Our mission at Grace Lutheran Church and School is to bring in, build up, and send out disciples for Jesus Christ. Our school prepares children for a life of discipleship by helping them to grow in faith, knowledge, and character.
Thank you to everyone who took part in our virtual Curriculum Night on Wednesday. I hope the evening was informative and beneficial. Our internet seems to have become more reliable, this will aid greatly in making the remote learning experience better. Have a wonderful weekend.
If you have not yet filled out the GradeLink re-enrollment paperwork, please do so as soon as possible. It is important that we have the most up to date emergency information. Contact the school office if you need login information.
Bill Koehne, Principal
September 4, 2020
September 6-11
Sunday Church Services, 8:30 virtual & 11:00am limited to 50 people. Please go to
Grace Lutheran Church
website to sign-up
Monday Labor Day, no school, no Extended Daycare, building closed
Tuesday
Wednesday All school remote learning
Thursday Chapel Service, 8:30am A link to view the service is below.
Friday
The GLS Spirit Wear online store is open! There are a few new items, PJ pants, tie dye t-shirt, a v-neck t-shirt and more! Orders will be ready 2-3 weeks after the store closes and delivered to Grace. The online store closes Sunday September 13.
gracelutheranspiritwear.itemorder.com
GLS Masks: There are some extra adult size face masks. If you would like to purchase, the cost is $6.00 each. Please pay online or send a check/cash to the school office and we will give them to your child to bring home.
GLS car magnets and lawn signs are available. Contact the school office if you are interested.
The Grace Lutheran School Family Ambassador Network (FAN Club) is looking for volunteers for the 2020-21 school year. Grace FANs help to spread the word about Grace through completing online reviews, sharing stories and photos, and encouraging friends and family members to check out the school. New families are welcome to participate!
We will be holding a kick-off meeting at the end of the month. Please contact Jordan Easton, Director of Enrollment and Marketing, at jeaston@graceriverforest.org if you are interested in joining.
Looking for Volunteers! Please consider volunteering to help with temperature checks during morning drop-off! The shifts are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, 7:40-8:15. You can find the Sign Up Genius link here. Please let us know if you can help.
Pick-up Procedures: The pick-up line after school is going well. Two new steps to make it go even better.
1) If you are in line on Division Street, put on your hazards so that when other parents pull up they know you are in line and not parked on Division Street.
2) If you have a PK-SK student, you will pick them up in the parking lot where you drop them off in the morning.
Calling all Grace families, both in-person and remote!!
Walk with Grace is Grace Lutheran School’s annual walk-a-thon fundraiser. This year the event is Friday, October 2, so it is right around the corner! You should have all received a packet of information from your child on Tuesday and heard about it from Mr. Koehne during Curriculum Night and your children learned more about it after chapel yesterday. If you didn’t receive a packet, you can pick one up from Mrs. Maggio or click on the link below. The forms below include ways to raise money as well as offer sponsorship opportunities to help with the overhead costs so that all funds raised can go directly back to the school and our families. The money we raise through this event not only helps support our school and the educational programs, quality instructors, strong arts programs and faith formation, but also our families that have been greatly affected by the pandemic.
Along with raising funds for our school and families, we will be walking throughout the community and collecting food and supplies to benefit BEYOND HUNGER. The students are really excited about this and they will learn more about Beyond Hunger in the coming weeks.
Even though this year is much different, we will still have fun games and activities after the walk and there will still be that “end event” that the students are very excited about. So, sign up for Pledgestar today (link below) so your child(ren) have a chance at the raffle!
This is sure to be a great day; the students are excited and we hope you are too! It is a fun day for the students and teachers, but as with any event – we need help! This is a way that families of both in-person and remote students can get involved! A Signup Genius link will go out on Tuesday for all volunteer opportunities.
If you have any questions or would like to help on the planning committee, please contact Becky Morgan at rebecca.morgan04@gmail.com.
Chapel services will be on Thursday this school year. Chapel will start at 8:30am. You can find the link
here for parents who would like to participate.
It is not too late to sign your child up for milk for lunch. The cost for the school year is $18.00 for white milk and $19.00 for chocolate. Students who sign up next week will start getting milk as of Tuesday, September 14.
Dress Code: You can find the dress code for this school year at this
link. There has been a change to the dress code for 5
th – 8
th grade students since these students will not be changing in the locker room for PE classes this year.
Forgotten books or lunches: If you bring a student book or lunch that was forgotten at home, you will be need to put it in the bin inside the first set of front doors. The front desk receptionist will then collect it and get it to your student.
Birthday Book order form- The Birthday Book Program is back for all Grace students! Participating in this program is a wonderful way to celebrate your child’s special day while helping to provide great literature for our library at Grace
. Please find the order form here.
