With more kids all the time in our early childhood program, the Redeemer School Committee allowed the expenditure of some gift money to add these swings. At any time you can come to SLS and see lots of swinging going on... 
At this age kids are just getting the knack of swinging themselves. Here teachers, Gerdes and Rovey, are assisting the swinging process...
A climbing bus was also added. There are lots of ways to play on the yellow school bus. It seems everyone wants to drive... 
Mrs. Richter held a dance for our upper grade students. Oh what fun to move to the music and spend time with your friends. 
Lots of the dancing is "line dances". We do this so our kids can later attend high school dances and not feel out of place. 
Our eighth graders were also honored and given a chance to share their thoughts about their fellow students... It was a terrific night of fun, fellowship and dancing with friends. 
Grandparents / Special Friends Day 2011 was held today, March 11. We hosted a terrific group of grandparents. They attended classes with their grandkids and then gathered in the church to see the music talents of our kids. We are so blessed to have such wonderful kids and grandparents and to see them working together and enjoying one another. Special thanks to the NLSW planning committee of Mrs. Swearingen, Mr. Heilman and Mrs. Stouder.
SLS recently added 5 new triple balance beam scales to our program. Today 6th graders were practicing their science skills of measuring and recording. We were given the task to measure the weight of a pecan in the shell. What weight would you guess a pecan weighs? 4 grams, 7 grams or 15 grams.
We found that our pecans average 6-7 grams each... Next we wondered how much of a pecan we could eat and how much was shell? Back to measuring... We found that the nut part of the pecan is about 40-45 percent of the total weight. Thus a 10 pound bag will yeald 4+ pounds when shelled. We also learned that pecans are very tasty when we are done with the science project.
Mrs. Stouder and her 2nd grade students were our chapel leaders. They taught us about the Fruit of the Spirit word for January - Goodness. We learned about the tremendous goodness of God and how our goodness falls way short. They sang for us and played their music during the offering time.
Way to go Mrs. Stouder. We are always so blessed to be lead by our classrooms in chapel.
Artist Ann Meese visited SLS today as our "Artist in Residence." We started together in a school assembly and learned how artist go about thier work. A painting was started during our assembly.
We saw our painting getting started from the very beginning. She began with a base coat of this pretty red, toning the canvas...
Students were encouraged to stop by throughout the day to talk about art and to view the painting and its progress.
Early in the process. Big areas are being defined. Mrs. Meese continued to paint and SLS students continued to stop by and watch... Artist Meese told us she attempts to sell her work for about $1 per square inch. Our 12 by 16 work would thus be priced around $200.
By 2:30 the painting had moved to the nearly finished stage. Mrs. Meese took the painting to each classroom to show the students. Artist Meese told me she will take a few more hours to complete the work... She has promised to send us a print from the original. The original will be available at "Fresh" - a cooperative gallery for local artists on the corner of Campbell and Walnut.
A dear SLS donor and great lover of Spam made a gift to the school of $1000 to rework the student computer area in Mrs. Schaller's 6th grade room. He was aware that Mrs. Schaller, in the past, had refrained from having a Spam sandwich at our Spam Festival. He was willing to assist the computer work if Mrs. Schaller would consent to try a spam burger. He even supplies the spam. Above are the photo records of this event. I am told Mrs. S was quite taken with this tasty treat. Thank you, special donor, for your support of our school ministry!
