Laurel Hall Students EMBRACE Learning
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Thursday, July 23 - ELC Summer Blood Drive
Wednesday, September 2 - Laurel Hall Welcome Back Activities
Thursday, September 3 - 1st Day of School (12:00 Dismissal )
Friday, September 4 - 2nd Day of School (12:00 Dismissal)
Monday, September 7 - Labor Day (No School)
6th Grade Reading List
7th Grade Reading List
8th Grade Reading List
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6TH GRADE GREEK FESTIVAL &
7TH GRADE RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL PROJECTS
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Our Laurel Hall 6th & 7th graders did an amazing job participating from home in their annual Greek & Renaissance Festivals. Take a look at some of their outstanding artwork, food,
sculptures and more.
FOR 6TH GRADE CLICK HERE FOR 7TH GRADE CLICK HERE
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Do your students need opportunities to enrich your their passions & interests this summer?
Look no further than July 6-17!
Now that school is out, but distance is still in session, Flintridge Sacred Heart is offering a unique distance-learning summer enrichment camp, for rising 4th - 8th grader girls for two weeks only.
Girls can dance, write, act, move and create with some of Flintridge Sacred Heart’s talented and committed educators! Engage your daughter in the love of learning that is at the HEART of teaching at Flintridge Sacred Heart.
The camps are taught by Flintridge Sacred Heart faculty and available for girls entering 4th to 8th grade. Check out the exciting offerings below and give your daughters a taste of life on the (virtual) Hill this summer!
The small classes (maximum 12 students) run for one week at a time, for two hours each day, with 30-60 minutes of related activities outside of class.
Cost: $85 per class, per week*
Deadline to register: July 2
July 6-10
The Unique, One-Week Theatre Group (ages 12-14) 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Hearts Pumping! (4th – 8th grades) 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Writing for Fun (4th – 8th grades) 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Be a Part of the Art (rising 4th – 6th graders) 1-3 p.m.
Dancing for Community & Creativity (4th – 8th grades ) 1-3 p.m.
July 13-17
Hearts Pumping! (4th – 8th grades) 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Writing for Fun (4th – 8th grades) 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Be a Part of the Art (rising 4th – 6th graders) 1-3 p.m.
Dancing for Community & Creativity (4th – 8th grades) 1-3 p.m.
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Each week has a unique theme that has been carefully developed and modified for the virtual world in collaboration with our Corporate Research and Development team to bring you the best balance of screen time, supplies, and content in a safe environment.
7/6 - 7/10 - Virtual - Eureka! Camp: Marooned on an island, kids will need to think like an inventor! We'll discuss famous inventors, and think of ways to be safe and escape the island. Lots of building and creativity involved!
7/13 - 7/17 - Virtual - Secret Agent Lab: Secret Agents go on missions and investigate crimes using science. We'll provide the tools and the fun with games and gadgets each kid can be a clever scientist, detective, and secret agent.
7/20 - 7/24 - Virtual - NASA: Journey Into Outer Space: Using everyday items, we can recreate objects in space, and imagine a cosmic journey from the safety of our home. Even indoors, we can make our own meteor strikes, planet models, and more!
- Sign up for one week or more with our local Los Angeles-based staff.
- Siblings or other children in the household may attend the session at no additional cost. Additional supplies can be ordered if you would like each child to have their own set of experiments and activities. Please contact us if you wish to purchase these additional items.
- Most camp supplies will be mailed to your home the week before camp starts. There may be some additional items for you to gather from your home - these may include pencils, paper, and scissors. We will email details for each camp when you register.
- Classes are run via Zoom and you will need to register prior to the camp week. Each day you will sign in to Zoom and give your child the materials provided. We will start promptly at 10:00 AM each day.
- Your child will enjoy two hours of experiments online with their MadScientist and friends!
- After the online session ends, your child will have some additional off-screen activities to extend the fun outside of the virtual environment.
Virtual Camp is only $150 for the week.
This includes the items that we will mail to you. Supplies for additional children may be purchased separately.
(Please make sure to sign up a few days in advance so that we can make sure you get your items on time.)
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SUMMER RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
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| Sign Up for Our Weekly Learning at Home Newsletter |
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Looking for some help with remote teaching? Look no further! We've put together a weekly newsletter with all kinds of helpful K-5 content. And you can sign up for your particular grade level!
Each newsletter will include:
- Teacher tips
- Hands-on activities
- Mindfulness and exercise ideas
- Fun websites, games, and apps
- And more!
