Rose Park Field Day

Tuesday, May 28 

12:30 - 3:00 PM

Rose Park students will be having Field Day at school. 

Please make sure your child is dressed to do activities outside on that day.

No School - Memorial Day

 

No School

Monday - May 27

Passing The Baton

Holland Christian Schools has developed a strong culture of adults investing in and mentoring students, cultivating a fruitful context for positive spiritual formation of our students. From Preschool through senior year, Holland Christian students know they are loved, affirmed, instructed and nurtured to become all that God has gifted them to be as his agents of shalom in our world. This happens in one-on-one conferring between teacher and developing reader; on the field, court, pool or stage between coach and performer; over coffee or breakfast between teacher and teen. HCS staff members invest into the lives of students, helping to create a “fabric of faithfulness” surrounding students who are encouraged to grow and “stay strong in their faith.”

One way that we tangibly can represent this “life-on-life” influence institutionally, yet personally, is to pass a customized HCS track baton from teacher to student, and student to teacher each year that a student is at HCS. Inside of this baton that follows each student throughout her or his HCS years is a scroll of paper with the accumulated personal messages of recognition and encouragement that will be added by that student’s teacher each year.

Please watch for this special baton, labeled with your child’s name, to come home with your child on the last day of school, June 5. Read the scroll inside, celebrate and pray together with your child over the growth that has taken place throughout this school year filled with God’s providence, guidance and love. You may feel free to write a note to your child on this baton scroll as well and invite another mentoring adult or two to write a thoughtful note encouraging your child as well. We ask that you store this baton in a safe place throughout the summer months so that your child can pass this baton to his/her new teacher next fall when we return to school.

Last Day of School

 

Wednesday - June 5

1/2 Day of School

Dismissal @ 11:30 AM

Kindergarten Visiting Day

Friday - May 17

We are so excited to welcome the incoming Kindergarteners for the 2024-2025 school year. They will be coming to Rose Park to visit with Mrs. Brouwer and our classroom on May 17 in the morning.

This will be a regular day for our current Kindergarteners. Students will be with a guest teacher in a different classroom while I am meeting future families and Kindergarteners in our classroom.

Last Week of Library

Our last day to check out books will be:

Thursday - May 9.

All materials will be do back to the library by: 

Friday - May 17.

Please do a book hunt around the house for any overdue books.  I will be sending a notification via email if your child still has books checked out.

MAP Testing

During the week of May 6 and 13 we will be taking our last MAP (Measurement of Academic Progress) testing in both Reading and Math. 

You will be receiving the scores to this test along with your child's report card on the last day of school.

Half Day - Tulip Time Schedule

Half Day 

(Prek, Kindergarten, and 5th Grade ONLY) on:

Thursday, May 9

Pick up will be at 11:30

Field Trip - JW Greenhouse

Monday, May 6

8:30 - 9:30 AM

We will be heading to JW Greenhouse to discover the process of growing plants. 

I am looking for 2 parent volunteers to join us.

If you are interested and available please email me and let me know.   

Summer Learning Bash

 

Book Fair Coming Soon

Dear Parents and Families:

Get ready! New books to encourage your student's love for reading are coming! Here's what you need to know about our upcoming Book Fair: Dates: April 24-26 from 11 am - 4 p.m. at the Intersection in Rose Park!

• Every dollar you spend will benefit our school library directly! This is our only fundraiser to add new books to the library. Last year our library gained 300 new books because of this fundraiser! 

• You can sign up for Book Fair eWallet on April 3 or later—a convenient digital payment account, so your child can shop the Fair cash-free. Grandparents, friends, and others can contribute to the eWallet to help build your home library. To sign up, link to the Book Fair Homepage and scroll to the bottom of the page.  Sign up begins April 3.

• Book Fair Homepage: It's Book Fair Time!

Rose Park Family Festival

The Fall Family Festival has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 18 from 5:30-7. If you had registered for this fun family gathering in the Fall, your registration automatically transferred to the Spring. If you haven’t registered and would like to attend with your family, cost is $10 per family and you can contact Jennifer Neumann @ jsneumann12@gmail.com 

Reading Blizzard

Our readers are rocketing! We're celebrating the blossoming growth we are tracking in our readers! Thank you for supporting these efforts at home! On March 14 we'll be celebrating reading throughout our building. We'll be setting up reading/learning forts for a special fun event on March 14th. Please send a spare sheet or towel with your child on the 14th and we'll take care of the rest!

Parent/Teacher Conference Meal Help

Our gracious parent board is organizing meals for our teachers during parent/teacher conference evenings. If you’re able and willing to contribute to the yummies, THANK YOU and please check this link!

Sharing Our Gifts

Park Township approached Rose Park several weeks ago requesting HELP from the creative thinking our students are becoming well known for! 

Park Township is in the brainstorming stage of designing a community center near the property of the Park Township office. Our Rose Park kids, at their request, have been engaging in a design thinking process developing a community center that children and families might get excited about visiting! You are invited to the township open house with your child if you’d like to share in the process. Details of this event can be found HERE!

Tulip Time 2024

Kindergarten does not participate in any of the parades during Tulip Time.

Half Day of class (Prek and Kindergarten ONLY) on:

Thursday, May 9

Pick up will be at 11:30

Spring Break

Friday, March 39 - Friday, April 5

NO SCHOOL

3rd Quarter Progress Reports

Friday - March 22 will be the end of our 3rd Quarter in Kindergarten. Your student has been working so hard and learning so many new things. During our Parent/Teacher Conference I will highlight the areas we have been working on and will give you an idea of where they are at.

In the last quarter of Kindergarten we are going to continue to do a lot of learning and growing. Expectations will continue to grow, as we are preparing for first grade. I will continue to send home bi-weekly progress reports with skills we are working on. Please continue to work with your child on a daily basis with their reading, cvc words, heart words, and math. By doing this you are helping reinforce concepts we are learning in the classroom as well as helping these concepts stick.

Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences

 

Thursday, March 21

Monday, March 25

Making PT Conference Reservations:

Go to HC Virtual Paragon - our conference reservation system.
“Holland Christian’s Master Password” is gohc (all lowercase).
Login with an account you created previously or create an account by clicking the “Create New User Name” button.
Once logged in select "Making reservations."
Select all of the teachers with whom you want conferences, by clicking the box next to each teacher's name. Be sure you have the correct teacher in the correct building since many of our teachers work in more than one building.
Scroll to the bottom to click “Continue.”
Reserve the times you want by clicking the box in the available time slots. The number of time slots you sign up for vary by grade level.Elementary; K-5th grade – 15 minute reservations with teacher.
Press “SAVE/DONE” button when you are finished making all of your reservations.
In the next window associate each reservation with a specific student by clicking “Edit.”

You have now reserved your conferences! If you have difficulty, you can email vp_support@hollandchristian.org or you can call your school's office for assistance.

Field Trip - Critter Barn

Thursday - February 22

12:3 - 2:30 PM

We will be enjoying an adventure at the new Critter Barn. We'll learn about the animals God has placed on this beautiful farm! We will also be learning about the farming industry present in West Michigan.