Merry, Merry CHRISTmas!!!

Hello, dear parents!  Goodness!  What a week!  We have been busy and had loads of fun celebrating CHRISTmas in all that we did this week!  I am so thankful for all of you and your help!  

CHRISTMAS ADVENT SERVICE-We shared the message of Jesus birth so beautifully on Wednesday evening!  Thank you for supporting us and worshipping with us! The LIGHT has Come!

POLAR EXPRESS PARTY-We had some fun yesterday hot chocolating it up and watching Polar Express in our pj’s!  We also had the opportunity to view some of the newer movie, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, based on the book we read this week.  It was fun to compare both movies to the books we read.  

BOWLING/CAROLING-We had a blast bowling and caroling today, and we did a beautiful job sharing God’s message at Benton House!  I was proud of how our kids witnessed, and how well-behaved they were!

*The end of the 2nd quarter is TODAY!  Report cards will come home after Christmas Break. 

*Our home BASKETBALL games that were planned for this evening, will be rescheduled.  Hope Lutheran has had A LOT of illness, and they do not have enough players to field teams, (and have even postponed their Christmas Program to January.)  I am working on rescheduling those games.  Please pray for our fellow Brothers and Sisters at Hope Lutheran.  

*We have added another field trip to our 4^th grade fun!  On Friday, January 16th, 2026, we will be visiting Kauffmann Stadium with the 5^th graders to attend their Royals Scholastic Victory Program (RSVP).  We will be leaving school and returning around 1:30. Please send a sack lunch with your child that day.  We will need some drivers and chaperones.  Permission slips came home in backpacks last Friday.  are coming home in backpacks today.  Please sign and return the forms.  (I have also attached a hard copy.)  Thank you!  

Here is what we have been up to in the classroom:

RELIGION-This week, we reviewed the 10^th Commandment and also learned about Jesus' Birth From Luke 2.  This went right along with the book we read for Language Arts this week.  

MEMORY-1/6-Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” Revelation 2:10b

  1/9-The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.  Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

LANGUAGE ARTS-We began and finished the chapter book, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!”  It is fun for me to hear the little gasps of surprise and the laughter when these kiddos are reading!  It is fun to see them so enthralled in a book!  We read together, independently, and with partners, and quizzed over each chapter.  We also focused on the vocabulary /spelling words from this story.

MATH-This week, most of us mastered long division!  We worked on it almost daily, and I think we are getting the hang of it!  We have also been working on 10s and 11s in mad minutes and worked with graphing this week. 

Special Classes:

MUSIC- We practiced songs for the Advent/Christmas service. 

P.E.- We played outside this week when the weather was nice!  

SPANISH-Students listened to a Christmas story and guessed the Spanish words.  They made ornaments and wrote in Spanish.  

ART-We worked on cards for Benton House and we began our auction project.  

Upcoming Events:

December

22-Jan 2nd-Christmas Break

January

2-Teacher Inservice

5-School resumes

9-BB games at Timothy, beginning at 6pm

12-16 NWEA Testing

13-BB games at St. Paul's, Concordia, MO beginning at 5pm

16-BB games at Timothy, beginning at 5:30pm

19-MLK-No School

22-BB games at St. Paul's, Concordia, MO beginning at 5pm

23-BB games at Bethany, beginning at 5:30pm

24-BB games at Timothy, beginning at 9am

26-30-NLSW National Lutheran Schools Week

29-Oral Report book reports are due

30-Grandparents Day; 12:30 dismissal

29th-31st--BB 5th/6th Grade League Tournament at St. Paul

***Please join us for WORSHIP***

Christmas Eve Services:  4:00 pm (Contemporary), 6:00 pm (Traditional) & 10:00 pm (Carols with Holy Communion)

Christmas Day:  Dec. 25, 10am (with Holy Communion)

*I want wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS!  I count you and your kiddos all amongst my many blessings, and you all will be in my thoughts and prayers!  See you on the 5th.  :)  Love you all!

Love,

Mrs. Brunkhorst

We showed some love to Mrs. McBee, as she is off to a new job and new adventure!  We are so BLESSED beyond measure to have had her here with us!  We love you, Kristen!

The band was AMAZING!

Working on art!

It is almost CHRISTmas!

