Dear GAA Families,

If you are like me, you might be amazed at the fact that we are at winter break. The year is passing quickly, and we are feeling tired. Winter break is an excellent time to rest and reorient ourselves to more successfully align with our goals.

The Covid lockdowns taught us the importance of wellbeing. Please use the winter break to make sure that you are taking care of yourselves, which means not only resting and relaxing but also reflecting and processing emotions and thoughts.

Resilience in students begins with healthy routines. Over the past decade, research has shown the importance of sleep and a consistent sleep cycle. Additionally, a healthy diet and regular exercise are essential. Balancing these three components, sleep, diet, and exercise, helps students, and all of us, to meet the challenges of school.

Unfortunately, during winter break, many students become undisciplined in these three areas, which leads to increased fatigue, physical, mental, and emotional. Subsequently, once school starts again, students have difficulty managing the routines of school, particularly the early start.

I will leave you with this aphorism: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

Enjoy your break! If you are traveling, I wish you safe travels. I hope you have a chance to reconnect with family and friends.

Sincerely,

Kain Klinkhammer

The GAA Journalism Class has some exciting news! We have just finished publishing our latest issue of GAA Roars for 2021/2022. Please take some time today to visit GAA Roars and read the newest articles written by GAA students.

We thank you for your time, and we hope you have a wonderful winter break.

Sincerely,

Ms. Casey Hack

This issue contains winter reading suggestions prepared the Reading Ambassadors and the newsletter team. Have a restful break and happy holidays!

• December 12-31: Winter Break

• January 3: Semester 2 starts

• January 7: Half-Day. School ends at 12 pm.