Mrs. Bernhardt's First Grade

We had a wonderful week celebrating our Lutheran School! Take a look at the pictures to see how we celebrated!

This cross was made as a collaborative art project during faith families.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 6 is a HALF DAY. School is dismissed at 12:00.

A LOOK AHEAD:

Memory: 1 John 4:19

Religion: Miracles of Jesus

Spelling: Lesson 18

Grammar: Synonyms

Math: Adding doubles plus 1

Social Studies: School long ago

Art: Valentine Boxes and Jim Dine

Dates to Remember:

Wednesday February 6 is a half day for the students. Dismissal at noon.

VALENTINES CELEBRATION FEBRUARY 14: Please see old post for pointers and class list. We will be making our Valentine's Box at school.

February 23, 5:00 We sing in church. Please mark your calendars! Have your child in the upper music room by 4:50 to warm up.

GRANDPARENTS DAY - Save the Date: We invited all Grandparents or special adult friend to attend school on March 8.

Grandparents’ or Special Friends’ Day is scheduled for Friday, March 8th from 8:00-11:00. Please plan on having a grandparent or special guest attend. Your child must have an adult present.

8:00 - 8:30 Arrive anytime between 8:00 - 8:30 with an adult

8:00 - 9:45 AM Guests and students stay together and spend

time at various activities. A map will go home with students and extra maps will be available that day. Family units decide where they want to start.

*ZION ASKS YOU STAY TOGETHER AS A FAMILY UNIT FOR PROPER SUPERVISION*

9:45 - 10:00 AM Guests and students travel to church sanctuary

10:00 - 11:00 AM Closing program and chapel

11:00 AM Dismissal (from the church sanctuary)

Send in your BOXTOPS !!!

There is a BOXTOPS competition till February 22!

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy time in church as a family!

In HIM,

Amy Bernhardt

Here is an article off Facebook about Why Lutheran Schools are Special:

It’s National Lutheran Schools Week!

For one week a year, Lutheran school kids get to ditch their uniforms to dress up like their favorite storybook character or like a hippie from the ’60s.

The really good news about this? If your kid goes to a Lutheran school, they probably wear a uniform the other 180 school days. Uniform = no dressing drama in the busy mornings. Young divas, I’m looking at you.

Lutheran school teachers teach because they are called by the Holy Spirit.

If a call from God seems like a really big deal, you’re right. It makes all the difference in the world. Teachers come earlier, stay later, email when your child seems upset or especially ecstatic, pray with your child, visit their students’ homes for dinner, and worship alongside your kids during chapel.

In a Lutheran school, your child is not just part of a school, they are part of a rich education history.

Lutheran schools have taught kids—and taught them well—for generations. Your kids’ Lutheran teachers are part of a close-knit group of outstanding educators, doing what they’ve done well for centuries. Teachers and administrators gather together to share teaching ideas, share their faith, and inspire one another. Lutheran schools have thrived for so long because we do education well.

Martin Luther would be so proud.

(Not too proud, though.)

Different is better.

More and more public schools are relying on minimum skills tests to evaluate their students and teachers. Here’s the report card on these tests: they are the epic failures of America’s education system.

Many people agree these tests stress out teachers and kids, they don’t accurately measure what kids have learned, and the pressure to perform well short-circuits real learning.

In most Lutheran schools, there are no required state-issued tests, which frees the kids, teachers, and administrators from all that extra stress. It also gives teachers extra time to perform afternoon-long science experiments or to slow down the class until every kid masters the concept. Not surprisingly, teaching to kids instead of to tests works wonders.

1.The most important thing of all: the Gospel!

Kids have deep questions about the Bible, they want to pray about their sick uncle and their family trip, and they like to sing beautiful songs about Jesus. In other words, childhood is about developing academically and physically, yes. But most important, childhood is about growing spiritually. Lutheran schools nurture each child’s spiritual growth. Teachers start class with prayer, they teach kindness from the example of Jesus, and they help kids articulate and defend their faith. The most important thing of all is that Lutheran Schools teach the children the good news of their Savior Jesus. They help children understand their need for forgiveness and the wonderful news that Jesus lived perfectly in their place, died for them, and rose again, so that they too will receive the gift of eternal life. If there was only one reason to send your kid to a Lutheran school, this would be it.

But let me tell you, those uniforms are also really nice.

Take a look at our fun week...

We started off the each day with school devotions in the hall.

We then enjoyed our vacation wear!

Amusement Parks

Fun in the Water

Various Vacation Destinations

Tuesday:
We also had special religion lessons and fun songs to learn about mission work in Peru!

a video showing us Hector's house in Peru.

Can you guess the holiday?

Wednesday was cold, cold, cold, but the yummy pancakes and cozy pajamas made it worth coming to school.

sign language for the all school devotion

Chris' Pancakes we AWESOME!

Flip and catch the pancake!

After pancakes we wanted to relax!

Mr. Debrick led chapel and told us about Jesus being the BREAD of LIFE!

We enjoyed an afternoon of Bedtime Stories, read by the administration and the 1-3 grade teachers.
This books are nominated for the SHOW ME Award and 1-3 graders in Missouri vote for the winner.
We got to vote for our favorite nominated book.

Thursday was CIRCLE OF LIFE Day.