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Cookies, carols and Santa Claus
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Around 400 students gathered in the gymnasium to sing Christmas songs, listen to Santa and Mrs. Claus talk and end their school day before they went on winter break.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Santa and Mrs. Claus sat on the stage at Poland Union Elementary while they listened to the students sing Christmas songs on Dec. 22.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Santa Claus talked to the students of Poland Union before they left for winter break. He made sure to .let them know his favorite cookies are chocolate chip.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Poland Union students sing Christmas songs to Santa and Mrs. Claus with the help of Dean Wilson, the music director at Union.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Poland Union Elementary School spent their last day of classes before winter break with a visit from Santa Claus, a holiday sing along and cookie decorating on Dec. 22.
Santa Claus made a special trip to Union to visit all of the students in every classroom. He made sure to get a picture with every classroom. Santa also brought Mrs. Claus with him to visit the students.
“Having close to 400 kids in a K-2 building, their level of excitement was through the roof,” said Principal Mike Masucci.
Around 40-50 PTO members came to the school to help all of the students decorate cookies in the classrooms. There was icing, sprinkles and many more toppings to use for cookie decorations.
“Our PTO’s incredibly supportive. They always go above and beyond for our kids and support our teachers and our staff. It’s nice to have them here,” said Masucci.
To end the day, the school came together in the gymnasium to sing Christmas carols and watch funny videos that Dean Wilson, music teacher, put together. After the students finished their Christmas carols, Santa talked to the children about Christmas coming up. He made sure to mention that chocolate chip cookies are his favorite.
“It was a nice way to end our short week and get ready for the break,” said Masucci.