Upcoming school Christmas programs
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Get in the spirit of the season with the school children of Chester. The high school band, chorus, and swing choirs perform on Monday, Dec. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Chester Grade School band and chorus perform Dec. 1 at 6:30. Dec. 8 will feature the 1st and 2nd grades at 6:30 and 3rd and 4th grades at 7:30. The children of St. Mary's Catholic School present their program on Dec. 1 at 6:30 in the school gym. St. John Lutheran School celebrates Christmas in the church with preschool and kindergarten program at 5:30, grades 1-4 at 6:30, and grades 5-8 at 7:30 p.m. All these programs are open to the public.