Christmas traditions are special, fun and a great way to connect to those around you. It always amazes me how many different traditions families and friends build during the Christmas season. Here, at FRCS, our teachers are no different. Many of our teachers have created annual traditions in their classrooms and they continue to create new ones!

One tradition, pictured here, comes from our Spanish classes (kinder and 1st). They put on costumes and stopped by various classrooms and offices to sing a song or two as they did their Posadas Procession. This is the Mexican tradition where people dress up as Mary, Joseph, etc. looking for a place in the inn. This tradition was enjoyed by all!

Another such tradition comes from Brent Glossinger, our Director of Discipleship. Over the years, he has noticed that as the semester winds down students burn out focusing on school work and extracurricular activities. This is why he chooses to focus on Advent and the Christmas story in his classroom. Each day, beginning after Thanksgiving break, a student lights the different Advent candles and, as a class, they discuss an element of Christmas. Mr. G says, “My hope is that they see the intentionality and will create intentional time during such a busy but highly meaningful season.”

In Kindergarten, Mrs. Sturm’s class put together the Nativity Play. Students don costumes and act out the birth of Jesus for parents and other students at the Elementary Christmas Chapel. Mrs. Farrington’s fifth grade class explores the true blessing of giving through “Secret Angels,” where they give gifts in secret throughout the week before Christmas break, as well as through sending extra money to the Compassion child they sponsor. Second grade teacher, Mrs. Hart’s favorite tradition is “reading some excellent Christmas books,” including The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, The Gift of the Magi, Christmas Day in the Morning and Winter's Gift.

Other special moments here at Front Range Christian School come during our Christmas chapels. This year was even more special! Our entire student body, Kindergarten through 12th grade, gathered together for a special chapel service, where they sang Christmas carols and listened to a Christmas story read by our very own Sharon Payne. Our third grade teacher, Denie Dalton said she “got goose bumps” listening to our students join their voices together in worship.

Christmas is such a meaningful time here at Front Range. During the stress of finals and the end of the semester, the FRCS staff is intentional about sharing the true meaning of Christmas through its traditions. What’s your Christmas tradition?