• The 2020 2021 Academic Calendar is available in the Calendar Group in the Parent section of our school website, here.

• Last call for Family Fun & Field Day t-shirts! If you would like to order one for your student(s) or family members, please send cash or check to the school office [payable to Immanuel Lutheran, with field day shirt in memo line]. Most families ordered t-shirts at the end of last school year with the registration completion paperwork for this year. Please indicate size: Youth Small – Adult XL = $10, XXL = $15. Deadline to order is Fri., Feb. 7

• Reminder! If your student misses more than three days of school, a doctor's note stating s/he is able to return to school is required. [Please see Student and Family Handbook, page 9, under the section, Absence, that begins on page 8.]

• 2020-2021 Registration materials were sent home last Friday.

• All students must be supervised by a parent after school hours while on school grounds

• Cell phones and other electronic devices may not be turned on or used during the school day, on field trips (unless permission is given by the teacher), or during after-school activities. If used, they will be collected and held for pickup by the parent. The school will not be liable for lost, broken or missing phones and devices that are brought to school. Unauthorized use of cell phones and devices will result in a behavioral detention and confiscation of the device, which will be held for pick up by the parent or guardian. Suspension of the student may also result. Immanuel reserves the right to search student cell phones and devices if there is reasonable suspicion that there has been a violation of school rules. Before 8 AM and after 3:30 PM, students are to keep their cell phone and other devices on silent or vibrate and out of sight. Cell phones are not to be used for unsupervised entertainment purposes on school grounds or on field trips. 

• Students in grades K-G6 received reading logs for the Six Flags Reading program, Read to Succeed. Students are required to read six hours between now and Apr. 15. New this year is that all minutes will be recorded on students' elogs online. Instructions on registering and completing logs is included on the flyer that all students received this week in their Friday Folders (K-G5) or in their mailboxes (G6). If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher or Mrs. Suydam.

• Jan. – LCC Comfort Dogs Human-care and compassion ministry utilizing specially trained purebred Golden Retrievers.
• Feb. – Adopt-A-Student at Concordia Seminary Financial support for a future Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor.
• Mar. – Hearts for Jesus/Lutheran Heritage Foundation Translates and distributes Bibles, Luther’s Small Catechism, and Bible stories in more than 100 languages.
• Apr. – Voice of Hope Ministry to inmates at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois.
• May – Phil’s Friends Provides support and hope to those affected by cancer.

• Digital Readiness
• Know Where Your Children Are Online
• Safety Features and Parental Controls on Digital Devices
• Technology and Internet Usage Agreement for Parents and Their Children

• Families will be notified of school closings due to weather conditions or other emergencies via text, email, Facebook, and Twitter.
• To ensure text notification, make sure you have created a parent profile here and have entered your cell phone number, cell phone carrier name, and that receipt of text messages is enabled on the checklist just above the Save Member Information button.
• Information may also be broadcast over local radio and television stations.
• Information is available on Immanuel’s website, immanuelbatavia.org, and through the Emergency Closing Center at emergencyclosingcenter.com.
• School weather closings generally follow Batavia District 101.
• Preschool sessions canceled for emergency or weather will not be rescheduled.