God is good! All the time! We use this each day for our call to prayer and it is a good reminder for all of us. Even when bad things happen God walks with us and is always near us. He has chosen us and loves us all the time. We have seen how God used many situations that are bad and then turned them and used them for good and to help others know Jesus. What a wonderful reminder of his goodness and love!

Homework:

Folders will come home again on Nov. 2 and inside will be:

Math Paper-time each half

Reading slip-100 minutes each week

Blue half slip with the next 3 words.

Keep using Psalm 23 for devotions and worship time at home.

Farmer of The Week:

Amalia was our Farmer of the Week! Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with us! We learned that you love playing with your friends and riding horses. Your favorite place is California. When you grow up you want to be a police officer and your favorite food is pizza. You are so precious to God and us, Amalia, we loved getting to know more about you this week!

Picture Retakes:

Picture Retakes are next week Nov. 4. If your child is having their picture taken again please return the packet you got earlier the day of retakes.

Field Trips in Nov.

We will head to Riley Trails for a book walk Nov 12. We are excited to see and read a new book.

We will be going to Sassafras Ridge on Nov. 24 and will enjoy exploring God's creation!

Calling all current preschool and young 5s students and families! You are invited to come and explore what next year can look like. This NEW event is similar to our previous year's discovery night. Visit next year's classrooms, talk to teachers, and take a look at 4s preschool, young 5s, and kindergarten programs. Please RSVP! Our welcome walk at South Side will be November 19 from 2:15-3:00. You are also invited to sign up to visit our other campuses at Holland Christian.

Hot Lunch:

Starting this coming Monday, November 2, we are excited to be offering free breakfasts and lunches for the month of November. No forms will be needed to be filled out. All students are eligible. 

We will keep you posted if free meals last past November. 

Here are the details of what it will look like at South Side: 

Lunch

Lunch counts will be taken the same as always. 

Preschool will continue to fill out weekly forms. Here is the form- link

Elementary will continue to order at the beginning of the day. 

We will only be offering one choice. There will not be a "Choice 2" option. 

Breakfast

To receive breakfast please fill out this form weekly. The form will need to be filled out by Sunday night. 

The Little Maroons Basketball Clinics for girls and boys grades kindergarten through sixth grade are ready for registration! More information and dates can be found through our online registration. Early bird discounts are available through October 31, and the first clinic date is Saturday, November 14.

The 6 options are the same as previous years:

• Boys: K-2, 3-4 and 5-6
• Girls: K-2, 3-4 and 5-6
• K-2 ends before Christmas.
• 3-4 has clinics before Christmas and 4 Saturday in-house league dates after Christmas.
• 5-6 clinics end before Christmas with the expectation that the individual will ALSO register for the 5/6er league through Holland Rec. Holland Rec will put 5th graders and 6th graders together based on their location after they select “Holland Christian” in the registration. The early bird registration for 5/6ers through Holland Rec. is through 10/26.

Lost and Found 
We are starting to get a few lost and found items. Please check our South Side Lost and Found Album to see if any of these items belong to your child. Feel free to email Rachel Steen, to claim your item(s), and we will be sure to get it into your child’s backpack.

We’re Hiring at Holland Christian’s Rose Park Campus! We are looking for a caring, dependable person to join our after-school care team! This part-time or full-time position offers hours from 3:00–5:30 p.m. at $17/hour and could be a great opportunity for a parent, retiree, or anyone looking for a few afternoon hours working with children in a school setting. Responsibilities include supervising and caring for students, helping with fun and engaging activities, building positive relationships with children, creating a safe and welcoming environment, and supporting students throughout their afternoon. You don’t need to be a teacher to be a great fit! We’re looking for someone who is responsible, patient, caring, and enjoys spending time with children. If you or someone you know would be a great fit, we would love to hear from you! Please contact Laura Rotman at lrotman@hollandchristian.org for more information.

