Newsletter 9/10/2025

¨  September 18^th  

Volleyball Home Game vs Marshall: 4:45 & 5:30

Soccer Home Game vs PLS: 4:00

¨  September 20^th 

Soccer Tournament in St. Peter

¨  September 16^th 

Volleyball Practice: 3:30 – 5:00,

Soccer Practice:

3:30 – 5:15

VOLLEYBALL & SOCCER

SOCCER SCHEDULE CHANGE:

The September 17^th game vs Risen Savior has been cancelled; we are looking at new dates to reschedule.

Our game against St. Peter on September 30th will be played at the Arlington field again as this is kind of a middle ground for location. The start time will be 5:15, please add that note to your calendar.

VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE CHANGE:

Thursday, September 18^th start time as been moved back slightly to allow for more travel time for Marshall.  The B-team game will now begin at 4:45 instead of 4:15 which means A-team will not start until around 5:30 or so.

We are looking for a referee for this game as our usual lady has a conflicting event.  If you know of anyone who'd be willing to ref, please let me know!

Pictures are scheduled for Tuesday, September 23^rd for both volleyball and soccer.

MAP TESTING

K – 8^th grade will have MAP standardized testing this week, September 15 – 19.

Please help your child to get a good night sleep and eat a good breakfast these days!

PRESCHOOL FIELD TRIP

Both preschool classrooms will be going to Nelson’s Farm on Wednesday, October 8^th.  If you don’t have this day scheduled to attend school already please let either Ms. Lokensgard or Mrs. Dragt know you’d like to add this day to your calendar as soon as possible.

They will be leaving school at 9:15 and returning around 11:30.

PICTURE RETAKES

Retakes are Monday, October 20th.

If you waited to order you must order online at (but you may get charged a late/shipping fee):

Fall Pictures 9-8-2025 Strawbridge Studios  Code: FM473779

Or go to www.strawbridge.net and click on Order Pictures, then enter the code.

PICK A DATE CALENDAR FUNDRAISER

Packets have been sent home!  Funds earned from this will go towards improvements or non-budgetary items. We invite all families to participate!

How it works: Ask family, friends, neighbors to pick a date on the calendar we are sending home. They then pay that amount. For example: if they chose the 13^th, they would donate $13. They could choose multiple dates as well, 5^th and 10^th = donate $15…

Fill out the information on the front of the envelope for types of payment you would like to accept. We request that you have individuals pay you and then either provide cash or one check written out to Immanuel PTF. 

MARBLES & PUZZLES

Our teachers are looking for marbles and puzzles with smaller pieces for a project, if anyone has some they’d be willing to donate to us, please bring them into the office.

K-8^th GRADE FIELD TRIP

Tuesday, October 14th K-8^th grade will be visiting Apple Jack Orchard in Delano, MN.  Bussing will be provided, leaving at 9:30 and returning to school no later than 2:30.  Please dress appropriately for outdoor activities. 

Parents must provide a cold lunch to be eaten at a local park and $10/student to cover the cost of admissions.

PRESCHOOL (3): Miss Lokensgard

It's pet week.

We are learning all about our pets and how to take care of them. We are also learning about their habitat and what food each animal likes to eat. We are also learning about Mat Man. Mat Man is an educational tool designed to help young learners develop essential skills such as body awareness, spatial awareness, and pre-writing skills. We are also focusing on the letter Ff, shape square, number 3 and the color blue. We also filled our reward jar so we will have pajama day on Tuesday and Wednesday this week!! Our next reward we will try to achieve is a glow stick party. 

Monday: Writing Center- Scribble scrabble page. We learned how to scribble a monster.

Large Group- bible activity where we glued on the days of creation. 

Tuesday: Writing Center- Phonics Page. Glued on items to start with the letter Ff.

Large Group- Large motor activity where we ran to find balls and throw them in the basket. 

Wednesday: Writing Center- Practice writing in shaving cream.

Large Group- Use Q-Tip’s to paint our favorite pet. 

Thursday: Writing Center- Name activity is finding their name on the pet and glue it on the paper. Large Group: STEM we are making monsters explode. By putting baking soda and vinegar in a zip lock bag.  