Hi, Parents!  THANK YOU for all of your prayers this week!  It has been very busy this week, but we are doing our best to remember that Jesus is the Reason for the Season, and we are BLESSED by all of His gifts! 

*Our TLS CHRISTMAS/ADVENT SERVICE “Unto Us” was beautiful!  A special THANK YOU to Mrs. Hatcher for all of her hard work!  I am so proud of our kiddos!  It was a beautiful example of Christ’s LOVE!

*Today, we had some very special visitors from Summit Technology Academy in Lee’s Summit.  They are seniors from an International Studies class, and they came to talk to us about Ukraine and how they celebrate Christmas.  Allie Gray, a former TLS student, was among them!  Her friend, Jadyn, is from Ukraine and taught us a lot about her country and discussed their Christmas celebrations.  60% of Ukraine is Christian.  They read to us from the book of Luke in English, and in Ukrainian.  We also created cute Christmas bundles, a decoration from her homeland.  

The Story of Jesus

*ALL-SCHOOL BOWLING AND CAROLING TRIP-ALL STUDENTS INVITED-NEXT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19th!

The whole school will head to Lunar Bowl in the morning, and will return to school for lunch.  (You may send money with your child for snacks from the snack bar, if you wish.)  After lunch, we will be going caroling at Benton House in Blue Springs. Thank you to our volunteers! 

*4^TH GRADE POLAR EXPRESS PARTY-NEXT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20th!  The kiddos can wear their pajamas to school, (please wear or send tennis shoes too!) and we will read the movie and watch the movie in the afternoon with some hot cocoa and candy canes!  Blankets and pillows are welcome for this fun day.

*We will go outside for recess!  We don’t have the gym readily available all day, so in order to give these kiddos their much needed exercise and fresh air, we will go outside!  Please make sure that they have coats.  Thank you so much for your help!

 *We had a bit of an issue at our basketball games last weekend, where there were some TLS students (and other students) running around the foyer, and not listening to adults that had asked them to stop.  If you are here for any of those activities, would you help with that, please?  You have our permission to ask kiddos to be polite and respect our building.  THANK YOU!

Here is what we have been up to this week:

RELIGION- This week, we learned about David’s son, Solomon, and his temple that he built for God.  This week, we have had fun “finding our wisemen” and reading the Advent devotions that go with them.  It has been a Christmas-filled week in our classroom!  Our Christmas prayer chain is finished too!

MEMORY for next week:

12/19- THE TENTH COMMANDMENT

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

LANGUAGE ARTS- We began and finished the chapter book, “The Best Little Christmas Pageant Ever!”  It is fun for me to hear the little gasps of surprise and the laughter when these kiddos are reading!  It is fun to see them so enthralled in a book!  We read together, independently, and with partners, and quizzed over each chapter.  We also focused on the vocabulary /spelling words from this story.  There are no SPELLING WORDS next week!

MATH- This week in math, we began 2-digit by 1-digit division, and also dividing numbers with zeroes.  We have learned how to estimate quotients, and next week, will tackle long division.  Students are realizing that memorizing multiplication facts is SUPER-important now that we are working with longer problems!  THEY CAN DO THIS! 

SCIENCE- We talked about the five different kingdoms and how living things fit into these.  Then we narrowed living things down to Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.  We discussed organisms with only one cell, and how organisms are named. 

SPECIAL CLASSES

ART- Our art period was to make your gifts and cards…so SHHH…no more details!  ;)

MUSIC-We worked on our Christmas/Advent songs!

 We celebrated this special boy this week!

Have BLESSED weekend!

Kim Brunkhorst

It feels like CHRISTmastime!

 Hello, wonderful parents!

 Our TLS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM/ADVENT SERVICE-“Unto Us” was Wednesday night and it was so beautiful!  I am so proud of our kiddos, and how they witnessed to everyone about the birth of Christ!  A special thank you to Miss Rathke and all of her hard work!  She is such a blessing!

ALL SCHOOL BOWLING & CAROLING PARTY - December 20th

We are SO excited for this!  The whole school will head to Lunar Bowl in the morning.  (Bowling is $4.00 per student and $8.00 per adult.)  We will return to school for lunch.  At 1:30, 3rd and 4th grades will then head to Benton House (1701 NW Jefferson Street) to sing carols to the nursing home residents.  This is such a wonderful way to share God’s love with our neighbors! Permission slips came home on Tuesday.  Please sign and return these by Wednesday, December 15th.  Thank you! 

