Peer Support Newsletter Issue 2

ISSUE II, DECEMBER 2020

PEER SUPPORT The Off icial Newsletter of The Bishop’s School Peer Support

RESOURCES National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line Text HOME to 741741 to text with a trained counselor 24/7 Trevor Life Line 866-488-7386 Text START to 678678 ttp://www.thetrevorproject.org/ get-help-now/ San Diego Access and Crisis Line 888-724-7240 Mrs. Broderick & Peer Support megan.broderick@bishops.com peersupport@bishops.com https://bishops.zoom.us/ j/95208764518?pwd=dGFqRjVaelFJT2NVRjg3UnZwTjVYZz09

A CRAZY YEAR

BY PEER SUPPORT

What a crazy year it has been. From the Coronavirus to the presidential election, 2020 seemed to go by so fast, yet the beginning of the year feels so far away.

Even though we’ve had to go online, our school community has been strong and connected. We encourage students to reach out to friends or faculty that they might not have seen in a while. Every hello counts. Happy holidays, and to a boring 2021!

- Peer Support

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ALEX SCAFIDI’S ‘22

5 HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES TO DO IN SAN DIEGO Del Mar Fairgrounds Drive-Thru Holiday Lights

This covid-friendly drive-thru displays more than 1 million LED lights and decorations throughout a 1.5 mile drive. Holiday music plays as cars can drive-thru and see all the amazing displays, some even up to 40 feet tall. You need to purchase tickets for the 45 minute holiday drive-thru and it is open from 5-9pm on weekdays and 5-10pm on weekends. Make sure to get your tickets soon!

Holiday Market and Trail at Petco Park

This new holiday tradition takes place at Gallagher Square at Petco Park and is open through December 23 from 4-9:30pm. You can expect to see festive gift shops filled with ornaments and hand made gifts, amazing Christmas light displays, and holiday refreshments.

This spacious facility is a safe and fun way to celebrate the holiday season with friends and family.

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Botanic Wonderland Holiday Nights in the Garden

This botanical wonderland is an outdoor holiday light experience where you and your family can walk around the 37 acres and look at the festive holiday lights. There is live music nightly as you walk through displays of lighted animals and plants. You can see the Dickinson Family Education Conservatory, Toni’s Treehouse, the Rainforest and Waterfall, Canary Islands/Cork Oak Grove and Seeds of Wonder Children’s Garden covered in lights and decorations.

Neighborhood Christmas Lights

The last holiday activity you can do is as simple as driving around neighborhoods is looking at Christmas decorations and lights.

Some neighborhoods even have whole streets decked out. Some of the best neighborhoods to go to are Garrison Street in Point Loma, Christmas Card Lane in Rancho Peñasquitos, and Christmas Circle in Chula Vista. You and your family can grab some hot chocolate and just drive around looking at all the Christmas lights.

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Enchanted Village Drive-Thru

The third annual Enchanted Village is drive though filled with hundreds of giant candy canes, a forest of Christmas trees and Candy Land.

This drive-though is filled with over 500,000 holiday lights and interactive displays. You can buy tickets to go from December 3-23 from 5-8pm. Another reason you should attend this amazing drivethrough is that your support from buying a ticket helps provide lifelong housing and services to adults with developmental disabilities in the San Diego community and more. There’s no better way to spend the holidays than helping others.

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GINGERBREAD HOUSE WINNERS THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CREATED THESE AWESOME GINGERBREAD HOUSES! THEY LOOK DELICIOUS!

WINNERS: GABBY ANDERSON ‘25 and ADELAIDE KESSLER ’25

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GINGERBREAD COOKIES

BY EMMA MARSHALL ‘22 INGREDIENTS

Step 1 Beat the butter until smooth and then slowly add in the brown sugar and molasses until creamy. Then, add in the egg and vanilla extract.

Step 2 Add in your dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in the mixer.

Step 3 Remove dough from the mixer and wrap it tightly in plastic wrap. Leave it in the fridge overnight.

Step 4 Preheat the oven to 350°F, while you wait, start to add flour to the counter top and begin to roll out the dough.

Then, cut out your gingerbread men and lay them on the baking sheet.

Bake for 9-10 minutes. Let them cool for 5 minutes and enjoy!

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10 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened ¾ cup of packed brown sugar ⅔ cup of molasses 1 large egg 1tsp of vanilla extract 3 ½ cups of flour 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp of salt 1 tbsp of ground ginger 1 tbsp of ground cinnamon ½ tbsp of ground allspice ½ tbsp of ground cloves

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HOLIDAY TRADITIONS

BY SARA HAMADEH ‘22

The Holidays are easily one of my favorite times of the year. To me, there is something so magical about the crisp weather, hot chocolate, and fluffy sweaters.

At Bishop’s, one of my favorite traditions is attending the Tree Lighting Ceremony, where I sing with the choir and snack on the many treats offered. Our campus always has beautiful poinsettia flowers and a decorated Christmas tree on the terrace, which help get our community in the spirit. This year, the tree lighting ceremony was done virtually and included

Christmas carols performed by the choirs, a message from Mr. Kim, and ways that different students will be celebrating this holiday season. It was lovely getting to watch members of the Bishop’s community show how they are continuing to get festive and learn about some of the different ways families celebrate.

Outside of Bishop’s, my family also has many traditions.

One of our favorites is visiting Christmas Card Lane, which is just off of Black Mountain Road, and driving by the many colorful lights and decorations around each house. We sing along to holiday music, drink hot chocolate, and wrap ourselves in blankets as we watch holiday spirit come to life. While Covid-19 has made it difficult for my family to participate in some of our other traditions, we still plan to visit Christmas Card Lane and stay in our car to remain socially distanced from others around us without missing out on the holiday fun!

My family also loves to decorate the Christmas tree, bake holiday sugar cookies, and watch holiday movies. There are many simple ways to celebrate the holidays, even during this difficult year. Please take the time to relax and enjoy the holidays, while staying socially distanced, of course!

- Sara Hamadeh

7607 La Jolla Boulevard, La Jolla, California 92 Bishop’s Security Office: (858) 875-409 www.bish

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THINGS TO DO AT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

BY ABBY BEAMER ‘22

1) Make hot chocolate bombs with your family 2) Binge a movie or show (Like the Star Wars series) 3) Decorate your room for the holidays 4) Tell a friend how grateful you are for them 5) Get together with your friends to celebrate the holidays outside and social distance!

6) Listen to Christmas music and watch cheesy Hallmark movies 7) Try a new recipe-- bonus points if it is holiday themed 8) Help your family out by doing chores and helping make meals 9) Call or facetime a friend once a day 10) Stay off the naughty list and wear a mask!

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LILA CHITAYAT’S ‘21

HOLIDAY WORD SEARCH

7607 La Jolla Boulevard, La Jolla, California 92037-4799 T:(858) 459-4021 F:(858) 459-3914 Bishop’s Security Office: (858) 875-4091 Emergency Number: (800) 459-8530 www.bishops.com