Sharing Burden and the Truth and Hope We Share

Matthew 11:28-30

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

God has called you and equipped you to share His love, joy and light. Your work is beautiful and you do it so well.

Walk with God

What a comfort to know that we live in God's hands. We're not too small. We're not too insignificant. God cares. God hears. God listens. As a community of believers, we continue to lift many whom we love before our Maker and ask for a special measure of His grace and to make His presence and goodness known in these hurting lives. May we be used as instruments of His peace, particularly in the lives of these little children. 

Discovery Assessment
Please remember, the testing window has been set. September 7-23 our students' accounts will be active. Please generate a code for our first and second grade students in reading and math.

SPARK

Thank you for your willingness to newly dream about our SPARK program. The servant living life lesson opportunities are so rich. To "adopt" a cause for one quarter to grow into rather than a once and done philosophy does open new doors and ideas. I encourage you to pray and reflect on the unique experience God has placed in your path which perhaps you may be able to unpack with your students. Please talk with me if you need ideas, guidance or contacts. 

Grandparents Day

At the conclusion of our staff meeting, we have decided to hold our K-2 grandparents day celebration similarly as we have in the past. Grandparents will be invited into our classrooms and they may navigate between their grandchildren as needed. 

For preparation in the classroom:

Kinders will recite a verse or two of Psalm 8

1st Grade will recite Psalm 23

2nd Grade will recite Psalm 100

Our song list if/when you have time to practice:

"This is the Day"

"Touch Your Finger.....I Love You..."

"Hey Kids Do You Love Jesus"

"Step by Step"

"I Am The Way"

"My God is so Great"

Vision and Hearing Testing

Our students will be tested for vision and hearing screening between September 21-23. 

Walk-a-thon

Money is due on Monday. Preschool will be walking around South Side on Wednesday morning. Bussing details will be coming soon. We'll be walking the track at the high school for 45 minutes or so. 

Picture Day

Our school pictures will be taken on both Wednesday, September 14 (yes! Same day as walk-a-thon...yipes!) and Thursday, September 15. Because we are going to wear our walk-a-thon t-shirts that afternoon, we'll need to allow the students who have their pictures taken on Wednesday to change out of "picture day clothes" into their walk-a-thon t-shirts. The following is our picture day schedule:

Wednesday, September 14--Tammy's 3s class and all of second gradeThursday, September 15--everyone else!

Please don't hesitate to ask for clarification if needed.

Hope for Kids Mexico

Thursday, October 6 at Immanuel Church. Please ask for directions if you are able to attend. 

Key Inventory

Thank you for giving up your keys for a bit so we can inventory our smattering of keys. As you can see from our chart thus far, we have some consistency issues that we will address. If you have not had the chance to turn in your keys, would you be willing to do that within the next few school days? Thank you!

Data Meetings

Our first quarter data meetings are set! The week of October 3 we will meet with each grade level during encore time. Please refer to Monday and Tuesday, October 3 & 4 for your grade level meeting time. First and Second grade, please input the beginning of the year data for your class on the data spreadsheet. Kindergarten, we just need your anecdotal notes/observations on your students. We will talk about the appropriate accommodations for students at our meeting.