Volume 4, Issue 9 January 14, 2011

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—NO SCHOOL

1/17/11

ILS PTL Meeting

1/18/11 7pm

1st Grade Chapel

1/19/11 8:30am

Geography Bee (4th-8th Grades)

1/19/11 9:15am

3rd & 4th Grade Extra PE

1/19/11

Chess Club

1/19/11 & 1/26/11 3pm-4pm

Crafting Club

1/19/11 3:15pm-4pm

Jewelry Club

1/20/11 3:15pm-4:15pm

Science Genie Assembly

1/24/11 1:30pm

Boys Basketball

1/24/11 & 1/27/11 6pm & 7:30pm

Cooking Club

1/27/11 3pm-4:15pm

PTL White Elephant Game Night

1/28/11 6:30pm-8:30pm

Progress Reports Issued

1/28/11

What’s Going On?

Immanuel Lutheran School

18 Clapboard Ridge Rd.

Danbury, CT 06811

THE LION’S ROAR

Captive Free, a youth ministry group, will be leading our chapel

service on February 2nd. In order to keep costs at a minimum,

they rely on their hosts to provide them meals and a bed to sleep

in. If you would be interested in hosting one or more of these

members on the evening of February 1st, please contact the

school office. The group consists of 3 men and 3 women. You

may choose to house one, two, or all of them. This is a great

opportunity to show our guests the great Christian community

we have here at ILS. For more hosting information, contact the

office. Or, you can go online at http://www.youthencounter.org/Default.aspx?tabid=598.

Thank you for your help!

We Need Your Help!

The students in 4th through 8th

grade will be participating in a

school-wide Geography Bee after

Geography Bee

Chapel on January 19th at around 9:15am. The

participants are as follows:

♦ 4th Grade: Josh Bowen & Micah Chen

♦ 5th Grade: Jack Clancy & Chris Torres

♦ 6th Grade: Sarah Keller & Caleb Wardenburg

♦ 7th Grade: Nick Leo & Taylor Dice

♦ 8th Grade: Dimitris Smith & Katie Keller

These students won the in-class Geography Bees

that were held during the week.

The winner of the school wide bee will be given a

written test and if they score well enough on the

test, they will go to the State Geography Bee held

in Hartford. If they do well there, they can go to

the National Geography Bee that is held in Wash-

ington, D.C.

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Noticias de Clases de EspañolNoticias de Clases de EspañolNoticias de Clases de EspañolNoticias de Clases de Español

The 7th Grade class put together this picture

book about how Epiphany is celebrated in Span-

ish speaking countries. Epiphany is celebrated on

the 6th of January for Christians. In Spanish

speaking countries the kids write letters to the

Three Kings (Los Tres Reyes Magos) asking for

presents. On the 5th of January, the families get

together downtown to watch parades with floats

exhibiting the children dressed up as the Three

Kings. Before the kids go to bed they prepare wa-

ter and grass for the camels and they leave their

shoes outside of their doors for presents to be left.

The next morning, the water and the grass are

gone because the camels were very hungry and

thirsty and the kids find their presents on top of

their shoes.

Submitted by Sra. Rago

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The 8th Grade class was asked to submit a paragraph in Spanish about their favorite holiday. Here are the two

paragraphs we received:

♦ Katie Keller—Mi dia favorito es Noche Buena es una reunión para celebración. Los parientes se reúnen en

la casa de mis abuelos. Mi hermana y yo jugamos con mi primo. Nosotros abrimos los regalos después de

hacer la cena. Todos los mayores cuentan chistas y se ríen. Nosotros no dormimos hasta las once de la no-

che y nos despertamos temprano la mañana siguenta.

♦ Rachel Binney—Mi día festivo favorito es Navidad. Me gusta esta fiesta porque me gusta la decoración.

Me gusta poner adornos en un árbol de Navidad. Lo que más me gusta es andar alrededor de la ciudad

mirando a todas las luces de colores diferentes. El año pasado, vi una casa completamente cubierto de luces

brillantes. Otra de mis cosas favoritas para hacer en Navidad es jugar en la nieve con mis amigos. A veces

construimos fuertes, e incluso tienen una pelea de bolas de nieve. Entonces, podemos entrar y tener un

poco de chocolate caliente. Por supuesto, no olvidemos dar y recibir regalos. Me encanta la Navidad!

Pr_s]hool’s D[n^y D[^s

The half day Preschool four year olds have been learning their alphabet letters. We have been

doing many different activities to help them remember the letters and their sounds. One of

our favorite activities is figuring out riddles about things that begin with the letter of the

week.

We have a great bulletin board outside of our classroom that we did during D week a few

weeks ago. We saved them for this month to share them with everyone. Each of the students

drew their Dad's picture and dictated information regarding their Dads. Many of the children

knew what their Dad's first name was but the guesses of dads' ages ranged from 5 years old

to 300 years old. The students described the job that their dad's do. Some of the things they

told about were what dad likes to make and do around the house, what he is good at and what

he likes to eat. There is so much more fun information to read. If you are in the building come

read and enjoy our Dandy Dad

stories.

Just a couple of the Dad portraits:

Más Notas de la Clase española

Students of the Week

As God has created us all in his image, ILS would like to

take time to recognize some of His very special creations,

the students of Immanuel.

The following children have been honored as Students of

the Week:

WEEK OF JANUARY 3rd

K-Rachael Roberts 4-Deeksha Surisetty

1-Nicole DeMotte 5-Christopher Torres

2-Maxwell Calabrese-Gavay MS-Daniar Bisembin

3-Dina Cui

WEEK OF JANUARY 10th

K-Sahir Sood 4-Joshua Bowen

1-Cal Wallin 5-Rachel Prince

2-Kathleen Robinson MS-Caleb Wardenburg

3-Rachel Iannarelli

18 Clapboard Ridge Rd.

Danbury, CT 06811

Phone: 203-748-7823

Fax: 203-748-5022

E-mail:

schooloffice@immanueldanbury.org

www.immanuellutheranschool.org

“Making Disciples”

Immanuel Lutheran

School

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The PTL sponsored Science Genie Assembly has been rescheduled for Monday, January 24th at 1:30pm. The assembly features three exciting science topics, each

filled with spectacular experiments. It is put on by The Children’s Museum in West Hartford, CT.

There will be a PTL White Elephant Game Night on Friday, January 28th at 6:30pm. This is a fun way to get rid of unused items that you have laying

around the house! Send in your new or lightly used toys, books, games, knick-knacks, etc. and we’ll use them as prizes. They can be items for adults or children—Everyone Wins! Bring in your favorite games to play with your friends and family and we’ll also have a rousing game of Bingo!

There will be a PTL meeting on Tuesday, January 18th at 7pm. Please join us to give us your input and here about what the PTL has in store for your children in the coming months! Babysitting is provided.

2011-2012

Re-Registration

Don’t forget to send in your re-

registration form for the 2011-2012

school year! Remember, after February

28th, the fee will go from $25 to $75.

If you need a form, please stop in the

school office.

Students registering for Preschool and

Kindergarten must fill out a complete

application. The preschool fee will be $25

until February 28th and $75 after that.

Due to testing requirements, the Kinder-

garten fee is $50 until the 28th and $100

afterwards.

We look forward to continuing to be your

partners in the academic, spiritual and

character development of your children.