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From James Caldwell High: We Wish You A Merry Christmas!

Students from James Caldwell High School Student Council spent the morning doing various activities with Harmony House Early Learning Center students, like decorating Christmas cookies.
Students from James Caldwell High School Student Council spent the morning doing various activities with Harmony House Early Learning Center students, like decorating Christmas cookies.

As part of a longstanding tradition, the James Caldwell High School Student Council donated gifts to Harmony House Early Learning Center the week before Christmas. The students organized a school-wide gift drive, where each homeroom collected money to purchase a gift for the children at HHELC. The children and teens spent the morning in their classrooms singing Christmas carols, creating pictures with glitter and tissue paper and playing dress up.

Kris Schneider, 17, serves as Student Council Secretary and visited Harmony House Early Learning Center for his third year. “It’s just a great experience to interact with the children,” he said. In the weeks leading up to the visit, Schneider said that the entire school, located in West Caldwell, gets excited to participate. “Everyone gets so enthusiastic,” he said.

Student Council Secretary Kris Schneider, kneeling on right, has visited HHELC for three years. “It’s just a great thing and I love coming back every year,” Schneider, 17, of West Caldwell, said.
Student Council Secretary Kris Schneider, kneeling on right, has visited HHELC for three years. “It’s just a great thing and I love coming back every year,” Schneider, 17, of West Caldwell, said.
Three high schoolers, on right, join a group of toddlers and their teachers on the carpet for a time of singing.
Three high schoolers, on right, join a group of toddlers and their teachers on the carpet for a time of singing.
The teens arrived by school bus and delivered loads of wrapped Christmas gifts—each marked for a specific child whose family had requested items such as clothing, educational games or other toys.
The teens arrived by school bus and delivered loads of wrapped Christmas gifts—each marked for a specific child whose family had requested items such as clothing, educational games or other toys.

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