• We all love celebrating kids' birthdays - there's no doubt about that. But a school birthday celebration doesn't need to involve cupcakes or other unhealthy foods.

    Many families have multiple birthday parties for their child's actual birthday, with extended family and with their child's friends. Additionally, many students in any given class have birthdays in the same week and sometimes on the same day! That's a lot of cake, cupcakes, and ice cream. Plus, many children have food allergies and other health conditions that can cause them to feel left out of such celebrations.

    So perhaps the school birthday celebration, if there is to be one at all, should focus on the birthday girl or boy, rather than the food. 

    Here are a few fun ideas to celebrate birthdays in the classroom:
    1. Birthday Book Club! Donate a book to our school's library in celebration of your child's special day. Contact Mrs. LeSueur alesueur@wcpss.net.
    2. Donate items to add to your child's classroom recess bag. Supplies for indoor or outdoor recess would be appreciated by your child's classmates.
    3. Be a guest reader in the classroom and read your child's favorite book on his/her birthday.
    4. Send in pencils, stickers, or other fun goodies on your child's birthday. 
    5. Contact your child's teacher if you have other ideas or ways you'd like to celebrate your child's birthday.

    Thank you for your support and understanding! We always ask that parents contact their child's teacher before bringing food to school.