Good News:
Rick Newberry, our marketing consultant, presented the results of his surveys and focus groups to the marketing team and Board of Elementary Education. He reported that Grace Lutheran School has one of the highest rates of parent satisfaction of the over 400 private schools with which he has worked.
Next Steps:
Our consultant emphasized that satisfied parents are the most effective marketing for a private school. Please consider sharing your positive stories about Grace with others. We are also working on increasing our social media presence. You can help these efforts by following us on Facebook. Please like and share our posts freely!
Cross-country:
Good luck to our girls and boys cross-country teams as they compete at the Lutheran Sports Association State Meet tomorrow afternoon in Bloomington, IL. Results will be available at
www.luthsports.org
Bill Koehne, Principal
October 12, 2018
October 14-20
Sunday Church Services, 8:30 & 11:00am, 3-4 gr. choir sing at 11:00 service
Sunday School & Adult Education, 9:45am
Monday Before school Recorder Club, 7:30am
Volleyball home games, Jr. Varsity 4:30, Girls Varsity 5:30, Boys Varsity 6:30pm
Team pictures taken before first game
Jr. Varsity team party 5:30pm
Tuesday Last day for JK-SK Robotics class
Girls’ Varsity volleyball practice, 3:00-4:30pm
Wednesday School chapel service, 8:30am
Dismissal at 2:15pm
Jr. Varsity volleyball practice, 3:30-4:45pm
Boys’ Varsity volleyball practice, 7:00-8:30pm
Thursday Photo retakes
Early Dismissal, PK, JK & SK dismissed at 11:30, grades 1-8 at 11:45am
Parent Teacher conferences start at 1:00
Friday Teacher Institute Day, no school, no extended daycare
Saturday National Cross Country meet
Grace Lutheran School Info: As part of our effort to reach more families about our great school, each week we will include a highlight for you to share with others. Here is our first edition:
Each year students in Grades 2-8 take MAP tests in the fall, winter, and spring. Results are used to guide our teachers with instruction of our students. These standardized tests are taken by students nationwide. On the recent fall test, every one of our 46 seventh and eighth grade students scored above the national average on the Language Usage (writing) test. 100%! These students also did very well in the other two areas, with 89% scoring above the national average in Reading, and 86% scoring above the national average in Mathematics.
On Thursday, October 18, extended daycare will start at the 11:30 dismissal time. Daycare will also be available during parent teacher conferences. We ask that you sign your child in at daycare and out when you pick them up. There is no charge for daycare during conferences.
The Grace Book Fair is coming!
Thursday, October 18, during parent teacher conferences, the library will be hosting a Scholastic book fair. Stop by for some great things to read, for kids and adults. Proceeds will go toward new furniture for our school library.
School pictures will be sent home next Tuesday.
If you would like a retake, please let the school office know. Retakes will be
Thursday, October 18
.
The original pictures must be returned
.
From Mrs. Hammer
- We are in
need of 32 oz. PLASTIC jars! I would like to replace the glass water jars students are currently using. Please bring any you may have. Thank you!!
We are still looking for someone who would be interested in taking Crossing Guard duty on Fridays. Time would be 2:55 until 3:20pm. Please call the school office if you can help.
Please return your cross country uniform to the school office. It should be clean, in a zip lock bag and marked with your child’s name
Great Lakes Scrip Center offers gift cards from over 600 retailers, who donate 1.25 to 50% of the value back to the school. Look at the extensive list of participating retailers, decide which gift cards you can use, and submit your Scrip order form to Eileen Maggio in the school office with payment by cash or check.
The next Scrip order will be placed Tuesday, October 16. The order form can be found here. Orders must be turned in to the school office by the end of the day
Monday, October 15.
