May 4, 2014

Dear Parents,

It is with a heavy heart that I sit here and write this out tonight.  Friday morning we heard devastating news of the death of Mr. Dave St. John.  The faculty heard only a half hour prior to the meeting with the kids.  It was a very hard day, but God held us all close.  Thankfully, the hunger walk was already scheduled so the kids did get to get some fresh air and some time to spend with one another just enjoying the community.  Mr. Dave's funeral information is as follows:  Monday visitation from 4-7pm, here at St. Dennis and the funeral is Tuesday at 10am.  Mr. Beisser has done a great job keeping us all posted on information and we sure appreciate his leadership right now.  It was decided that if your child wants to attend the funeral, it must be with a parent.  With that said, I am sure the week will be a little rough and if your child needs a break, have them come and talk to me and we can figure something out.

THE PIG DISSECTION is finally here.  We begin tomorrow morning.  The students will get their pig and have enough time to get a general lay of the land.  I have plenty of gloves, so they should all be fine.  They all know that we will take it slow and seriously, but hopefully not too seriously.  :)  I've already started praying for a successful experience for each and everyone of them.  We will be working on this for the next 2 weeks.  If you would like to check it out, science is M, Tues, Thurs from 8:30-9:10 and Wed from 12:40-1:20 (should be interesting right after lunch!).  Feel free to stop in if you would like.

The play tryouts and practice are this week.  Hopefully some students have shown some interest in participating.  If your child is interested, I would encourage them to come to tryouts after school on Monday.

Looks like the rest of the week will be fairly normal.  The play is Friday night and Saturday for a matinee.

Don't forget SCRIP orders by 10 on Tuesday.

Many blessings and give those kiddos some extra squeezes this week!
Kim