Field Trip Week!

This will be the last blog update for the school year! I might just post some end of the year pictures on the last day! We had a fun time on our field trip to the Cappon House and the Settler's House and then lunch at Smallenberg Park! Lots of fun with Field Day and a wonderful time on trip to the John Ball Zoo! Check out all the pictures of our fun week at the end of the blog!

I am so thankful for your love and support during this year! Your encouragement has blessed me so much...thank you. Thanks too, for entrusting your children under my care...they have been a joy to teach!

Summer Packets:

I have summer packets available for your child to keep up with reading and math skills over the summer. These will be coming home next week Friday on our last day of school. Lots of fun activities to use over the summer! I have also included a note about your child's reading level and what to expect and look for as they read over the summer.

Jungle Explorer:

Flynn was our special Jungle Explorer 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 to play video games. Your favorite food is a donut. Your favorite place is Home and you want to work a Gamer when you grow up! You are so special to God and to us, Flynn, and we loved getting to know more about you this week!

END OF THE YEAR CHAPEL:

Mark your calendars! You won't want to miss this! On the last day of school, June 2, we will have a special "goodbye" chapel for the 2nd graders at 10:30. This a beautiful time where we come together as students, teachers and parents and thank God for the gift of South Side and ask His blessing on the 2nd graders as they move on to Pine Ridge! It's a touching and VERY memorable chapel! Try to make it if you can and bring the tissues! We will be outside so take your lawn chairs along!

Dismissal will shortly follow this at 11:30.

Negative Lunch Balances

Please be mindful of your student's negative lunch balances. You can make a payment at familyportal.cloud with a credit card, with no fee. I do not want to call families to remind them about their negative balances. All positive balances do carry over to the next school year. 

Thank you for your help and support! - Nancy Michaels 

HC Football Family Fun Night for 3rd-8th graders (Fall 2023 grades)
This is a free event on Tuesday, May 30 from 6:30-8PM at HCHS Football Stadium for current 2nd thru 7th graders who are interested in playing football next Fall at Holland Christian. Whether you are just curious about playing or all-in, come on out for a fun night of knockerball, dodgeball, air force football, and ice cream sundaes.  This is a fun way to meet the coaches, players, and parents who are involved in HCS Football at different levels.  Kids will be split by age group for competitions (2nd/3rd, 4t/5th, 6th/7th). Parents are encouraged to attend at the end of the event as there will be a time of Q&A with the coaches, staff, and players.  We hope to see everyone there, Go Maroons!!!

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Grant Arnoldink (grantarnoldink@gmail.com).

IMPORTANT DATES:

May 29: Memorial Day - No School

June 1: Movin' up Day!

June 2: Last Day of school -1/2 day, Chapel at 10:30, 11:30am dismissal

Happy Friday! How are we in the final stretch of school, approaching our last 9 days together? We still have lots of fun things to pack into our time together. God is SO good--we have SO much to celebrate! We had a wonderful time worshiping together at Convocation, it is amazing to see all the students together from preschool to 12th grade! Such a beautiful picture of God's family!

HOMEWORK:

Reading slips and math papers are due on Monday May 22. That's it for homework this year!!

Thursday, June 1:
This is the day we do a lot of our cleaning in the classroom. Please send a reusable bag with your child's name on it so he/she will have a place to collect all the treasures that have been stored up! :) Please have it to school by May 31.

FIELD TRIPS:

We will be going on a field trip on Tuesday, May 23. We will leave school at 9:10 am, we will tour the Cappon House and Settlers House, and eat lunch in the park to name a few things! We will arrive back to school around 1:15pm. Students will need to bring a sack lunch or home lunch this day!

We are going to the John Ball Zoo on May 26! Students will need to bring a sack lunch and dress for a day outside! We received a letter from the zoo in response to an opinion letter Marina wrote to the zoo. She loved the zoo and they loved her letter and sent our class passes to go to the zoo for free! So fun!

We are in need of a few parents to go along with us to the zoo. If you are able to go please sign up below! Sorry it's such late notice for chaperones!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D48A4AB2BA4F58-john

Jungle Explorer:

Claire was our special Jungle Explorer 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 to play outside and herd animals. Your favorite food is pizza. Your favorite place is up north and you want to work at VI  Pets when you grow up! You are so special to God and to us, Claire, and we loved getting to know more about you this week!

