School Closings and Delays Due To Weather

Winter will be arriving in West Michigan before we know it and with this comes snow - lots of snow!!

With this snow comes School Closings and School Delays. Here are some details to help prepare you and your family for this:

If Holland Christian Schools has a TWO (2) hour delay school will start at 10:15 AM.
If Holland Christian Schools is closed due to weather there is NO SCHOOL for that given day. Delays and Closings will be communicated through the email and phone numbers in your child's PowerSchool account.  They will also be posted on major TV networks (Wood TV 8 - WZZM - FOX17),  as well as social media (Facebook and Instagram)

Please remember to use your best judgement when it comes to traveling in the snow as conditions change through out the day and different areas in Holland can also have different weather. If there is school but you feel that it is in your best interest to stay home please feel free to stay home.  Contact the office to let us know not to plan on you that day.  

Inside Gym Shoes

With the weather changing and it being wet outside - would you be willing to send an extra pair of gym shoes to keep in your child's locker?  

Please put your child's name inside the shoe - in the case it gets misplaced.

Snow Gear

 

With the weather changing it will not be long until the snow is on the ground.

I wanted to let you know that your kindergartener will be going outside during every recess. Please make sure your child comes with all their snow gear every day there is snow on the ground. 

I also ask that you label the inside of all this items as many of our friends have the exact same pair and it will help me get them to the correct person if they get mixed up. This includes:

Warm Coat
Snow Pants
Boots
Hat
Mittens

If you would like your child to keep their snow  pants and/or boots at school because you have extras at home, will you please let me know that and then I will not send them home at the end of each day.  

PLEASE make sure to bring another pair of shoes for wearing inside school. I will have students leave these in their locker as well.

Critter Barn Field Trip

 

Field Trip - Critter Barn

December 4 from 8:45-11:00 AM

We will be joining Mrs. Bos' class at the Critter Barn for a fun morning of discovering the farm as well preparing our hearts for the birth of our Savior.  

You are invited to join us for this enriching experience at the farm.  I am asking that you meet us at the farm at 8:45 AM as the bus will be full.  The cost per adult is $10.00.  Your kindergartners cost is already taken care of.  You will pay at the farm on that day.   Siblings are asked to stay at home for this field trip.  

Please email me and let me know if you are able to join us on that day.

Kindergarten Cookie Sale

 

Kindergarten Cookie Sale

Thursday - December 11

The Kindergarten classes are getting excited for our annual Cookie Sale, which is coming up on Thursday, December 11th! This year our proceeds will go to the Chan family. Noé and Kathlyn Chan, along with their two daughters Haddie and Alizah, are missionaries in Guatemala, serving God by using their gifts in art and physical therapy. They became friends with Maestra Klipp Lopez while her family was serving in Guatemala, and we are so excited to come alongside and support their family!

We will need LOTS of hands for this amazing project! Would you consider providing cookies for our sale or offering your time to help us make cookies in class? 

Fill out our signup HERE!

New Science Unit

 

Starting next week - Nov. 18 - we will starting discovering and exploring the difference between Living and Non Living Things during our Outdoor Learning Time.

Here is a schedule of where we will be for the rest of the month and for December:

• Nov. 18 - Into the Woods
• Nov. 25 - School
• Dec. 2 - Into the Woods
• Dec. 9 - School
• Dec. 16 - Into the Woods

Volunteers Needed

Christmas Luncheon - December 17th: 

Would you be willing to volunteer during lunch on December 17 to allow the Rose Park staff to enjoy a time of celebration and fellowship? If so, please sign up here!

Glass Vases Needed

Please bring to school the week of NOVEMBER 24.

For part of our Christmas Project, I will need each student to bring in one empty glass vase. The vase should have a medium to wide opening on the top as well as be at least a medium height.  Please put your child's name on the bottom of the vase so I can make sure it gets back to them.

 

Sing Move and Memorize

During the week of November 10,  K-5 students will meeting in the small gym for a brief time of learning scripture together. Mrs. Winningham (5th Grade Teacher) will be leading us with our monthly Bible passage using a variety of tools to help those words stick in our hearts.

Here is more information about this time from Mrs. Winningham:

Rose Park has an initiative to help kindergarteners-5th graders hide God’s Word in their hearts for a lifetime. For one week out of each month student will start in the small gym with a 7 minute integrated arts activity designed to help us memorize a Bible passage. We’ll color, dance, sing, learn sign language, and play some instruments. You are welcome to join us from 8:25-8:32am each morning! 

Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving Break

NO SCHOOL

November 26-28 

November Bible Memory

 

Community Event

 

50th Day of School

 

Heart Words

 This past week we began looking at Heart Words (aka - sight words) as part of our Phonics Curriculum.  Heart Words are words we memorize and put in our hearts as they do not follow all the rules that we have learned so far.   You might hear me refer to these as "RED" words as well.  These are words that are "READ" a lot and to practice these in class we will be seeing them in RED as well as writing them with a RED crayon.

During your conference I will be giving you flashcards and a break down on the groups of these words.  There is also "At Home" activities that you can do to help practice these words at home.

Here is a short video to help give you a little more information:

Little Maroons Basketball

Holland Christians’s K-2, 3-4 and 5-6 Little Maroons Basketball Clinics and 3-4 League is open for registration! 

Please click here for information to register.

October Bible Verse

 

God's Masterpiece

Starting the week of October 27, we will begin our celebration of one of God’s Masterpieces each week.  Click on the tab at the top of the blog to see the schedule.

Here is what our celebration will look like:

• Be my line leader and teacher assistant all week.
• On the Monday they will get to take Olivia the Owl home and return her on Friday. They will get to write and illustrate their adventures to share with their friends.
• Have special activities through out the week:
• Monday: They will share their All About Me Poster!
• Tuesday: they can bring in their favorite snack to share with their friends during the last recess.
• Wednesday: Mystery Bag - they can put ONE treasure inside the bag and they will give three clues to what is inside and see if the rest of us can guess what it is.
• Thursday: They will get to pick a special REWARD for the day!!
• Friday: Adventures with Olivia - they will share their adventures they had with Olivia through out the week.

All materials will be sent home with your student the Friday before their scheduled week.  

During the week your kindergartener can pick a person to come and read to our class as well as come and have lunch with them one day. Please email Mrs. Brouwer to set that day and time up.  

Letter Fluency at home practice

Now that we have mastered our letter names and sounds - we are going to be building our reading skills with building our reading fluency.  

In your child's homework pocket you will find a letter name fluency sheet with a letter with more information on how to practice this at home.  This sheet does not need to be turned in at the end of the week.

Watch this short video to give you a little more information on this practice.

No School - CEA Convention

 

October 22 - 24, 2025

Due to the CEA (Christian Education Association) Convention for staff, there will be no school on these dates.

Parent Teacher Conferences

Conferences will be held on October 16 and 20 this year.

Scheduling conferences will be done through Virtual Paragon. Links to the online conference will be provided once you have chosen your conference times for each of your children. If none of the times work for your schedule please reach out to me and we will try to work something out. The Parent/Teacher Conference Schedule is:

Elementary: K-5th
Thursday, October 16 from 4:00 – 8:00 pm

Monday, October 20 from 4:00 - 8:00 pm 

End of Quarter 1

 

We will be finishing Quarter ONE on October 3. 

1st - 5th Grade students will be receiving a report card that can be viewed on Power School. In Kindergarten we complete report cards at the end of Semester 1 and at the end of the year.

Your child's weekly progress report gives you an idea of where they are academically and we will talking during Parent Teacher Conferences on this as well as their social emotional development up to this point.

Picture Re-Take Day

 

Photo retakes are October 13 - if your child will need retakes or have their picture taken add that date to your calendar.

* If you are doing retakes, please return the original photo package to school with your child on that day.  These will be the first thing in the morning! *

Cold and Flu Season

Cold and Flu Season is here!

Here are some helpful reminders for you to help keep your Kindergartener and other friends healthy:

* Your Kindergartener needs to be FEVER free for at least 24 hrs. before they return to school and show no additional symptoms of COVID or the Flu.
* If your Kindergartener is running a FEVER - please keep them home.
* If your Kindergartener is having any of the following symptoms please keep them home and contact your doctor:

Vomiting
Diarrhea
Fever (over 100.3)
Extreme fatigue and chills
Loss of taste and/or smell

* Your Kindergartener needs to be free of these symptoms for at least 24 hrs.
* My rule of thumb is, you know your child the best - if you feel that they are off, please keep them home.

If your Kindergartener will not be at school please call or email the office (820.4055) (rp@hollandchristian.org). 

Spirit Week at Rose Park

 

Farmers Market Field Trip

Field Trip - Holland Farmers Market
Wednesday, October 8
Time: 8:45 - 10 AM

I am looking for 3 Guest Helpers to join us this morning.  If you are able to help with a small group explore their senses around the farmers market please email me and let me know.   

