It is almost time to pre-register for next fall’s clas-ses 2018-19. We welcome each of you to return for another year of growing and learning at Sun-beams Lutheran School. REGISTRATION WILL BE OPEN FOR ALL GRADES, PRESCHOOL THROUGH 3RD GRADE!!!

Re-enrollment materials will be available by Janu-ary 25th. Register early to save a place in the class of your choice. Priority will be given to our currently enrolled students through February 16th. After that date, we open enrollment to all new students of the community. An Early Bird tuition discount of $300 ($30 per month) will be given to families of students in K-3rd that register before April 1st. Additional forms will be available in the church office and in the school director’s office. Take an extra form to share with a friend or neighbor. We would love to have them join our school family. Session choices are as fol-lows: T/TH Morning 3 year olds

M/W/F Morning 4 year olds (pre-K)

M/W/TH Afternoon Multi-Age Preschool

M-F Morning 4 year old (pre-K)

M/W/F 9-3:30 p.m.*note new time Kindergarten Core

M-F 9-3:30 p.m.*note new time Kindergarten Plus

M-F full day First Grade

M-F full day Second Grade

M-F full day Third Grade

The teachers will be working with each child, one on one, to informally assess some of his/her growth developmentally in the areas of writing, pre-reading, and number comprehension. We have been working on a writing journal each day of the school year, so that you can see your child’s progress in writ-ing, drawing, and thought processing. A more formalized screen-ing tool will be used later in the spring to better evaluate the progress of each student, and help us address any develop-mental concerns. Re-sults of the screenings will be shared during parent/teacher confer-ences in March.

Sunbeams Lutheran School January News 2018

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January tuition is due!

Check to make sure that your tuition is current and up to date.

Registration Opens for Next Year

Preschool/PreK

Student

Assessments

Class Dojo updates to families can be a very helpful tool during unex-pected winter weather days. Please update your email address and make sure you are logged in to Class Dojo, so you can receive the latest mes-sages from Sunbeams. School cancellations may also be found on KIRO TV, on KOMO News, and on Sunbeams Lutheran School Facebook page. We often follow what the Kent School District is doing on the first day of a cancellation. After that, we may or may not follow what Kent is do-ing.

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January and February mark an exciting time for us in our preschool and prek classes. Even though we have used words, letters, and writing in our classes all year long, during the next couple months we will especially emphasizing LETTERS and NUMBERS. We will be reading A,B,C books, reading signs, singing alphabet songs, writing our names, making la-bels for the classroom, making books, and visiting the library. Of course, we will also read several stories each day, as we always do.

This is an especially good time to talk to your preschooler about letters and words and how important they are to us. Point out street signs you pass. Call attention to the labels on food boxes and notice words in your daily environment. Words are all around us. As adults we often take them for granted, but to a preschooler or kindergartener, words are a

new and strange thing.

Most of the preschool children can now recognize their own names, and some can identify their friends’ names. The five year olds are starting to read all of the other children’s names and many other signs and posters in the room. They may label pictures they draw, or ask for the letters needed to make a sign. They are in the early stages of

beginning reading.

Children learn the value of reading through many happy experienc-es with books. They find that books give them pleasure and infor-mation. Their language grows through being read to. They begin to tell stories themselves—sometimes using puppets or toys. They learn that pictures have meaning and that they are able to use pic-tures to help tell a story. In these ways, the children are getting ready to read themselves

What a joy it is to see the reading and writing accomplishments of our older students in K-3rd grade! Check out their bulletin boards! The kindergarteners are writing words and beginning to write sen-tences, while the first graders are writing stories and math story problems, our second and third graders are reading everything they can get their hands on, and are learning to do research both in books and online. Stop by to read some of the stories they have written. Observing our students learning to make sense of print, is a delight!

