Just a Note

The highlight of this week for us was definitely celebrating Valentine’s Day together! What a beautiful day to reflect on God’s love for us, our love for our Heavenly Father, and the love we share for our friends and families! Stay warm this weekend and try to enjoy the snow a little bit!

Have a great weekend!

Melissa

Important Dates

• Feb. 16-19: Winter Break – No school, no pd

• Feb. 23: All School Chapel (9:10) and Family Groups (9:40); Pastor Appreciation Breakfast

• Feb. 29: Optional Parent/Guardian Teacher Conferences; School in Session

• Mar. 1: Half Day of School; no PD

• Mar. 12: Night of Worship (6:30)

Reminders & Announcements

• Kingergarten/1st Grade Chapel: Friday, February 23 all kindergarten and 1st grade classes will be leading some singing during chapel. You are all invited to attend this special time of worship. If you’d like to join us, please see the note below from our front office to make your morning run a little smoother. 🙂Pre-Registration For February 23 Chapel Now Available!Parents, we encourage you (and grandparents/friends) to Pre-Register for chapel on February 23rd to avoid sign-in lines!! Please share the good news!!
  • Pre-Registration is now a sign-in option for parents/grandparents/guests when attending chapel! 
  • Pre-Registration allows guests to skip the line and pick up their badge at the front desk. No waiting in line to scan in!
  • Guests are eligible to pre-register IF they have signed in at the kiosk in the office previously WITH their driver’s license.  
  • Pre-Registration will be open until 5:00 PM on 2/21/24  

  Pre-Register using THIS LINK!

• Request for Materials for Science Project: Your kids are super excited about the special science project we’re working on! They are designing a solution to a common problem people have. Their design is meant to imitate an animal or plant characteristic (think Velcro is like burrs from plants.) The students will choose an animal or plant characteristic and use it to help them design their model. They’ll draw a model of their design and explain how their design helps solve the every-day problem. They’ve been doing an awesome job and are excited! If you have extra shoe boxes, empty water bottles, clean food containers, and things like that will you please send them in? Thank you!
• A note from Kendra Walters, music teacher, about worship night: The first graders will be joining the 2nd & 5th graders for a beautiful night of worship on Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30pm at Community Reformed Church (10376 Felch St). Please bring your child directly to the stage at 6:20pm. After their songs, they will come back to sit with you for the remainder of the service. This is their first official musical performance at ZCS so please help us in getting them excited for it and dressing them accordingly. We’re excited to see you there!

What We’re Learning Right Now

Math: Unit 3- Working with 10s groups and story problems for numbers 11-19.

Bible: Unit 9- Samuel and Saul

Bible Verse: Isaiah 55:6-7

Science: Special Project- Wrapping up and presenting invention projects

Social Studies: Unit 3- How do we learn about places?

Writing: Small Moments- Choosing a favorite small moment story and editing. We will celebrate their hard work and every student will get to share his or her story with a friend!

Mentor Text: ¿Tu mamá es una llama?

Grammar Feature: Prepositions “por” and “para”. They can indicate movement.

Word Feature: The suffixes -ano, -ense, and -eño form “gentilicios” (adjectives that tell us where a person was born or where they’re from) Ex:  panameño (from Panama), costarricense (from Costa Rica), etc.

New High Frequency Words: tuyo, oye, cuál, sabe, hay

Sylables of the week: ya, ye, yi, yo, yu