School Newsletter

Preparing Students for High School and Beyond By Sara Kunkel, Middle School Teacher As the 8th grade homeroom teacher at Hope, I have always felt that an important part of my job is to prepare our students for high school. Together, we visualize walking confidently through the doors of their high school. Together, we come […]

Pastor Bob by Lisa Meyer, Middle School Teacher I’ll never forget the first time I met my future father-in-law, Bob Meyer. “Pastor Bob” was very intimidating to me, not just because he was the father of my boyfriend, but he just happened to be a pastor too. We met at a family dinner and it […]

Having a Baby during a Pandemic… (Not recommended but also not the worst) By Tim Allen, Middle School Teacher   When you are thinking about having your next child, the last thing that you think about (well, at least for my wife and I) is that in 9+ months when the baby is born, there […]

Hope to Home Learning with Prekindergarten! By Mairi Seraile, Prek teacher Teaching virtual preschool was a tricky transition. I have to admit it was quite intimidating at first. Being that we are a play based Pre K program, the thought of successfully helping my students transition into Kindergarten without being in the classroom was not […]

Hope to Home Learning: Middle School Message by Emily Tanis-Likkel, middle school health and electives teacher   I teach middle school health classes at Hope Lutheran School, and after we transitioned to online learning I quickly discovered that the students were too overwhelmed at first to learn from the regular health curriculum. I needed to […]

Sea Turtles At-Home and Online by Tammy Shelver, Preschool 4s Teacher   The transition from Hope to Home Learning has been a group effort in the Sea Turtle class. Our families have jumped fully into our new experience. They pick up activity bags from the school every Monday and often pick up their friends’ bags […]

Two Perspectives by Lisa Richardson, Fifth grade teacher Friday the 13th. That day gets a bad rap for so many reasons: bad luck, superstition, horror movies. Now, we can also add, Friday, March 13, 2020. This was the day we were told all schools must close their buildings. School would need to be taught remotely. […]

Preschool Online, What? By Christina Figgins, Preschool Sea Stars Teacher and Director   Teach Preschool online? What?! If you had asked me that one month ago I would have thought you had lost your mind. Then this became my reality, and I went a little crazy myself figuring out how to do it. There was […]

Hope to Home Learning – Visual Art Literacy by Janet Manuta, Art Teacher   Our students have created so many amazing works of art this year.  We hope you were able to enjoy the continually changing exhibits still adorning our hallways! My focus this year has been to introduce the concept of “Visual Literacy” to […]