Dear Parents,

Happy New Year!  I hope you and your family have a blessed new year.  Today was the end of second quarter. It’s hard to believe the school year is half over!  Grade cards will be sent home next Friday, January 17th.

Lutheran Schools Week is January 27th - 31st.

The K-8 students will sing at each campus to celebrate Lutheran Schools Week.

Sunday, January 26th  - The students sing at our campus (Wyatt Road) at the 10:30 service.

Sunday, February 2  - They sing at and at the R.D. Mize campus at the 8:00 and 9:15 service.

Activities planned at Timothy for Lutheran Schools Week:

Monday - Special Dress - Hero Day;   Activity- Pennies for Patients Assembly (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) @ 2:00 pm

Tuesday -“Thank Fully”   Special Dress - School Spirit Day;    Activity- Thank You Cards (volunteers, church: boards, elders, members) @ 2:00 pm                                         

Wednesday - “Peace Fully”   Special Dress - Pajama Day;    Activity- All-School Movie & Snacks

Thursday - “Faith Fully”    Special Dress - Chapel Family Choice;      Activity- Bible Trivia

Friday - “Hope Fully”   Special Dress: Dress Your Best;  Activity - Grandparents Day & Talent Show

Here’s what’s happening in our classroom:

·         7th / 8th Grade Religion -   We took a test over the unit - “God’s People Under the Kings”. We will start Unit 5 - A Savior, Promised and Received” on Monday.     Memory for next week:  Tuesday and Friday - Books of the New Testament.  

·         7th Grade Math - We finished up our fraction unit.  Next week we will review mean, median, mode, and range, and then start a unit over ratios, proportions, and percents..  

·         Algebra -We have started our next unit entitled “Linear Functions and Relations”.

·          7th/8th Grade Science  - This week we covered the unit over Evolution.  Throughout our reading we always talked about Creation and what Christians believe.  Next Wednesday and Friday, we will watch two videos by Brian Young and Ron Carlson to hear the Christian perspective.   

News from Mrs. Otte’s classroom:

Geography:  We started learning about the geography of Europe. On Wednesday, students will have a test over the eastern European countries.  They have a list of the tested countries.

ELA:  We read a short story about the "Smallest Dragonboy."  It preceded How to Train Your Dragon. We talked about character development and writing styles.  Next week we will look at the power of persuasion in our writing.

Art:  We learned about MC Escher and his tesselations and tried our hand at them. 

If your child would be interested in participating in the Lutheran High Art Fair.  They can enter a writing or art project. We must register students by January 17. If they are interested, have them let me know.

Have a great week-end. Stay warm and safe!

Mrs. Barnett