As you know, this week has been a difficult one for us. We lost a dear friend, Brent Barnett, who went home to be with our Heavenly Father on Wednesday. We rejoice that Brent is dancing in heaven! We continue to pray for his parents, Rod and Becky, his sister, Briana, his extended family, and all of his friends. I have to tell you, that I have seen such an outpour of love, and caring, and faith from your children and it is inspiring and beautiful… I just know God is smiling down on us as he holds Brent in His arms! We are blessed to be loved and blessed to be here.
We visited Earthworks on Thursday! We had a lot of fun becoming scientists for the day and taking on special jobs of discovering more about God’s earth! I will post pictures to our site very soon, so you can see how amazing it was! I was very proud of our students, as we showed Christ in all of our actions, and were a great witness to those around us. We made some new friends from different schools and learned SO much! Next week, as a culmination activity, we will be building habitats that share what we learned in our corresponding habitats at Earthworks.
In Religion this week, we talked about The Rich Young Ruler, and how he asked God how to get to heaven. The lesson that we learned was that often times, we have things that we value more than eternal life with God. Jesus reminds us: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through ME.” John 14:6
In Math this week, the third graders learned how to divide larger numbered problems and the fourth graders learned how to multiply using 3-dgit and 4-digit numbers. These are taking us longer, and we are putting those multiplications skills to the test!
MUSIC: Tonight is the Spring Musical! We are very excited about our school musical, “Joseph: From the Pit to the Palace”, this Friday! Our students will sing several songs. The performance begins at 7:00pm. Students (K-4) should arrive at 6:30pm. Please meet in your classroom. Students should wear nice Sunday dress. Thank you!
The students are also invited to sing at Brent’s funeral service on Monday, April 23rd, at 11:00. Mr. Kuerschner has sent several emails home with this information. We will NOT have school on Monday, as we are celebrating Brent’s life with our families and friends.
Please Remember: Our Mission Project this year is to raise money to help Martin Luther School in Joplin, MO. April and May’s challenge is to raise $250 as a school, and then the class that collects the most money, gets to take a trip to the park and lunch at McDonald’s! What an incentive!
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