October 27, 2008
Dear Parents,
I am back in the classroom this week, but only part time. I want to thank all of you for your patience, kindness and prayers for my recovery. I feel so blessed to be serving you and your child. I will not be able to be here on Friday because I have a doctor’s appointment, but from that point on, I will work hard to be here everyday. I am very grateful to Miss Beutel, Mrs. Albrecht, and Mrs. Crofts for all of the extra things that they had to do to cover for me. They are wonderful people and quite a blessing to our school.
I saw a few of you on Friday evening and I want you all to know how much I enjoyed your child’s performance. They were absolutely wonderful. They did such a fine job. I hope you enjoyed the show too. If you want a video of the show, there is a form available at the office. Please get that in soon so that the proper number of videos/DVD’s can be made.
This week we will be reading the story Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. We will also work with the letter S. This isn’t a hard letter, but it is sometimes mispronounced by children who are missing teeth. We will check for that. Also, add the words ‘can’ and ‘at’ to your sight word pile. I am quite impressed with how well the children know the sight words. Believe me, after Christmas you will be very happy that you invested all of this time. In math, we will work with the numbers one through seven. We are taking more time to work with the formation of the numbers. In addition, we will work with pennies. During our circle time, we will have a unit on Martin Luther. In this unit, we don’t praise the man, but we try to explain to the children that it is by faith that we are saved and not by our good works. Our Bible lessons will be “Jesus Calms the Storm” and “Jesus and the Paralyzed Man.” From these lessons we will learn how Jesus proves that he is the Son of God.
Today is picture retake day. Only the children who were absent or who brought in their pictures will do retakes.
On Sunday, November 2, the kindergarten children will sing in the 8:45 am service. Please have your child come to the classroom by 8:30 for a warm-up. Then we will let them sit with you until they are called up to sing.
I am going to be handing out first quarter report cards on Tuesday of this week. I needed a little extra time because my hand doesn’t want to cooperate. After you receive your report card, I will schedule a conference time for you. I will be most accommodating because I know I cannot handle many conferences in a row. I will either call you or catch you before or after school to arrange a time.
There is one final and important item that I want you to know. On Friday, October 31, I know many people call it Halloween and make it quite a celebration. We do not dress up in costumes and we don’t celebrate it here at school with any parties. What you choose to do with your child is fine, but we just don’t make a big deal out of the day. Whatever you do that evening, please be safe and have an enjoyable day.
I believe that is all for this time. Have a great week!
Mrs. Kronebusch
Monday, October 27, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
October 20 Kindergarten Weekly Note
October 20, 2008
Dear Parents,
Thank you all for the prayers and the well wishes that you have sent my way. I am doing very well and I am gaining more strength each day. God has been very good to me. I will still be out this week because I tire easily, but hopefully next week I will be back part time. I do want to come in on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon to see the children and reassure them that I am doing fine. Miss Beutel and Mrs. Albrecht have had many good things to say about the class. I just know that they are doing a great job in kindergarten. Thank you, parents, for all of the coaching that you have done at home. This certainly was not what I planned on, but the Lord had other thoughts.
This week the children will be reading the story Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate. We will also be working with the letter B. As you noticed last week, we added two more sight words to the stack the children should go over each day. Please keep up with the sight words. We like to play games in class with the word cards and it will help your child in the reading process. In math, we will continue to work on the numbers. During circle time, Miss Beutel will have her choice of options. Since we will be getting ready for the fall musical night, I don’t know how much extra time she will have. The Bible lessons will be “The Farmer and the Seed” and “Weeds among the Wheat.” From these lessons we will learn that the kingdom of God is in the heart of the believer.
As you know, Friday evening is a very special one to us here at Apostles. The children in grades one through three will be doing a musical called ‘Go Fish.’ It is very cute and it helps you to see what your child can do in the future grades. The kindergarten children provide the opening act. They will sing two songs right away at the beginning. Then, they will turn up the lights so that you will be able to get your child from the entryway. Your child will be able to sit with you throughout the performance. The musical starts at 7:00 pm, but it would be helpful if you had your child here by 6:30 pm. Please bring your child to the kindergarten room and let Miss Beutel and Mrs. Crofts get them ready for the show. Please make every effort to be here that evening. It is just a fun time and a good opportunity to see your child on stage. A dress rehearsal will be on Thursday at 9:30 am. You are also invited to come and see that. Area preschools will be coming to see the musical and so will our elderly group from church. The children will not have costumes this year, but I encourage you to have your child wear a nice school outfit.
