See You At The Pole

See You At The Pole
Next Wednesday, September 26 is a nationally recognized See You At the Pole Day. As we are a christian school, praying is something that we lead our students in all throughout the day. However, there is something special about taking the time to step out of our classrooms, circle around our flag and pray with students across our nation on that day. While certainly America has a long way to go to truly be the home for all the free and the brave, we have MUCH to be grateful for! So many people (some even parents and staff in our classrooms) who have sacrificed for the opportunities we enjoy in America. There is a sign up on the white board in the staff center. I encourage you to sign up for a slot, gather around the pole and lead our children in prayer. This is also a great opportunity to recite the pledge of allegiance together. 

Data Meetings During the Week of October 1
Here's what we've penciled in thus far:
First grade: Tuesday, October 2 from 12:45-1:45
Kindergarten: Thursday, October 4 from 11:45-12:30
Second Grade: Thursday, October 4 from 12:45-1:45

We'll examine the MAP, Delta Screener and Running Records of our students using the spreadsheets linked above.

PD Day on Friday, September 28
Breakfast begins at 8:00 on main street in the high school. We'll be engaged in a variety of work until 3:00 on Friday.

Beautiful Gate Chapel
For your calendar, we will have our annual Beautiful Gate combined chapel on October 17. Due to whatever time zone they live in, we have to adjust our chapel start time. We will START chapel at 8:45 on Wednesday, October 17. Several high school students who worked at Beautiful Gate this summer will share stories of their experience with us. At 9:00, we will pull up our little friends on FaceTime and sing together. Preschool, guess what! This means you can come too if you'd like and you're available. No need to worry about being able to sit perfectly still yet. All are welcome!

A Personal Day for Me
Cameron is in fourth grade. The fourth graders are traveling to Lansing for a field trip on Monday and I've gotten approval to take a personal day on Monday to be a chaperone. #lansingorbust I feel I should thank you for excusing me for the day too. We do have a tornado drill scheduled for South Side on Monday morning....of course we do 😅 Pat will announce the tornado drill over the PA, please have your students sit against the designated wall in your space and quietly wait until the drill is called off. I'll be thinking about you at 9:20 while I'm on the bus for two hours. Thank you for your grace in allowing me a personal day to be Mom to Cam. I'll tell you all about it on Tuesday ;)