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Newsletter 11/4/2026
EARLY RELEASE DAY
Is today Wednesday, November 4th.
School will be dismissed at 1:00. Bussing will still be available as well as Latchkey.
VETERANS DAY PROGRAM
Join Immanuel Grace Lutheran School for our VETERANS DAY PROGRAM. We invite the families of veterans and active military in our community for a gathering in honor of their brave service.
When: November 11th
Time: 11:00-11:30 AM
Where: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 20882 Walden Ave
Wall of Honor: Honoring Our Veterans
We invite families to participate in our Wall of Honor display as we recognize and honor the veterans in our school community! If your family would like to participate, please complete the sheet (a printed copy will be sent home with students) and return it with a photo and information about your veteran. Participation is completely optional. Please note that the photos will NOT be returned. All submissions are due by Wednesday, November 4.
FALL PLAY
K-5th will be performing Psalty’s mini musicals: Grooowing and Praise-a-luia on Friday, November 20th at 5:30.
6-8th will also be performing their Forensics programs this day as well starting at 6:30.
With separate performances families can come and go as needed.
A music concert will be scheduled in February for classes to perform what they’ve been working on during the school year. Spring Play will be in April for the 6-8th grade.
PLAYING CARD DONATIONS
Mrs. Markgraf is looking for new or used playing cards, if you have some you are willing to part with please bring them in to the office.
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
It is very important that the parents and teachers feel free to openly discuss any concerns or questions concerning the child’s education. At least one parent is expected to come to these meetings to discuss the progress of their child.
Conferences will be the week of November 9-13th, an email has been sent to sign up for time slots.
ART & CHESS CLUB (Grades 5-8)
Next Chess club Monday, 11/16/26.
Next Art club Monday, 12/7/26.
Please bring in your club fees as soon as possible if you haven’t already.
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.
CALL for 3-5th grade teacher:
A call meeting was held last week, and the decision was made to extend a call to Ms. Hannah Rundgren for the 2027/2028 school year for grades 3-5. She currently is serving at Divine Savior Academy in Doral, FL. Please keep her in your prayers as she deliberates where best to serve.
For those that are not aware, Ms. Ewart was only assigned to teach here for this school year. If you are new to the WELS teacher system a call is the process by which we offer a job position to a qualified candidate, they then consider if that position would be the best fit for their skills and talents and based on that decide to accept or return (decline) the position.
PRESCHOOL: Miss Lokensgard
Preschoolers are learning about the forest and forest animals. We are learning about the animals' habitat and what they like to eat. Our science center is filled with different magnets and how some connect together and some push away from each other. Our playdough center has forest animals to make foot prints and popsicle sticks to make a forest. We are learning about the letter Ii, shape rectangle, number zero and the color black. Our bible story is about baby Moses. Learning about how God protected Moses and has big plans for him and how he has big plans for us.
Monday: Writing Center- Learned how to draw a forest with our scribble scrabble unit. Activity Center- ripped paper to make an owl.
Tuesday: Writing Center- We are erasing our name with a Q-Tip for our name activity. Activity Center- Learning how to follow directions to make a necklace.
Wednesday: Writing Center- Letter Ii phonics page. Activity Center: Testing objects to see if they are magnetic or not.
Thursday: Writing Center- Learn how to write the letter Ii on a chalk board. Activity Center: Make a baby Moses puzzle.
Friday: Writing Center- Sticker shape activity. Activity Center: Forest animal memory game.
PRESCHOOL: Mrs. Dragt
Welcome To Woodland Animal Week
Focus Wall
Letter: Mm
Number: 6
Color: Purple
Shape: Diamond
Monday - We worked on making the letter Mm, and we also worked on keeping our bodies
moving on a rainy day by playing our own version of badminton.
Tuesday - With another rainy day, we had a little mixed-up schedule and got outside when we could. We worked hard on recognizing numbers, then used finger paint to count out woodland animals to match the number. Then we played a few rounds of musical chairs.
