The core planning committee has met for the 1st time to prepare for a March 2017 Grace Church and School Auction. As soon as a date and venue are selected, we will expand the committee. Please begin to think how you could help with this important event. We will need many volunteers to serve on committees for soliciting items, publicity, data entry, and decorations. Watch for more news on this event and consider how you can help.
Tim Anas has received his first call into full-time ministry as a pastor to a Lutheran congregation in Buffalo, NY. Tim is a former Grace student and is a brother to 8th grader Steven Anas. We pray God's special blessing as Tim prepares to begin his new call to ministry. Thanks to all who attended the 4th grade wax museum and thanks to the students for the great work preparing and costuming to make it a great event. Over $200 will be sent to Children's Hospital generated through coins and donations. Thanks to your support at the Grace Classic, and other PTL fundraisers, PTL was able to purchase several new novel sets for the 5th - 8th grade. Students will enjoy reading new novel sets of "Island of the Blue Dolphins", "Wonder", "Moon Over Manifest", "The Journal of Ben Uchida". Thank you Grace family for continually supporting PTL fundraisers! Librarika is Grace's library circulation system. Parents of students with overdue books may receive an email from Librarika listing the books and the date the books were due. Please return the books as soon as possible. Please contact the school office or Mrs. Eggold if you believe the email information is not correct. Thank you Grace families for supporting the Uno's dining fundraiser in April. It was good to see so many Grace families in fellowship. The manager shared that we had a tremendous turn-out! He stated that either a lot of people love GLS or a lot of people love Uno's! To the contrary, we like to think a lot of people love GLS and Uno's!
Calendar dates to note
All are invited to Grace's middle spring concert and fine arts awards on Fri May 6. Doors open at 5:30pm. Artwork from all grade levels will be on display. At 6:30pm, the Grace band, 6-8th choir and ensembles will have a concert in the gym. Families are invited to participate in Grace Church and School Servant Saturday on April 23.
All events this year begin at the SCHOOL campus at 8:30am. Grace students completed Junior Achievement units on April 15 led by volunteers from Kohl's. The 4K-8th grade students learned about money, careers, personal finance, and economic concepts. Thanks to the Kohl's Corporation and Junior Achievement for giving our students a good foundation for future success on these important topics.
Grace conducted the 5th-8th grade spelling bee in April. It was great to see many students advance many rounds with correct spelling. The top speller was Natalie Cox. Be Ware was the runner-up. Congratulations to all the participants and classroom winners. Grace's 5th graders celebrated their DARE Graduation. They completed a 10 week curriculum focusing on four major areas:
Congratulations to Sarah Pflughoeft (7th grade) and Rachel Ripke (5th grade). Their art on display at the Menomonee Falls library was selected by the area art teachers to receive the Teacher's Choice Award. The library art displays will be on display at Grace for the Spring Concert and Fine Arts Night on May 6. April Dining for Grace- April 13th at Uno's in Menomonee Falls Dine in or take out 11am-midnight on April 13th at Uno's Chicago Grill in Menmononee Falls and Grace School will earn 20% of the bill. All you need to do is show the Uno's Fundraiser Flyer shown here. Please share with your friends and neighbors and thank you for supporting GLS!
PTL meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 13th at 8am in the cafeteria.
Topics include: *Teacher Appreciation Day *Field Day/Service Day lunch *Financial update If you're interested in hearing more about any of these, but can't make the meeting, contact Julie Kren. Coach PJ Winkelmann extends a huge thank you to all the Junior Raider participants and adult helpers. The season was a great success because of the great coaches and students we were blessed to have working with our students.
Families who live near West Bend may be interested in a summer reading program sponsored by UW Parkside. The program includes instruction in speed reading for grades 6-8.
The 12th Annual Parochial School Art Show will be held at the Menomonee Falls Public Library from April 8-30. Each K-8 Grace student will have 1 piece of art on display. Seven schools will be participating. Stop by the library in April to see if you can find your child's art among all the beautiful pieces. |
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