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August 17 Wednesday
7:00 pm – New Family Orientation
18 Thursday
3:30 – 6:30 pm Registration Day/Accelerated
Reader Testing
5-6:30pm – Sports Physicals $20
23 Tuesday
4:00-8:00 pm Back2School Fest
24 Wednesday
1st Grade “Meet the Teacher”
6:30 pm – P4 Parent Orientation
25 Thursday
11:00 am - KG Kindergarten Picnic
12:30 pm - KW Kindergarten Picnic
6:30 pm – P3 Parent Orientation
26 Friday
1st Grade “Meet the Teacher”
29 Monday
First Day of School – 11:16am Dismissal
NO BUS!
Edition 2
August 9, 2016
Theme for 2016-2017
“Walk Worthy” “Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,
fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every
good work and increasing in the
knowledge of God.” Colossians 1:10
CHAPEL MISSION PROJECT (September-October) Kids Stepping out to Serve Others… This year our school celebrates its 150th year! Our forefathers at Immanuel were led by God to begin a school ministry that has been blessed to grow and grow. Our school theme this year is Walk Worthy from Colossians 1:10…”The Lord invites us to live a life worthy of Him.” In keeping with this theme, our mission projects this year will focus on kids “stepping” out to serve others in need as we Walk Worthy in our Lord. Our fall mission project (September-October) will focus on collecting school supplies for students attending Orneau Lutheran School in Orneau, Haiti, with whom Immanuel has a partnership. We ask that you and your children pray for these students along with Pastor Gabriel and the teachers as they continue to Walk Worthy. Our school has been richly blessed for 150 years. We are striving to send 150 of each school supply item below to our friends in Haiti. Please consider sending in 1 or more of the items listed next your child’s grade level. Come join us for chapel on September 14th to learn more about the people of Haiti and the church and school we help support. School supplies: Crayons (24 count) – Kindergarten Glue bottles (4 oz) – 1st grade Pencil sharpeners – 2nd grade Erasers – 3rd grade Scissors (blunt) – 4th grade Composition Notebooks – 5th grade Rulers (metric rulers) -6th grade Pencils (package) – 7th grade Paper (loose-leaf wide lined package) – 8th grade *The school supply items are due by September 30th. The students may bring the supplies in beginning the first day of school and place them in the “Blessing Suitcase” during our opening chapel service or any day during the rest of August and the entire month of September. Monetary offerings will be used for extra supplies and shipping costs. We will be able to say ‘Jezi renmen ou’ (Jesus Loves You) through our gifts.
BACK2SCHOOL FEST – Tuesday, August 23rd 4:00 – 8:00 pm (Pre-8) Please join us as we help our community by giving school supplies and much more. Besides the free school supplies, there will be free food, inflatable games, Ford test drives, and much more for everyone.
Volunteer to Help – Click here – Back2School Fest Volunteer Sign Up Thank you so much for serving with your time and talents the community of Macomb and Immanuel. The service you share through your volunteerism is an opportunity to be Jesus
with skin on to someone who has need (physical, spiritual, and/or emotional). So, on behalf of all the families who will experience faith and life together through you...THANK YOU!! "Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels." - Hebrews 13:2
Preschool News (586) 286-1940 Preschool Director – Janet Hilsabeck ([email protected]) Preschool Assistant – Vickie Marszalec ([email protected])
Preschool Dates Tuesday, August 23 – Back 2 School Fest 4:00-8:00 pm
Wednesday, August 24 – Pre 4 Orientation 6:30 pm
Thursday, August 25 – Pre 3 Orientation 6:30 pm
Tuesday, August 30 – Pre 3 Open House
Wednesday, August 31 – Pre 4 Open House
PRESCHOOL STAFFING UPDATE We are very excited to announce the newest additions to our Preschool Staff for the 2016-2017 school year! Please join us in welcoming the following:
Mrs. Allison Sell – Pre 4 Lead Teacher (both AM and PM) and Pre 3 Lead Teacher (AM only). Mrs. Sell comes to us with 15+ years of experience in Early Childhood Education.