Wednesday- We practiced writing the number 6. To work on our motor skills, we passed a
paper pumpkin around to friends with a clothespin (we never got around to it during pumpkin week). Figuring out that you need to open the clothespin to pass might be tricky, but they'll get it!
Thursday - Show and share is to bring in something you found on a nature walk with Mom and Dad. Get out those raincoats and boots! 😊 We continue to work on our first names and some last names.
Friday - In art, we are going to rip paper, glue it down on a paper plate, and make owls.
Our Jesus story: Hannah Prays. Memory Treasure God… has heard my prayers. Psalm 66:19
KINDERGARTEN: Mrs. Eckstrand
This week our Bible lessons are Baby Moses, and God Speaks to Moses from a Burning bush. First, we hear how God saved Moses from a bad Pharoah when his mom made a basket and placed him in the reeds. The Princess found him, hired mom to raise him, and at the age of 5 or 6 named him Moses. He then grew up in Pharaoh's house. As an adult Moses became a shepherd. This is when God called him through a burning bush to lead the Israelites out of their slavery in Egypt. 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. Is our Memory treasure this week.
In Reading, we continue activities with Tamika! She took a train trip to Toledo and stayed with Mrs. Eckstrand's parents! She showed us lots of pictures from her trip. We also learned our first sight word "a." These are words that we will learn to know by sight/memory. They often cannot be sounded out. We will blend our letter sounds together this week to actually read and not just say CVC words!
In Math, we are working on counting and filling out ten frames with our numbers up to 10. We also started writing our numbers as high as we can.
In Writing, we are writing our numbers up to 20 and working on writing our whole alphabet.
In Social studies, we are talking about our Veterans and all the branches of the military.
1-2nd: Mrs. Markgraf
Greetings families! It has been a rainy week, but we have been making the best of it. This week in math first graders are working on subtraction concepts. Second graders are thinking about regrouping in subtraction. Their strong foundation in palace value has been serving them well.
In reading the first graders are learning about digraphs "sh" and "wh". These two letters work together to represent one sound. The second-grade class is starting their study of vowel teams by learning that "ee", "ea' and "ie" all make the long e sound. They drew some pictures with their spelling words to help them remember which vowel team to use for each word.
In our Bible stories are The Parable of the Farmer and the Seed and the Parable of the Weeds and Wheat. Both of these stories Jesus used to teach his disciples and us that the kingdom of God is in the heart of the believer. Our Memory Treasure is Mark 16:15 "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."
We are preparing for our Veterans Day service next week and look forward to honoring those who served. Blessings!
3-5th: Ms. Ewart
Hello parents, friends, and family!
I can’t believe it’s already November, but we’re having a great week in 3-5! In Word of God, we are learning about Jesus calling Matthew to be his disciple and the parable of the farmer and the seed. What a comfort to see that Jesus calls sinners like Matthew (and us!) and that his Word does the work of growing faith in our hearts.
In math, third grade is being introduced to simple multiplication and division and is learning strategies to multiply and divide more quickly. Fourth grade is practicing division and using it to solve word problems. Fifth grade is finishing Chapter 4, adding and subtracting fractions, and will start multiplying fractions next.
In language arts, third grade is memorizing helping verbs, fourth grade is reviewing the concepts we’ve covered so far, and fifth grade is working on linking verbs and then predicate adjectives. In reading, we will finish our novels this week and wrap up with a reader’s response activity!
In social studies, we are continuing our unit on government. We’ve already learned about city and state government, and next we’ll study the national government.
Have a great week!
6-8th: Mr. Holz
Hello Parents, Family and Friends,
In Math 6th grade is working with decimals. 7th graders are working on adding and subtracting negatives. 8th grade is working with inequalities. In Grammar we are moving into irregular verbs. In Reading we are reading Holes and will be finishing the book this week. In Science we will be covering the basics of the structure of the earth. In US History we will exploring the lost colony of Roanoke.
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