ethnicity and different ways of doing things. We are all proud of our backgrounds and our ethnic heritages. 

   Are there any multicultural people in your class? What kind of different nationalities are in your class? Is anyone in your class bilingual? What kind of traditions do some of the students have? 

America has a lot of  holidays; some are national holidays and some are religious holidays.   Some are fun while others have a special and deeper meaning. These are just a few.


Christmas- December 25: - This is the day Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving -the fourth Thursday of every November. This celebrates the harvest festival the early Pilgrims had after a year of surviving the new world of the Plymouth Colony. It was held in 1621.

Halloween- October 31: Children dress up as a favorite character (TV characters, celebrities, vampires, werewolves, etc.) and go door to door  in their neighborhood to collect candy of all sorts. IN the past few years, families or schools hold a party on this day instead of letting children go out at night.

 American Independence Day- July 4:   This is the day we celebrate the signing and reading of the Declaration on Independence in 1776. The Declaration declared our independence from England

Memorial Day- Last Monday in May:  This is one of the days dedicated to
remembering fallen soldiers who died in battle, protecting our country.

By Danarling, Cire, Anisa, Jackie

Labor Day- the first Monday of September: - This holiday is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.

Hanukkah- This eight- day Jewish holiday is  celebrated in December

Our school might be in Pennsylvania but we travel to many different states
to have a good time.  Most of these places are best in the summer, except
the Pocono Mountains.

Vacation Places

Delaware- known as the "First State"- If you go here on vacation, the
Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk is huge attraction. There are many other popular beach areas here

Virginia- known as the "Old Dominion"- s|Some attractions in Virginia are:
Busch Gardens Amusement park, water Country Water Park, Colonial Williamsburg,  and Virginia Beach.

New Jersey- Some of the famous attractions in New Jersey are Atlantic City,
Sea Isle City, and Six Flags Amusement Park and many other popular seashore towns
.
Pocono Mountains- A place in upper Pennsylvania where you can go skiing and
snowboarding.

Which holidays are celebrated in your country and which do you like the best?