WOH For Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020
Sign up for Parent/Teacher Conferences!
When Hope parents are asked what they most appreciate about Hope Lutheran School, the relationships between families and teachers are what consistently rise to the top of the list. An important piece of this relationship is parent/teacher conferences, which will occur during the first week of November.
K-8 student fall conferences are strongly encouraged, particularly during this pandemic school year. Conferences provide an opportunity to discuss how each child is performing, primarily cognitively but also socially, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Teachers will review MAP test results and parents/guardians will have the opportunity to ask questions.
Preschool student fall conferences are optional, with the required conferences occurring in the spring for preschool.
This year, most conferences will be held with the homeroom teacher only, including middle school. Please click on the link below to sign up for a conference time on November 5 and 6, 2020, with your student’s teacher. All conferences will be held via the homeroom teacher’s Zoom and will be 20 minutes in length.
Please let us know in the office if you have any questions about parent/teacher conferences; we look forward to meeting with all of you!
https://sites.google.com/hopeseattle.org/hls-ptc-booking/home
Calendar of Events – Click Here
Wed. 10/21: 8:40 AM Online Chapel Led by Mrs. Mueller, Family Life Minister
Mon. 10/26: Fall Harvest Spirit Day – Accessory Day
Wed. 10/28: 8:40 AM Online Chapel Led by Pastor Mueller
Mon. 10/30: Fall Harvest Spirit Day – T-Shirt/Sweatshirt Day
Wed. 11/4: 8:40 AM Online Chapel Led by Mrs. Neafcy, Kindergarten Teacher
Thur. & Fri. 11/5 & 11/6: No School for Parent/Teacher Conferences / ESC Open
Middle School Schedule Change for November 4, 2020
Previously, November 4 was a no school day for middle school due to parent teacher conferences. Since the middle school students learn from specialists on Wednesdays this year, middle school students will continue to have school as usual that day. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Upcoming Calendar Events
No school on Wednesday November 11 for Veterans Day
Fall Harvest Spirit Days
This year, we are particularly looking for opportunities to add joy and spirit into our school days. In that vein, we will offer two optional spirit days next week:
- Monday October 26 – Fall Harvest Accessories Spirit Day – students may wear Fall Harvest themed accessories such as headbands, glasses, socks, tights, and jewelry.
- Friday October 30 – Fall Harvest T-Shirt/Sweatshirt Spirit Day – students may wear Fall Harvest themed t-shirts or sweatshirts, to include fall colors, pumpkins, scarecrows, and that type of thing.
Please note these are optional spirit days so students choosing not to dress up need to wear regular school uniforms. Please be sure accessories and t-shirts/sweatshirts are not scary and are appropriate for preschool students to see; these spirit days are not costume dress-up days.
Happy Fall!
Pandemic Update
COVID-19 confirmed cases are increasing in our county, state, and country. Hope School families have been extraordinarily supportive of keeping our school open, and we appreciate it! Please continue to follow safety protocols such as mask wearing, limiting group gatherings and/or remaining outside, social distancing, and remaining home if you have any COVID-19 symptoms. While we have had many students remain home with symptoms and get tested for COVID-19, we thankfully have not had any positive cases to date. Thank you, and please keep up your hard work on this.
School Directory 2020-2021
Directories will be sent home today to the oldest student through our Tuesday communication envelopes or mailed home for our virtual families.
Chapel Offering Envelopes
Offerings are typically collected during our chapel services from the students using their weekly offering envelopes. These will now be collected in class for now as Hope School continues to sponsor a child, Christopher Tano, through Compassion International. Your students offering envelopes will be sent home each Tuesday. These offerings allow students to develop a pattern of giving as part of their Christian lives and to share God’s love by supporting missions and charities. Therefore, we encourage students to give from their own money (allowance or other earnings).
Parent Involvement Program or PIP Opportunities – Click Here
Help is needed to be on a team that changes the messages on the church and school marquee. If you are interested in this please contact Sally Heit at sheit@hopeseattle.org.
Shop With Scrip – Support Hope School
There are many ways to order scrip and support Hope Lutheran School.
- Shopwithscrip.com
- Paper order from (available at Hope’s website under Parents, then Scrip)
- RaiseRight App (Enrollment code: 1C27LC3812L43)
Earn 1 PIP hour when you purchase $200 of scrip in a month.
Amazon Smile – Support Hope Lutheran Church & School when you shop on Amazon
Hope Lutheran Church & School will receive a portion of the purchase price when you shop at smile.amazon.com at no cost to you. It’s a simple and automatic way for you to support Hope Lutheran Church & School and you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com. To shop at AmazonSmile, simply go to smile.amazon.com from the web browser on your computer or mobile device, the select Hope Lutheran Church & School – West Seattle when prompted. Hope Church & School operate under a combined budget; Smile dollars received will be recorded in a joint line item in the operating budget. Thank you for your support!
Church Happenings – Click Here
HOPE 101 Are you interested in learning more about whom we are and what we believe? Contact patramueller@hopeseattle.org for more information and to be added to sign up.