FIELD DAY:

Field day this year is going to be held on the afternoon of May 25. (Rain date May 30) Please send along water bottles for your children, dress for the weather, slather on sunscreen, and pray for a nice day!

END OF THE YEAR CHAPEL:

Mark your calendars! You won't want to miss this! On the last day of school, June 2, we will have a special "goodbye" chapel for the 2nd graders at 10:30. This a beautiful time where we come together as students, teachers and parents and thank God for the gift of South Side and ask His blessing on the 2nd graders as they move on to Pine Ridge! It's a touching and VERY memorable chapel! Try to make it if you can and bring the tissues! We will be outside so take your lawn chairs along!

Dismissal will shortly follow this at 11:30.

Negative Lunch Balances

Please be mindful of your student's negative lunch balances. You can make a payment at familyportal.cloud with a credit card, with no fee. I do not want to call families to remind them about their negative balances. All positive balances do carry over to the next school year. 

Thank you for your help and support! - Nancy Michaels 

HC Football Family Fun Night for 3rd-8th graders (Fall 2023 grades)
This is a free event on Tuesday, May 30 from 6:30-8PM at HCHS Football Stadium for current 2nd thru 7th graders who are interested in playing football next Fall at Holland Christian. Whether you are just curious about playing or all-in, come on out for a fun night of knockerball, dodgeball, air force football, and ice cream sundaes.  This is a fun way to meet the coaches, players, and parents who are involved in HCS Football at different levels.  Kids will be split by age group for competitions (2nd/3rd, 4th/5th, 6th/7th). Parents are encouraged to attend at the end of the event as there will be a time of Q&A with the coaches, staff, and players.  We hope to see everyone there, Go Maroons!!! If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Grant Arnoldink (grantarnoldink@gmail.com).

IMPORTANT DATES:

May 22: Math Homework and Reading Slips due

May 23: Holland History Field Trip

May 25: Field Day

May 26: John Ball Zoo trip

May 29: Memorial Day - No School

June 1: Movin' up Day!

June 2: Last Day of school -1/2 day, Chapel at 10:30, 11:30am dismissal

Tulip Time 2023

We had lots of fun marching together as a class in the Tulip Time parade! Thanks for helping us get your kiddos ready to go...they did a great job! So much fun to celebrate part or our heritage and to celebrate community! The kids did such a fabulous job! Check out pictures at the end of the blog!

HOMEWORK:

Reading slips and math papers are due on Monday May 15.

Our final Math Homework page and final purple Reading slip will be coming home on Monday. They will be due May 22!

Our words of the week test will be May 17!

FIELD TRIPS:

We will be going on a field trip on Tuesday, May 23. We will leave school at 9:10 am, we will tour the Cappon House and Settlers House, and eat lunch in the park to name a few things! We will arrive back to school around 1:15pm. Students will need to bring a sack lunch or home lunch this day!

I am waiting on confirmation for a field trip to John Ball Zoo and as soon as I hear from them i will let you know details. We received a letter from the zoo in response to an opinion letter Marina wrote to the zoo. She loved the zoo and they loved her letter and sent our class passes to go to the zoo for free! So fun!

Jungle Explorer:

Carter was our special Jungle Explorer 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 to play/good at riding your quad and playing football. Your favorite food is pizza. Your favorite place is Florida and you want to be a football player when you grow up! You are so special to God and to us, Carter, and we loved getting to know more about you this week!

FIELD DAY:

Field day this year is going to be held on the afternoon of May 25. (Rain date May 30) Please send along water bottles for your children, dress for the weather, slather on sunscreen, and pray for a nice day!

MOVIN' UP DAY:

Thursday, June 1 will be a special day in 2nd grade. It's MOVING UP DAY! This means that your child will get an opportunity to visit Pine Ridge, meet next year's 3rd grade teacher, and go on a school tour. This has always been a great experience in the past, and it helps settle the nervous butterflies that students may have about the changes to a new building. I'm sure you'll hear lots of great stories about the students' visit!

LIBRARY BOOKS:

All books were due today. Please double check your child has returned all their books.