Important Dates:

Nov 2: Math Homework and Purple Reading Slip due Field Trip

Nov. 4: Library  books due

Nov. 4: Picture Retakes

Nov. 12: Field trip for the book walk at Riley Trails

Nov. 24: Field trip to Sassafras Ridge

Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving Break

Pumpkin Day

Thanks for sharing your child with me agian this week! We had a lot of fun on Pumpkin Day! The kids learned about the pumpkin life cycle and did some fun math activities with our pumpkins. We enjoyed being outside for this fun day! Thank you so much to the moms who came and let groups! They were awesome!  We had the 8th grade orchestra visit on Monday and the 2nd graders were taught how to play an instrument in the orchestra and played a song with the 8th graders. Look for pictures from both of these events at the end of the blog.

Homework:
Homework folders will come home on Monday the 26th and the work inside will be:
Reading slip-100  minutes for the week
Math- time each half
Blue half sheet- we will be starting the next 15 words.
Keep using Psalm 23 for your devotions this month.

Farmer of the Week:

Emerson W. was our Farmer of the Week this week! Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with the class! We enjoyed getting to know you and learning that you love rollerblading and running. Your favorite place is up north at the Ranch, and your favorite food is pizza. When you grow up you want to be a doctor. You are so special to God and to us, Emerson, we loved getting to know more about you this week!

Picture Retakes:

If you would like your child to retake their school picture this will be on Nov. 4. Please send back the pictures you received on the day of retakes.

We’re Hiring at Holland Christian’s Rose Park Campus! We are looking for a caring, dependable person to join our after-school care team! This part-time or full-time position offers hours from 3:00–5:30 p.m. at $17/hour and could be a great opportunity for a parent, retiree, or anyone looking for a few afternoon hours working with children in a school setting. Responsibilities include supervising and caring for students, helping with fun and engaging activities, building positive relationships with children, creating a safe and welcoming environment, and supporting students throughout their afternoon. You don’t need to be a teacher to be a great fit! We’re looking for someone who is responsible, patient, caring, and enjoys spending time with children. If you or someone you know would be a great fit, we would love to hear from you! Please contact Laura Rotman at lrotman@hollandchristian.org for more information.

Lost and Found 
We are starting to get a few lost and found items. Please check our South Side Lost and Found Album to see if any of these items belong to your child. Feel free to email Rachel Steen, to claim your item(s), and we will be sure to get it into your child’s backpack.

Important Dates:

Oct. 26: Math Homework and Purple Reading Slip due Field Trip

Oct. 28: Library  books due

Nov. 4: Picture Retakes

Nov. 12: Field trip for the book walk

Nov. 24: Field trip to Sassafras Ridge

Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving Break

Grandparents/Grandfriends

What a fun day! it is such a pleasure to see the kids with their grandparents/grandfriends and see the beautiful connection between the generations! So much love to go around! The kids had fun singing for them and spending time showing them the school and doing some fun things together! 

Homework:

Homework Folders will come home again on Monday October 12,  and the work inside will be due the following Monday, Oct. 19. 

100 minutes for Reading. 

Math papers- time each half and see how many correct.  

Blue half slip with the next three words. We are getting close to taking a test on these words. We will have a test on Friday Oct. 23.

Friday Folders come back to school on Monday!

Psalm 23 will be coming home in Monday's Homework Folder. It's a beautiful Psalm!

Field Trip:

Our class and the first grade class are going to Paw Paw Park for the book walk on Oct. 12. We will be heading out in the morning so please make sure to dress you child for being outside! 

Farmer of the Week:

Easton was our Farmer of the Week! Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with the class. We enjoyed getting to know more about you! We learned that you like riding your quad, football and fishing. Your favorite food is cinnamon rolls. Your favorite place is the cottage at Gun Lake and you want to be an engineer when you grow up! You are so special to God and to us, Easton, and we loved getting to know more about you this week!

