Being A Dandelion

If you were present for staff devotions a few Mondays ago, you were blessed by a personal story and challenge from Kathy Kuipers. This photo reminds me of her challenge. Children might be some of the only humans who take JOY in dandelions! But God created beauty in dandelions! As you may well know from your yard, they are persistent suckers who just keep populating and spreading despite some folks' best efforts to eradicate them. Children see dandelions entirely differently. Once needs only to receive a fist full of these, wonky stems at every living length from a smiling child whose eyes are full of love to remember that a dandelion is one of God's expressions of beauty in His creation! Can we be that too? Can we be a persistent expression of God's love and joy? When a child beholds us, will they know and see the hand of our Father? I see it in you, in your grace, in your patience and in your joy! Keep being dandelions together! There is so much beauty for us to behold rather than overlook this side of heaven! Keep taking and being joy in the big and smalls of life!

1 Corinthians 16:14 "Let all that you do be done in love." 

Delta Screener

Just a reminder that the winter test window for Delta Math is coming up Dec 2-6, 2019.  

All new students should be assigned to the proper classes and ready to test. 

Help Wanted

Our band and orchestra students will be involved with several Christmas concerts upcoming. Matt and Kyle are leading and managing so much at these concerts. Events like this offer our community an impactful glimpse into the work and growth that is put into each young musician learning and developing their gifts! Thank you, Matt and Kyle! On their behalf, Scott VandenBerg is requesting the help of teachers who may already be planning to attend these concerts. We need folks in several areas

• Someone willing to sit with students in the warm up room and sit with student during the concert to encourage respectful listening
• Someone to welcome parents as they drop off children to the band/orchestra/choir rooms
• Someone to take offering at the end of intermission and secure it

The concert is on Monday, Dec. 9, from 6:00-7:15. If you are willing to help the concert run smoothly, please email Matt, Kyle or me. I'll be helping man the crowd and greet the parents as well! :) 

For Your Blogs, Please

Would you please copy this image into your blogs (the Scholastic Book Fair announcement requires a bit of tweaking by you to reflect your schedule) :) 

Scholastic Book Fair Announcements

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Rose Park just on time for Christmas!  Our class will be visiting the book fair at ___(You enter time)______on Tuesday, December 3, to create a wish list that your students will bring home or be emailed to you.  Please look for it in your student’s backpack/check your email (you chose how are you sending it home!)!  Then you can either:

 1.  Look over your child’s list and decide together which books to purchase. Send the list and cash or check made out to Holland Christian Schools back to school with your child who can visit the book fair during the school day to purchase the items agreed upon by you and your child. The Book Fair committee wants to be sure you know that all sales are final and no refunds will be issued. Also, be sure to include the 6% Michigan Sales Tax.

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 2.  Bring the wish list to school and purchase items yourself to keep the books a surprise for Christmas! (I’ll have my wish list there too in case you would like to bless our classroom with a book for Christmas…I’ve been told the Book Fair committee will even wrap it for you!)  Can’t make it into shop? You may also shop on-line at http://www.scholastic.com/bf/roseparkchristian and your purchases will still count towards our book fair totals.  There are many products on the website that are not at our fair, so if you are looking for a specific book, be sure to use the search feature.

If you would like to shop WITH your child here are the hours of the Book Fair or you can stop by school while we are making our lists. 

Tuesday, December 3 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 

Wednesday, December 4 from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm

Thursday, December 5 from 7:45 am to 6:00 pm

Friday, December 6 from 7:45 am to 12:30pm

***The Maroon & White Shop will also be at Rose Park Thursday and Friday during the Scholastic Book Fair. And be sure to join us for a special Christmas sing-a-long in the Intersection Friday morning as well as a Holland Christian Cinnamon Roll sale!  Tis the Season! 

We've been requested to copy this image into your blogs as an announcement as well. 

Kindergarten Cookie Sale

Venta de Galletas

Thursday, December 5

10:15AM @the Intersection $.50 per cookie

The moneys earned from this cookie sale will be given to World Vision to purchase animals for families living in poverty.

Bussing Announcement

No bussing home on Wednesday next week.  It is a half day with an 11:30 dismissal.  The shuttle will bring students to RP 11:30.