This is the link for 8:30-10:00am zoom - Live Quiz Bowl Today 3rd-5th grade! (More links to come throughout the day at the event progresses)
Time: Nov 22, 2021 08:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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https://zoom.us/j/98018575034?pwd=bmRST2tSajZsTXlrNVpiWk1lMmNNQT09
Meeting ID: 980 1857 5034
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Are you thankful? Some 3rd and 4th graders shared some ideas of thankfulness at chapel today. They portrayed the story of the ten lepers, where only one healed leper came back to thank Jesus for healing. The students read verses for us about thankfulness, and shared about the little things, the big things, and the hard things that they were thankful for.
The Outdoor Education students took a field trip to Camp Henry! We learned about forest and wetland ecology. We did challenge activities like the low ropes course, giant swing, and rock wall. We learned survival skills like fire building, shelter construction, and archery. The day was filled with outdoor adventures! Great Job OE Students!
6th grade and 1st OE/SI got together to name things they are thankful for with the thanksgiving skittles challenge. We reflected on how even when hard things happened there is always something to be thankful for! It was a blessing to hear all the things these young children are thankful for!
Today, as we looked at God’s story in chapel, we took a look at “The Fall.” Some of our staff were involved in a chair skit, where one-by-one they became stuck to the Sin Chair, and couldn’t get free. But as each one read from the Word of God with the story of salvation, they were able to become free from being “stuck” in their sins. We all need the rescuer. We all need Jesus!
Mrs. VandePol's third grade students are in the process of designing Christmas cards for the Newaygo County Council for the Arts Holiday Card Competition. As you can see this is a very talented group. The contest results will be announced on November 19 at the NCCA. The winning cards will be available for purchase in the NCCA-Artsplace holiday shop.
Mrs. Vegter’s Deep Hope is for her Middle School students is to embrace who God created them to be. To nurture their individual gifts and talents to “Inspire and Encourage” others to grow in faith and knowledge. Her story line is “Inspire and Encourage”. Students have been taking inventory on how they can inspire and encourage others. Their thoughts are expressed on a bulletin board in class as a way to remind them of the importance they have on others.
They have also been reflecting individually on what their personal gifts and talents are. In addition, their classmates have provided each other with what they believe their classmate’s gifts and talents are. These activities help the students to see how they can reflect the “Habits of Living” in everyday life.
Start your morning off enjoying some of our elementary students fall artwork!!! Thank you Mrs. V for helping these young kiddos find their inner artists 👨🎨 👩🎨
A big thank you to @Heritage Farms for receiving the 6th graders for their field trip today. Students spent their morning learning how cider is made and discovering facts about the animals at the farm.
The outdoor education Kindergartens discovered how God created different habitats as perfect homes for the creatures that live there. They collected items from both a pond habitat and a forest habitat to compare the homes God made! Enjoy our photo collage of this experience!
Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Donkersloot have the joy of working with our OE Kindergarten students. Mrs Nelson’s deep hope for her students is that they learn of Gods love for them through his Word, his People, and his Creation. Mrs. Donkersloot’s class theme is Growing is God’s Light. With many opportunities to experience God’s creation, our kindergarten students are able to discover who God is and what he has done for us! We are learning how to love each other as God loves us!
Mrs. Yonker’s Deep Hope for her 2nd Grade Outdoor Education students is that they will delight in serving Jesus as they learn about God’s creation. Their storyline is We are God’s Gardeners. Students started the year by taking a close look at the words delight, serve, and learn. They discussed what these words mean and gave many good examples of what it would look like if they were delighting, serving, and learning. As the year progresses, students will discover ways to serve others that grow out of their learning experiences.
For example, sharing flowers the class has grown with people in the neighborhood, sharing produce with those in need, or becoming pen pals with nursing home residents. It is Mrs. Yonker’s hope that her students will learn to delight in serving others as they grow as God’s Gardeners!
Reminder: Book fair is next week, October 25-29th at the Decker building library (110 Decker Ave.). The Book Fair will be open from 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM for students and parents. The Book Fair is open for all visitors and students after our GrandFriends Day celebration on Oct 29th!
This week we had a lot of fun celebrating the season of Fall. Our learning revolved around pumpkins and their cycle of life. We did crafts, measured and compared our pumpkins. We integrated Math by opening our pumpkins, estimating how many seeds we thought were inside the pumpkin and then counting our seeds by making groups of ten. When we added all our numbers we ended up with 7,651 seeds. Those were a lot of seeds! We ended our fun week with a visit by the Kokx's family. They talked to us about the cycle of a pumpkin and brought us some yummy pumpkin snacks. It was a joy to share this special season with our first graders!
"miércoles de meriendas"/ Wednesdays are for snacks!
Teaching for Transformation (TfT) is a framework that our school has adopted for the development of authentic learning experiences that are grounded in a Christian worldview with a focus on seeing and living God’s story. Once teachers and students are invited to see the story, a Teaching for Transformation classroom provides opportunities for learners to live the story. Formative Learning Experiences (Flex) is designed to form the students’ hearts and actions as well as their minds, equipping students to become people who live and breathe God’s story. We make ways for all students to use their gifts to meet the real needs of people by doing authentic work, a learning journey into engagement that shapes their identity both as a learner and as a disciple of Jesus.
This year Kindergarten and Second-grade Spanish Immersion classes are doing a FLEX project called “miércoles de meriendas”/ Wednesdays are for snacks. Our classes are going to be selling snacks every Wednesday, in the Decker building, with the main purpose of raising money to donate to Hand2Hand in Fremont, Michigan.
Hand2Hand is a nonprofit organization that provides food for kids facing weekend hunger in West Michigan and we want to be part of this organization by helping the children in our local community. Every Wednesday your elementary children, in the Decker Building, can bring money to school to buy their favorite snacks. We will have different kinds of snacks ranging in cost from 0.50 ¢, 0.75 ¢, and $1.00 Thank you for helping us give back to our community!
Mrs. Wagenmaker, our Preschool Aide, had one of her dreams come true today! She and our preschool class were "wagon-makers"! What a fun way to learn the letter W, be builders, and enjoy a book about a Red Wagon! Great job Preschoolers!
Kris Vredeveld’s (Mrs. V.) Deep Hope is that her students will discover and nurture the creative gifts instilled in them as image bearers of God. They should Live Creatively! Each day in art students are challenged to do their best as they work with a variety of mediums including 4th grade tin repousse mandalas, 8th grade leaf print explosion books and 6th grade linoleum cut butterfly prints.
Due to our water main issue the following changes will take place next week Monday-Wednesday.
6-8 will be virtual. Chromebook pickup will be Monday morning.
3-5 will be in person at Hillcrest and Decker.
PK-2 will operate as usual.
Parents, please check your email for more detailed information.
Thank you.
The 2nd graders were learning about layering and textures in computer class today! We enjoyed looking at Eric Carle’s creative work, and talked about how God makes us beautiful and complex. Then we practiced layering different colors, lines, spray, and shapes in the paint program, and tried some Eric Carle tortoises and snakes ourselves.
Student leadership today in our 4/5th Spanish Immersion classroom as they review Grammar for the morning‼️