Mrs. Nicole Sodergren – Pre 4 Lead Teacher (M, W, F afternoons). Mrs. Sodergren has observed, assisted, and substitute taught in Immanuel’s preschool program in the past.
Mrs. Kate Southern – Mrs. Southern will be the Pre 3 assistant to Mrs. Sell in the morning and the Pre 4 assistant to Mrs. Clor on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
Mrs. Stacey Moldenhauer – Mrs. Moldenhauer will be the Pre 4 assistant to Mrs. Sell
Mrs. Carla Vermiglio – Mrs. Vermiglio will be the Pre 4 assistant to Mrs. Sodergren. We are looking forward to the new school year with these women as part of our preschool instruction team. Praise be to God!
THEME FOR 2016-2017 – Walk Worthy (Pre-8) Our school theme for this school year is Walk Worthy with our Bible verse Colossians 1:10 “Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”
150th School Year at Immanuel Our school is celebrating our 150th year and we will be celebrating this as we look at how Immanuel families over the last 150 years established and maintained our school and how we will carry it forward for the next 150 years.
WELCOME NEW STAFF! Taylor Kaniuk – 1st Grade Teacher Hello Immanuel Family! My name is Taylor Kaniuk and I am excited to teach first grade at Immanuel this year! I am a life-long member of Immanuel, baptized by Pastor Mike and graduate of the day school. Immanuel has been an integral part of my faith and life walk; many of the teachers here inspiring me to become a teacher myself. I attended Lutheran High School North and graduated from Concordia, Ann Arbor in 2014. I
received my bachelor's degree in Language Arts for Elementary Education, with a minor in Early Childhood Education. I'm starting my second year of teaching. I was blessed to teach 1-2 grade at St. Peter's Lutheran School in Richmond last year and am grateful for the experience they gave me as I transition here to Immanuel. Outside of school, I enjoy reading, watching Netflix, country music and concerts, and spending time with friends and family. I look forward to teaching God's children this school year.
Marianne Macfarlane – Kindergarten Assistant Mrs. Macfarlane will be assisting Mrs. Greve in her kindergarten classroom, which allows Mrs. Kaniuk to assist Mrs. Williams in her classroom. We’re excited to have two great kindergarten assistants working alongside Mrs. Greve and Mrs. Williams.
Pastor Nikolai – Assistant Pastor Pastor Nikolai Gibbons and his wife, Toni, are beginning their ministry here at Immanuel. Pastor Nikolai will be overseeing our youth ministry as part of his pastoral duties.
Carlee Kling – Assistant to Student Ministries Carlee will be a part of our Family Ministry focusing on 7th – 12th grade ministry.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES School Librarian - Our school is hiring a part-time librarian for the 2016-2017 school year. If interested, please send a letter of interest and resume to our principal, Joel Neumeyer ([email protected]).
2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR INFORMATION Registration Day is August 18, 2016.
Students in grades 6-8 will receive an email in August before Registration Day about Fine Arts class offerings.
The 4th Annual Back2School Fest will be on August 23rd from 4-8 pm.
School begins on Monday, August 29th for grades K-8. It will be a ½ Day (8:15-11:16 am)
LANDS END UNIFORM RESALE $$ Stop by the school office and check to see if any of your Land’s End uniform resale items were purchased. If any items were sold, the school office now has the money to be picked up.
LAND’S END UNIFORM RESALE (K-8) Used uniform sale begins Registration Day at 3:30pm. Please bring any uniforms to the school on Monday, August 15th or Tuesday, August 16th. Be vigilant when sorting your uniforms for the sale. No items which were not in the Land's End uniform catalog will be included in the sale. No uniforms with stains, broken zippers, worn knees, holes or frayed cuffs will be included in the sale. Items will not be returned. Attach an envelope to each piece using a safety pin. Include on each envelope your family name, phone, size and brief description (girls navy pants, size 10). Please bring cash with you to place in each envelope. If anyone would like to help with set up or clean up contact Jen Hofmeister at [email protected].
