Thank you so much for the many thoughtful treats this week for Teacher Appreciation. I feel so very blessed to get to work with such great families and co-workers! I am very humbled by your generous words, thoughts, and gifts. It’s always hard in May to realize that the time you spend every day with the kids you have grown to love and cherish is nearing an end!
Hope Track Meet
This is a big meet that Hope hosts every spring. This year it will be on Saturday, May 9th, at the district stadium at Shawnee Mission South High School. It takes lots of people working together for this event. Even though students can’t compete in track until 4th grade, you can still volunteer to help out. There are many different jobs to fill, so you don’t have to have knowledge about a certain event to be of service. You also do not need to be at the track all day. Even the kids can help by being “runners” to take results from an event up to the people who are keeping the stats! Check out the sign-up genius that was sent out to see where help is needed. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054CAEA82AA3F8C07-63315214-hope#/
Fine Arts Night
We are excited about the opportunity to showcase our Arts department. Our music directors, Mrs. Schkade, Mrs. Heiss, and Miss Beumer, have worked with the students all year on music theory, rhythm, and tone. During the evening, each choir will perform under the direction of Mrs. Schkade and Mrs. Heiss. Our bands and recorders, directed by Miss Beumer, will also perform. Mrs. Bird’s art class projects will be displayed around the building; families will be invited to an Open House to enjoy the students’ work.
Students will arrive at 5:15 pm and meet their teacher in their classroom. After the music performance, students return to their classrooms; parents pick them up.
The 3rd – 8th grade are to wear WHITE TOP AND BLACK BOTTOMS. There will be a cookie reception in the commons after the program.
Fine Arts Night is on May 14th. Please sign up to bring the cookies for the cookie reception following the performances. Drop them off the morning of the 14th so we can get them trayed up for the evening. Thank you!
COOKIE RECEPTION SIGN-UP:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084BAEA72FA0F85-63549112-fine
Here is a “sneak peek” at the art auction project by the third-grade class!
Summer Reading List 2026-2027
At Hope Lutheran School, we value reading, and reading every day during the summer is important. Students at each grade level (1st – 8th grade) are REQUIRED to read books by August 21, 2026.
GOING INTO Fourth Grade
Please write a half-page summary (at least 2 paragraphs) of each book you read. Can be typed or neatly handwritten.
REQUIRED Reading:
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
PLUS 2 books of your choice from the recommended list
Recommended (choose at least 2):
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danziger
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing by Judy Bloom
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Spelling – We will not have a new spelling list next week. Some of the students had a hard time with list 5.4 (spell words with the schwa), so if they would like to study and retake that test, they may do so next week.
Wednesday, May 13th – Last Memory assignment
Matthew 28:19-20
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Thursday, May 14th – All work must be turned in on this day.
The grade for any missing assignments will be entered as a 0 in the grade book.
Last day that school breakfast is available.
Fine Arts Night – Students arrive in the classroom at 5:15
Friday, May 15th – No School
Teachers are working on report cards. There is no school for students.
Monday, May 18th – Field Day
Be sure to have a water bottle and apply sunscreen in the morning before school!
*Please send an extra bag to school with your student. We will be cleaning out lockers and desks throughout the week and backpacks seem to fill up quickly when finding all the “treasures” that have been left in the desks and lockers over the last semester.
Tuesday, May 19th – Last day school lunch is available.
Wednesday, May 20th – Be sure to have a sack lunch from home today! We will find a nice place outside to enjoy a picnic lunch on the school grounds. We will enjoy the fresh air and a relaxing lunch.
Thursday, May 21st – Last Day!
We will dismiss right after our closing chapel service that morning. Students will return to our classroom before dismissal from 10:45 – 11:00. Parents are welcome to attend chapel and awards!!
Next week:
- Friday, 5/8
- Spelling Test
- Wednesday, 5/13
- Memory and Chapel
- IXL Benchmark testing
- Thursday, 5/14
- Last day to turn in any work
- Fine Arts Night
- Friday, 5/15
- No School, Teacher Inservice
Upcoming Dates:
5/18 – Field Day
5/20 – Picnic Day
5/21 – Last Day of School!
