ILS EAGLE NEWLETTER October 9, 2020 www.immanuel-ed.org

Today marks the end of the first quarter of our school year! Little did we know in August, we would be able to still be here in-person today, October 9! We are so thankful to be able to celebrate this wonderful time! We thank God for His loving care and protection as work through this school year together! What a Great God we have! In our meetings this week, the faculty reviewed some of the procedures we’ve been following over the course of the first quarter and made some decisions regarding the second quarter. Teachers are rule followers by nature. They are doing an outstanding job in cleaning, disinfecting, and maintaining social distancing. For that and more we thank them! We are so blessed by their service! Thank you parents, for being so dedicated to making in-person learning such a success here at Immanuel. It takes all of us working together to make this year possible for our children! Today also marks the last day of ‘remote learning’. Our teachers have gone above and beyond all expectations in making Immanuel’s brand of ‘remote learning’ so successful. We owe them a debt of gratitude. Should Immanuel need to revert to remote learning for either a student or two, or even a larger group, please know that we are ready to go in that direction immediately. As we met, we reviewed some of the procedures we have in place to keep our student body safe. These procedures are working and have worked well over the course of the first quarter, so we will continue to follow them for the duration of the 2nd quarter. At the end of that quarter, we will again re-evaluate and confirm our plans with you for 3rd quarter. We will continue to ask you to ‘self-certify’ your child(ren) every day with our ‘entry tickets’. This is a practical solution for us to keep us vigilant and on track with the State of Illinois. Thank you! At this point, we will continue to ask parents not to enter the building. We want so badly to have reading parents, lunch helpers and the like, but we know that by keeping our bubbles intact, we are protecting one another. We will look at this again at the end of the 2nd quarter - just prior to Christmas Break. Our classroom parties will look a bit different too. Our Room Moms will be providing a ‘Party in a Box’ for teachers to use. Please feel free to talk with your child’s Room Parents to assist them in figuring out the logistics. We’ve not ever done it this way before, so we’re learning together. Parent Teacher Conferences are fast approaching too. You will be offered in-person conferences along with an option to video conference as you desire. Conferences will be spaced to allow for cleaning between each conference. We look forward to meeting with you and showing you all that your child is learning at Immanuel! (Please note that Election Day, November 3, is scheduled as an attendance day for our students. It is also a day for Parent Teacher Conferences.) Finally, our usual Christmas Concert and Advent Christmas Service will look different too. Chorus and Bells are beginning this week and we’re excited for that to begin. We will not be able to have our typical concert or Advent Service, but we are planning a Remote experience for our families. More details will follow on that, but please know we will be communicating more details on that event over the next few weeks. As we finish this quarter and begin a new one, please continue to lift our school, staff, and families up in prayer. We continue to ask God to protect us, keep us safe, and eradicate this virus from our world. We also ask that God continue to use us to share the Good News of Jesus with all those we meet. God’s blessings, Sue Domeier

WORSHIP—Exciting new changes have been going on for our worshipping together. We are gathering in

worship on Saturday evenings at 5:00 PM. (mask mandatory). We are also worshipping on Sunday mornings at 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30 AM. For Sunday worship, masks are suggested but not required. Our 8:30 and 11:30 worship are shorter services featuring organ and hymns at 8:30 and contemporary songs at 11:30. Our 10:00 worship will be our blended format also able to be viewed online. Seating is assigned so please go to our web-site at www.immanuel-ed.org to register or contact the church office. Thanks for loving Jesus and His Church!

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General Music Class News

We’re Back to Making Music in Grades 5-8!! Yay!

**Students are required to wear masks for rehearsals and school safety procedures will be followed.**

• Gr. 7-8 Chancel Ringers began their season with rehearsal in the church music room on Wednesday. Chancel Ringer rehearsals will be held at 7:30 a.m. each Wednesday morning school is in session. Contact Mrs. Pieper with any questions.

• Gr. 5-8 School Chorus began their music making on Thursday at church in Luther A and B. Chorus rehearsals will be held at 7:30 a.m. each Thursday morning school is in session. Contact Mrs. Becker with any questions.

Some 8th grade students are participating in after school UKE CAN DO IT classes with Mrs. Bartelt in the AARC. Fifth, sixth and seventh graders play ukulele in their weekly music classes and are learning chords, strumming patterns and more.

• The start of Immanuel’s Band activities (including lessons, Concert Band rehearsals and Cadet Band) will be after the bell and chorus seasons are underway. Mr. Gade will communicate this information and details.

• FYI, gr. 5-6 Chancel Chime musicians usually begin their season with 7:30 rehearsals on Fridays in mid-January of the new year. Fifth and sixth grade families can expect their students will hear information about Chancel Chime music making in early 2021.

Gr. 5-8 Music Group Activity Fees – There will be NO music group activity fees charged to families for the 2020-21 school year. Yay! (Thanks again to all who supported our Hanging Basket and Planter Sale last spring which raised funds to make waiving of fees for this school year possible.)

Picture Ordering

To order pictures go to shop.hrimaging.com

Put in our school name, click on the yellow circle with camera image on it, pick

the correct picture date from the choices, then put in your student's name.

You will than be directed to the pricelist where you will be able to order .

Retakes and group pictures will be on Wednesday, October 28th.

If you have any questions, please call the school office 847-428-1010.

NO SCHOOL!

Monday, October 12

or

Friday, October 16

****No Ext. Care****

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WELCOME BACK TO EXTENDED CARE

Sign up for your child care needs with the link below.

Reservations must be reserved the Friday before use. A late reservation fee will be applied if late.

Thank you!

Sign Up Here For the 2020-2021 School Year!

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October Hot Lunch Menu

PARENT PORTAL ACCESS

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Manna News: Final October order date will be Sunday, October 25th. November and December order dates will be made available to you soon. You may order online or through paper order NO LATER THAN NOON on the day of the order. Orders are available for pickup the Wednesday follow-ing an order date at your chosen location (church or school office). Please see information on our website and check out shopwithscrip.com for all available physical gift cards as well as eGift cards. If you need to set up an account, please email or call for our unique online code. If you have any questions, please contact Amanda via email at ademarsh@immanuel-ed.org or call Erin at 847-772-4792.

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