On Friday, October 24, we will end our first quarter. I would like to hand out report cards on Monday, October 27. After that, I would like to sit down and meet with all of you concerning your child’s progress. I will call or talk to you personally to set up a time for a conference. I cannot go by the schedules that you gave me earlier because I know you have commitments. I will try to accommodate you as best as I can. I don’t like you to make extra trips here to school just for short meetings. However, I do want to sit down and talk things through with you to see how things are going. As a whole, this is an impressive class. They are bright and fun to work with. I cannot wait to get back to normal to be able to enjoy them.
It has come to my attention that there is a problem regarding the playground situation when we dismiss on the early days. The children in first and second grades are supposed to have the opportunity to play on the playground as well as the blacktop at noon. As you know, we don’t like to confine the children to small areas and the bigger kids do need more room to run and play. After you pick up your child at 11:45 am, please exit the parking lot by 11:55 am so that the children in these upper grades have free access to the playground and the blacktop. The teachers and students in the first and second grades will definitely appreciate your cooperation.
Please mark November 2 on your calendar. The children sing in the early service. We will need to learn a song for that yet, but I am sure we will be able to do it.
Once again thank you for all of your concern and your great cooperation with this surgery thing. I am quite anxious to be a teacher again and not a patient. These little ones, your children, give me so much joy and I want to be back as soon as possible. In the mean time, have a great week!
Mrs. Kronebusch
Dear Parents,
Thank you all for the prayers and the well wishes that you have sent my way. I am doing very well and I am gaining more strength each day. God has been very good to me. I will still be out this week because I tire easily, but hopefully next week I will be back part time. I do want to come in on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon to see the children and reassure them that I am doing fine. Miss Beutel and Mrs. Albrecht have had many good things to say about the class. I just know that they are doing a great job in kindergarten. Thank you, parents, for all of the coaching that you have done at home. This certainly was not what I planned on, but the Lord had other thoughts.
This week the children will be reading the story Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate. We will also be working with the letter B. As you noticed last week, we added two more sight words to the stack the children should go over each day. Please keep up with the sight words. We like to play games in class with the word cards and it will help your child in the reading process. In math, we will continue to work on the numbers. During circle time, Miss Beutel will have her choice of options. Since we will be getting ready for the fall musical night, I don’t know how much extra time she will have. The Bible lessons will be “The Farmer and the Seed” and “Weeds among the Wheat.” From these lessons we will learn that the kingdom of God is in the heart of the believer.
As you know, Friday evening is a very special one to us here at Apostles. The children in grades one through three will be doing a musical called ‘Go Fish.’ It is very cute and it helps you to see what your child can do in the future grades. The kindergarten children provide the opening act. They will sing two songs right away at the beginning. Then, they will turn up the lights so that you will be able to get your child from the entryway. Your child will be able to sit with you throughout the performance. The musical starts at 7:00 pm, but it would be helpful if you had your child here by 6:30 pm. Please bring your child to the kindergarten room and let Miss Beutel and Mrs. Crofts get them ready for the show. Please make every effort to be here that evening. It is just a fun time and a good opportunity to see your child on stage. A dress rehearsal will be on Thursday at 9:30 am. You are also invited to come and see that. Area preschools will be coming to see the musical and so will our elderly group from church. The children will not have costumes this year, but I encourage you to have your child wear a nice school outfit.
On Friday, October 24, we will end our first quarter. I would like to hand out report cards on Monday, October 27. After that, I would like to sit down and meet with all of you concerning your child’s progress. I will call or talk to you personally to set up a time for a conference. I cannot go by the schedules that you gave me earlier because I know you have commitments. I will try to accommodate you as best as I can. I don’t like you to make extra trips here to school just for short meetings. However, I do want to sit down and talk things through with you to see how things are going. As a whole, this is an impressive class. They are bright and fun to work with. I cannot wait to get back to normal to be able to enjoy them.