2017 ANNUAL AUCTION NEEDS We are need of large baskets to package auction items in for next year. If you have baskets from the items you purchased this year or some that you are simply looking to donate, please bring them to the school office. We also could use any bows, ribbons, or clear plastic wrapping. Thank you in advance!
SUMMER READING PROGRAM Go to - Immanuel’s Summer Reading Log Sheet. Keep track of the books you read this summer and get a prize from our library next September.
Accelerated Reader Days at Immanuel this summer We will have the library open on the following days this summer for students to take Accelerated Reader tests. Students going into grades 4 – 8 can come and test on books read during the summer months. Points earned during the summer will count toward the 1st quarter of the 2016-2017 school year.
Thursday, August 18th 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm (Library)
2016-2017 BUS REQUESTS (K-8) The bus request form came home in the registration packet in February. If you will need the use of Chippewa Valley’s buses next year, please turn in the request form ASAP. Click here for the form.
BOARD OF EDUCATION 2016-2017 Our Board of Education for the 2016-2017 school year met early in August. We thank them for their service to Immanuel and our school. Please pray for this group as they fulfill their roles throughout the year: Tim Starkey (Chair), Jim Happell (Vice Chair), Teri Marchant (Secretary), Jason Mlynarek, Joe Agemy, Paula Parent, Nicole Gorny, and Casey Watson.
HOT LUNCH UPDATES (K-8)
There will be 5 meal options each day – Main Entrée, Hot Dog, Hamburger, Turkey Sandwich or Salad
Pricing – K-8 students $3.25
Hot Lunch is still a pay in advance program. Pay in advance by filling out a hot lunch purchasing form and we will invoice your Smart Tuition the amount that you indicate.
PAST DUE BILLS Any outstanding bills from the 2015-2016 school year that are still lingering WILL BE charged to your SmartTuition account on August 11, 2016. At this time the final report card that has been held in the school office over the summer will be mailed. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Thorpe in the school office.
SMART TUITION We use Smart Tuition for collection of all school payments. Using Smart Tuition for all of our collection of payments is a great convenience for our families and allows our school to be efficient with payments and invoices.
Instead of writing checks or sending in cash for tuition, Extended School Care (ESC), hot lunch, sports fees, field trips, special events (Daddy Daughter Dance, Donuts at Dawn, Muffins in the Morning, etc.), Spirit Wear orders, and more, now we will be able to invoice you through Smart Tuition and you can make one monthly payment for all Immanuel school invoices.
We will exclusively use Smart Tuition for all payments to Immanuel Lutheran School. This will simplify the process of sending in payments for families and allow families to make payments easier.
You will see detailed invoices on your online Smart Tuition account so you know why each invoice was charged.
Our staff will be able to process payments more efficiently and be able to invoice family accounts for all of our school payments.
Flexible monthly payment options (online payments, auto debit, auto credit, bank bill payment service, mobile app pay)
Email & text message reminders
Help with your Smart Tuition Account? Contact Smart Tuition -
Phone - (888) 868-8828
Email - [email protected]
Online - parents.smarttuition.com
2016-2017 START OF SCHOOL YEAR INFORMATION (K-8) Registration Day is August 18th. Packets with information for this day were sent home on Monday, June 1st.
- Students in grades 6-8 will receive an email in August before Registration Day about Fine Arts class offerings.
Back2School Fest will be on August 23rd from 4-8 pm.
School begins on Monday, August 29th for grades K-8. It will be a ½ Day (8:15-11:16 am)
Bus Service - No bus service until after Labor Day.
Back to School Night – Come meet your child(ren)’s teacher(s) and get detailed information about daily and weekly information as well as information about some of the big events at each grade level.
- K – 8th Grade Back to School Night – Wednesday, September 7th 7:00 pm
School Picture Day – Tuesday, September 13th - K-8 School pictures will be taken on Tuesday, September 13th. All picture packets MUST be at school at the time of picture taking. Order forms and online ordering instructions will be provided when school starts.
