SPARK

What a great week it's been! It's not quite so toasty, children are learning procedures, they are learning to make new friends and enjoy their "old" friends and they are truly becoming members of their new class! Thank you EACH for doing your part to provide a loving place for children to grow and develop!

SPARK
At our staff meeting last week, we talked about each classroom teacher praying, dreaming and reflecting on adopting a "mission" or SPARK focus for at least one quarter. God has provided each of you with unique life experiences. Every one of us has different passions and connections. Bringing our children into those experiences has the potential to be much more meaningful that the "once and done" SPARK model we have utilized in the past. We have a google doc with each teacher's name listed. You may choose to focus on a project with another classroom or with just your own. Pat and I will help provide you with contact information, bussing, resources, supplies, whatever you find you might need to make meaningful connections with the area you choose to let your children work and shine God's love and joy. If possible, please try to add your focus area to this document by next Friday, September 23. Please don't hesitate to talk with me if you need support or ideas. Thank you!

David Mosterd 
David Mosterd will be visiting us on Tuesday, the 20th around lunchtime and for a little while after lunch. If you have any questions or need to pick his brain for classroom ideas or SPARK ideas, please be sure to seek him out.