Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

What a joy it is when we are able to join together in praising God for answered prayers! Certainly we know that God always directs our lives in His perfect wisdom. We have faith that He works all things for our good and for His glory. Today, we celebrate that three very specific prayers are answered yet again. Please join with me in celebrating little August's procedure. He's in class again learning, playing, and bopping around like nothing ever happened. What a blessing to see. Amanda, our hearts and minds walked with you last week. Praise God for holding our precious children in the soft, strong palm of His hands. The fact that the Phelps family is reuniting is equally glrorious. Kyle and Jen are once again coming together as husband and wife in raising their children. Praise God. God is faithful! Additionally, we celebrate with the Slenks that Dawn has received miraculous news! Three scans have shown her to be Leukemia free! Her first round of chemotherapy appears at this point to be successful!

iChat
HCS is now running all of our volunteers, parents and all, through the iChat background check system. Especially today, we owe our parents some level of precaution and verification that anyone volunteering in our buildings is safe with our students. So, for all volunteers in your classrooms or in the building, present or future, we’ll need 3 pieces of information: Name, DOB, and ethnicity. We will create a small form that you can have parents fill out have available for parents and volunteers to fill out in advance. Please see me if you have any questions regarding this new protocol. Thank you!

Delta Math Training 
All elementary staff be trained in Delta math. Years ago we utilized this assessment with our students. It is new and improved! On Tuesday, November 29 from 4:00-5:30 we will get all of the exciting details. Please plan to attend if you teach math.

SPARK and pen pal letters
We were originally aiming to have our pen pal letters for the Eagle College friends ready by Friday. Don't hesitate to talk with me if you need an extension on that time.

Can I help support your specific SPARK project? Are are we coming? :)

Staff Meeting
Our next staff meeting will be Thursday, November 10 over the lunch hour. Please plan to have chapter 1 of The Differentiated Classroom read. We will talk through the discussion points with our groups.