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Grace School News
February 23, 2024
Parent-Teacher Conferences are coming up next Thursday. Tuesday night is the deadline for reserving a time to meet with a teacher. Use the link below to reserve a time.

Only 6 days left to order your tickets for Graceful Evening. Don’t miss out on this wonderful evening of fellowship in support of Grace Lutheran School! Find the link below to order tickets.

Congratulations to our boys basketball team who has qualified for the state basketball tournament taking place next weekend in the northwest suburbs. Their first game is at 6:45pm on Friday, March 1 at St. Peter Lutheran School in Arlington Heights. Use this link to see the full tournament bracket, information on ticket prices, and locations of games. https://luthsports.org/sports/grade-school-basketball/
School News:
Parent/Teacher conferences are next week.
No school Friday, March 1
Lutheran Schools Week: March 4-8 (more information below)
Check the Lost and Found while you are here for Parent/Teacher Conferences.


Fine Arts Festival
Attention 5-8 graders, it's not too late to turn in your Fine Arts Festival registration form to Ms. Johnson. Sign up for a day of musical fun with 11 other schools!
VIP Day
(formerly Grandparent's Day)
VIP Very Important Person Day Friday March 8th featuring a new format where students will stay with their VIP during the concert and one open house session. Please RSVP today. Plan to attend one session only and the concert.
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.
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. 
St. Patrick's Day Parade
There is still time to join us and walk in the Forest Park St. Patrick's Day Parade! Here are the details:
 
LINE-UP TIME: The Parade line-up begins at 11 am. To be ready for the 1 pm kickoff, all participants need to be in place by 12:30 pm. Officials in green vests will direct you and each member of your team (as they arrive) to your parade position...so don't worry if a team member doesn't know your parade position.

DROPPING OFF PARTICIPANTS: The staging area gets crowded and children/other participants are lined up in the street. For safety's sake (& depending on how busy it is when you arrive), we may not allow vehicles to drive through the lineup area to drop participants off so please plan ahead.
PARADE KICK-OFF/ROUTE: The Parade steps off at 1 pm from Van Buren and Madison and proceeds east on Madison to Elgin Avenue (1 block west of Harlem) where you'll be directed to turn left and move along (distance is just under a mile). After the turn, please continue to move along to prevent a backup in the parade.

TOSSING CANDY, ETC. You can toss/hand out candy, flyers, etc. to the crowd (or whatever you like) by walking alongside your vehicle -- but it is illegal to toss ANYTHING from any vehicle.
Migrant Needs
Thank you so much for all the donations that were made to help those in need. At this time, no more donations are needed.
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Elyssa has been attending Grace Lutheran Church since she was a child, and she attended Grace Lutheran School from Kindergarten through 4th grade, which she loved. She is working on her PhD in Theology and teaches theology at Dominican University. Derek works as Director of Accreditation and Assessment at National Louis University. We hope that you have run across this wonderful family already and gotten to know them, but in case you have not, here is a little more information on them and their journey at Grace.



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