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=Mrs. Reitz's Second Grade Class = Saint Mary Magdalene Catholic School ===We are a class of 2nd grade students in Apex, North Carolina, USA and we are very excited to join a worldwide community in celebrating something so very dear to us. Saint Mary Magdalene is a catholic school and celebrating the birth of Christ is important to each of us. The students and their families at StMM value the opportunity to experience and share our faith in Jesus everyday. We know - and respect - that everyone celebrates Christmas and this holiday season in their own way, but this will help everyone to understand how we celebrate the Christmas season. ===

About Us...
We are in second grade and have 29 students in our class. We are 7 and 8 years old. Our school is in North Carolina, USA. We live in the southern part of the United States and it is often warmer down here than in the northern part of the USA. Sometimes we have really warm Christmas days and rarely have a "White Christmas" - though we'd love to see one!! We are in the city of Apex which is close to the state capital, Raleigh. English is our native language, but some of us speak Spanish, too!

Our teacher is Mrs. Reitz and our teacher assistant is Mrs. Orlowski. We spend a lot of our day having fun in class. This year we are doing many new things with technology - like participating in Wikis online! We have worked with a few project based learning activities this year to learn more about technology. We are most excited about being pen pals - "ePals" - with a school on JeJu Island, South Korea. We are learning to use email with the ePals web site, which is how our teacher found out about this Christmas Wiki!

Our Traditions...
Since we attend a catholic school, we learn about Jesus Christ each day.

Other Holidays - or "Holy Days" - we celebrate...
Some other days we celebrate during Christmas time are -

===***Please check back soon! We are on Thanksgiving break and the kids will continue after the break! Happy Turkey Day!*** ===