We're Rolling!

Look closely....school doesn't "start" for like another 72 hours. I've got time to work out the kinks. 

Welcome back South Side Team! What a joy to spend this week praising, worshipping, learning, listening and working with you. I've missed my friends :) Karen, I know I speak for everyone when I say our whole day and approach to the start of the school year has taken on such a celebratory tone once you shared Tom's update. Praise The Lord with the sound of trumpets and anything else we can get our hands on right now. 

Ice Cream Social Start

Please join me outside at the front doors at 6:20. We'll catch parents there and begin our "welcome back" conversations. At 6:30 we'll pray and walk into school together. I'm praying over each of you for tonight as you meet your new children and open your hearts to walk alongside families in growing children to more deeply know, see and love our loving God. 

Parent Night

Our format for parent night will be just as it has been in the past. SOME parents will come to school beginning at 7:00. They will visit their classroom from 7:00-7:30. I will chatter at ALL of the parents from 7:30-8:00 in the gym. Then the last batch of parents will visit their classroom from 8:00-8:30. In an attempt to be equitable in terms of timing, we try to alternate teachers each year from "first shift" and "second shift". Here is our schedule for parent night:

6:00-7:00  Preschool parents meet directly in their child's classroom

7:00-7:30: Kindergarten--Mrs. Strikwerda

                  First Grade--Mrs. Bohle/Mrs. Becksfort

                  Second Grade--Mrs. Dreyer/Mrs. Hunderman

                  Second Grade--Miss Snoeyink

7:30-8:00   All parents in the gym

8:00-8:30  Kindergarten-Mrs. Johnson

                 First Grade--Mrs. VanMeeteren

                 First Grade--Miss Sapp

                 Second Grade--Mrs. Ritsema

Any issues? Please let me know. Otherwise, we'll inform parents of this in our elementary blog post tomorrow afternoon. 

Shirt Sizes

Parent team has been working throughout the summer to pick just the right design and color for our walk-a-thon t-shirts. One way we can show our appreciation and support of their efforts is to promptly provide them with t-short sizes for the kids in our classes. Would you please pass a class list around during your parent night talk so parents can quickly jot down S, M or L in child size next to their child's name? Let us know if you would like us to provide you with a class roster hard copy. We'll zip it into your box.