Easter Blessings

Lunch with Jim on April 25
Jim would like to get to know everyone at South Side just a little bit better. He has asked if he can eat lunch with you at our table on Thursday, April 25. There is nothing formal about this. When we sit together and enjoy lunch, it's a good time to connect, share stories and laugh a bit. We will all bring our lunch from home and Marty will pack one for him ;) No need for classroom coverage. Just plan, if you are able, to come to the staff center for lunch on the 25th if you are able!

Class Lists
Oh WOW! We should get a meeting time on the map soon. Will you please start thinking about who to keep together and who might be best kept apart? If you can begin to formulate your rough draft lists for next year, we'll look at talking through these lists the first week or two of May.

Tulip Time
Let's plan on our parade practice right after morning recess on Monday, May 6. By 10:15 we'll line up in parade order, walk to Maranatha parking lot and return. This will help the kids get a little comfortable with walking....that can be a little tricky ;) If you could, please have your students placement mapped out so they know where they stand.

Preschool dismissal can get a little convoluted because of the 11:30 dismissal of the K-2 crowd. Preschool teachers, as we have in the past, please offer to your families to pick up at 11:00 if they choose.

We will get the finer points of Thursday's events soon, but please invite your parents to come and change their child into their costume if they choose. We will eat lunch, perhaps go outside if it's not too hot, I will take the kids in the gym to rest and stay cool before loading the busses. Please remind the parents that they must pick up their child at Kollen Park after the parade. Again, we'll have more details on division and times soon.

Batons

Just a quick reminder, if you haven't begun already, anytime now might be a good time to break your students' batons out of the closet, cupboard, or other storage space where you've had them. The last day will be here before you know and chipping off a few a week might be a good pace. Thank you for thoughtfully adding this piece of encouragement and blessing to your students! 

Please let me know if you have a new student or a student who has lost his or her baton, and I'll see to it that you get one.

We’ll be sending these home with students again on the last day, May 31. If you need any of the program information, here is a link again.

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