Looking Ahead, by Kristen Okabayashi I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter holiday and a relaxing Spring Break! We are now entering the final stretch of the school year, which I can hardly believe. Even as our students and families are focused on finishing up the school year, as a staff we are also thinking […]
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3D Design at Hope School
3D Design by Kevin Jones, Technology Teacher and Director One of the big challenges of teaching technology is that the “products” we create with it are often intangible and virtual. The presentations, documents, and 3-dimensional models we create are left behind on the computers or Internet when we leave for the day. There is typically […]
Global Learning
By Tim Allen, 6th grade Teacher The middle school students here at Hope have had an amazing opportunity for the last 3 months to take part in a global learning opportunity. Through the company Level Up Village, each student partnered with a student at a school across the world; 6th and 7th grades partnered with […]
Greater Things
Greater Things by Sally Heit, Admissions Director Last Friday night (Nov. 3), five friends and I attended a talk given by Christian author Jen Hatmaker and Christian singer/songwriter Nichole Nordeman at Overlake Church in Bellevue. I had no expectations of the evening except to laugh and enjoy the fellowship of these amazing women I went with; […]
GRIT: Fighting for Understanding
GRIT: Fighting for Understanding by Sara Kunkel, 8th grade homeroom teacher “Heroes are never perfect, but they’re brave, they’re authentic, they’re courageous, determined, discreet, and they’ve got grit.” Wade Davis At Hope, we have a unique opportunity to work with students individually and personally. It is our desire that all of our students are […]
Think Outside The Box with Art
Hope School has always supported artistic creativity inside and outside the classroom through teacher developed projects as well as after school clubs and Hope PTH sponsored Artist in Residence programs. This year Hope welcomed art specialist Janet Manuta to the family. Having moved last year from the east coast to Seattle after teaching art […]
First Impressions
First Impressions by Kelsey Clark, Hope PE and history teacher As I began writing this newsletter, I started by brainstorming all the attributes that come to mind when I think of Hope Lutheran’s students, families, and faculty. The word I kept coming back to is community. I have been very blessed to become part of […]
WOH for Tuesday, February 14th
Words of Hope for Tuesday, February 14, 2017 LEST Craziness! By Kristen Okabayashi Many of the families in the lower grades might be wondering about all the references to “LEST” and “Concordia Portland”. Beginning tomorrow after school, most of our families in grades 5-8 are driving down to Concordia University’s campus, as we gear […]
WOH for February 7, 2017
Words of Hope for Tuesday, February 7, 2017 A Snowy Day, by Kristen Okabayashi I hope you all enjoyed the snow yesterday; what a beautiful day it was! No one has asked yet about making up snow days, but I know those of you from public schools are used to having to make those […]
Merry Christmas!
Hope Lutheran School wishes students and their families a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in 2017! We are blessed to have each and every student at our school. We pray that your holiday is restful and time well spent with family and friends. See you in 2017! **Thank you to Eva in 8th grade […]