It has come to my attention that there is a problem regarding the playground situation when we dismiss on the early days. The children in first and second grades are supposed to have the opportunity to play on the playground as well as the blacktop at noon. As you know, we don’t like to confine the children to small areas and the bigger kids do need more room to run and play. After you pick up your child at 11:45 am, please exit the parking lot by 11:55 am so that the children in these upper grades have free access to the playground and the blacktop. The teachers and students in the first and second grades will definitely appreciate your cooperation.
Please mark November 2 on your calendar. The children sing in the early service. We will need to learn a song for that yet, but I am sure we will be able to do it.
Once again thank you for all of your concern and your great cooperation with this surgery thing. I am quite anxious to be a teacher again and not a patient. These little ones, your children, give me so much joy and I want to be back as soon as possible. In the mean time, have a great week!
Mrs. Kronebusch
Monday, October 13, 2008
October 13, 2008 Kindergarten Note
October 6, 2008
Dear Parents,
This note is going to be rather lengthy because I want to explain to you to what has been happening with me and what I have to look forward to.
About a week ago, I woke up with some pain in my shoulder. I thought I had just slept in a bad position, but when the pain intensified and my arm went numb, I knew I needed medical attention. On Monday, September 29, I went to see my doctor. It was his strong recommendation that I not return to school for the rest of the week. He also recommended that I get an MRI and see a neurosurgeon. Last week, that was exactly what I did. Thankfully, I was able to get in very quickly. The MRI and neurosurgeon confirmed that I have a herniated disc in my neck which affects my C6 and C7 nerves. This was a condition that came on suddenly and must be dealt with quickly so that I can be free from all of the pain and prevent further damage to the nerve. On Friday, October 10, I will be having surgery at the O’Connor hospital with Dr. Rustamedezh. He is one of the professors at Stanford and even though I have only met with him briefly, I believe that God has brought him into my life to help me. I know many of you are concerned for your child. I, too, share that concern. That is why I will be trying to come into the classroom this week as much as possible to help Miss Beutel with the day to day activities. I cannot guarantee anything because I don’t know when the pain will get to be too much. But, I want to be here with your children and help alleviate the anxieties that the children might have. This is all very confusing to them and their little minds cannot comprehend what is going on. I guess by coming in I just want them to have as much normalcy as possible so that they can be more relaxed. Every morning, I will take the Bible lesson and I will stay as long as I can. In the afternoons, we will see how that works out. Again, I want to be here, but I will need to go home and ice my neck and shoulder. Miss Beutel has been my teacher’s aid for many years and she knows what the routine should be. She is really a wonderful blessing to me and to your child. I know the children love and respect her and that is means a lot to me. She will be taking over the class when I am gone. Another lady, Catherine Albrecht, will also be helping out in the mornings when I am gone. She will do the Bible lessons. She, too, is extremely capable and good with the little ones.
God has certainly blessed me with some wonderful people to help me. I thank you for the prayers that you have offered on my behalf, but please think of these special people too, who are willing to lend a hand.
This week I will not meet with any of you concerning the parent teacher conferences. I just cannot handle it yet. I will try to catch you in the morning if there is anything that I want you to know. We will reschedule our conferences when the first quarter ends. I am sorry about this, but it is the best that I can do.
This week we will read the story All I Am by Eileen Roe. We will also work with the letters W, N, S, and H. I can tell from the blending exercises that we will be reading soon. Wow! What a neat challenge! I cannot wait to see how far they progress throughout the year. In math, we will work with the AB patterns and numbers from three to five. During our circle time, we will talk about leaves and the changes that occur in autumn.
Our Bible lessons will be “Jesus and the People of Nazareth” and “Jesus Heals a Sick Woman.” From these lessons we will learn that some people reject Jesus and some accept him.
I am sure that you have received notices about our Harvest Festival. It really is a fun evening and I hope that you will be able to attend. It is this Friday, October 10, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. I wish I could see all of the children having fun, but this year it isn’t meant to be. Please come and check it out.
