HomeConnection was in the spirit of the holiday season Wednesday afternoon.

All the students in musical programs at the school, which works as a parent-partnership program, connecting homeschooling families with the Oak Harbor School District, teamed up to put on a musical performance Wednesday for family, friends and residents of Harbor Tower Village, their honored guests for the show.

“It’s a big event for our school,” said Glenna Wright, secretary for HomeConnection. “We have lots of family come, not just parents and siblings, but grandparents and extended family.”

There were four musical groups that performed holiday music.

The kindergartners even used kazoos in one of their songs.

The final group, the guitarists, led the entire audience in a sing-along of Christmas songs, including “Jingle Bells” and “Silent Night.”

HomeConnection invited residents of Harbor Tower Village to join them in the school’s gym for the caroling event.

“They enjoy seeing the kids,” said Harbor Tower Village’s program director, Arielle Corrin. “I think that’s the big thing, that it’s children performing.

“They went last year, and the residents greatly enjoyed … getting in the holiday spirit.”

Wright said that events like these are a way for the school and students to give back to the community.

“This is only the second year Harbor Tower Village has joined them, but Wright said in these events, “our gym is quite packed.”

“It teaches (the students) … that their hard work is appreciated,” Wright said. “It’s not just the classmates that they’re performing for.”

Corrin said that taking residents to community events like this helps keep the residents actively involved.

“I think it’s important that our residents stay involved in our community,” Corrin said, “and they show their support for the community in programs like this.”

The choirs, a kindergarten one, an elementary-aged one and one for middle- and high-school-aged students, performed a total of five songs, two for the younger groups and a long White Christmas medley for the older students. The guitarists performed about a dozen songs for the sing-along portion.

“It just gives them a sense of joy and purpose to be able to share what they can do,” Wright said.