Pumpkin Day:

On Oct. 22 our class will be having Pumpkin Day! It's a fun day to learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin and do some fun math learning with our pumpkins! We will be doing a craft. If you would like to lead a group or help with a snack for our special day please sign up with the link below! Thanks so much for helping with this fun day!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4CA9AB22AAFDC52-66514462-pumpkin

We’re Hiring at Holland Christian’s Rose Park Campus! We are looking for a caring, dependable person to join our after-school care team! This part-time or full-time position offers hours from 3:00–5:30 p.m. at $17/hour and could be a great opportunity for a parent, retiree, or anyone looking for a few afternoon hours working with children in a school setting. Responsibilities include supervising and caring for students, helping with fun and engaging activities, building positive relationships with children, creating a safe and welcoming environment, and supporting students throughout their afternoon. You don’t need to be a teacher to be a great fit! We’re looking for someone who is responsible, patient, caring, and enjoys spending time with children. If you or someone you know would be a great fit, we would love to hear from you! Please contact Laura Rotman at lrotman@hollandchristian.org for more information.

Lost and Found 
We are starting to get a few lost and found items. Please check our South Side Lost and Found Album to see if any of these items belong to your child. Feel free to email Rachel Steen, to claim your item(s), and we will be sure to get it into your child’s backpack.

Important Dates:

Oct. 12: Math Homework and Purple Reading Slip due Field Trip

Oct. 8 and 12: Parent Teacher Conferences

Oct. 14-16: No School -CEA and Teacher PD

Oct. 22: Pumpkin Day

Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving Break

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What a beautiful week it's been. It's amazing to witness the intricate changes in season that our Creative God has designed and puts on display each fall!  We are reminded that despite what's going on in the world around us, God remains constant and He is with us! What a comfort that is!

Homework:

Homework Folders will come home again on Monday October 5,  and the work inside will be due the following Monday, Oct. 12. 

Reminder- 100 minutes for Reading. This can be your child reading on his/her own OR you and your child taking turns.  

Math papers- time each half and see how many correct.  The goal is to get faster at our facts each time.

Keep working on the Red Words as they come home each week on the blue half sheets! 

Friday Folders come back to school on Monday!

Library books due each Wednesday!

Farmer of the Week:

Sawyer was our Farmer of the Week! Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with the class. We enjoyed getting to know more about you! We learned that you like riding trails on your quad. Your favorite food is pizza. Your favorite place is Mexico and you want to be a football player when you grow up! You are so special to God and to us, Sawyer, and we loved getting to know more about you this week!

Grandparents/Grandfriends Day:

Don't forget that our special day with our grandparents/grandfriends is next week Wednesday, on Oct.7! We are excited to share part of our school day with them!

Program is at 8:45 in the gym then visit classrooms.

Important Dates:

Oct. 5: Math Homework and Purple Reading Slip due

Oct. 7: Library books due

Oct. 7: Grandparents Day

Oct. 8 and 12: Parent Teacher Conferences

Oct. 14-16: No School -CEA and Teacher PD

Walk-a-thon success!

We are in awe of God's faithfulness to His people despite their unfaithfulness to Him. What a beautiful reminder that our God who changes the seasons also holds each of us gently in His hands.  In Bible we saw God's amazing patience with His people and even though they went into captivity, He still promised them he would be with them and they would have the promise of the Messiah! 

We had a great time at the Walk-a-thon! Thanks to all the parents who helped out to make it a huge success! 

Homework:

Homework folders will come home again on Mon. Sept. 28 and the work will be due on Oct. 5.

Inside will be a new Reading slip, Math page, and a blue half sheet. Keep working on those Red words!

Keep working on Psalm 8 at home. We have learned the first 5 verses!

Library books due on Wednesdays.

Friday Folders come back on Monday.

Picture Forms:

Today in your child's Friday Folder is their picture form to fill out. Make sure your child's name is on the form you return as they are printed with each child' name. Please return this form even if you are not ordering pictures. All forms should be back by Sept. 29.

