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Newsletter 10/7/2026
EARLY RELEASE – 1:00
Our first Early Release Day is TODAY! Wednesday, October 7th. School will be dismissed at 1:00. Bussing will still be available as well as Latchkey.
COLD LUNCH
PRESCHOOL-8TH GRADE SHOULD PACK A COLD LUNCH ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH.
FIELD TRIPS
K-8:
Friday, October 9th K – 8th grade will be visiting Fall Harvest Orchard near Delano, MN. Please dress appropriately for outdoor activities.
NO SCHOOL – MEA BREAK
MEA Break is fast approaching, there will be no school Wednesday, October 14th through Friday, October 16th.
10/14/26 – 10/16/26
VOLUNTEER BASKETBALL COACH
We are in need of a head coach for the upcoming basketball season. If you’d be interested or know someone who would please contact the office.
ART & CHESS CLUB (Grades 5-8)
Chess club begins Monday, 10/19/26. Meeting in Mr. Holz’ room.
Next Art club Monday, 11/2/26.
Please bring in your club fees as soon as possible.
Snack Donations: We are asking for donations of individually packaged, nut-free snacks. After a long school day, our students often need a quick energy boost to help them stay focused and active.
PTF MEETING
Our next Parent/Teacher/Friends meeting is Monday, October 12th at 6:30. All are encouraged to attend!
PICTURE RETAKES
Retakes are Monday, October 19th.
Orders or picture samples will be sent home this week. If you will be retaking your picture, please return your order to the office. If you haven’t ordered yet and would like to there are codes to use on the sample sheet to order from.
IF YOU WILL BE NEEDING RETAKES, PLEASE LET THE TEACHER KNOW.
FALL FESTIVAL
Is Tuesday, October 13th. We will have activities in the morning for the entire school.
COSTUME
Students may BRING a school appropriate costume; they will change into them. Please no makeup.
HAYRIDE PERMISSION
During the Fall Festival party on Tuesday, 10/13/26 the students will have the chance to ride on a hayride in the morning (hay rack driven by a tractor) down the gravel road Walden Ave, supervised by teachers and classroom aides. If you do not sign-up, your child/ren will not be eligible for the hayride. https://forms.gle/VGLpLWrwS5EMzpGa7
VOLUNTEERS
We could use a couple extra parent volunteers for the morning to chaperone the hayride and/or help with activities. If you are available from 9:00-11:30 10/13/26 please let me know
PRESCHOOL: Miss Lokensgard
We are excited to learn all about the farm. We are learning what all the jobs that a farmer has to do to make a farm run. We have a lot of fun activities this week; our playdough table and science table is set up as a farm. We are planning on reading really fun farm books and to learn new vocabulary this week. We are focusing on the letter Ee, number 3, the shape square, and the color yellow.
Monday- Writing Center: Name activity is a farm name puzzle. Activity Center: Playdough farm activity.
Tuesday- FIELD TRIP DAY
Wednesday- Writing Center: Phonics page on the letter Ee. Activity Center: Making a farm with popsicle sticks and animals.
Thursday- Writing Center: Journal Page. Q: If you were a farmer, what animal would you like to take care of? Activity Center: Paint the animals dirty from the Wishy-Washy book.
Friday- Writing Center: Learn about 10 frames. Activity Center: Moo Uno
This week’s bible lesson is Jacob's beautiful dream.
PRESCHOOL: Mrs. Dragt
Welcome To Farm Week
Focus Wall
Letter: Cc
Number: 3
Color: Yellow
Shape: Triangle
Monday - We worked on making the number three. Our poem for making the number 3 is
“Around the tree, around the tree, that's the way we make a 3.” We also learned about position words. We had pumpkins, and the kiddos had to place the pumpkin in the position I said. (on, in, near, right, left)
Tuesday - Field Trip to Nelson Farm! We all had a great time!
Wednesday- Show and share is their choice. I’m excited again to see what they will bring! We
continue working on our names. This time we are making a farm puzzle out of the letters of our names
Thursday - We started splitting up into separate centers. One group worked on ABC’s, the
other worked on numbers. Then we rotated. In our numbers center, we counted eggs (beans) to match the number on the chicken coop, then put the eggs in the coop.
Friday - We worked on making the letter Cc. We also made a farm picture by placing the farm
animals in the right positions, as I told them to.
Our Jesus story: Jesus Blesses the Children. Memory Treasure “Let the little children come to me.”
Mark 10:14
KINDERGARTEN: Mrs. Eckstrand
This week in our Bible lesson we met Jacob. Jacob is Isaac's son. Jacob lied to his father and mother, his twin brother Esau angry. This caused Jacob to need to run away. While he was traveling, he had a beautiful dream. God reminded Jacob even in tough times He promises to be with us always. Matthew 20:23b "and surely I will be with you always to the end of the age."
In Reading, we are still adventuring with Adam. We are adding more phonics friends to our routine, and starting to segment words.
In Math, we are writing and counting numbers 1 to 5. 2 and 3 are tricky!
Dr. Science has delivered 2 boxes to us! The first one came with our very own Science lab coats, glasses, and Dr. Science Professor badges. The second came with a gummy worm experiment. Will they melt, explode, or come alive and crawl out?
1-2nd: Mrs. Markgraf
Greetings Immanuel Grace families!
This week our class is working hard as we look forward to our field trip on Friday to the apple orchard. In math first graders are wrapping up their unit on number bonds and taking a test. Second graders are learning multiple strategies for addition and subtraction.
In reading first graders are learning blends with "r". Second graders are adding words with "ng" and "nk" to their phonics toolbox.
Our Bible lessons this week are Jesus' First Miracle and Jesus Heals the Official's Son. In these miracles we learn that Jesus is the Son of God. Our Memory Treasure is 1 Peter 5:7, Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. Be encouraged that God reminds all of us to cast our worries on him!
3-5th: Ms. Ewart
Hello parents, friends, and family!
This week in Word of God, we're learning about the beginning of Jesus' ministry - his temptations in the wilderness and his first miracle at the wedding in Cana. Our memory treasure is the Second Article of the Apostles' Creed, which tells us exactly what we believe about Jesus and what he has done for us. Ask your child to say it for you at home this week!
In math, third grade is working on addition and subtraction word problems, fourth grade is beginning Chapter 4 (multiplication concepts), and fifth grade is reviewing long division.
In Language Arts, all grades are continuing their novel studies, and we're working on the parts of speech in grammar.
God's blessings on your week!
6-8th: Mr. Holz
Hello Parents, Family and Friends,
In Math 6th grade is working on the basics of equations. 7th graders are working on adding and subtracting negatives. 8th grade is working with increasingly difficult equations. In Grammar we are moving into direct and indirect objects. In Reading we will be starting our first novel. In Science we will be covering the basics of the structure of the earth. In US History we will be studying the first settlers who made the U.S. their home.
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