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LT to Bring Santa Home for the Holidays

Lyons Township High School has established a direct link to the North Pole via the computer. Children, aged kindergarten through third grade, are invited to South Campus to write letters to Santa on Discovery Center computers and receive an immediate response from the North Pole! 

Holiday Write Night Christmas Around the World will be held in the South Campus Discovery Center and surrounding classrooms. Participants and their families may drop in anytime between 4 and 7 p.m. There is no admission charge, but in the spirit of the season, a donation of one non-perishable food item is requested. All food will be donated to a local food pantry in Kelli O’Laughlin’s name.

Write Night will provide an opportunity for children to create a passport, which will be stamped in each of the activity rooms they attend. In addition, two Hospitality Suites, which will be manned by foreign language teachers and their students, will teach guests how to say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays” in French, German, Spanish, and Italian, as well as learn a simple Christmas song in each of the languages. 

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A story room, coloring room, face-painting room, and cookie decorating room are also available, staffed by LT elves. Children get their pictures taken with LT’s mascots, Noil and Nessie, and create a personalized holiday card on the computer. They can also record a holiday message that will be heard on WLTL radio. Punch and cookies, baked by LT’s Chef’s Club, are provided, and LT students provide musical entertainment while other LT student volunteers accompany each child, one-on-one, through all the activities.

This Holiday Write Night is designed to provide a community service activity where nearly 500 high school students interact with elementary/early childhood children. It is hosted by the LTHS Discovery Center Staff.

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