Santaluces teacher reprimanded for 'Jesus is the reason for the season' booklets in class

A Santaluces High School math teacher has been reprimanded by the Palm Beach County School District after she handed out religious pamphlets in class that encouraged students to "join us as we worship our Savior Jesus" and included service times at an evangelical church in Lake Clarke Shores.

Wendy Williams, who has been a teacher at Santaluces for five years but a district employee since 2009, said she handed out the pamphlets along with candy canes to students in four of her five classes right before winter break.

The booklets said that "Jesus is the reason for the season," and also included Bible verses and shared a story about candy canes being used to signify the blood of Christ and the purity of the baby Jesus' birth at Christmas.

The materials appeared to be produced by New Life Alliance Church and told students that they "belong to Jesus" and "are to follow only Him."