What a fun week we have had celebrating Lutheran Schools! In addition to the fun dress up days, the chapel buddy hot lunch, cultural fair, faculty bingo and volleyball game were all a real hit. Thank you to all of our students, parents, and teachers who made these events possible. In addition, our students brought in $2,000 to support the Fund a Need which is going towards enhancements to the playground and gymnasium. Way to go!
Today was a wonderful day celebrating the special bond between students and their Grandparents or Grand friends. A special thanks to Grace Church members who came to support our students who did not have a special guest. A great time was had by all!
Tomorrow we wrap up the week with A Graceful Evening, our annual dinner & auction. Even if you will not be in attendance, you can still participate online by bidding on auction items, purchasing a wish list item from our Fund a Need wish list, or making a donation to support the school. The link to participate is
here
and is already live for you to join in. Enjoy!
Bill Koehne, Principal
March 15, 2019
March 17-22
Sunday Church Services, 8:30 & 11:00am
Sunday School & Adult Education, 9:45am
Monday Before school recorder club, 7:30-8:00am
Track practice, 3:00-4:00pm
Tuesday Track practice, 3:00-4:00pm
Wednesday Dismissal at 2:15pm
Lenten supper served at 6:00pm
Lenten service, 7:00pm, 5-8 gr. choir sing at service
Thursday
Friday 5-8 gr. volunteer at PADS, see details below
Grace Lutheran School Info to Know & Share – We had nine 8
th graders take the entrance test for Fenwick High School. We have been told that this year Fenwick had its largest number of applicants and largest number of students that they had to turn down. We are proud to announce that all nine of our applicants were accepted! When we get back from spring break we should have information on our 8
th graders who applied to selective enrollment school in CPS.
Volunteer for PADS. Students in grades 5-8 have the opportunity through Housing Forward (formerly West Suburban PADS), to serve a meal to people in need of food and shelter on
Friday, March 22 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. We will meet at
St. John’s Lutheran Church, 305 Circle Ave., Forest Park. Grace students will set up mattresses and lay out bedding, set the tables, and serve dinner to the guests. We will also provide brownies and ice cream for dessert.
Students should be dropped off and picked up at St. John’s. Parents are not expected to stay as there is limited space. To volunteer, please email
jdennen@graceriverforest.org by
Tuesday, March 19. If you can provide a 9x13 pan of brownies or a half-gallon of vanilla ice cream please note this in the email.
Financial Planning: Grace parent, Donald Robinson, will lead a session for parents on Thursday, March 21 at 7:00pm in the Seminar Room.
Introducing: Foundations for Financial Planning Seminar
The seminar will overview the building blocks to a solid financial plan, the financial security house. Questions like the following will be addressed:
What is financial planning -The House?
What are key areas to focus?
How do I prioritize short and long-term goals? The one hour session will include Q & A.
Please RSVP to the school office if you plan to attend so that we have the right number of materials available.
Parents, when you place an order on Amazon,
please consider going through the Amazon Smile portal,
https://smile.amazon.com
For each purchase you make, Amazon donates 0.5% to the non-profit of your choice. Once you set Grace as your designated beneficiary, each time you log on to Amazon it will prompt you to confirm that you want the percentage to go to Grace. Grace Lutheran is listed as Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of River Forest. Thank you for your continuing support of Grace Lutheran Church and School.
The next SCRIP order will be placed on
Tuesday,
March 19. Order forms are available
here. Please turn your orders in to the school office by
Monday, March 18.
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.
