Staff Meeting Change
Dave Zimmer would like to come and share the proposed budget before our HC Society meeting. In order to accommodate his request, let's move our monthly staff meeting from Thursday, March 14 to Tuesday, March 12. Dave is available at 3:30. We will hold a brief after-school meeting with Dave on Tuesday, March 12 at 3:30. All are invited to attend this meeting.
Welcome Jim
The Open House is back on – the date that works for Jim and Martie and the date that we can use Main Street is Tuesday, February 26, which doesn’t give us a lot of time. At 3:45 p.m., Jim will address the staff. The Open House is from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Worker Bee
If you haven't already sent out your blog, would you be willing to copy and paste this little note into your class blogs?
Many of our students throughout South Side have recently engaged in non-fiction research projects. They've been delving into non-fiction books and excitedly sharing their findings and are working diligently to publish their work. We're thrilled, as a staff, to revel in their enthusiasm for learning. As you know, good learning can create good messes. Big ones. Our library is showing the enthusiastic research our children have engaged in. There are books that have been returned recently at a much faster rate than our volunteers can keep up with. We're flying the white flag and seeking help! If you have availability and are willing, we'd love to welcome you into our library to sort and reshelve our book supply. We'll hold a book reshelve party (doesn't that sound too good to pass up?) on Thursday, February 28 at 10:00. Snacks will even be provided! Please email Miska at mrynsburger@hollandchristian.org if you are willing and available to help in our media center.
Lia and Diane Return!
Mark your calendars! Diane Walters and Lia Buursma would like to get all caught up with their South Side family. They are bringing soup for lunch on Thursday, February 28. Please pull up a chair, enjoy some soup and laugh with old friends! ....not to say they're old....at least not too much....let's leave that adjective out! ;)
Just for good measure, I'll paste here the notes from last week's post (because...you never know...maybe reading this gets skipped ONLY here and there ;) )
Yearbook Notice
ALL Yearbook Photos are due in 1 week on Friday, March 1. If you are a Preschool, Jr. K, K-2 Teacher, or After School Care teacher, this includes you! The committee needs your class photo, fun shots, Maker's Week, Wacky Wednesday, class verse, etc. Search your email for the "YEARBOOK!!" email from Jenna on January 16 to see what things the yearbook committee needs you to do while uploading and renaming your files. Thanks for getting them in on time! See Jenna or Karen S. for details.
Report Cards
Just for your planning purposes, our third quarter report cards will go home on March 22. If you're able, please have them completed by the 21st so we can print and stuff them for you.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Again, for planning purposes, our parent teacher conferences for the spring will be held on March 25 and 27 from 4:00-8:00.
Kevin Kammeraad
March 28 from 10:30-11:30 Kevin Kammeraad will talk with our little ones about creativity and writing! We'll be in the gym for this fun event (helpful, I hope, after a looooong week leading toward spring break! Fweew!)
Friday, February 22, 2019
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Valentine's Day
"And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these". Mark 12:30-31.
As our children sing, "this sums up the law and the prophets" (did you just sing that line in your head? I did! 😂 Thank you for bearing witness every day to our Heavenly Father. He is love and God's love radiates out of each of your hearts. Love for your students. Love for each other. Love for our God. It is a fun to take a day to celebrate the gift of human love. I cherish each one of you in this South Side family! I pray you each enjoy this evening and weekend with perhaps a little extra adventure and a little extra rest! Happy Valentine's Day!
Yearbook Notice
ALL Yearbook Photos are due in 2 weeks on Friday, March 1. If you are a Preschool, Jr. K, K-2 Teacher, or After School Care teacher, this includes you! The committee needs your class photo, fun shots, Maker's Week, Wacky Wednesday, class verse, etc. Search your email for the "YEARBOOK!!" email from Jenna on January 16 to see what things the yearbook committee needs you to do while uploading and renaming your files. Thanks for getting them in on time! See Jenna or Karen S. for details.
Report Cards
Just for your planning purposes, our third quarter report cards will go home on March 22. If you're able, please have them completed by the 21st so we can print and stuff them for you.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Again, for planning purposes, our parent teacher conferences for the spring will be held on March 25 and 27 from 4:00-8:00.
Kevin Kammeraad
March 28 from 10:30-11:30 Kevin Kammeraad will talk with our little ones about creativity and writing! We'll be in the gym for this fun event (helpful, I hope, after a looooong week leading toward spring break! Fweew!)
