Part of The Bird on Fire’s What’s in the News

By 8th-Grade Blogger Sarah Alnabelsi 

Palm Valley School’s annual Winter Sing was the main event on the last day of school, Friday, December 19th, right before we headed off to Winter break. The whole school came together to watch and perform for this event. Unlike previous formal-dress-day events, we didn’t have to wear ties, and instead wore our favorite holiday accessories. Some came with reindeer ears, elf hats, festive-colored ribbons and tinsel and more. Sami Alnabelsi, a fellow blogger, wore a “Santa hat.” Silvanita Garcia, an 8th-grade student who has been at PVS for years, said her favorite part about the Winter Sing is any “piano solo.” 

The event was led, coordinated by, and dreamed up by Ms. Delegans, PVS music teacher extraordinaire. Junior Louisa Richardson and sophomore Nevan Owsley sang, danced, and joked as emcees. There were bells, drums, snow flakes, pre-schoolers, lower and middle-school carolers, and applause-inducing soloists. By the final number, Kenny Loggins’ “Celebrate Me Home,” several PVS teachers were seen wiping away tears.