It is a busy time of the year! With that has come several communications from GLS. Yesterday you should have received information on our VIP Day (formerly known as Grandparent and Grand Friends Day). VIP Day is scheduled for Friday, March 8. Today you will receive information to sign up for Parent / Teacher Conferences on February 29.
You have also received information on Graceful Evening. Ticket sales close on February 29. Purchase your tickets now. Get friends together for a great evening of fun.
Congratulations to our Girls JV basketball team. They completed their season last week as conference champions, Christian Liberty Academy tournament champions, and with an overall record of 13-0.
Our Boys Varsity basketball team has been awarded a play-in game for the Lutheran State Tournament. They play on Monday afternoon at 4:30pm at Immanuel Lutheran in Palatine. With a win, they qualify for the 16 team state tournament in March. Come out and cheer on the team. Admission fee is $2 (HS – Adult) and $1 (K-8).
Have a great weekend!
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Please turn in your Fine Arts Festival registration form to Ms. Johnson by February 23. Sign up for a day of musical fun with 11 other schools! |
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Award winning Author Lisa Yee is coming on Feb. 23 rd! She will be talking about her new book The Misfits. Ms. Yee will visit with grades 3-7. Copies of her book are available to purchase and there will be time for her to sign them. Please return the form to Mrs. Bramwell in the School Library if you plan on ordering. Orders are due by Wednesday, February 21 st. A limited number of books will be available for purchase the day of the visit. |
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VIP Day
(formerly Grandparent's Day)
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VIP Very Important Person Day Friday March 8th featuring a new format where students (family groups) will stay with their VIP during the concert and open house. Look for all details and an invitation to pass along to VIP's next week.
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We invite you to join us for this year’s Graceful Evening on Saturday, March 9 at the 19th Century Club in Oak Park. Our annual gala is a much-anticipated event filled with fun, fellowship, cocktails, a sit-down dinner and our famous Dessert Dash. As our largest fundraiser of the year, it also includes a silent auction, raffles, wine & whiskey pulls and a paddle raise – all to raise money to support Grace Lutheran School's classrooms, faculty and students.
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Tickets are on sale now at graceful2024.givesmart.com. There are several other ways to support Graceful Evening: you can become a sponsor, buy an ad, donate a silent auction item or volunteer. Room parents will be sharing more information about the silent auction and volunteer opportunities in the coming weeks.
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Everyone is invited to join us and represent Grace Lutheran School at the Forest Park 28th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 2 at 1 pm. Email Ana Garcia at agarcia@graceriverforest.org to let us know that you would like to walk in the parade with us!
We will be handing out green lollipops!
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Saturday, February 17, 2024
9:00 am - 11:00 am
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Only these items are needed: winter jackets, sweatpants especially for men and boys, leggings for women, hoodies, and layering items, socks, gloves, hats, blankets, suitcases, and sleeping bags. We continue to need new underwear for men, women, and children. For men boxer briefs in small and medium. For women underwear and sports bras in small and medium. For children underwear in all sizes, particularly for boys. We ask you please to stick to this list.
(there is a collection bin in the atrium).
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The Millers have been at Grace for 4 years now. They have one son who graduated from Grace in 2022 and another who is currently in 7th grade. Greg is a principal, and a Chicago office director at Cerami & Associates, an acoustics and technology design company. Kara is a manager of marketing and communications at Shriners Children’s Chicago, a pediatric subspecialty hospital. We invited them to share what brought them to Grace, and why they have continued to enroll their students ever since. |
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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.
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Grace Lutheran Church and School | 708-366-6900 | www.graceriverforest.org |
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