Have a Blessed Summer!

 Hi, my lovely 4^th grade parents!  (ALMOST 5^th grade!!!) It is odd and bittersweet that this is my last email to you for this school year!  We have had a FABULOUS week and A LOT of fun!

Before I get to my sentiments, a little bit of business...

 *REPORT CARDS are coming home today in a sealed envelope.  They will be in your child's backpack with a BUNCH of other stuff--books, art projects, papers, notebooks, art utensils, "treasures" they purchased today at our classroom auction, and a special memory book I have made for them.  I am just telling you this because I remember the last day of school as a parent too, and sometimes we did not look in that backpack until August!  (Teenagers just throw all their stuff away the moment they get home!)  ;) 

*ACHIEVEMENT TEST scores have not come in yet, but will be mailed to you when they do!

  I wrote a poem at the end of that difficult Covid year, for my parents, so I thought I would revamp that for all of you.  This year was a GREAT year, but my thankfulness is just the same! 

THANK YOU for all of your hard work.

THANK YOU for lifting your student and their teacher up in prayer.

THANK YOU for entrusting me with your child's education.

THANK YOU for being my team player, for supporting me, us, when the going got tough. 

THANK YOU for sending your child to a Christian school where we can share about Jesus EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU for choosing Timothy, so I can call your child one of my own.

THANK YOU for being amazing role models of adults who go with the flow, yet keep your eyes set on what is Above.

THANK YOU for teaching your child to stay true to who they are, but to also remember and cherish WHOSE they are.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for sharing your child with me. It has been an absolute honor to be their teacher and to work alongside you.

God’s Blessings,

Kim

 The kids and I had a heart-to heart today, as I shared the Memory Book with them, and we sang Brothers and Sisters in Christ, and we prayed together. I have reminded them that I will always be here for them, no matter how old and sassy and mature and cool they get. I truly mean it.

I have to be honest and share that I am a proud product of Lutheran elementary school, so please know that these years at Timothy will ALWAYS be with your child. We are a family, a family of believers, and that never goes away. My relationships that I STILL have with the kids (grown adults now!) that I attended grade school with is a bond that I don't feel with anyone else, really. It is a shared bond with the Holy Spirit. It is the neatest thing—a true gift from Above.  I have shared this with my 8^th graders, who are now going out in all different directions---Please know that you and your kiddos always have a home here, and as I talked to the children about in this week’s Religion lessons, the CHURCH is not a place, it is a PEOPLE! You all are loved, cherished, lifted up, and always prayed for. Please know that and ALWAYS remember it!

Have a beautiful, blessed summer. Please keep in touch!

Blessings,

Kim

Please look at our FUN, FUN, FUN week below!

TODAY-The LAST day of school!

Our Famous Missourian Living Museum

McCoy Park and Truman Library

More pictures from our field trip--Thank you, Mr. Tierney!

Have a Blessed Summer!