Newsletter 11/17/23
“I demonstrate teamwork, servant leadership, graceful communication, and mathematical fluency!”
This week was a week that all outdoor-based schools pray for! Cool temperatures, no rain, and falling leaves provided lots of productive outside time with ample natural materials. We all pitched in to prepare our Thanksgiving Feast and the East and West crew helped our littles get their food and provide safe transport to the table! We created multiplication tables with sticks and leaves and practiced our graceful oral communication skills during Welcome and Chapel.
East and West creates multiplication grids with sticks and leaves
We are THANKFUL for our kids and our families! I am THANKFUL for a dedicated staff that love and pour into your kids daily. Most of all, we are THANKFUL to live in a nation where we can worship God freely and live in abundance. May you experience God’s goodness and provision during the Thanksgiving holiday.
ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Please check your child’s purple folder EVERY day! We send home things that need attention and the older kids may be bringing home unfinished work as homework.
Make sure your child has a clean change of clothes in a large ziplock bag.
Email, call or text the office when your child will be missing school. Email: amber@joshua-academy.org or 479-493-4092.
Volunteers! We are still looking for parent volunteers for lunch duty (12-12:45 pm). You may volunteer once a month or as often as you like! Email or call Amber if you’re interested: amber@joshua-academy.org
WHAT’S COMING UP!
Nov. 20-24 - Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 5 (Tues) - Native American History Museum, Bentonville (4th/5th only - complete permission slip on the JA App!)
Dec. 6 (Wed) - 12-12:45 pm - Family lunch. Each child can invite one family member and you can bring them lunch from wherever you like.
Dec. 7 (Thurs) - 8:45 am - 1:00 pm - Lollis Christmas Tree Farm (complete permission slip on the JA App!)
Dec. 15 (Fri) - Movie Day! Wear your PJs and bring a stuffed animal - popcorn & hot chocolate!
Dec. 18 - Jan 1 - Christmas Break!