Coming Soon!

December 19 - Winter Market
December 22- Jan 2 - Winter Break
January 5 - No School - Teacher Work Day
January 6 - Students’ first Day Back 2026

Robin’s Nest - Here for YOU!

We’ve noticed a lot of kids arriving without coats on these bitterly cold mornings. We wanted to remind our community that we have coats available in the Robin’s Nest that are there, FREE for the taking, if you need them.

We know that many of these students HAVE coats and just refuse to wear them. But if it strengthens your argument: We DO try to get the kids outside every day- even when it is cold or sprinkling. They should really bring appropriate winter gear for class time/recess time OUTSIDE.

Winter Market - December 19th

Each year Fifth Graders create a Winter Market as part of their year long exploration of their “Classroom Economy”.

To speak to their recent expedition: Voices of Sustainability - Reusing Plastic, 5th Graders are creating small gift items with a focus on reusing/reimagining plastic pieces into something useful or creative.

Grade levels take turns visiting the 5th Grade classroom and have an opportunity to buy something for themselves or to give as a gift. Mint tea with mint from the garden and healthy baked goods will also be available.

Each item is one dollar and students can get one craft, one treat, and one cup of tea. It's a beautiful tradition and a rare time for us to connect throughout the day.

Proceeds from the Winter Market are used to offset the cost of the fifth grade End of Year camping trip to Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in addition to making charitable donations to our community nonprofit partners.

2026-27 Enrollment begins January 1!

Get those Evergreen Sibling applications ready!

Our best marketers are you, our families, so please let friends know that they need to apply to join our village by March 31st!

Encourage families to apply for ALL GRADES, not just kindergarten. We especially need to fill our awesome middle school program!

This spring we will be hosting a Middle School Open House and ‘Middle Schooler Only’ Tours!

Full enrollment means more funding from federal, state, and local sources.

Girls on the Run

Interested in coaching to inspire the next generation of Girls on the Run participants at Evergreen?

Girls on the Run Rep, Coach Alicia, who has led the program for the last 3 years is looking for coaches to help out with the 2026 spring season. Also after this season, the time has come to pass the torch! Looking for volunteers who would like to carry this tradition forward as the organizer next year! Please email Alicia if you are interested in getting to know the organization!

Sign-ups for runners will be posted in the spring!

Happy Holidays and Thank you to our Community

We are ending 2025 on a strong note having raised just over half of our Annual Goal!

Thank you to everyone who has been part of that through monetary or physical donations, volunteering, or simply by sharing social posts.

Warm wishes for your Winter Break!

Thanks to our new business sponsor, Goosmann Rose Colvard & Cramer, P.A. for their generous gift to support the school!

If you are interested in becoming a business sponsor, please contact Susan Haldane for more details!

Gratitude

As we make our way through these final days before Winter Break it feels like the time to make our annual plug about the power of Gratitude. Please accept this week’s Counseling Corner as an invitation to pause and appreciate the good things in our lives, and notice the things that we too often take for granted.The beautiful thing about gratitude is that it doesn’t just feel good in our hearts, but it’s actually good for our bodies, mind, and overall well being.

Research has shown that people who express gratitude are happier, less stressed, and less depressed. Expressing gratitude releases oxytocin (also called the “love hormone”), a hormone that helps us feel a connection to others. Feelings of gratitude encourage a positive outlook, more creative thinking, increased mental productivity, and can even contribute to a wider attention span. Additionally, gratitude activates multiple brain regions including the brain’s reward pathways and the hypothalamus. It can actually boost the neurotransmitter serotonin and signal the brain stem to produce dopamine - our brain’s pleasure chemical. This means that the more space we create for feeling grateful in our lives, the healthier and happier we can feel!

Here are a few ideas of ways you and your family can stay grounded in gratitude during the holidays:

Be mindful of the focus - Consider a “Wishing AND Giving List” – two columns, one for “giving,” one for “wishing.” Challenge the kids to make the lists even!
Slow down the gift opening - taking turns opening gifts one by one holds space for gifts to be truly appreciated, and for the recipient to express gratitude.
Create seasonal experiences in addition to the gift exchange - watching a movie as a family, baking or cooking together, going to look at lights, etc. will create meaningful memories that can’t be found inside a giftbox.
Consider giving experiential gifts over toys or “stuff”- Tickets to a play/museum, a camping trip, an afternoon at the trampoline park, or acts of service...experiential gifts build relationships instead of materialism.
Practice what you preach - Children learn through observation and experience. When we are intentional about making space for gratitude we instill the value of maintaining a healthy balance between gratification and gratitude in our children.

Discover More About Gratitude:

Gratitude and the brain: What is happening?.
How Gratitude Changes Your Brain
How to Practice Gratitude
13 Most Popular Gratitude Exercises & Activities

Wishing you joy, laughter, togetherness, and restoration this holiday season, we are so very grateful for this special Evergreen Community.

Happy Holidays from the
Counseling Corner!!!

Food Resources

**You can use their map tool to find sites near you.**
You can also call or text our **MANNA Food Helpline at** **828-290-9749** Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

RSVP to Pick Up or to Volunteer

This year, more than ever, We really Need every penny.

Here are some simple things we can do as a collective that can make a big difference. The more participation we get in these programs, the greater the rewards for our school!

Please spend the time to link your grocery rewards cards to Evergreen. Get your neighbors to do the same. Register your in-laws, your parents, your friends. This small investment of time can make a big difference each time you go to the store to restock!

Register your Harris Teeter Card here. You must re-register each and every year.

Register your Ingles Card here. You must re-register each and every year.
Our school id number is 10713.

Download the Box Tops for Education App and scan your receipts.

Cans for Climbing
Bring your aluminum cans for recycling, drop them in the trailer that sits by the buses. Cans for Climbing supports our Adventure Program and brings in over a thousand dollars each year!