2/18/11 Newsletter

ACT * LOVE * WALK

 In Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, we learned how to live in the "Spirit of the Law," serving our Lord through our thoughts and actions.  Our attitudes toward our classmates, our offerings, our church attendance, our "enemies,"  should reflect the love God first gave to us and be a joyful response.

Our students have been working to put this into practice.  We began with R.A.K.s - Random Acts of Kindness.  Students are looking for small things to do each day for those around them: picking up a dropped book, holding a door open, unloading the dishwasher, and so on.  This week, we met with Miss Limback's kindergarten class to help them with a special Reading/Voice Thread project.  We are helping the young students decide how to make a book about LOVE come to life in their own acted photographs.  This week we will help create the photos and record the dialogue. 

Our next special projects are during Lutheran Schools Week.  We are preparing a devotion to share with Mrs. Masa's preschool classes.  In addition, we are practicing a special entertainment based on old time radio drama for Grandparents' Day. 

My hope is for students to see that serving our Lord occurs in both the day-to-day activities of life as well as making special efforts to serve others in the Christian life.

RESEARCH PREZIS
Students have been working hard all week on the presentation portion of their research projects.  We are excited to celebrate this accomplishment next week by combining classes for the presentations.  All projects are due on Tuesday, Feb. 22, though your child may have signed up for a date later in the week to present.  Please take time to be an audience for your child to practice their presentation out loud.  Thank you for all of your encouragement to your child during this research project.  This is a wonderful experience for many future projects in their schooling and possible careers.


AR Deadline - Friday, February 25
Students have needed to be independent in pacing their AR reading this quarter.  I highly encouraged students to read their first book by the original midquarter date (Feb. 4) and to take advantage of their snow days for reading time, but I know we will have many tests to get in this week.  Remind them to bring their green slips home for signatures!!