Monday, May 13, 2019

Newsletter for the week of May 13, 2019


May 13, 2019

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them... and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28:19,20

Dear Parents,
            Our prayers continue to be with Mrs. Ladd and her family.  Mrs. Ladd’s mother passed away last Tuesday.  The funeral will be Wednesday morning at 11:00 at Webster Gardens.  Carole was a huge blessing to our CCLS family, always willing to help and serve in any way needed.  She will be truly missed.
Thank you for joining us last week for our chapel service and author celebration.  It is amazing to see how much these student authors have grown over the year.  Also, thank you for all of the special teacher appreciation gifts. Mrs. Klug and I love working with your children each and every day!
            We are looking forward to our field trip to the Botanical Gardens next Monday, May 20th. Thanks to all of the adults who have signed up to go with us.  We could always use more help. (Adults may enter free with a Gardens’ membership or pay $6.00 (cash please) to Mrs. Leet for the admission fee.) The schedule for that day is to leave CCLS at 9:00, take a class from 9:30-11:30, and then have a little free time in the gardens. Around 12:00, we will get on the bus and head to Tilles Park in Brentwood for lunch and some play time.  The students are to bring a lunch and one or two drinks.  Lunchboxes are fine. If your child wants a school sack lunch, please let me know that ASAP so that I can place the order.  Normal lunch prices will apply. Also, let me know if you will be able to join us for all or part of this trip. The students will learn a lot about how we get our food, planning a garden and then they will tour the home garden center to see lots of different food plants growing.  The Missouri Botanical Gardens is a wonderful place for a family field trip.  Wednesday mornings and Saturday mornings are free mornings to residents of St. Louis City and county, so take advantage of this wonderful gem in our city.
We have less than two weeks of second grade left!  This is such an exciting time with lots of special activities!  This Friday is our annual field day.  Mrs. Knost and her helpers always do a wonderful job of making sure that we have tons of fun.  So far, the weather looks like it will cooperate.  Mrs. Knost always can use some extra parent hands for the activities. Just send her an e-mail if you are available (nknost@ccls-stlouis.org). Each child needs to wear the color t-shirt noted in the email from her. Hobby Lobby and Michael’s have very inexpensive shirts if you need one.  It is OK if the shirts have writing on them.  Remember to send in sunscreen and be sure that your child is wearing gym shoes. A change of clothing (including shoes and socks) might be helpful as there are some water games, too! We will finish the day with vanilla Ted Drewes frozen custard.  Each child is asked to bring $1.00 to help with the cost of this treat. Also, Friday is the day for the author celebration pizza lunch.
On the last day of school we will dismiss at 11:00.  Beginning at 11:30, we will have our last day of school picnic at Kirkwood Park. You are welcome to order a box lunch or to bring your own picnic lunch.  To RSVP, go to the Charger and click on the picnic RSVP. Please RSVP even if you are not ordering a lunch, so that we know how many people to expect. 
 This week we will continue to do science, math and handwriting activities.  There will probably be a few pages left in the handwriting book that your child can work on over the summer on one of those rainy, “I don’t have anything to do”, days. 
Remember to turn in your Fourth Quarter service project sheets as soon as possible.  Also, please send back the church and Sunday school attendance form next Monday so that I can start to enter those numbers on the report cards. 
Speaking of report cards, they will be released online during the first week of June. The hard copies will be sent to you early in June as well.
Thanks for reading this note.  Keep smiling!  We only have 9 more school days after today.
Yours in His Ministry,
Janet Leet

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