| Friday Focus |
January 18, 2008
| Dear Families and Friends, Work towards transitioning the Worship Center to a mutli-purpose room is finally ready to begin. In addition to the money from a recent Walk-a-thon and the insurance settlement from last summer's water leak/flood, we also had some year-end donations to help complete this project. |
| Remodeling Begins |
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In the next 2-3 weeks we will be ready to have the new lights installed in the Worship Center, too. In order to get ready for the "face lift" to the Worship Center, there are several projects that are going to need some additional help and expertise for some upcoming "Work Bees." Please refer to the following time frame: Week of January 13: Chairs and tables arrive, order carpet; select paint. Week of January 20: Prep work in Worship Center; begin cleaning up/cleaning out; debris box delivered. Week of January 27: WORK BEE ON SUNDAY, JAN. 27, 12:30 pm - remove lights from Worship Center; remove lockers from hallway; walls stripped; sheet rock/dry wall work begun. New Week of February 3: WORK BEE ON SUNDAY, FEB. 3, 12:30 pm - Finish sheet rock/drywall; prep for painting; relocate cabinets/curtains. Worship Center painted. Week of February 10: Flooring laid; cleaning up; flat screens hung; Week of February 17: Ready for Open House You'll notice we have two "Work Bees" planned for this winter. We need all the help we can get to strip and prep the walls to get them ready to paint. Anyone with experience hanging sheet rock/dry wall is greatly needed! We need people who can carefully remove the old lights. We need people who have expertise in painting to help us finish this job, too. We need people who can fill holes with putty and sand them down. We need people who can help move wires and cables. We need you at our work bees at 12:30 pm on Sunday, January 27, and again on Sunday, February 3. Come and join us for the work bees. Pizza will be served!
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| Winter Parent-Teacher Conferences |
There is no school on Monday, January 28. There is no extended care available. On the back of this letter you will find a schedule of available times for conferences with your child’s teacher. Please select your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for an appointment with your child's teacher(s) and return the form to school by Tuesday, January 22. We will try to honor your choices as closely as possible. Enclosed you will find a schedule of available times for conferences with your child’s teacher. Please select your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for an appointment with your child’s teacher(s) and return the form to school on Tuesday, January 22. Your child’s teacher will send home a confirmation of our scheduled appointment. |
| Jump Rope for Heart |
This is a fun event that encourages community service and is educational. Our students will also be learning lifelong fitness skills in the process of raising money to fund lifesaving research and educational programs! Please visit the website below to learn more about how your family and friends can help support your child's participation in Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart. If you have any questions or if you're interested in volunteering at the event, please contact our office at 415-585-5550, ext. 23. |
| Sincerely, Robert J. Robinson, Principal
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You know it happens. In fact, we've all done it more times than we care to admit. Rather than own up to a mistake, we make excuses. "What I did wasn't as bad as what he did." There is nothing new or creative about this approach. It is as old as Eden and deeply ingrained in the processes of human thought and speech. The trick of refusing to accept responsibility has been institutionalized in our culture. Several years ago, the famous psychiatrist Karl Menninger called attention to the virtual disappearance of the word "sin" from contemporary vocabulary. With a sort of verbal sleight of hand, we tend to use a soft word such as "mistake" where we would better use the more severe term "sin;" we seem to prefer "sickness" to "evil." The softer words don't sound nearly so serious. The greatest sin of all is blindness to one's own sinfulness. Until sin is admitted, forgiveness is irrelevant. Only when I accept responsibility for my actions can anything constructive be done toward putting things right. The language of honest confession is a far cry from making excuses. "God, be merciful to me. I am a sinner." It is a rare person who is brave enough to admit that he made the error on an office report, that she was the one guilty of spreading an unflattering tale, or that the marriage is failing because he has been abusive. |
This week the new chairs and tables for the Worship Center arrived. This will allow for a variety of seating arrangements such as worship services, committee meetings, small groups, and dinners. In addition, paint colors for the Worship Center have been selected to compliment the chairs and new carpet. The Worship Center will have a fresh, new, clean look to it when this is all finished. There will be a couple of weeks where things will be a little bit out of place... but in the long run it's going to be great!
Our Winter Parent-Teacher conferences are scheduled for Monday, January 28. Report cards from the second quarter will be given out at your conference. Students in grades 1–8 are encouraged to attend their conference.
Did you know the average heart beats 100,000 times each day? Good health and physical fitness are important to everyone. Students in grades K-3 will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart while students in grades 4-8 will be participating in Hoops for Heart on Tuesday, January 22. All sponsor forms and money should be turned in on that day.
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