August 23 update

I apologize for just now blogging. But, Sunday was rather uneventful and I can't think of anything I need to tell you all.

Oh, one thing... We handed out more Orange family ID cards but there are still some remaining. We'll continue to work on distributing that pile this Sunday.

Also, Sherri, I plan to take inventory this coming Sunday.

Signing off,

Connie

August 16

We only had two children who didn't want to be in CM yesterday. By the end of the hour, they were both happy there. Other than that, we had a very straightforward and easy morning.

New ID cards were given to many. A stack remains in the file box.

We need a couple of permanent ID cards. Gustavo and Renata Marculo with their children Nicholas (5/26/99), Esther (5/24/00), and Daniel (5/24/00) and Keith and Linda Weigner with their children Ezra (1/12/06) and Noah (7/7/99).

The Alburgers will teach the K class this coming Sunday. The Wybles will take it on October 11.

That's all I have.

1st/2nd Grades

These two classes will be combined for the remainder of the month. Don Matthews will teach tomorrow, the Landises on the 23rd, and the Detweilers on the 30th.

1st/2nd Grade in September

Phew. The Lord provided teachers just in time! We have to make do again with two couples who will cover the class. Doug and Steph Miller will teach September 6 and 20. Brian and Kim Knaub will teach September 13 and 27. The Knaubs may have their two oldest boys join them.

August 9

It was an uneventful morning until the children came. Many in early preschool and nursery protested their imprisonment. It was slightly unnerving! We used Michaiah and Janessa as aides and moved Becky Jones from a quiet class to a loud one.

One child was placed in the wrong class, and I forgot to follow up on finding her. Not good. At least it is an understanding family!

I agree with Teresa that teachers should pass out the Hub cards.

Some parents were looking for the new ID cards, but they were not yet available. They will be ready for pick-up this Sunday.

Comments

We're trying to put comments on blog posts, so that the conversation continues among us rather than between two of us. Unfortunately, they don't pop into our e-mail box when they're written. Please check the Kindergarten post because there are now three to read.

August 30th

Hello Coordinators!

Just to give you a "heads up", on Sunday, August 30th we will be combining the Early Preschool and Nursery classes together in the Teacher's Lounge. We are doing this in order to best serve the Penn View teachers, who will have spent the week prior setting up their classrooms. Also, the Kindergarten class will join the assembly.

Thank you for your flexibility!

Coordinators update from Aug. 2

The last two weeks we did have some teachers looking for a sign in sheet. I just wrote one up on a blank sheet of paper.

Two new families were visiting this past Sunday.

All the aides were at church or had gotten subs. I did need to track down Sandra Arocho, she forgot it was her Sunday.

Bob Seashultz mentioned having to track down his bins that are not placed in his classrooms. Apparently they are being mixed up with other bins. He did try to label them so persons' could read the class name.

The Thompsons are holding Peter back in late preschool at least for August and then they will see. The K class feels to big and intimidating to him.

I had noted regarding adding more lines or a second sheet to the attendance sheets as we run out of room often and it is hard to keep track later in the month.

Regarding the Hub cards. Galen and I did not hand any out the last two weeks. It seems like we are busy when kids are coming to class and afterwards can seem somewhat chaotic to try stop a child to give them a card. We were wondering if it would be more beneficial to hand out cards in the teacher's bin with the instructions of them handing out one per Sunday to one student. A student with good behaviour, brought their Bible, Bible memory etc. We thought for the whole class to see this it might promote more incentive. Just a thought.

We have more and more people forgotting their ID cards. A good reminder would be helpful as this last week was frustrating as Galen was helping a visiting family afterwards and I was trying to find a parent for someone we had numerous people waiting needing temp cards, it seems the same people keep forgetting them.

Also, regarding the 6th grade class. Not sure for this Sunday if they will be in the sermon or in class. Just a heads up for who is on next. We got off schedule so we weren't sure for next Sunday.

That's all for now.
Galen and Teresa

The Kindergarten Class

I've been thinking about our meeting a bit since yesterday. Someone mentioned that the K class is a grade school class. We have actually been treating it as a transitional class. It's not fully preschool; it's not totally grade school. We have a loose schedule for the teachers to follow which incorporates both a lesson and free play because we think it's unrealistic to expect these five-year-old children to be buckled to desks the entire hour. We do not invite the K class to assembly because, when we did, it was too much for most of them.

I just want to put this out there for the sake of clarity. Any thoughts?