On October 24, at 7:00 pm, your child will be performing on stage prior to the musical that the children in grades one through three will do. It is really important for your child to be here. I know that you will enjoy the evening because it is a light-hearted musical called “Go Fish.” Our kindergarten act is all about cats. Perhaps you have heard your child sing a few bars of our songs. Anyway, let me know if you cannot make it. It will be a fun night.
On October 16, we will still take the scheduled field trip to the pumpkin patch. Mr. Leuhring has tentatively said that he would take the children and be the ‘teacher in charge.’ I am sending home permission slips today. Please have them back to me with the money by Thursday.
I believe that is all for this week. Have a good week and if you have any questions, please email me or call. Thank you for your prayers and understanding.
Mrs. Kronebusch
Dear Parents,
This note is going to be rather lengthy because I want to explain to you to what has been happening with me and what I have to look forward to.
About a week ago, I woke up with some pain in my shoulder. I thought I had just slept in a bad position, but when the pain intensified and my arm went numb, I knew I needed medical attention. On Monday, September 29, I went to see my doctor. It was his strong recommendation that I not return to school for the rest of the week. He also recommended that I get an MRI and see a neurosurgeon. Last week, that was exactly what I did. Thankfully, I was able to get in very quickly. The MRI and neurosurgeon confirmed that I have a herniated disc in my neck which affects my C6 and C7 nerves. This was a condition that came on suddenly and must be dealt with quickly so that I can be free from all of the pain and prevent further damage to the nerve. On Friday, October 10, I will be having surgery at the O’Connor hospital with Dr. Rustamedezh. He is one of the professors at Stanford and even though I have only met with him briefly, I believe that God has brought him into my life to help me. I know many of you are concerned for your child. I, too, share that concern. That is why I will be trying to come into the classroom this week as much as possible to help Miss Beutel with the day to day activities. I cannot guarantee anything because I don’t know when the pain will get to be too much. But, I want to be here with your children and help alleviate the anxieties that the children might have. This is all very confusing to them and their little minds cannot comprehend what is going on. I guess by coming in I just want them to have as much normalcy as possible so that they can be more relaxed. Every morning, I will take the Bible lesson and I will stay as long as I can. In the afternoons, we will see how that works out. Again, I want to be here, but I will need to go home and ice my neck and shoulder. Miss Beutel has been my teacher’s aid for many years and she knows what the routine should be. She is really a wonderful blessing to me and to your child. I know the children love and respect her and that is means a lot to me. She will be taking over the class when I am gone. Another lady, Catherine Albrecht, will also be helping out in the mornings when I am gone. She will do the Bible lessons. She, too, is extremely capable and good with the little ones.
God has certainly blessed me with some wonderful people to help me. I thank you for the prayers that you have offered on my behalf, but please think of these special people too, who are willing to lend a hand.
This week I will not meet with any of you concerning the parent teacher conferences. I just cannot handle it yet. I will try to catch you in the morning if there is anything that I want you to know. We will reschedule our conferences when the first quarter ends. I am sorry about this, but it is the best that I can do.
This week we will read the story All I Am by Eileen Roe. We will also work with the letters W, N, S, and H. I can tell from the blending exercises that we will be reading soon. Wow! What a neat challenge! I cannot wait to see how far they progress throughout the year. In math, we will work with the AB patterns and numbers from three to five. During our circle time, we will talk about leaves and the changes that occur in autumn.
Our Bible lessons will be “Jesus and the People of Nazareth” and “Jesus Heals a Sick Woman.” From these lessons we will learn that some people reject Jesus and some accept him.
I am sure that you have received notices about our Harvest Festival. It really is a fun evening and I hope that you will be able to attend. It is this Friday, October 10, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. I wish I could see all of the children having fun, but this year it isn’t meant to be. Please come and check it out.
On October 24, at 7:00 pm, your child will be performing on stage prior to the musical that the children in grades one through three will do. It is really important for your child to be here. I know that you will enjoy the evening because it is a light-hearted musical called “Go Fish.” Our kindergarten act is all about cats. Perhaps you have heard your child sing a few bars of our songs. Anyway, let me know if you cannot make it. It will be a fun night.