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Preschool Unit Study for January: ABC’s and Books; Dinosaurs

Sunbeams Lutheran School

HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN TO READ

Kindergarten Unit Study

for January: Community Helpers

First Grade Unit Study: Outer Space and Planets

Second/Third Grade Science

Unit Study: Force andMotion

January 11 —Red Class and Green Class to the Covington Library.

January 12—Orange and Blue Classes to the Covington Library.

February 8—Red and Green Classes to Burke Museum

February 9—Blue and Orange Classes to Burke Museum

We hope that many of our parents can accompany us and help drive. Return your permission forms soon.

Lutheran Church of the Cross invites all parents to join them in the fellowship hall right after you drop off your children on chapel mornings for coffee/tea and fellowship. They wish to provide you a time to visit with one another and spend a few minutes before you begin your busy day.

This month’s chapel schedule:

Jan. 10, 9:15 a.m.

Jan. 17, 1:15 p.m.

Jan. 23, 9:15 a.m

Please stop in for a treat, and stay for chapel, which immediately follows!

Field Trips Planned:

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DAD’S NIGHT

Tuesday night, January 30th 6:30-8 p.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dad, Grandpa, or a special uncle are invited to come to school with their preschool through 3rd grade student to create and explore through the world of Dr. Seuss books:

PARENTS ARE INVITED!!

It has been noted by some of our parents that a few of you seem to be in quite a hurry on your way to school to drop off your children. PLEASE DRIVE SLOWLY IN OUR PARKING LOT!!! We have many young families with preschoolers and babies in hand, trying to walk to the building safely. We do not want to run the risk of an acci-dent in our own parking lot!! PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND DRIVE SAFELY, BOTH ON THE ROAD AND IN OUR PARKING LOT! Watch out for slick spots on these cold mornings!

PLEASE DRIVE AND PARK

SAFELY

Dates to Remember:

Jan. 15, No School MLK Day

Feb. 16, Noon dismissal for all grades due to Staff Re-treat in the afternoon

Feb. 19-23, No School Win-ter Break

Many projects have been underway during the past few months. The FOOD CHALLENGE was a big success with lots of food items gathered for the Food Bank at New Hope Lutheran Church! Toy Day, also at New Hope for the Food Pantry was an amazing event with lots of gifts and toys being donated by our school and church families! THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

Our Christmas Greenery Fundraiser earned about $800 for our school!!

Scrip orders are going out again this month. We have raised almost $700 this school year.

Plush Pippin Pie sales went well.

COMING EVENTS NEED VOLUNTEERS:

Basket Raffle will be happening in March. Talk to your child’s teacher about how you can help and how/what to donate. Baskets will be on display from March 8th through March 23rd. Win ners will be chosen at our International Potluck on March 23rd.

Sunbeams Auction Event is scheduled for May 12th. Plan to attend this big event. Look for ways you can help! We need you! Talk to Mrs. Pacilli for more information.

THANK YOU TO ALL!

Did you know that there are 2,029 Lutheran (LCMS) Schools in the US (including preschools, ele-mentary schools and high schools)? More than 200,000 students attend these schools. The LCMS also has 10 universities and 2 seminaries. A team of 26,600 educators teach in Lutheran Schools.

During this week we will be celebrating with 2,000+ other schools, just how awesome it is to at-tend a Lutheran School! Our theme this year is “IT’S STILL ALL ABOUT JESUS!” We have sev-eral special events planned for that week:

Sunday, Jan. 21st—Join us for Sunday Worship at 10:45 a.m. Our 1st-3rd Grade Choir sing some of their favorite songs, serve as greeters, candle lighters, ushers, and scripture readers. Families are invited to join us!

During the school week, we will focus on a Bible Truth each day. Come to school dressed in the color of the day: Monday: BLACK— “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23)

Tuesday: RED— “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)

Wednesday: WHITE— “Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” (Psalm 51:7)

Thursday: GREEN— “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” (2 Peter 3:18)

Friday: GOLD/YELLOW— Be faithful until death and I will give you a crown of life.” (Revelation 2:10)

National Lutheran Schools Week! January 21st-26th

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