Announcements
![Swanson Holiday Spirit Days 2025 ⛄]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1764694664/elmbrookschoolsorg/xrxzw6smvxzgjynajvnk/2025SwansonHolidaySpiritdays.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1764694664/elmbrookschoolsorg/xrxzw6smvxzgjynajvnk/2025SwansonHolidaySpiritdays.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1764694664/elmbrookschoolsorg/xrxzw6smvxzgjynajvnk/2025SwansonHolidaySpiritdays.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1764694664/elmbrookschoolsorg/xrxzw6smvxzgjynajvnk/2025SwansonHolidaySpiritdays.jpg","width":1024}])
Winter/ Holiday Sock Day - Friday 12/5; Class Color Day - Friday 12/12, Winter White Out Day - Mon 12/15, Candy Cane/ Stripes Day - Tues 12/16, Wear Green for Grinch Day - Wed 12/16, Ugly (or Holiday) Sweater Day - Thurs 12/18, Holly Jolly Jammie Day - Fri 12/19
![Sora Holiday Break]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765481715/elmbrookschoolsorg/uvu83h93vxvywbksjpnq/sora.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765481715/elmbrookschoolsorg/uvu83h93vxvywbksjpnq/sora.jpg","width":312}])
Given the extra free time and family time that Swanson students will enjoy over Winter Break, a friendly reminder from the Swanson Library that ALL students (4K-5th grade!) have access to Elmbrook’s digital library, Sora, which includes thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and read-along books (which show the pages and reads the book aloud simultaneously).
![WEMTA Book Trailer Contest for 4th/5th Graders!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765482196/elmbrookschoolsorg/ihwu1t6riex8ayxmiype/booktrailercontestlogo.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765482196/elmbrookschoolsorg/ihwu1t6riex8ayxmiype/booktrailercontestlogo.jpg","width":463}])
During library time the past few weeks, all 4th and 5th graders have been learning about Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association’s (WEMTA) Book Trailer Contest! Students are invited to create a video book trailer about a title on the WEMTA Battle of the Books or Golden Archer List.
![Winter Session of Mindfulness Club is Now Enrolling]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1641243353/elmbrookschoolsorg/odzkdy3p7ditvxi6dwjn/MMMpic1.jpg","width":160}])
[ Monday Morning Mindfulness (MMM Club) is now enrolling! ]
The 5-week session will meet before school on Mondays from Jan 5 through Feb 23 at 8am.
Students in Kg through 5th grade are welcome to join us to learn mindful strategies that can help decrease stress and anxiety, increase optimism and build resilience and compassion. Topics covered will include how our brains work, focused breathing and awareness, breathing through movement, sharpening our senses, choosing optimism and expressing gratitude and kindness.
![PTO Needs Your Help for Eat with Your Eagle Breakfast 🍩]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1764876514/elmbrookschoolsorg/fkti6k9uewakz5obzwe3/eagleeatingdoughnutgraphic.jpg","width":181}])
We are looking for the new Eat with Your Eagle Committee Chair.
At this event, Swanson students and families are invited to start their day together with a doughnut. The committee chair will assist with event the day of and order/drop off food on 4/21 & 4/22/26. The previous Eat with Your Eagle Committee Chair will happily show you what you need to do. If you might like to chair this committee (or want more info), please reach out to Shannon Goodwin via email at specialevents@swansonpto.org.