On October 16, we will still take the scheduled field trip to the pumpkin patch. Mr. Leuhring has tentatively said that he would take the children and be the ‘teacher in charge.’ I am sending home permission slips today. Please have them back to me with the money by Thursday.
I believe that is all for this week. Have a good week and if you have any questions, please email me or call. Thank you for your prayers and understanding.
Mrs. Kronebusch
Monday, October 6, 2008
October 6 2008 Weekly Note
October 6, 2008
Dear Parents,
This note is going to be rather lengthy because I want to explain to you to what has been happening with me and what I have to look forward to.
About a week ago, I woke up with some pain in my shoulder. I thought I had just slept in a bad position, but when the pain intensified and my arm went numb, I knew I needed medical attention. On Monday, September 29, I went to see my doctor. It was his strong recommendation that I not return to school for the rest of the week. He also recommended that I get an MRI and see a neurosurgeon. Last week, that was exactly what I did. Thankfully, I was able to get in very quickly. The MRI and neurosurgeon confirmed that I have a herniated disc in my neck which affects my C6 and C7 nerves. This was a condition that came on suddenly and must be dealt with quickly so that I can be free from all of the pain and prevent further damage to the nerve. On Friday, October 10, I will be having surgery at the O’Connor hospital with Dr. Rustamedezh. He is one of the professors at Stanford and even though I have only met with him briefly, I believe that God has brought him into my life to help me. I know many of you are concerned for your child. I, too, share that concern. That is why I will be trying to come into the classroom this week as much as possible to help Miss Beutel with the day to day activities. I cannot guarantee anything because I don’t know when the pain will get to be too much. But, I want to be here with your children and help alleviate the anxieties that the children might have. This is all very confusing to them and their little minds cannot comprehend what is going on. I guess by coming in I just want them to have as much normalcy as possible so that they can be more relaxed. Every morning, I will take the Bible lesson and I will stay as long as I can. In the afternoons, we will see how that works out. Again, I want to be here, but I will need to go home and ice my neck and shoulder. Miss Beutel has been my teacher’s aid for many years and she knows what the routine should be. She is really a wonderful blessing to me and to your child. I know the children love and respect her and that is means a lot to me. She will be taking over the class when I am gone. Another lady, Catherine Albrecht, will also be helping out in the mornings when I am gone. She will do the Bible lessons. She, too, is extremely capable and good with the little ones.
God has certainly blessed me with some wonderful people to help me. I thank you for the prayers that you have offered on my behalf, but please think of these special people too, who are willing to lend a hand.
This week I will not meet with any of you concerning the parent teacher conferences. I just cannot handle it yet. I will try to catch you in the morning if there is anything that I want you to know. We will reschedule our conferences when the first quarter ends. I am sorry about this, but it is the best that I can do.
This week we will read the story All I Am by Eileen Roe. We will also work with the letters W, N, S, and H. I can tell from the blending exercises that we will be reading soon. Wow! What a neat challenge! I cannot wait to see how far they progress throughout the year. In math, we will work with the AB patterns and numbers from three to five. During our circle time, we will talk about leaves and the changes that occur in autumn.
Our Bible lessons will be “Jesus and the People of Nazareth” and “Jesus Heals a Sick Woman.” From these lessons we will learn that some people reject Jesus and some accept him.
I am sure that you have received notices about our Harvest Festival. It really is a fun evening and I hope that you will be able to attend. It is this Friday, October 10, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. I wish I could see all of the children having fun, but this year it isn’t meant to be. Please come and check it out.
On October 24, at 7:00 pm, your child will be performing on stage prior to the musical that the children in grades one through three will do. It is really important for your child to be here. I know that you will enjoy the evening because it is a light-hearted musical called “Go Fish.” Our kindergarten act is all about cats. Perhaps you have heard your child sing a few bars of our songs. Anyway, let me know if you cannot make it. It will be a fun night.