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT (Parents only) (K-8)
ALL GRADES K – 8 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th at 7:00 pm (meet in the Worship Center) 7:00 pm - Parents meet in the Worship Center for general information and school updates 7:30 pm - Parents will proceed to their child’s classrooms
If you have a children in more than one grade, attend one child’s classroom for the first session, then proceed to the other child’s classroom for the second session.
If you have a 7th or 8th grader, please attend their session first, then proceed to the 5th or 6th grade room
8:15 pm - A second session will be held identical to the first 9:00 pm - The evening comes to an end
PICTURE DAY for K-8 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th (K-8) 1. A pre-pay envelope will be sent home with your child the week before picture day in
Kindergarten - 8th Grade. Parents can pre-order and pre-pay by going to www.kaiserstudio.com . Click on “Order pictures”. Type in code - 07IMMLUTH.
2. Checks made out to “Kaiser Studio” after you select your package.
3. All students have their picture taken even if they do not purchase a picture package.
4. Students may dress up for pictures, (and stay out of dress code for the day).
Girls may wear dresses or blouses other than the school uniform shirt.
Boys may wear a different shirt on that day, but must wear school uniform pants.
LATE ORDERS – If a student has forgotten their payment and wants to order pictures, the parent will have to call Kaiser Studios within 3 days (by Friday, September 16th) to place your order and still receive the package pricing that was on the order envelope. After this time, you will have to order photos a la carte. Students that have forgotten their envelope will be given “late order” information card at the camera.
IMMANUEL IS A “NUT SAFE” SCHOOL (Pre-8) Please do not send in food products into school for lunches or snacks that contain any type of nut
products. We have several children that are highly allergic to nuts. Sorry – no peanut butter sandwiches at lunchtime. Please check the ingredients carefully before sending in food for lunch or snacks.
FASHION DESIGN CLUB (Wed. 3:30-4:30pm; Sept. 14, 21, 28, Oct. 5, 19, 26) Make fashion, make friends, and have fun with us at Immanuel Lutheran! Fashionistas will spend six weeks creating super cool clothing pieces that they can actually wear! Go from beginner to runway ready style in just six weeks. Participants will celebrate their accomplishments with a fab fashion show for family and friends at session's end. No supplies needed. Fee is all-inclusive. Boys & Girls 2-8 grade. $75 Payable at ilovethefashionfactory.com
CHESS CLUB (Tues. 3:30-4:30pm; Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15) Develop your child’s intellect through the royal game of chess! Current research has shown a strong link between chess and academic performance in a variety of areas, including mathematics and language arts. Also, chess has been proven to enhance children's motivation, concentration, focus, social skills, and creativity. Open to grades K-8. Sign up by September 16, 2016 for the early bird price of $96. http://payment.chessscholars.com/signup enter code IML9.27.16
Easy Ways to Help Raise Money for Immanuel (Pre-8)
Kroger Community Rewards As of May 1st please re-enroll so your shopping continues to help Immanuel Lutheran School each time you go to Kroger!
www.krogercommunityrewards.com – click on Michigan and then click on ENROLL
Box Tops for Education Box Tops mean FREE MONEY for Immanuel! Each Box Top you clip is
worth 10¢. We simply mail them in and they cut us a check for the money! The cash adds up quickly, so start clipping!
LAND’S END – Immanuel Land’s End Uniform Shopping - link Here’s the direct link to our Immanuel Lutheran School shopping site through Land’s End
Uniforms.
Don’t forget when shopping Amazon to shop with through our Immanuel
Amazon link. Start here and Immanuel can earn up to 8% of your order without any extra cost to you.
OFFICE MAX/OFFICE DEPOT GIVES IMMANUEL 5% How Does It Work?
Present your school's 5% Back To Schools ID number (# 70051315) when you shop online, over the phone or at your neighborhood Office Depot store.
Office Depot will offer our school credits equal to 5% of the qualifying purchases. For more information on the program, click here.
