Parent/Teacher Conferences – I am looking forward to meeting with you at conferences this week. We are meeting so that we can work as a team to see how we can best help your student succeed this year. Conference time slots are scheduled every 30 minutes but will be about 15-20 minutes long. If you have back-to-back conferences in another classroom beforehand, we may be able to begin early rather than having you wait. If my door is open, I am available. Also, we are asking that you take a quick survey while you are here before or after your conference. We will have a QR code for your phone or a Chromebook available for the survey. We need these surveys for our accreditation and we use them to help improve our school. Thank you for taking the time to fill it out!
Early Dismissal – Due to our conferences, we have an early dismissal at 11:40 today and no classes tomorrow.
New Student – We have a new face in our classroom family! Honesty became a new student to Hope on Monday this week. Welcome to Honesty and her family!
Field Trips – We go to the Coterie on Friday, September 27th. We will be eating lunch back at school, so you don’t need to worry about changing up your routine. Parent drivers: I will send out an email with car assignments, so be on the lookout for that!
Our next field trip will be at the end of October. Please take note of the permission slip for Science City in this week’s envelope to sign and return!
Math – We take our Chapter 2 test next week. It covers “Addition within 1000”. Next, we will begin working on Chapter 3 which is “Subtraction within 1000”.
Reading – We are finishing the last story in our first unit next week. The theme was “Environments”. We have been working with traditional tales (including folk tales and legends), realistic fiction, informational text, and poetry. Our next unit theme is “Interactions”. We will be focusing mainly on informational text, but will also look at persuasive text and realistic fiction.
School Picture Day is Thursday, October 3rd. Students may wear their favorite clean polo shirt, blouse, short/long sleeve shirt, or dress as long as they are dressed in a proper, modest, and discreet way. Students must wear uniform bottoms. If you have doubts about whether an outfit is acceptable, please ask Mrs. Jankowski.
Order pictures online at http://inter-state.com/order and use Event Code 87000EB.
PAHS Auction Donations – Our Annual Hope Lutheran PAHS Auction is coming up on November 9th! This exciting event helps raise funds to support our Art, Music, Spanish, and Technology programs. If you’re able to contribute, we greatly appreciate any donations. Please drop off new items at the school office. Your generosity is key to making this year’s auction a success! For questions about donations, please reach out to Katie Burns at auction@hopelutheran.org. Stay tuned for more details, and thank you for your support!
SCREENING DATES
HEARING: October 1, will start at 9 am
Hearing screenings will include Kindergarten, 3rd, 6th, and all NEW students to the school.
DENTAL: October 26, will start around 1:00 p.m. Dr. Bohaty will screen K-8. Toothbrushes will be provided.
VISION: October 8, starting around 1:00 p.m. The Lions Club will bring their vision machine. This screening will include Kindergarten through 3rd, 5th, 7th, and all NEW students to the school.
DENTAL: Dr. Brenda Bohaty will be performing dental screening on Wednesday, October 30. Kindergarten through 8th grade will be screened. If your child does not attend on Wednesdays, and you would like a dental screening, they may arrive at 1:00pm for the screening.
If you would like your child to opt out of any/all screenings please email Nurse Stefanie at buckmaster@hopelutheran.org
Spelling for next week: vowel diphthongs ou, ow, oi oy
| shower | power | enjoy | avoid | thousand |
| annoy | proud | appoint | bounce | fountain |
Sentence: I was proud when I did well on my test.
Memory for September 25:
The Third Commandment: Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy.
What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not despise preaching and His Word, but hold it sacred and gladly hear and learn it.
Next Week:
- Today, Thursday, 9/19
– Parent/Teacher Conferences - Friday, 9/20
– Parent/Teacher Conferences - Monday, 9/25
– Math Test – (Chapter 2) - Wednesday, 9/27
– Memory - Thursday, 9/26
– Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night by Oak Park Mall - Friday, 9/27
– Coterie field trip
– Spelling Test
Important Upcoming Dates:
- 10/3 – School Pictures
- 10/14-10/15 – No School – Lutheran Teacher Conference
- 10/18 – Early Dismissal – end of 1st Quarter
- 10/25 – Trunk-or-Treat
- 10/27 – Singing at 10:30 church service
- 10/30 – Science City field trip
