| Friday Focus |
May 11, 2007
| Dear Families and Friends, Do you know the significance of this holiday? Do your children know what this day represents? |
| Teach Your Child About Memorial Day |
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Use this day to help your children become more grateful for the people who have fought to protect our freedom over the years. Here are some activities you might try with your family this Memorial Day: Interview a veteran. Has anyone in your family served in the armed forces? Is anyone serving now? Encourage your child to talk to or write to this veteran. Ask questions like: What do you remember about your military service? Who were your best friends? Do you stay in touch with them? Talk about what it means to be a good citizen. Many kids today focus on the rights they deserve. This is a day to talk about responsibilities. Help your child see that others have made great sacrifices to protect our rights. Help your child learn about the symbols that make up our country's flag. Then design a flag that could represent things about your family. Visit the National Cemetery in San Bruno. Spend time walking through the cemetery...talk to families who may be there paying respects to their family and loved ones who have passed away. For more information and activities about Memorial Day, visit:
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| Early Registration Begins |
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The deadline for Early Registration is May 31. The registration fee is $350 until that deadline. After June 1, the registration fee is $400. Some families may wish to make an appointment with our accountant, Mr. Jayme, to talk about finances for next year. He may be reached by phone at (510) 541-7114, or by email (see link below). If you have not yet submitted your BASIC Fund forms for us to finish filling out, please bring them by our office just as soon as possible. |
| Hillside Community Church |
| Participation in this event is a part of their performing arts grade. |
| Constituency Meeting |
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The SF Latin-American Church provided dinner beginning at 6:00 p.m. for a suggested donation of $8.00. Proceeds from this dinner will be used for financial scholarships by the SF Latin-American Church. A vespers program began at 7:30 p.m. with pieces performed by Forte!, the Grades 4-6 Bell Choir, before leading into the constituency meeting. Photos from this event, as well as a copy of Mr. Robinson's slide show presentation, can be found on our website. |
| Have a good week! Sincerely, Robert J. Robinson, Principal
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| The Quiet Kingdom |
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| One of the more famous commercial tag lines of the late twentieth century was “The Quiet Company.” Remember whose it was? It came to the company’s National Advertising Director as he was returning home on a train. Richard Haggman coined the slogan for Northwestern Mutual Life. Jesus could have used the same slogan, with only a slight alteration, to summarize a key fact about his own ministry. The four parables in Mark 4, for example, could be listed under the heading “The Quiet Kingdom.” Each of them calls attention to the steady and gentle — though ever-so-productive — power of the kingdom of heaven at work on Planet Earth. Our world likes noise, splash, and the tooting of horns – especially our own. We are inclined to favor show over substance, numbers over authenticity. It seems that we cannot get over the ancient temptation to build monuments and make a name for ourselves. But the kingdom of God is more often “The Quiet Kingdom.” Its advances are typically without fanfare, as individuals hear, receive, and are redeemed by the almost imperceptible planting, nurturing, growth, and fruition of the gospel in one life after another. God does more kingdom work through a mother loving and nurturing her children than he can possibly get done through an ego-driven preacher. A man who is faithful to his wife teaches his little girl more about her worth as a human being and does more to protect her against drugs and promiscuity than all the school or government programs ever designed to nurture self-esteem. Somebody on a production line or in a top executive spot who maintains personal integrity day after day; a church school teacher staying with that ministry through tight budgets; a teenager choosing not to follow his peers onto Internet porn sites; a frustrated church member who is fed up with the lack of faith the church’s “leaders” demonstrate but stays and continues to pray for them; an alcoholic or sex addict who takes responsibility and begins a lifelong process of recovery — these quiet victories in the power of God are low-profiled and inconspicuous advances of the kingdom. We have no right to be intrusive and loud in the name of Jesus. Gentleness, after all, is a fruit of the Spirit of God in human lives. |
For many kids, Memorial Day is just another long weekend...
and a day off from school. For some, Memorial Day is another
opportunity to BBQ, while for others it simply signals the beginning
of summer! 
Registration
packets for the 2007-2008 school year will be sent home with
your child next week. All the information and forms you need
will be included in that packet. When you have the forms filled
out, you may return the forms to school with your registration
fee for next school year. 
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