Thrive Week and Discovering the EU

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What an amazing week it has been with the educators from Thrive.  Students laughed and learned; they were challenged and intrigued.  I hope you have had many opportunities to have talks this week with your child and instill your values.  A resource to which you may want to refer is Concordia Publishing's, How to Talk to Your Child Confidently About S....  (I censored that once again in case of spam blockers).

A great conversation took place today when our speaker put up examples from modern media:  "Teen Moms", "Jersey Shore", modern music, and then from "classic" family shows "Full House", "Cosby Show", "Family Matters", and "Fresh Prince."  What a difference in the conflicts, consequences, and how people deal with problems. What a difference in how families are portrayed.  When we listen to music, watch shows, or play video games it can affect us emotionally, even when we don't agree with the message.  Not all media is bad, but we need to be careful about what we put into our minds and hearts.  God has called us as parents to help our children make wise decisions and set boundaries for them. 

Next week we'll spend one day of Religion exploring a variety of Contemporary Christian music.  Students will be leading a devotion this month based on a song they discover. They will be looking for things in the lyrics that apply to their lives and making a Bible application.  I'm looking forward to seeing them discover the wealth of positive music in the media!


REMINDERS:

LAST DAY OF LIBRARY – FRIDAY, MAY 8 Be prepared to turn in library books by Friday, May 8. Librarians need to complete inventory before the year’s end. No new books will be checked out the week of May 4 – 8, but I still have many wonderful titles for AR available in my classroom.

MIDQUARTER was officially Friday, April 24.  Monday would be a good time to check Edline and remind your child of their end of the year goals.

FIELD TRIP- May 22  A "Save the Date" flyer came home Thursday with information about our extended day field trip to Frohna, MO.  We meet by 6:45 to catch our charter bus for our Lutheran Heritage trip.  We will return at 5:30 p.m. that evening.  Like to learn a little history yourself?  We'd love to have a few more parents along!  Please let me know if you would be interested in chaperoning.



TRAVEL AND TRADE IN THE E.U. 

Figuring out the currency

How many zloty for a franc??

Saying "hello" in Polish and getting a passport stamped

It's rather difficult to get from one country to another with all these border stops

"Hola"...."Bonjour"

Ahh - but after the European Union, we all use the Euro

We'll unless your in the U.K. - we still use the pound.

ART SCULPTURE PAINTING

MEET JERRY - a fellow basement dweller, now relocated to the woods