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| What am I going to do with my kid this summer? |
| OK, so summer 2020 will not be the idyllic canoeing-on-the-lake camp you might have envisioned for your kid. But online summer camps for kids stuck at home aren't necessarily a sad stand-in for in-person camp. In fact, your kid could have a pretty great summer doing many of the same things they'd do at traditional camp, like making new friends, learning cool things, and improving academic skills (not to mention staying out of your hair). |
| In some ways, online programs may even have a bit of an edge over in-person camps. With go-at-your-own-pace lessons, one-on-one meetings with counselors, and experienced instructors, kids get to take advantage of learning opportunities they wouldn't otherwise have. And most—but not all—virtual camps are less expensive than the traditional kind (or even free!). Plus they're flexible: Kids can do daily meetups that last a morning or an afternoon; complete work on their own time; or do a combo of video-chat and offline work. Whether your kid loves learning, tech, or creative projects or just wants a reasonable facsimile of their usual summer activities, you'll find it in our recommendations of more than a dozen—and growing—online camp listings. Read more |
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| How do I keep my kid's math skills up over the summer with something they'll actually do? |
| Let's see: How do cupcakes, sushi, crazy mazes, and a whimsical land called Noomia sound? Those are the major players in math apps like Motion Math Cupcake, Sushi Monster, Marble Math, and DragonBox Big Numbers. Using stuff kids love, to grab and hold their attention—and distract from an anti-math mindset—these tools let kids tackle skills like addition, subtraction, fractions, and multiplication, stress-free. Daily math practice doesn't have to be—and, in fact, shouldn't be—drill-and-kill. Summer is a great opportunity to make learning more fun with apps that add a gaming element so kids can avoid the "summer slide" in a fun—and totally painless—way. Read more |
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| What are some family movies that are just low-key fun? |
| Right now, we're all hungry for movies that are the visual equivalent of comfort food—upbeat, reassuring, and there for you when you need them. Fill up on something uplifting like Moana, or sweet and witty like The Princess Bride, or a little bit rock 'n' roll like School of Rock . Our feel-good family movie list is full of belly laughs, positive vibes, and happily-ever-afters. See the list |
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| Helping Kids Process Violence, Trauma, and Race in a World of Nonstop News |
| Racism has a profound impact on the health and well-being of our kids. As elected leadership and institutions fail to protect Black lives, protests, anger, fear, and a nationwide call for justice have ensued, creating an opportunity to speak openly with our children. How can these conversations be most effective? Watch our recently recorded Conversations with Common Sense webinar with child development, children's health, and trauma-care experts discussing ways families can support their children, one another, and a just future. Watch the recording now |
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| Podcast: Julie Andrews talks reading |
| Have you listened to our new podcast about parenting during the pandemic yet? This week, special guest Julie Andrews (yes, that Julie Andrews) and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton discuss their podcast, Julie's Library, and how important it is to foster a love of reading in kids. Subscribe now so you don't miss out. New episodes come out on Wednesdays. Available on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
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| Searching for good games? |
| We expanded our Common Sense Selections to include video games! We're highlighting entertaining, high-quality video games that have engaging gameplay and fun multiplayer, plus positive messages and role models. All are great for friends and family. After evaluating all games released so far in 2020, we launched Common Sense Selections with eight inaugural titles, including the sweet adventure sim Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the underwater journey Beyond Blue, and the powerful game creator Dreams. See the list |
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Common Sense is a great resource for keeping parents informed and students engaged in learning throughout the summer! Checkout their resources below! Sign up for their newsletter to stay up to date on the latest resources for students and parent information.
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| Summer is here, and families are looking for new and different ways to keep their kids entertained. That's why Wide Open School is offering a virtual summer camp with online and offline activities in both English and Spanish that will keep kids of all ages active and curious until next school year. |
| What is Wide Open School? |
| Wide Open School is a new destination for families and educators that debuted in March 2020 in response to the pandemic and nationwide shift to distance learning. The mission of Wide Open School is to collect, curate, and disseminate the best online and offline learning activities from leaders in education, as recommended by Common Sense's expert editors , who rate and review media and technology based on age-appropriateness, quality, and learning potential. |
| What will parents find this summer? |
These are just some of the activities families will find on Wide Open School to keep kids active and learning all summer long:
- Virtual field trips to remarkable places like the Canadian tundra with Discovery Education.
- Custom workouts from basketball players like the Detroit Pistons' Langston Galloway with the Jr. NBA.
- Civic engagement activities, like building a presidential campaign to "Win the White House" with iCivics.
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Yale University is offering a free course called African American History: From Emancipation to the Present. Click here to register and learn more!
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In a world where people are becoming more aware and empathetic to people who have faced inequality and injustices, it is important to enlighten our youth. Many children are asking questions during this time, and it may be hard to find the right words to explain what is happening in the world around them. Luckily, there are books that can help you make the conversation easier; where your child can understand without being overwhelmed.
Click here for a curated list of Children's Books that can help you talk to your child/children about race, racism and socioeconomic differences.
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ELC 75th ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE NOW ACCEPTING VIDEOS & PHOTOS
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Recordings for our video yearbook for Emmanuel's 75th anniversary continue to arrive! Thanks to all who have participated so far and if you haven't yet, please do! It's a fun, easy and great way to share thoughts and memories about the church.
You can record on your phone, your computer or camera! Do it as a family or as individuals, whichever you prefer! State your name; when you joined the church; what groups you might have been involved with; what you like about Emmanuel and what you hope for the future of the church.
For video yearbook instructions download this form. We have also been reaching out to alumni who have moved away and would like to be part of the celebration. We have been getting an enthusiastic response. For those people, we ask them to also include where they live now, what they remember about Emmanuel and any message they have for their old friends at church.
The more the merrier! (Though please limit your video to 1-2 minutes. A 40-minute monologue is NOT merrier!)
We have our Dropbox account all set up for our videos, so download the video form here. [Meaghan, please link video yearbook instructions A here also.] and note where it tells you to save your file to Dropbox. The Dropbox instructions can also be found here.
We have created a Dropbox folder for photos too! Instructions for saving your digital photographs to our Dropbox account can be found right here.
Spread the word! Let's get the entire Emmanuel family involved!
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Emmanuel Lutheran Church Blood Drive was originally scheduled for Tuesday, June 9 from 1:00PM-7:00PM. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we learned that we needed a larger space to accommodate social distancing. We have rescheduled our event for Thursday, July 23, from 1:00PM-7:00PM in the Parish Hall.
Please consider donating blood at a facility near your home or workplace up through next Thursday, May 28. Any donations after May 28 will disqualify you from participating in our own Emmanuel blood in July. Thank you for sharing the gift of life!
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JULY SCRIPTURE
“But know that the Lord has set apart the faithful for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him." - Psalm 4:3
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