Letter Sounds

Here is a short video to help you see what process we do at school as we are learning to read the letter names and the sounds those letters represent.

Book Bags

 

Weekly Book Bags

Every Friday your Kindergartener will be bringing home a book bag full of "Good Fit" books for them to practice at home with you through out the week.  All the books and the bag should be returned to school by Thursday so we can add the new books we have been looking at.

Here is a short video to give you some more details on how to use the book bags at home:

Here is what you can do with the books:

• I READ - YOU READ: this is where you read a sentence and then they read it back to you. Please make sure you encourage them to point to the words as they read them - this helps them with tracking and connecting the word to print.
• Once they have mastered the reading have them read it out loud to you or another family member.
• Even if they have mastered it - I would like them to continue reading it through the week. This will help solidify sight words and other vocabulary to their memory.
• Ask questions about what they read. When we are looking at reading levels it is important to know the words you are reading BUT it is also important to be able to comprehend or connect with what you just read. So, asking follow up questions is a great way to practice remembering the text and connecting it.

Small Toys Needed!!

Do you have small Happy Meal or Birthday Bag toys that you no longer need or want to keep?

If you said "YES" - I would love to recycle them for you.

Every Friday our class gets to trade in their pompoms for rewards. PomPom's are earned when SER behavior is shown in the classroom and they are bucket fillers. I would love to add these treasures to our store!

You can bring them to school at any time.
Thank You in advance for your support!

Outdoor Learning

 

Grandparents Day

 

MAP Testing

This week we will be taking our first MAP (measurement of academic progress) testing in both Reading and Math.

This is a standard test that is used as one of the many tools that help us measure your kindergarteners growth. We will be doing this assessment again in the Winter and then again in the Spring.

You will receive your child's summary of all three tests at the end of the school year.

Science Unit #1 - Discovering My 5 Senses!!

 

Library

 

Walk A Thon

WHEN: September 24

WHERE: Holland Christian High School Football Field

TIME: 1-2 PM

We are excited to participate in Holland Christian's Annual Walk A Thon event. This is a great opportunity for our PreK-5th grade students to get outside to walk, run, skip, or hop around for 45 minutes to raise funds for our classrooms and/or building.

Walk-A-Thon envelopes will come home in your children's folder this week. Please make sure that you return the envelope with your raised funds in your child's folder.

Walk-A-Thon is our only elementary fundraiser for the school year.

We are able to fund our Rose Park Ranch, Playscape, and other initiatives throughout the year for our children thanks to the funds raised through this event!

Your student will be receiving a T-Shirt for this event.

Picture Day

 

Rose Parks Fall Family Festival 2025

 

To Register Your Family - Click HERE

Carpool Lane Pick Up Reminders

 

Parent Meeting 25-26

Thank you to all of you who were able to make it to the Parent Meeting Thursday Night. If you were unable to attend here is a virtual copy of what we went over at the meeting.  Click on any of the links for that specific information.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any further questions or need clarification on anything that was covered.

Welcome and PBIS

Classroom Blog Overview

Weekly Progress Reports

Green Folders

Ms. Roskamp's Presentation

Chapel At Rose Park

Chapel meets in the small gym.

Families you are welcome to join us!

Kindergarten Bootcamp

 

We have been practicing and will continue to practice over the next week using a variety of tools as well as routines that will be helping us this year in Kindergarten. 

On Thursday, August 28 we will be having a fun "Bootcamp" day in which we will practice all these skills through out the entire day. 

Your kindergartener is welcome to wear "camo" or green on that day to add to the excitement of the adventure.

Holland Christian Convocation

 Wednesday - August 27 @ 9 AM

Holland Christian High School

Football Field

We will be taking a bus over to the High School to join all of Holland Christian Schools grades PreK-12th for a time of worship and celebration for a new school year.

Families, you are welcome to meet us at the High School for this time of worship if you are interested.

Classroom Volunteers Needed

 Click HERE to read more and sign-up for classroom volunteer opportunities.

Parent Meeting

 

Drop Off and Pick Up Procedures

Here is a short video to help you navigate the Drop Off and Pick Up Procedures. 

Meet Our Student Teacher: Miss Gidley

 

Walk A Thon T-Shirt Sign Up

Batons

Baton

If your child was given a baton at the end of last school year from their Holland Christian teacher - will you please bring this along with you to the Open House. I will have a basket available for you to return them.