On October 16, we will still take the scheduled field trip to the pumpkin patch. Mr. Leuhring has tentatively said that he would take the children and be the ‘teacher in charge.’ I am sending home permission slips today. Please have them back to me with the money by Thursday.
I believe that is all for this week. Have a good week and if you have any questions, please email me or call. Thank you for your prayers and understanding.
Mrs. Kronebusch
Dear Parents,
This note is going to be rather lengthy because I want to explain to you to what has been happening with me and what I have to look forward to.
About a week ago, I woke up with some pain in my shoulder. I thought I had just slept in a bad position, but when the pain intensified and my arm went numb, I knew I needed medical attention. On Monday, September 29, I went to see my doctor. It was his strong recommendation that I not return to school for the rest of the week. He also recommended that I get an MRI and see a neurosurgeon. Last week, that was exactly what I did. Thankfully, I was able to get in very quickly. The MRI and neurosurgeon confirmed that I have a herniated disc in my neck which affects my C6 and C7 nerves. This was a condition that came on suddenly and must be dealt with quickly so that I can be free from all of the pain and prevent further damage to the nerve. On Friday, October 10, I will be having surgery at the O’Connor hospital with Dr. Rustamedezh. He is one of the professors at Stanford and even though I have only met with him briefly, I believe that God has brought him into my life to help me. I know many of you are concerned for your child. I, too, share that concern. That is why I will be trying to come into the classroom this week as much as possible to help Miss Beutel with the day to day activities. I cannot guarantee anything because I don’t know when the pain will get to be too much. But, I want to be here with your children and help alleviate the anxieties that the children might have. This is all very confusing to them and their little minds cannot comprehend what is going on. I guess by coming in I just want them to have as much normalcy as possible so that they can be more relaxed. Every morning, I will take the Bible lesson and I will stay as long as I can. In the afternoons, we will see how that works out. Again, I want to be here, but I will need to go home and ice my neck and shoulder. Miss Beutel has been my teacher’s aid for many years and she knows what the routine should be. She is really a wonderful blessing to me and to your child. I know the children love and respect her and that is means a lot to me. She will be taking over the class when I am gone. Another lady, Catherine Albrecht, will also be helping out in the mornings when I am gone. She will do the Bible lessons. She, too, is extremely capable and good with the little ones.
God has certainly blessed me with some wonderful people to help me. I thank you for the prayers that you have offered on my behalf, but please think of these special people too, who are willing to lend a hand.
This week I will not meet with any of you concerning the parent teacher conferences. I just cannot handle it yet. I will try to catch you in the morning if there is anything that I want you to know. We will reschedule our conferences when the first quarter ends. I am sorry about this, but it is the best that I can do.
This week we will read the story All I Am by Eileen Roe. We will also work with the letters W, N, S, and H. I can tell from the blending exercises that we will be reading soon. Wow! What a neat challenge! I cannot wait to see how far they progress throughout the year. In math, we will work with the AB patterns and numbers from three to five. During our circle time, we will talk about leaves and the changes that occur in autumn.
Our Bible lessons will be “Jesus and the People of Nazareth” and “Jesus Heals a Sick Woman.” From these lessons we will learn that some people reject Jesus and some accept him.
I am sure that you have received notices about our Harvest Festival. It really is a fun evening and I hope that you will be able to attend. It is this Friday, October 10, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. I wish I could see all of the children having fun, but this year it isn’t meant to be. Please come and check it out.
On October 24, at 7:00 pm, your child will be performing on stage prior to the musical that the children in grades one through three will do. It is really important for your child to be here. I know that you will enjoy the evening because it is a light-hearted musical called “Go Fish.” Our kindergarten act is all about cats. Perhaps you have heard your child sing a few bars of our songs. Anyway, let me know if you cannot make it. It will be a fun night.
On October 16, we will still take the scheduled field trip to the pumpkin patch. Mr. Leuhring has tentatively said that he would take the children and be the ‘teacher in charge.’ I am sending home permission slips today. Please have them back to me with the money by Thursday.
I believe that is all for this week. Have a good week and if you have any questions, please email me or call. Thank you for your prayers and understanding.
Mrs. Kronebusch
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