 4th GRADE POLAR EXPRESS PARTY - December 21st

We will be reading books by Chris VanAllsburg, ending with “The Polar Express.”  On the 21st, the kiddos can wear their pajamas to school, (please wear or send tennis shoes too!) and we will watch the movie in the afternoon with some hot cocoa and candy canes!  Blankets and pillows are welcome for this fun day.  We dismiss at 3:30 that day. 

 TALENT SHOW-On Friday, January 28th, which is also Grandparents’ Day, we will have our Talent Show.  Each class will be attending, and children can sit with their grandparents.  If your child is interested in performing in the Talent Show, tryouts are Wednesday, January 12th, after school, in the music room.  Permission slips came home on Wednesday!  Please be on the lookout for these!  Questions?  Please email me!

 

PLEASE WORSHIP WITH US!  Invite your family and friends to join you!

Special Performances:

Sun., Dec. 12, 10am, Wyatt.  The Adult Choirs from both campuses will combine to perform an ADULT CHOIR CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. Please join us for a variety of Christmas songs & hymns. The 9am service at RD Mize will occur as normal.

Sun., Dec. 19, 10am, Wyatt.  This service will feature Timothy’s Children’s Ministry Christmas Program. Please join us as the students share the story of Jesus. (Please note:  Holy Communion will not be celebrated at this service, but it will be part of the 9am service at RD Mize as normal.)

Christmas Eve Services:  5:30, 7:30 & 10pm (Candlelight Service with Holy Communion) at RD Mize; 5:30pm at Wyatt

Christmas Day:  Sat., Dec. 25, 10am at RD Mize (with Holy Communion)

 

LUTHERAN SCHOOLS’ WEEK IS COMING UP!  January 23rd-30th:  This is a special week set aside by all Lutheran Schools nationwide to celebrate together.  Timothy has a fun Spirit Week that week, where we dress in a special way every day and also do special activities.  (PLEASE don’t go out and purchase anything for these days—Just use items from around your home!) 

Theme:  “In ALL Things”

Monday-CHRIST ***Wear Christian shirts or hats.  Discuss:  What does Jesus mean to me?  At-School Project:  Make crowns—We are members of the Kingdom of God!

Tuesday-CREATION ***Dress up as any part of Creation!  (Nature, people, animals, etc.)  At-School Project: A school mural of Creation

Wednesday-CHILDREN ***Wear your class color!  4th grade is PURPLE!  At-School Activity: A Bible Bee!

Thursday-CHURCH ***Career Day—Dress up as what you want to be when you get older!  Discuss:  How do you take the church into the world?! At-School Project: Make cards for shut-ins, healthcare workers, soldiers, etc.

Friday-COMMUNITY ***Dress Your Best!  All-School Activity: Grandparents/Special Person Day/Talent Show—12:30 dismissal

 

Here is what we have been up to this week:

Religion- This week, we worked on poster and documents, and shared them with our small groups to the entire class.  We worked on our speaking and presenting skills.  The groups presented on these topics, with Bible references:

1. Jesus is Our King
2. Responsibilities of Citizens of the Kingdom of God
3. Rights and Privileges of Citizens of the Kingdom of God

There will not be Memory next week. 

Language Arts-

For our reading stories this week, each student chose a grade-level Christmas story to read.  They chose vocabulary from this story to be their spelling words for the week.  They then looked up these words and shared their meanings with the class.  We had some fun dissecting these stories!  There will not be spelling words next week. 

Math-This week, we practice long division with remainders!  This is the first group that I have had in LONG time that was SO very excited to learn this skill.  It made my heart sing to hear so many, “Math is SO fun!”  They are doing a great job!  We will review this skill after break.   

SPECIAL CLASSES

Art- We finished up our oil pastel snow pictures.  They are hanging in the hallway outside of our classroom. Beautiful!  We also worked on cards for the nursing home next week.  Then, we made your Christmas gifts!  ;)

P.E.- We continued with basketball skills and I taught them how to play HORSE, the RAMS version! ;)

Music- We did a TON of practicing for our Christmas/Advent service!  We also have prepared for when we sing at Benton House next week!

Have a blessed weekend!  

Kim