Grandparents/Grandfriends Day:

Please let your child's grandparents/grandfriends know that our day to share school with them will be on Oct. 7! Feel free to send them the attached link if you would like to.

invitation for grandparents day

Important Dates:

Sept. 28: Math and Reading Homework Due

Sept. 29: Picture Form due

Sept. 30: Picture Day-please return the form

Oct. 7: Grandparents Day

Oct. 8 and 12: Parent Teacher Conferences

Oct. 14-16: Teacher PD and CEA

 

Full Week!

We had a great time Thursday morning despite canceling because of the rain! We got together with the first graders and read books together, played math games, and did some activities in the gym. 

Homework:

Homework Folders will come home again on Monday, Sept. 21,  and the work inside will be due the following Monday, Sept. 28.  

Reminder- 100 minutes for Reading. This can be your child reading on his/her own OR you and your child taking turns.  

Math papers- time each half and see how many correct.  The goal is to get faster at our facts each time.

Homework folders go home on Monday and are due the following Monday!

Next 3 words of the week on the blue half slip.

Keep practicing Psalm 8, we have been learning some of the verses at school.

Walkathon:

What is Walkathon? Walkathon is an HC-wide fundraiser where elementary students walk to raise money for their school. The funds raised by South Side students go directly to South Side needs. These needs include classroom supplies, educational outings, and other resources. Parents are welcome to watch the event from the bleachers, while the track is reserved for teachers and students.

Balance Bikes:

We have a set of balance bikes that students may use on the playground. Each grade level has been assigned a day of the week. Our day is Friday. If students want to ride these at recess they must have a helmet at school. 

Important Dates:

Sept. 21: Return Homework in Homework Folders-Math and Reading Slip

Sept. 23: Walk-a-thon

Sept. 30: School Pictures

Oct. 7: Grandparents Day

Oct. 8 and 12: Parent Teacher Conferences

Oct. 14-16 Teacher PD and CEA 

We have lots going on in each subject area, and have enjoyed learning about God and learning about how to live a life full of wisdom from James in Bible. Students have worked hard on remembering the routines this week again. We needed some review after the long weekend. 

Homework:

 Homework Folders will come home on Monday, Sept. 14,  and the work inside will be due the following Monday, Sept. 21. 

Reminder- 100 minutes for Reading. This can be your child reading on his/her own OR you and your child taking turns.  

Math papers- time each half and see how many correct.  The goal is to get faster at our facts each time.

3 words of the week on the blue half slip. Practice the ones your child needs to work on.

Psalm 8 is in the folder. Use for devotions or Bible reading time at home. This is for you to keep at home.

Friday Folders come back to school on Monday!

Field Trip:

We will be heading to Sassafras Ridge on Sept. 17. We will be going for the morning. Please have your child dress for the weather. 

 

Walkathon:

What is Walkathon? Walkathon is an HC-wide fundraiser where elementary students walk to raise money for their school. The funds raised by South Side students go directly to South Side needs. These needs include classroom supplies, educational outings, and other resources. Parents are welcome to watch the event from the bleachers, while the track is reserved for teachers and students.

Lunch Helpers:
Sign up genius attached if you are able to help out and come in Wednesdays! Lunch Helpers will start after Labor Day because of the background check forms for everyone.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4CA9AB22AAFDC52-65312215-2627

Lost and Found 
We are starting to get a few lost and found items. Please check our South Side Lost and Found Album to see if any of these items belong to your child. Feel free to email Rachel Steen, to claim your item(s), and we will be sure to get it into your child’s backpack.

Balance Bikes:

We have a set of balance bikes that students may use on the playground. Each grade level has been assigned a day of the week. Our day is Friday. If students want to ride these at recess they must have a helmet at school. 

Important Dates:

Sept. 14: Homework coming Home for the first time

Sept. 21: Return Homework in Homework Folders-Math and Reading Slip

Sept. 23: Walk-a-thon

Sept. 30: School Pictures

Oct. 7: Grandparents Day

Oct. 14-16 Teacher PD and CEA