Thank you to the 45 parents who completed the online Parent Surveys last week. We will keep these surveys open for another week. Please use these links to access and complete them.
Climate & Culture Parent Surve
y
and
Parent Survey
. Your feedback helps guide our continuous school improvement efforts.
Bill Koehne, Principal
April 12, 2019
April 14-19
Sunday Palm Sunday Church Services, 8:30 & 11:00am, 5-8 gr. choir sing at 8:30 service
Sunday School & Adult Education, 9:45am
Monday Before school recorder club, 7:30-8:00am
School chapel service, 8:30am
Track practice, 3:00-4:00pm
Tuesday School chapel service, 8:30am
Track practice, 3:00-4:00pm
Talent Show rehearsal for
Emcees only. 3:00-4:15pm
Wednesday School chapel service, 8:30am
Dismissal at 2:15pm
Thursday School chapel service, with communion, parents are welcome 8:30am
Track Practice, 3:00-4:00pm
Maundy Thursday evening worship, 7:00pm
Friday Good Friday, no school, no EDC
Services 8:30am, noon and 7:00pm
Grace Lutheran School Info to Know & Share – Our students get involved! Today 52 students in Grades 5-8 (nearly 60%) are participating in a Fine Arts Festival at Trinity Lutheran School in Roselle. They are singing and ringing, playing piano, band, and orchestra instruments, and some have submitted art pieces. Good luck to all of them. This spring we also have 74 students in Grades 3-8 (also nearly 60%) participating on the track team. What an amazing turnout!
A Graceful Evening – This year’s event has raised over $72,000 for our school, including $23,000 for our Fund a Need directed towards playground and gym enhancements. Thanks to everyone who helped and donated!
The 5-8 Grade Choir will sing Palm Sunday, April 14, at the 8:30 service. Students will meet in the choir room at 8:00 a.m. to warm-up and rehearse. Singers will wear robes. Parents are invited to enjoy coffee and treats prior to the service. Please stop by the table in the atrium for a sweet treat. We appreciate you bringing your child to sing and hope you will stay for worship. Please email Janel Dennen with questions:
jdennen@graceriverforest.org
Grace Spirit Wear
- Information was sent home in Tuesday folders.
Deadline to order items is midnight Sunday, April 14.
Go to
https://gracelutheranspiritwear.itemorder.com
Ordered items will be sent to the school and given to your child to bring home unless you ask us to contact you instead.
It is not too early for your student who will start kindergarten, second, or sixth grade next fall to have the examinations and receive the immunizations that are required by the State of Illinois when they enter these grades.
All examinations need to be reported on the state forms that will be sent home with your child next week in Tuesday folders. We will accept completed forms anytime this semester but they must be submitted by the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year. Please contact the office if you have any questions.
KINDERGARTEN – Children need to have a health examination with an updated immunization record (boosters), an eye examination, and a dental examination.
SECOND GRADE – A dental examination is required.
SIXTH GRADE – A health examination and a dental examination are required. Proof of having received 3 doses of Hepatitis B vaccine, 2 doses of Varicella vaccine, 1 dose of Tdap, and 1 dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) needs to be presented.
The next SCRIP order will be placed on
Tuesday,
April 16. Order forms are available
here. Please turn your orders in to the school office by
Monday, April 15.
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.
Invoices were sent out for the first half of materials fees for next school year. These fees are due by
Monday, April 22. Please call the school office with any questions.
Save the date- Friday, April 26 will be the
Sharing Our Talents Show. Come see your friends at the best at the Grace Talent show. 7:00pm in Fellowship Hall.
Women@Grace Event- Are you looking for a fun Mother’s Day event? We welcome anyone interested in creating a lovely floral centerpiece to join in a workshop at Blumen, Sabine’s Floral Inspirations, at 222 Forest, River Forest, on Friday May 10
th, 2019 at either 11:00 a.m. or 7:30 p.m. In addition to taking home the centerpiece (all materials and instructions provided), a workshop cocktail as well as sweet and savory treats will be provided for the morning class and similar treats for the evening class. We will be working with seasonal flowers such as peonies, lilacs and lily of the valley. You will not be disappointed. The price is $59. This is a Grace Lutheran Church/School private event and you can register directly on her website at sabinesblumen.com.
Space is limited. Please contact Diana Sicuro with any questions (708 997-2015 or
dianamaries@aol.com).
