Try Something New
“I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” 3 John 1:4
When raising kids, it’s easy to wonder if we’re doing everything right. Spoiler alert: you’re probably not. And that’s ok, as long as you don’t stay there.
One of my mantras this past year has been, “Everything worth doing well is worth doing poorly at first.” I’ve had to preach that message to myself at times as well. It’s easy to remain stagnant. But if we want change, we have to do something different, even if we don’t do it very well at first.
I could give many examples in our home life of how we’ve done things less than perfect. But we want our kids to walk in truth, so the struggle is worth the effort. And there’s no embarrassment in trying. We’ve done many things poorly and inconsistently, but we’re slowly getting better and instilling new habits in our children and ourselves.
This fall, try something new at home. A new prayer time. A new Bible reading habit with the kids. It doesn’t have to be long or complicated. It doesn’t have to be perfect. Lean on other parents for help and take advantages of the resources LCS offers for parents throughout the year. Take advantage of the support system you have around you at LCS, where like-minded families and faculty are all investing in one another with the same shared goal - that our children walk in truth and know Christ.
Andy Martin
LCS Chairman of the Board
Oct 6: PTF Meeting 8am
Oct 8: Parent Learning Community Session #1 6:30-8:30 in room 318
Oct 12: No School Columbus Day
Oct 14th: 100th Birthday of Winnie the Pooh Spirit Day
Oct 15th: 4th grade to FT Ooms Farm/Martin Van Buren House
Oct 19th: @nd Grade to Peregrine Assisted Living
Oct 20th: PSAT 11th Grade
Oct 22nd: Picture Day Make up
Oct 27th: 4th Grade to Mabee Farm
Oct 26th-30th: Spirit Week
Oct 30th: Pep Rally
Our High School Retreat was quite powerful! The games were fun, the theme was the Game of Clue, and the camp food was amazing, including the smores! However, the time of worship and ministry on Thursday night was unique. After a time of worship and a message, students began initiating prayer for one another, allowing any student to come to them and pray. There were friendships reset, forgiveness expressed, and most exciting of all, commitments to follow Christ were testified to by the students themselves! God is on the move at LCS and students are sensing the need to continue pursuing this even after the retreat. Pray for our student community that they may deeply desire to consistently follow hard after Him and by His Spirit!!!
Let's celebrate Winnie the Pooh on Wednesday Oct 14th!
Starting planning your spirit week attire! Spirit week will be October 26-30th!
If you would enjoy participating in field trips or off campus events where you are filling the role of chaperone and/or driving students, take a moment to fill out the forms linked HERE. If you have already filled them out, check with Bonnie Strock in the Main Office to ascertain that you have updated documents(copies of license and insurance card). bstrock@lcs.org
Just a reminder regarding Wednesday mornings for this coming school year: We are continuing our Christian Professional Learning Community. As teachers we gather every week to experience professional and spiritual development, and to collaborate as educators, seeking continuous improvement as professionals with the goal of improving student learning. We are committing to this practice in order to deliver the most excellent and Christ-centered, mission-driven education for your children which gives us a path to becoming as highly skilled as we possibly can for the sake of the students and in alignment with our mission.
Every Wednesday students will not be expected to attend school until 8:45am. We will continue to provide appropriate and intentional supervision for those students who must take the bus in the morning or get dropped off at the usual time. Thank you so much for working with us as we grow in our craft and in our spiritual walk, that we might live out the identity God has called us to as your partners in His Kingdom work on behalf of the children He has given us!
LATE START DOES BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH
Rising Junior Families: your students will be taking the PSAT/NMSQT on October 20th starting at 8:15am. Here is a link to the "Why" of taking the exam, and the "How" for preparing to take it: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat-suite-benefits-students-parents/why-take-psat/why-take-psat-nmsqt
Senior Families: Have a conversation with your student about retaking the SAT. Is there a chance, with some focused practice, that it would benefit them to try again? It is not a bad idea since some of your students may be very close to another level of scholarship from their school of choice. Links for focused practice: khanacademy.org and Google Gemini Integration: Google partnered with The Princeton Review to offer Free SAT Prep on Google Gemini.
Reminder to Seniors: If your student is planning on applying to a number of schools, they should fill out the Common App online ahead of the school year. It will provide much more efficiency to our application process. We will be meeting every Wednesday during 5th period from mid-September through November to prepare applications as well as receive information and training for the post-high school experience.
Save the Date! More details to come!
Here is the link to the Parent Calendar: https://www.lcs.org/calendar