As our children sing, "this sums up the law and the prophets" (did you just sing that line in your head? I did! 😂 Thank you for bearing witness every day to our Heavenly Father. He is love and God's love radiates out of each of your hearts. Love for your students. Love for each other. Love for our God. It is a fun to take a day to celebrate the gift of human love. I cherish each one of you in this South Side family! I pray you each enjoy this evening and weekend with perhaps a little extra adventure and a little extra rest! Happy Valentine's Day!
Yearbook Notice
ALL Yearbook Photos are due in 2 weeks on Friday, March 1. If you are a Preschool, Jr. K, K-2 Teacher, or After School Care teacher, this includes you! The committee needs your class photo, fun shots, Maker's Week, Wacky Wednesday, class verse, etc. Search your email for the "YEARBOOK!!" email from Jenna on January 16 to see what things the yearbook committee needs you to do while uploading and renaming your files. Thanks for getting them in on time! See Jenna or Karen S. for details.
Report Cards
Just for your planning purposes, our third quarter report cards will go home on March 22. If you're able, please have them completed by the 21st so we can print and stuff them for you.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Again, for planning purposes, our parent teacher conferences for the spring will be held on March 25 and 27 from 4:00-8:00.
Kevin Kammeraad
March 28 from 10:30-11:30 Kevin Kammeraad will talk with our little ones about creativity and writing! We'll be in the gym for this fun event (helpful, I hope, after a looooong week leading toward spring break! Fweew!)
Friday, February 8, 2019
Some Normalcy Perhaps?
Makers Week? BOOM! Thank you for engaging our kids in all of the busyness and high energy that comes from Makers Week. During our PD day on the 15th we'll have time to reflect and reevaluate this week. If you have thoughts, comments or ideas on that front, please keep them in mind. We'll talk about this on Friday afternoon. In the meantime, the pix are pretty fantastic, aren't they? Busy kids making a mess and learning together!
Protecting Our Pipes
Todd has requested that we please leave our classroom doors open when air temps are 10º or lower. I will zip around and open the doors that are already closed before I leave on Friday afternoon.
Ditto
There is a big heart card for our Ditto volunteers on a table in the hallway. Please have your class sign this card before Thursday. I'll deliver this Wednesday after school to express our gratitude to the hard working staff at Ditto!
February PD Day
Please don't hesitate to ask me how this agenda impacts you. Our schedules are going to be quite personalized based on who has already completed the CQ training or who has already accomplished this work. You can access the agenda here and, again, don't hesitate to ask me how this impacts you.
Kevin Kammeraad
Mark your calendars! Kevin will be able to come to teach our kiddos on Thursday, March 28 beginning at 10:30. Preschool, you are invited as well and I can let him know that you will need to quietly dismiss at 11:05 if you'd like. I will have more details as we approach the date. Just keep that assembly in mind!
Staff Meeting
Our next staff meeting will be February 14 over the lunch hour. Erin Wyma will be coming to talk with our staff regarding my evaluation. Please do try to cover your classroom to be present for this meeting. I know it can be a challenge but coverage does allow us to hold these meetings over the lunch hour.
Protecting Our Pipes
Todd has requested that we please leave our classroom doors open when air temps are 10º or lower. I will zip around and open the doors that are already closed before I leave on Friday afternoon.
Ditto
There is a big heart card for our Ditto volunteers on a table in the hallway. Please have your class sign this card before Thursday. I'll deliver this Wednesday after school to express our gratitude to the hard working staff at Ditto!
February PD Day
Please don't hesitate to ask me how this agenda impacts you. Our schedules are going to be quite personalized based on who has already completed the CQ training or who has already accomplished this work. You can access the agenda here and, again, don't hesitate to ask me how this impacts you.
Kevin Kammeraad
Mark your calendars! Kevin will be able to come to teach our kiddos on Thursday, March 28 beginning at 10:30. Preschool, you are invited as well and I can let him know that you will need to quietly dismiss at 11:05 if you'd like. I will have more details as we approach the date. Just keep that assembly in mind!
Staff Meeting
Our next staff meeting will be February 14 over the lunch hour. Erin Wyma will be coming to talk with our staff regarding my evaluation. Please do try to cover your classroom to be present for this meeting. I know it can be a challenge but coverage does allow us to hold these meetings over the lunch hour.
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