Have you seen the flags that hang in each of our classrooms at Holland Christian? They are our discipleship flags. These flags help us see how God’s mission for our lives is intertwined into all we do. God is present in our learning in math and reading. He is also present in the ways we learn to interact with each other and do life together.
One of the flags says, “servant living.” Students at South Side have a multitude of ways to practice servant living throughout their days. They help serve lunch and empty and stack lunch trays. They support friends at recess who fall down and are hurt or pick up forgotten trash they find on the playground. They help teachers pass out materials at the beginning of an activity ,and classmates clean up materials when they are done. Maybe one day when you pick up your child, you can ask them, “How did you show servant living today?”
Christy Haig
Announcements
Tulip Time
On Thursday, May 8, 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 11-11:15am with no afternoon enrichment. Young Fives and kindergarteners will be dismissed at 11:30am. All young five and 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 bused to the parade route.
An information page and pick up slip was sent home with all first and second graders. If you haven’t already done so, please return the bottom portion of this slip to your child’s teacher so she has the contact information of the person who will be picking up your child at the parade. Thank you!
Young Fives and Kindergarten Visit Day
On Friday, May 16, we will be welcoming our newest group of young fives and kindergarten students to visit South Side from 9-10am. There will be fun activities for newly enrolled young fives and kindergarten students for the 25-26 school year, and a time of information for the parents. Families who enrolled will be receiving more communication via email.
End of the Year Chapel
Save the date! We will have a special end-of-the-year chapel to send off our 2nd graders on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 4. You are welcome to gather with us from 10:25-11:15am for a time of worship together. We’ll be out on the playground, so bring a lawn chair if you’d like (if there’s rain we’ll move it to the gym). After chapel, preschool students will be dismissed, and Y5-2 students will have a quick 15 minutes to close out the year in the classrooms with their teacher, and their dismissal will follow at 11:30am.
Thank You
A huge thank you to all for supporting the 1st grade Rainforest Bake Sale initiative to raise funds to help middle and high schoolers going on a mission trip to Africa! Through your support, we raised almost $500! We feel so blessed by your support and are excited for how this money will help build God’s Kingdom!
Lost & Found
The office is continuing to update our South Side Lost and Found Album as items come into the gray tub in the office. Please check it out to see if any of these items belong to your child. Feel free to email Rachel Steen, to claim your item(s), and we will be sure to get it into your child’s backpack.
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Calendar
May
- 8: Tulip Time ½ day: 11-11:15am dismissal for preschoolers, 11:30am dismissal for young fives and kindergarteners, 1st & 2nd graders stay at school for Kinderparade
- 16: South Side Kindergarten Visit Day for incoming young fives and kindergarten students & their parents
- 16: Field Day
- 26: No school: Memorial Day
June
- 4: Last day of school: 2nd grade send-off chapel 10:25-11:15am, half-day with 11:30am dismissal. Report cards will be sent out.
