Dear Parents,
What a beautiful weekend! I hope you enjoyed the sights, smells, pumpkins, cider, and all things fall this weekend! The colors are breathtaking and during fall I’m always reminded of God’s faithfulness as “Summer and winter and springtime and harvest”, God is always faithful! Join me in thanking God for the many ways he shows his faithfulness in our lives!
I pray you have a good, solid routine of learning at home this week. Last week Friday, Tim McAboy reminded us that we have been in-person at school for 7 weeks! Praise God! We continue to pray that we can keep working in this healthy, strong learning environment together! Have a great week!
Blessed by your kids- and you,
Julie
Here is our peek into our week ahead:
Parent Teacher Conferences: Thank you for signing up for a time to meet together to discuss the joys and celebrations of learning as well as a growth opportunities for your children! I look forward to meeting with you virtually. If your conference is scheduled for Thursday, I will send home a packet of papers that we will use for out virtual meeting. Please have those in front of you when we meet in our zoom class. I will be sending you the Zoom link prior to our conference time. I look forward to meeting together!
Fall Break/Teacher Inservice: There is no school on Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 21-23. Teachers will be meeting for professional development on Oct. 21. CEA (Christian Education Association- Teacher’s Convention) will be held on Oct. 22-23.
This week, Zulea is our Star of the Week! We will share some pictures she has for us so we can learn more about Amara!! Please remember that we will not be sharing food treats this year, but students may bring in another small, non-food item to share if they’d like to. Next week, we will take a week off because of our short week.
Book It continues: Students can earn a free, personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut when they complete the Pizza form. Students simply color in 1 slice of pizza for every 15 minutes of reading. When the form is completed, send it to school and I’ll give students their coupon for their pizza!
Upcoming Dates:
October 15 & 19: Y5-8 Parent/Teacher Conferences *Evening, School in Session*
October 21-23: No School *Teacher Professional Development and CEA Conference*
October 30: End of First Marking Period
November 6: No School (Grandparents Day is cancelled this year.)
Reminders:
Attendance: Whenever your student is going to be absent or late to school, please notify the school office. To notify the office, you may email attendance@zcs.org or leave a message on the attendance line 616-741-0051. When reporting your absence, please list your student’s name, grade, the reason for absence, and teacher.
Praying for you as you continue to work closely with your children in their education. Have a wonderful week!
Blessings,
Julie