Friday: Writing Center- Drawing Mat Man. Large Group shows N share. 

Our bible verse is For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son. John 3:16

PREKINDERGARTEN (4): Mrs. Dragt

Welcome to pet week!

This week we started working on our centers! We have been matching dog collars to the correct dog by matching uppercase and lowercase letters and counting by putting the correct number of whiskers on the kitty face! Another fun thing we started this week is our new curriculum Heggerty. During our Heggerty time we are learning Phonemic Awareness. They really love the rhyming part!

On Tuesday we continued to work on our pre-writing skills by making diagonal lines. Our STEAM activity this week is to make scribble art! After we read the fun book “I’m Not a Scribble. “

In one of our large groups’ activities, we will be working on what is good behavior and what is bad behavior in school.

I know they already love to tell me about their pets but show and share on Friday is bring in a picture of your pet!

God’s Blessing on your week!

Our Jesus story is: God Fills OurWorld!

Memory Treasure …it was very good. Genesis 1:31

Kindergarten: Mrs. Eckstrand

            This week our Bible lesson was "Cain's sin, God's love."  We learned that Cain did not love and trust in God.  He became angry and killed his brother Able.  God loved Cain and gave him lots of chances to confess his sin.  Cain did not, so his punishment was to wander the earth, and his fields would not be plentiful.  God did not take Cain's life. Instead, he loved him and allowed him to live so that he could repent of his sin.  Luke 11:28 But he said, "Even more blessed are those who hear the word and keep it" is our memory treasure for Friday.  

            In Math, we have reviewed and written the numbers 5-9.  We have also worked on left and right, and patterns.

            In Reading, we are still reviewing basic skills like rhyming and following lines like we follow sentences.  We also sorted into some groups and had nursery rhymes.

            We continue to remember routines, and rules.  One rule we are really working hard on is "Keeping your hands to yourself."  No one should be hanging on anyone. We do not give hugs or high fives without their permission.  Please go over this with your children also 😊

1-2^nd: Mrs. Markgraf

Greetings from 1st and 2nd grade!

We are continuing to learn how to be awesome learners and classmates.

We have been learning about trusting in God's plan through our stories of The Flood and The Tower of Babel. Our Memory Treasure this week is Isaiah 43:11, I, yes I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior.

In Reading we have been catching up with our Superkids friends. They are characters in our reading books that help us learn about reading and writing. This week we're reviewing ideas from previous grades like letter formation and long and short vowels.

In Math both classes are focusing on place value.

God bless your week!

3-5^th: Mrs. Horn

Hello Parents, Students, and Families,

We're already halfway done with the first full week of school!

In Word of God this week, we are reminded of the promise of a Savior that God gave to his people after Adam and Eve sinned. We are studying the story of Cain and Abel.

In Math, 3rd and 4th graders are learning how to compare numbers. We are also learning how to order numbers from least to greatest and greatest to least. 5th graders are working on rounding numbers to the nearest given place value. We are also learning how rounding numbers helps us add and subtract large numbers a little more easily.

In Language Arts, 3rd and 4th graders are beginning a unit on short stories. We will read one short story a week and learn how to apply different reading skills and strategies. 5th graders are starting a novel study on Maniac Magee. We will discuss characters, setting, plot, word definitions, summaries, and so much more.

In Science, we are continuing our study of living and nonliving things. 

In Social Studies, we are diving deeper into our study of regions, states, and capitals by learning about the Northeast region first. 

Memory Work this week is John 3:16 and Romans 6:23. 

All grades are on Lesson 2 for spelling this week. The spelling list is taped into assignment notebooks so you can practice at night! Encourage your child to study those words so they are ready for the test on Friday.

I'm praying that God keeps you and your family safe this week and always.

6-8^th: Mr. Holz

Hello Parents, Family and Friends

This week:

Grammar is continuing with prepositions.  

Reading, we are reading the short story The Necklace. 

6th Grade math is starting with estimating and properties. 

7th Grade math is starting with solving patterns and order of operations.

8th Grade math is starting with writing basic functions. 

In Science, we are covering the scientific method and how to approach an experiment.

In History, we will be covering MN History, and we worked on a miniature archaeology dig in the classroom.