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A Look Ahead:
October 6 : Picture Day
Zion is scheduled to have picture day on Tuesday, October 6th. Pictures will be taken during school hours. All ordering will be done online, parents do not need to fill anything out to send with their student(s). Please review the Zion Picture Day flyer for information on how to order, this can be found in Sycamore under DOCUMENTS and is also attached. Ordering can be done BEFORE or AFTER picture day. If your child is absent or does not normally attend school on Tuesdays, there will be a make-up day on Thursday, November 19th. Go to Sycamore for more information.
October 16: Super Hero Toy Collection
Avengers Assemble!
On Friday October 16, we will be having a special Super Hero Day. In honor of Drew Albrittons’ birthday, we will be wearing Super Hero T-Shirsts and collecting superhero items that will be delivered to the superheroes at Friends of Kids with Cancer and they will distribute them to children and their siblings through the pediatric cancer treatment centers in St. Louis at Mercy Kids, St. Louis Children’s, and Cardinal Glennon hospitals. Drew’s family has donated 2,000 superhero items, in the memory of Drew, to kids battling cancer.
Drew was a preschooler here at Zion who bravely fought cancer and now is with the biggest superhero of all, Jesus! The Albrittons thank you for your support in avenging pediatric cancer in honor of Drew.
Please bring your superhero items to your classroom by Friday October 16. Action figures, costumes, toys, movies, backpacks, Lego sets, video games, shirts, or any items with a super hero theme are all welcome.
October 19: Fall Service Project
We will be doing a service project. We will be make care packages for college students. I will be purchasing snacks to send, the students will be writing letters and putting Bible verses on post it Notes to send. You can help by donating money to purchase the snacks. You can send me a donation to the service project via VENMO or send money in an envelope and give to me. Please send money by October 16. I will get a Thriven Grant to pay for the shipping of the care packages. We plan to make and send 20 care packages. Thank you for your help.
October 20: Johnny Appleseed Day and Harvest Day
Please have your child bring an apple to school as we will be filling our day with fun apple activities to celebrate Johnny Appleseed.
Students will be allowed to wear costumes on this day. Please see Sycamore for more information on the special dress day.
October 21-23: No School
Teachers will be having Professional Development and attending the Missouri District Lutheran Schools Online Conference.
October 29 Half Day of School with Online Parent Conferences in the Afternoon and Evening
More information about conferences coming soon.
We continue to work hard and have fun doing it! I hope your the pictures help you see all the learning that is going on in First Grade!
Make worship online or in person a priority for your family this weekend!
In HIS Love,
Amy
Working on sentences and putting together sentence parts
We learned about sentence that ask questions.
