LANSING - The big day is less than a week away! To say we are excited is an understatement! Please refer back to the blue note, that came home on MONDAY, for reminders of what to pack and also what NOT to pack. We are leaving from school at 7am - don't miss that important detail!
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Friday, March 28, 2025
March 28
LANSING - The big day is less than a week away! To say we are excited is an understatement! Please refer back to the blue note, that came home on MONDAY, for reminders of what to pack and also what NOT to pack. We are leaving from school at 7am - don't miss that important detail!
Friday, March 21, 2025
March 21
Thank you: Thank you for making space in your day for our Parent Teacher Conferences. I am so proud of these students and all the hard work they have put into their learning. Thank you for allowing the students to led. I know that cuts into the adult conversations, but it is a joy for the students to see their "team" all gathered together to support them. If you have any questions or concerns from the report card or our time together in the conference, please send me an email :)
TULIP TIME is coming! 1st through 4th grade parents - please fill out this google form to indicate your students participation and attire for the Kinderparade on May 9th.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
March 14
Finished moving all that dirt this month. We begin planting after Spring Break!
Celebrating our work on our Persuasive Essays
We read about Elijah vs. the Prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel.The kids loving the story and seeing the POWER of God.
It's hard to believe we're about to begin the final week of the 3rd marking period! We've been working hard around here! We've just started studying measurement units, we're exploring the life and dedication of God's prophet Elijah, we're interpreting and analyzing themes in the books we're reading, we're planning out some personal expertise information books that we're going to start writing soon, and we're exploring the movement of people in the history of the United States. Can you see our brains growing?!?!
1. CONFERENCES - This Spring the 4th graders will be doing student-led conferences. This will be a special time for just you, your 4th grader, and me to reflect on their growth in person (no siblings please). More details will fall into place later, but since the conference sign up email came out from Holland Christian on Feb. 13, keep that in mind as you choose your time for your conference. Please plan for an in-person conference. Thanks so much!
2. TULIP TIME is coming! 1st through 4th grade parents - please fill out this google form to indicate your students participation and attire for the Kinderparade on May 9th.
3. March is Reading Month! - Rose Park is going to “drop everything and read” each Friday this month!
- March 14- Read to a stuffed animal- students bring a stuffed animal to read to in their classrooms (small please!)
- March 21- Build a fort and read- students bring in a beach towel or blanket to create a fort to read in!
March 28- Flashlight read- students bring in flashlights from home to read in their classrooms in the dark!- Students and/or their grown-ups keep track of reading minutes in March.
- Those who participate are eligible for 2 free tickets to select WhiteCaps home games.
6. Swimming Lessons: Our Holland Aquatic Center is providing swim lessons for us again this year! I recognize this program is new for some children and families. Because our children are blessed to be raised in Michigan, surrounded by bodies of water, we believe this safety instruction is a blessing that we pray they will never need but feel responsible to equip them. If you find yourself pondering over the “why” of lessons, please take a listen to HC mom Jenny White on the why for swim safety. HCAC Swim School welcome video will help you understand a bit about the logistics. Our 1st-4th graders will be bused to the pool each day the weeks of April 14-25.
9-10am: 1st Grade
10-11am: 4th Grade
11am-12pm: 2nd Grade
12:35-1:35pm: 3rd Grade