Newsletter for the week of January 28th

Memory work:

Let the children come to Me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.  
Mark 10:14

January 28, 2019

Dear Parents,

        It is National Lutheran Schools Week!  We thank God for our wonderful school with outstanding families and dedicated teachers.  We have many things planned for this week. First of all, each day has a special dress theme.  The days are:

Monday:  Pajama and comfy clothes day

Tuesday: Favorite sports team day

Wednesday: Dress up from a decade in the last 100 years

Thursday: Tourist Day- Wear your favorite vacation t-shirt

Friday:  Favorite Book Character Day-  Bring (or order from school) a sack lunch

and your favorite picture book to share during a book picnic!  (If a child chooses not to participate in the special dress day, he/she should wear their normal school uniform.)

            Tomorrow, Tuesday, is the 100^th day of school.  I would like for each child to bring 100 things that they are willing to share with the children in the class for our celebration. (They can be edible (individually wrapped, please) or non-edible.) I am sure that everyone will come home with quite a collection!  It will be a great equal sharing activity.

            Wednesday morning, February 6^th will be our next field trip.  We will leave around 9:05 and travel to Concordia Publishing House to learn about the book-making process. It is always a very interesting trip. We will return to school by 11:30.  Parents/grandparents are welcome to join us.  Please let us know if you are coming on the trip.

            Remember that we will not have school on Monday February 18^th.  Actually, the teachers will be involved with some professional development in the morning.  In the afternoon, we will be available for parent- teacher conferences.  Please let us know if you would like to meet with us. We are available from 1:00 until 3:30 that afternoon and right now our schedule is wide open.  Of course, we can always schedule a conference on another day and time if the 18^th isn’t a good day for you.   

One of the fund-raisers for our eighth grade trip is the selling of candy-grams.  The forms are coming home soon. For one dollar, you can have a candy bar delivered to your child on February 14^th, with a message from you.  Your child can also send one to friend(s). The forms will also be available at the CCLS website as well. Please submit candygram orders on or before Tuesday, February 12^th.

Thursday, February 14^th is our Valentine’s Day celebration!  I am sure that we will have a delightful day together! Second graders are very serious about all of the cards that they receive.  They will read them very carefully. A big thank you to our party planners and to all of our parent-helpers for making our Valentine’s Day party such fun. (A list of classmates will come home with your child.)

The February book orders are coming home this week.  If you would like to order any books, please do so by next Friday, February 8th.  If you order online, our initial class code is GL4JP and then you can set up your own code. Happy reading!

Thanks for reading!  Have a great week!

Yours in Christ,

Janet