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.
The Walk with Grace walk-a-thon fundraiser for Grace School is just 3 weeks away! One easy way to solicit pledges is through Pledgestar. Pledgestar is an easy to use platform that sends a customized email invitation to whomever you put into the system. Take time this weekend to initiate or update your Pledgestar account and start seeing the pledges come in!
Each student will receive a walk-a-thon t-shirt on the day of the walk. The t-shirt order needs to be placed on Monday. Use this t-shirt size selection link to select the correct size for your student. We will need to guess on sizes that we do not receive.
You can find more information (including an information packet) on the walk-a-thon below.
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 11, 2020
September 13-18
Sunday Church Services, 8:30 virtual & 11:00am limited to 50 people. Please go to
Grace Lutheran Church
website to sign-up
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday All school remote learning
Thursday Chapel Service, 8:30am Please see below for the link to the service
Friday
Last call for GLS Spirit wear! The online store closes Sunday September 13. 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.
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.
After school pick-up - Looking for Volunteers! Please consider volunteering to help get students into cars efficiently at the end of the day. You can find the Sign Up Genius link here.
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.
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 5th – 8th 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.
