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September 28, 2007
| Dear Families and Friends, On Tuesday, Sept. 25, students in Mrs. Ghilardi’s class visited the Japanese Gardens in San Mateo. |
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This year’s project is the Worship Center. We want to finish transitioning our worship center into a multipurpose room. Funds will be used to purchase new lights for the Worship Center, create meeting/small group areas, and enhance our sound system in the Worship Center. A strong support of our Walk-a-thon is essential for maintaining San Francisco Adventist School's tradition of excellence. Our goal this year is $10,000. I'm confident that as we all work together we can reach our goal and continue to make our school a great place for kids to grow. |
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| Sincerely, Robert J. Robinson, Principal
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| Famed mime Marcel Marceau died Sunday at age 84. He was the lithe, graceful, and expressive artist who could make us believe he was climbing stairs where there were none, pressing his hands against a pane of glass that was not there, and leaning into a wind that was not blowing. The most expressive part of his repertoire emerged as he matured. He could trigger worlds of thought and sentiment in us by the tilt of an eyebrow or with a smile. His signature “Youth, Maturity, Old Age and Death” carried one through the course of an entire human life in four to five minutes. As people got older, they watched with deeper passion and understanding. But even the young who witnessed it were drawn into deep reflection on the meaning of life. Perhaps the silent beauty of Marceau resonated for people for half a century because of the addiction to noise that complicates life for most of us. I confess it. I am addicted to the noise of a TV I am not watching and the music or talk on my car radio I am not hearing. Maybe that is why one of the spiritual disciplines is silence. As a spiritual discipline, silence is the deliberate shutting away of people and things that intrude noise into one’s consciousness so that it can be fully attuned to God. It is being still, so we can know that God is sovereign – and we are not. It is refusing to be distracted from the divine presence. It is being quiet, reflective, and open to the very voice of God. Silence, which almost always requires solitude, is a humbling thing for the powerful. It reminds them that the real power in this cosmos is in the voice of God, not in their instructions for and demands upon their peers. It is also uplifting to the not-so-powerful, for it reminds them that there is only one voice that must be heard. Even in our weakness, God will not abandon us. As you drive home from work this afternoon, leave the radio off and reflect on the presence of God with you or some divine attribute for which you are especially grateful right now. In the quiet few moments before you fall asleep tonight or before you get out of bed in the morning, focus on the Lord and turn over a favorite passage of Scripture. An artist reminded us that silence sometimes says more than words can. God waits to be our teacher in the still moments we share with him. Thus he calls us: “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). |
The
best part of our trip was when we went to the Japanese Garden.
I liked the trip because I saw a lot of beautiful things, like
the Koi fish, the kinds of trees, and the ponds. What I heard
was the sound of rushing waters and the waterfalls. We also
did something fun because Mrs. Ghilardi told us to draw an area
around the garden. We also smelled the sweet-smelling roses
in the rose garden. Two things I learned were that roses take
a very long time to grow and that plants are a great responsibility.
The
best part of our trip was the Japanese Garden, the rose garden,
and the swings. We swung on the swings. Some people pushed us.
I liked the rose garden because it has a lot of scent. It was
great! The rose garden smelled like candy, grapes, apples, peaches,
and carrots. I liked the Japanese garden because it has beautiful
plants and trees and it even has orange Koi fish. They were
beautiful. Even the fountain had lily pads around it. Two things
I learned were taking care of the plants, trees, and the beautiful
Koi fish.
The
best part of our trip was when we went to the playground. There
were swings and slides. Two things we learned were the man fed
the Koi fish. The Koi fish are a beautiful orange. Some Japanese
women sang some Japanese songs. After we heard songs we went
back to school.
On
our field trip to San Mateo Japanese Park the girls rode with
Mrs. Ghilardi. Sarah and I were partners. We saw the man, Jose,
feed the Koi fish. Sarah and I drew pictures of a waterfall.
It was beautiful. It was gushing out of a hole with shiny brown
rocks around it.
Our
15th annual Walk-a-thon will take place at Lake Merced on Sunday,
October 21, 2007, at 9:00 a.m. Students, staff, and friends
in our community will be joining us that morning to help raise
funds for our school.
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