END OF THE YEAR CHAPEL:

Mark your calendars! You won't want to miss this! On the last day of school, June 2, we will have a special "goodbye" chapel for the 2nd graders at 10:30. This a beautiful time where we come together as students, teachers and parents and thank God for the gift of South Side and ask His blessing on the 2nd graders as they move on to Pine Ridge! It's a touching and VERY memorable chapel! Try to make it if you can and bring the tissues! We will be outside so take your lawn chairs along!

Dismissal will shortly follow this at 11:30.

IMPORTANT DATES:

May 15: Math Homework and Reading Slips due

May 17: Convocation

May 22: Math Homework and Reading Slips due

May 23: Holland History Field Trip

May 25: Field Day

May 29: Memorial Day - No School

June 1: Movin' up Day!

June 2: Last Day of school -1/2 day, Chapel at 10:30, 11:30am dismissal

Prayer Day

 

A great week in 2nd grade! We got back into our regular routine after all the Kid Town work. Thanks again so much to those who came in and helped out!! It makes a huge difference and makes things run smoothly! We got together with Miss Hoeze's class and read with them this week and the first graders performed their chick plays for us! The 2nd graders really enjoyed seeing the plays they did last year and had fun seeing the new born chicks at school! Check out pictures throughout the blog!

National Day of Prayer:

On Thursday we gathered as PK-2 classes to pray for our nation and our school! What a blessing to have the freedom to pray and gather in worship! Continue to pray for our leaders and that they may seek God's wisdom in all their decisions.

Homework:

New reading slips and math pages are coming home on May 8 , 2023. They will be due Monday, May 15. Math homework is more practice with double digit addition/subtraction. 

* New Bible Memory came home in the Homework Folder last Monday May 1! Keep working on our Galatians passage!

New Words of the week will be coming home on Monday.

A map of where kids will be for the parade will be in your child's Homework Folder on Monday!

-If you have extra time around the house some great things to practice are: Writing numbers up to 100 (watch for letter/number reversals!), double digit addition/subtraction problems, names of coins and amounts, and counting piles of spare change!

Words of the Week:

Our words from our final set were: really, understand, question, against, old, happen, several, someone, slowly, better, follow, since.

Our 3 new words this coming week are: answer, plan, wanted.

Look for a blue half slip in your child'd Homework Folder on Monday!

We will have a test on all 15 words on May 17!

Jungle Explorer:

Kasen was our special Jungle Explorer 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 to play/good at karate and building Legos. Your favorite food is cotton candy. Your favorite place is Mexico and you want to be an engineer or mechanic when you grow up! You are so special to God and to us, Kasen, and we loved getting to know more about you this week!

LIBRARY BOOKS:
Monday, May 1 was our last day of Library to checkout for books. We will still spend time in the Library, but will not have checkout time. All books are due by Friday, May 12.

MOVIN' UP DAY:
Movin' Up Day is a special day for 2nd graders...they get an opportunity to visit Pine Ridge, take a tour, peek into the third grade classrooms, and settle any anxious thoughts they may have about moving to a new school next year. Our time to head over and check things out will be the morning of Thursday, June 1. I'm sure you'll hear lots of great stories about the students' visit! 

Tulip Time

Wednesday, May 10 will be a full day for all students due to Tulip Time removing the Wednesday parade. On Thursday, May 11, our 1st and 2nd graders will participate in the Tulip Time Kinderparade. We will have a normal school schedule in the morning. Preschoolers will be dismissed at their normal time (11:15am) with no afternoon enrichment. Kindergarteners will be dismissed at 11:30am. All Kindergarten students will need to use carpool that day, as all buses are being used for getting students to the parade. First and second graders will remain at school, eat a sack lunch from home (hot lunch is NOT provided), have recess, change into their marching apparel (if they choose not to wear it to school that day), and be bussed to the parade route. Please put sunscreen on your child if they are prone to burning as we are out in the sun for a while that afternoon!

IMORTANT DATES:

May 8: Purple Reading slip, Math Homework, ALL Library books due

May 11: Kinder Parade for Tulip Time

May 17: Convocation

May 25: Field Day

June 2: Last Day of School and special chapel for 2nd graders