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Volume 4, Issue 9
Immanuel Lutheran School
18 Clapboard Ridge Rd.
Danbury, CT 06811
What’s Going On?
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—NO SCHOOL
1/17/11
ILS PTL Meeting
1/18/11 7pm
1st Grade Chapel
1/19/11 8:30am
Geography Bee (4th-8th Grades)
1/19/11 9:15am
3rd & 4th Grade Extra PE
1/19/11
Chess Club
1/19/11 & 1/26/11 3pm-4pm
Crafting Club
1/19/11 3:15pm-4pm
Jewelry Club
1/20/11 3:15pm-4:15pm
Science Genie Assembly
1/24/11 1:30pm
Boys Basketball
1/24/11 & 1/27/11 6pm & 7:30pm
Cooking Club
1/27/11 3pm-4:15pm
PTL White Elephant Game Night
1/28/11 6:30pm-8:30pm
Progress Reports Issued
1/28/11
January 14, 2011
Geography Bee
The students in 4th through 8th
grade will be participating in a
school-wide Geography Bee after
Chapel on January 19th at around 9:15am. The
participants are as follows:
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4th Grade: Josh Bowen & Micah Chen
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5th Grade: Jack Clancy & Chris Torres
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6th Grade: Sarah Keller & Caleb Wardenburg
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7th Grade: Nick Leo & Taylor Dice
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8th Grade: Dimitris Smith & Katie Keller
These students won the in-class Geography Bees
that were held during the week.
The winner of the school wide bee will be given a
written test and if they score well enough on the
test, they will go to the State Geography Bee held
in Hartford. If they do well there, they can go to
the National Geography Bee that is held in Washington, D.C.
We Need Your Help!
Captive Free, a youth ministry group, will be leading our chapel
service on February 2nd. In order to keep costs at a minimum,
they rely on their hosts to provide them meals and a bed to sleep
in. If you would be interested in hosting one or more of these
members on the evening of February 1st, please contact the
school office. The group consists of 3 men and 3 women. You
may choose to house one, two, or all of them. This is a great
opportunity to show our guests the great Christian community
we have here at ILS. For more hosting information, contact the
office. Or, you can go online at http://www.youthencounter.org/Default.aspx?tabid=598.
Thank you for your help!
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THE LION’S ROAR
Noticias de Clases de Español
The 7th Grade class put together this picture
book about how Epiphany is celebrated in Spanish speaking countries. Epiphany is celebrated on
the 6th of January for Christians. In Spanish
speaking countries the kids write letters to the
Three Kings (Los Tres Reyes Magos) asking for
presents. On the 5th of January, the families get
together downtown to watch parades with floats
exhibiting the children dressed up as the Three
Kings. Before the kids go to bed they prepare water and grass for the camels and they leave their
shoes outside of their doors for presents to be left.
The next morning, the water and the grass are
gone because the camels were very hungry and
thirsty and the kids find their presents on top of
their shoes.
Submitted by Sra. Rago
Volume 4, Issue 9
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Pr_s]hool’s D[n^y D[^s
The half day Preschool four year olds have been learning their alphabet letters. We have been
doing many different activities to help them remember the letters and their sounds. One of
our favorite activities is figuring out riddles about things that begin with the letter of the
week.
We have a great bulletin board outside of our classroom that we did during D week a few
weeks ago. We saved them for this month to share them with everyone. Each of the students
drew their Dad's picture and dictated information regarding their Dads. Many of the children
knew what their Dad's first name was but the guesses of dads' ages ranged from 5 years old
to 300 years old. The students described the job that their dad's do. Some of the things they
told about were what dad likes to make and do around the house, what he is good at and what
he likes to eat. There is so much more fun information to read. If you are in the building come
read and enjoy our Dandy Dad
stories.
Just a couple of the Dad portraits:
Más Notas de la Clase española
The 8th Grade class was asked to submit a paragraph in Spanish about their favorite holiday. Here are the two
paragraphs we received:
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Katie Keller—Mi dia favorito es Noche Buena es una reunión para celebración. Los parientes se reúnen en
la casa de mis abuelos. Mi hermana y yo jugamos con mi primo. Nosotros abrimos los regalos después de
hacer la cena. Todos los mayores cuentan chistas y se ríen. Nosotros no dormimos hasta las once de la noche y nos despertamos temprano la mañana siguenta.
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Rachel Binney—Mi día festivo favorito es Navidad. Me gusta esta fiesta porque me gusta la decoración.
Me gusta poner adornos en un árbol de Navidad. Lo que más me gusta es andar alrededor de la ciudad
mirando a todas las luces de colores diferentes. El año pasado, vi una casa completamente cubierto de luces
brillantes. Otra de mis cosas favoritas para hacer en Navidad es jugar en la nieve con mis amigos. A veces
construimos fuertes, e incluso tienen una pelea de bolas de nieve. Entonces, podemos entrar y tener un
poco de chocolate caliente. Por supuesto, no olvidemos dar y recibir regalos. Me encanta la Navidad!
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THE LION’S ROAR
Immanuel Lutheran
School
Students of the Week
As God has created us all in his image, ILS would like to
take time to recognize some of His very special creations,
the students of Immanuel.
18 Clapboard Ridge Rd.
Danbury, CT 06811
The following children have been honored as Students of
the Week:
Phone: 203-748-7823
Fax: 203-748-5022
E-mail:
[email protected]
www.immanuellutheranschool.org
WEEK OF JANUARY 3rd
K-Rachael Roberts
4-Deeksha Surisetty
1-Nicole DeMotte
5-Christopher Torres
2-Maxwell Calabrese-Gavay
MS-Daniar Bisembin
3-Dina Cui
WEEK OF JANUARY 10th
“Making Disciples”
K-Sahir Sood
4-Joshua Bowen
1-Cal Wallin
5-Rachel Prince
2-Kathleen Robinson
MS-Caleb Wardenburg
3-Rachel Iannarelli
2011-2012
Re-Registration
The PTL sponsored Science Genie Assembly has been
rescheduled for Monday, January 24th at 1:30pm. The
assembly features three exciting science topics, each
filled with spectacular experiments. It is
put on by The Children’s Museum in
West Hartford, CT.
There will be a PTL White Elephant
Game Night on Friday, January 28th at
6:30pm. This is a fun way to get rid of
unused items that you have laying
around the house! Send in your new or lightly used toys,
books, games, knick-knacks, etc. and we’ll use them as
prizes. They can be items for adults or children—
Everyone Wins! Bring in your favorite games to play with
your friends and family and we’ll also have a rousing
game of Bingo!
There will be a PTL meeting on Tuesday, January 18th at
7pm. Please join us to give us your input and here about
what the PTL has in store for your children in the coming
months! Babysitting is provided.
Don’t forget to send in your reregistration form for the 2011-2012
school year! Remember, after February
28th, the fee will go from $25 to $75.
If you need a form, please stop in the
school office.
Students registering for Preschool and
Kindergarten must fill out a complete
application. The preschool fee will be $25
until February 28th and $75 after that.
Due to testing requirements, the Kindergarten fee is $50 until the 28th and $100
afterwards.
We look forward to continuing to be your
partners in the academic, spiritual and
character development of your children.