Your Calling

There's a beautiful (albeit busy and sometimes all consuming) ebb and flow to the rhythm of the school year. We are deep in the midst of the end of the year preparations. I can't help but feel a bit nostalgic as I reflect on all that has occurred in this 2014-2015 school year. Our children have grown in every way. Spiritually, they know and have meaningfully and tangibly seen God. They have practiced what it means to walk in the footsteps of Christ. Our children have gained a better understanding of who they are and how God has uniquely equipped and blessed them. By listening to your words, observing your actions and heeding your advice, God's newest kingdom builders are learning how to respond to God's love by giving their lives to him. Thank you for giving all that it takes to pour into the hearts, minds and lives of the children that God has placed in your care. These children are your calling. This is your mission field. You have served God so well!

"Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:29

Assessment Day
Tuesday, May 26 will be our assessment day from 8:30-11:30. Here are our times, lists and locations for that day.

End of Year Folder
The end of the year checklist was placed in your mailbox. You will also receive a class set of Student Communication Checklists for your students. As was mentioned in our staff meeting, these are to be completed and passed on to next year's teachers. You may also access these documents in a Google Drive folder called "End of Year"

Report Cards
Are due by Thursday, June 4 at 8:00 a.m. Pat and I will get your cards printed and stuffed in envelopes for your students' last day of school. You will also receive a set of report cards to be placed in each child's cum.

School Specialty
We will again be placing our order online. When you log in, you should be able to pull of last year's order for reference or to simply tweak and submit. Once submitting, the order will go to Pat's account. She will place the order in July.

Staff Get Together
How does it sound to get together on Thursday early evening, say 5:00ish?, for a dinner with our SS staff to celebrate all of this year's goodness and anticipating the summer break? Rather than eating a lunch together on Friday with only a portion of our team, perhaps after school on Thursday would be a better time to all break bread (or tip a glass of wine) together?

June 5
We will hold our final chapel time together from 10:45-11:15 on Friday, June 5. Please be sure to give each child their report card as well as their baton. For staff members who are present on Fridays, let's meet together in the staff center to spend a little time in celebratory prayer together.

PD Days
For your calendars, the afternoon of June 5 is yours to close the room and work through the check-out process. Monday, June 8 will be at the high school. Breakfast will available on mainstreet beginning at 8:00. Our meeting will begin at 8:30. Lunch will be served in the cafeteria. Our day will close around 3:30. Tuesday, June 9 will also be at the high school. Breakfast will be available beginning at 8:00. You will be dismissed before lunch.