Welcome to the KinderNews. This newsletter will be sent home each Friday or last day of the school week. It will update you on the activities we do each week. I will print snack reminders and special events coming up. You can also view the KinderNews on my Fast Direct bulletin board.
At the bottom of the newsletter is a form for Church and Sunday School attendance. Please fill out the form and return in your child's folder on Monday.

Following are ways you can stay in touch with me: cell phone 618-317-5452 (call or text), school phone 282-3873 ext. 216, Fast Direct, e-mail bschmitz@stjohnsredbud.org

Snack Week of April 29: Savanna
snack Week of May 6: Huxton

April Chapel Offerings: Prison Ministry

Early Childhood Chapel: Friday, April 26 Our musical performance at 10:00 will be
our chapel.
Wednesday, May 1 All Chapel @ Church 9:00
Thursday, May 9 Ascension Service @ Church 8:30


Please work with your child in learning the new sight words. Also practice the high frequency words on the back of our phonics worksheets. These will help as their reading skills emerge.

Jesus Time: Peter and John healed a man who could not walk. The Jewish Counsel arrested them for preaching about Jesus. Phillip spoke to the Ethiopian man about Jesus. The Holy Spirit gave them power to witness to Jesus. The Holy Spirit helps us tell others about Jesus.

Phonics: We learned about sneaky e. Sneaky e comes at the end of a word and "scares" the vowel to say its long sound. We had fun acting this out.

We will have the testing for our final report card on Monday, May 6.

Kindergarten and First grade began a service project on Monday, April 22. It will go through May 8. We will be collecting summer snack items to help supply the Royal Table, Musketeer Market and families from St. John's. We have applied for Thrivent Matching Gift cards to purchase some of the snacks. We will accept donations of snacks or cash from our school families. Snacks needed are: granola bars, fruit snacks, small packages of crackers or cookies, pop tarts, boxes of pancake mix and microwave popcorn. You may bring your donations to the school lobby and place them in the swimming pool. After the snacks are collected, the students will pack bags of 10 snacks to make handing them out easier.

On Sunday, April 28, AriSon (Jennie Williamson) will present a concert at 6:30 in the New Gym. A free will meal will be prepared and served by the teachers at 5:00 in the Old Gym. Then Jennie will present a second concert on Monday, April 29 at 9:00 in the New Gym for all students and visitors. We have invited several local schools to join us.

Our field trip to the ST. Louis Zoo is Friday, May 3. We will leave at 8:15 am, following morning prayer and announcements. We will return to school by 2:30 pm. If your form is not turned in, please do so by Friday, April 26.


Coming Events:
Friday, April 26 Spring Musical Splash Kingdom! 10:00am & 7:00 pm
Friday, April 26 COSLHS Ag Day 12-2 (afternoon by bus)
Sunday, April 28 AriSon Concert 6:30 pm New Gym, Teacher sponsored meal preceding in old gym
Monday, April 29 AriSon Concert 9:00 am New Gym
Friday, May 3 Field Trip for K & 1st to the ST. Louis Zoo
Tuesday, May 14 Last Day of School, dismissal at 11:20, NO BUS
Monday, June 17-Friday, June 21 Vacation Bible School

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Dear Mrs. Schmitz,

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My child attended Church YES NO
My child attended Sunday School YES NO Date: April 27/28, 2024