School Newsletter

WOH For Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Prolific Advice I Received From My Teachers – By Thad Franklin, Music Director Lately I’ve been feeling reflective as one of my favorite music teachers, Ron Miles, passed away just a few days ago. I am incredibly lucky to have spent time with him and even luckier to have […]

WOH For Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Joyful Moments in Fifth Grade!  Ms. Lucy Kuhn,  5th Grade Teacher Fifth grade is a time of transition from the elementary homeroom to the start of middle school. Some of our students have been at Hope since preschool and others joined just this year at the age range of […]

WOH For Tuesday, February 15, 2022 LEST by Tim Allen, 6th Grade Homeroom Teacher and Hope LEST Coordinator LEST (Lutheran Elementary Schools Tournament) is traditionally the Thursday through Saturday before Presidents Day, and is often the highlight of the year for 5th-8th graders from around the Northwest!  It started over 50 years ago at Concordia […]

Preschool on Zoom?  by Mairi Seraile, Orca Teacher I think it’s fair to say that there are many mysterious feelings and circumstances that are encircling us these days. The sense of not knowing seems to be residing in our everyday schedules. In our Hope community, we realize that as parents and guardians we are faced […]

Representing Lutheran Schools by Kristen Okabayashi  This week, we celebrate Lutheran Schools Week. Across the nation, there are 1,885 Lutheran preschools, elementary schools, and high schools supported by 21,222 teachers and staff in 35 districts, all educating this next generation of students.    What is unique about Lutheran schools? Speaking for myself, I struggled to […]

You’ve Got a Friend in Me by Julie Hartley, 2nd Grade Teacher   “Small enough to be a family; large enough to be a community.” You may have heard this phrase before in reference to our school, as Hope’s size and sense of community is often cited as something that draws families here.  I had […]

A Time for Rest by Jennifer Neafcy, Assistant Principal Taking time to truly rest has always been something that I need to work on. I usually have an overly ambitious to-do list of tasks to complete each day, and I plan for how I am going to get “caught up” over the weekend. Rarely, does […]

WOH For Tuesday, January 4, 2022 Welcome 2022! by Sally Heit, Admissions Director Happy New Year! I hope that all of you were able to enjoy time with friends and family. I think we all needed a long break to slow down and take a breath. The snow was a lovely bonus to the holiday […]