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Parent Power News December 2011

Principal’s Message

The last month of 2011 has come very quickly. An end to this year and the beginning of 2012 are only a day away this December 31^st. As we prepare for this busy season, please take time to pause and reflect on your 2011. Have you reached the goals you set for yourself and your family in 2011? What will your goals for 2012 be? Why wait for January to plan your new year’s goals or resolutions? Take the time to plan now, and when January 2012 rolls around, you will be ready to greet the New Year with renewed anticipation and hope for the future. I have included information about Kwanzaa with this issue. The principals of Kwanzaa are celebrated on the seven days of Kwanzaa but are lessons for us year round. Even if you don’t celebrate Kwanzaa, please review the Seven Principals as they are certainly principals to live by. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year, Celebrate Life!

Kwanzaa Celebration turns 45!

Observing its 45^th anniversary this year, Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration honoring the culture and traditions of African people and their descendants worldwide, especially in the United States. Kwanzaa begins the day after Christmas and continues for seven days. Seven is a significant figure with respect to Kwanzaa. In addition to being seven days long, Kwanzaa also focuses on “The Seven Principals.” The seven principals are meant to reinforce seven basic values of African culture. The following are the Seven Principals of Kwanzaa and what they illustrate:

Unity (Umoja) – This principal encourages celebrants to strive for and maintain unity within their family, their community and their race.

Faith (Imani) – This principal encourages celebrants to remain faithful in their people, parents, teachers, leaders, and the righteousness of their cause.

Collective Work and Responsibility (Ujima) – This principal encourages celebrants to building and maintaining their community and work to solve their collective and individual problems together.

Purpose (Nia) – This principal encourages celebrants to make it their collective goal to build and develop their community in an effort to restore their people to greatness.

Creativity (Kuumba)

This principal encourages celebrants to leave their community in better shape than they found it.

Self Determination (Kujichagulia)

This principal encourages celebrants to define themselves, name themselves, create for themselves, and speak for themselves.

Cooperative Economics (Ujamaa)

This principal encourages celebrants to build and maintain their own stores, shops and additional businesses and profit from these various enterprises’ success together.

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Parent Power News December 2011

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