Christmas Party Photo Booth Fun

Weeks 16-19 & A Christmas Letter

Mrs. Murray's last blog covered the most important topics happening with our 7th graders.  Take a look if you missed this one: https://zionmurrayclassblog.blogspot.com/

Final week of the Quarter:

• Religion & Memory test Tuesday 12/20
• English Test Tuesday 12/20
• General Math Test Tuesday 12/20
• Science Test Wednesday 12/21
• Half Day Thursday 12/22 -- Advent worship service & classroom Christmas party* See Mrs. Wilmas's letter to parents in Mrs. Murray's blog post from last week

Super cute Christmas video to remind you of the JOY baby Jesus brings!

The following are pictures full of cheer! 

Beautiful Christmas Wreaths

Visit from Pastor Reitz (Mormon faith discussion) 

Field Trip to MO History Museum

Christmas Messages Art (Illuminated Letters)

A Christmas Letter from Mrs. Cluck

Greetings seventh grade families,

I hope this letter reaches you in good health and happiness during this joyful Advent/Christmas/New Year/Epiphany Season.  As we celebrated the Savior’s birth we continue to prepare our hearts and minds for His second coming when He will take us to our eternal home.  I will keep you and your children in my thoughts and prayers as we begin a new year together.  I pray for healing and comfort to those in need and praise God in thankfulness for the blessings He has given me through my students.  I love all of the stories students share with me; please encourage them to keep me “in the loop” on family and outside of school happens.

The year is flying by and both the students and I are still smiling! We have grown close and I cherish many memories already.

In the last quarter we finished reading “A Christmas Carol” in Literature.  The students had a blast reading their lines and doing their best to get into character.  The students will also enjoy watching the original film (George C. Scott) this week.

In Art class students designed and created Christmas wreaths.  I hope these were a special addition to your home’s decorations this season.  They also learned about Illuminated Manuscripts and created Christmas messages by beautifully designing each letter.

In World History we completed a unit studying the Arabian Peninsula and the religion of Islam.  The students were very curious and full of questions relating to this topic. I enjoyed great discussions about what it means for someone to be Muslim.  In contrast, we also discussed what it means for us to be Christians and the importance of sharing the Gospel in our world today.  Students discovered many similarities and differences between these two religions.

During the third quarter we will be studying the Missouri Constitution.  I look forward to discussing our government and what it means for us to be citizens.  This will be a great setup for our spring class trip to Jefferson City.

I have truly enjoyed attending choir and band concerts as well as athletic events.  It is wonderful to see students display and develop their talents in and outside the classroom.

I hope you and your family have a fun and relaxing Christmas break, spending time with loved ones in your homes and praising our Savior in worship.  I will enjoy much time with family as well as time relaxing at home by our Christmas tree cuddling with my little girl!

God’s Blessings in this coming new year,

kcluck@zionharvester.org

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”  Luke 2:14

Weeks 14-15

Generosity Abounds
Thank you for modeling such amazing service and generosity to your children throughout the school year.  I know this time of year seems to be heavily loaded with giving and your children are learning just how important it is to have a servant's heart.  Here are a few updates of service opportunities happening at Zion.

Chapel Offering 2016-2017
We continue to collect offering during chapel on Wednesday, however our classroom has a jar where offering can be brought in at anytime!  As a school we are trying to by a Bible for each preschool classroom in the country of Belize.  We have reached 220 out of 600 needed.  Each Bible cost $11.  Our class alone has brought in $55 toward that goal -- keep collecting loose change and support this mission.

Jr. High USO Project
Our jr. high service project supporting the USO continues (walk-a-thon back in Sept.) as we collect needed items for comfort bags given to troops as they travel from airport to airport.  *See picture below of needed items.  This project is in the place of students exchanging Christmas gifts.  If every student could donate a $5-10 gift we could pack LOTS of comfort bags for our troops. 

Thanksgiving GIVING!
Zion's Thanksgiving food/items drive was a huge success and our student council members had a blast delivering the dinner boxes to the Seminarians who were overwhelmed with thankful hearts.  Stucco was also able to stock the Seminary food bank selves with all extra items -- the selves went from bare to full in just a few hours time!

 3D Art
7th graders worked hard to master the 3D effect using shading and blending techniques on their last art project.  Nice job!

Christmas wreaths are due ...
7C Wednesday the 31st
7M Friday the 2nd

The Advent Season is here...Now, we WAIT...

Blessings on your Thanksgiving celebrations, may they be a time of relaxation and fun with family and friends,