Laurel Hall Students EMBRACE Learning
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WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK!
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Sunday, December 15 - LSS Sandwich Making
Friday, December 20 - Ugly Christmas Sweater Day!
Friday, December 20 - Minimum Day/Dismissal at 12:00pm (No EDP)
Saturday, December 21 - ELC Youth Christmas Party
Tuesday, December 24 - Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
5:00pm & 7:00pm
Monday, December 23 - January 10, 2019 - Winter Break
Saturday, January 11 - Used Uniform Sale
School Resumes - Monday, January 13, 2020
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REMINDER: If you refer new families to the ECC or LHS you are eligible for a credit on tuition.
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UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER DAY!
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Hello students families and staff, join Laurel Hall School in spreading some holiday cheer by wearing your best Ugly Christmas Sweater next Friday, December 20!
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We are so grateful to all the members of Emmanuel and our schools who stepped up to give blood at this busy time of year. We collected 33 pints, which could help up to 99 people! Be on the lookout for your $5 Amazon gift card as a thank-you from the American Red Cross.
If a temporary issue such as travel or illness prevented your donating at this time, we encourage you to seek another blood drive location through the website redcrossblood.com. The need for blood is especially great over the holidays and the summer.
For those who successfully donated, please note that Salem Lutheran in Glendale will be hosting a drive in the spring. We’re working with Salem to host four blood drives a year between our two facilities. Your support means the gift of life for those in need!
Wishing you all a most merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
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Hello Parents,
We need your help making the last week of school before the holidays SWEET for the staff. Every day we will be treating the staff with sweet and savory items in the staff lounge so we need donations of baked goods, veggie trays, fruit, meat and cheese trays, crackers, chips and guacamole, etc and drinks (soda (diet and regular) juice, mineral water, etc). Service hours will be available for donated items.
Sign ups will be up on Track it Forward. We will need items
Monday thru Friday, December 16-20.
Thank you in advance for your time and energy!
Mia and Kelly, Hospitality Chairs
Please contact Mia Hansen at sidnee22@aol.com if you have any questions on how to sign up or what to bring.
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| It's that special time of year again! The Mitten Tree is up in the front office! Please fill our Mitten Tree with new mittens, scarves, hats, and socks. All items will be donated to Lutheran Social Services. Thank you for your kindness this holiday season! |
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Holiday EDP
Holiday EDP will be available on the following dates:
Monday and Tuesday, November 25 and 26
Monday-Friday, January 6-10
7:45 am – 6:00 pm
Morning check-in is in the Parish Hall. EDP locations throughout the day will be listed on the white board posted on the EDP office door.
The EDP holiday fee for students regularly enrolled in EDP full-time is $25.00/day in addition to the regular monthly charge per your contract. For students not enrolled in EDP or only using EDP during the holiday periods the fee is $50.00/day.
All children should bring a healthy morning snack and a lunch from home. Please do not send sodas, glass containers or food that needs to be warmed in a microwave oven. An afternoon snack will be provided.
Children should wear school appropriate casual clothing and athletic shoes.
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CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICES
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Hello Laurel Hall Families and Staff,
We have two worship opportunities for our Laurel Hall Community and Emmanuel Lutheran Church on Christmas Eve.
At 5:00pm, a service of Lessons and Carols designed specifically for children and families. The youth of our church and school will be leading the service, which will include the presentation of a living Nativity, along with, lots of special music, singing, and the lighting of candles. The 7:00pm service will be a traditional setting with candles and carols. Our choir will help lead this service, which will also include Holy Communion.
-Pastor Tony
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It’s that time of year when we get to spend less $$$ instead of more by attending the Used Uniform Sale!!!! We always have a variety of gently-worn uniform pieces, sweatshirts, t-shirts and misc. pieces to help get you freshened up for the New Year!
Each uniform piece is $4, jerseys are $5 and items that are brand new with tags are $7.
For even more savings, bring us your own gently-used pieces (none of those pasta sauce white shirts!!) and get $1 off your purchase for every piece you turn in. To pay EVEN LESS, sign up to help at the Sale and get $2 off per piece, PLUS your service hours: https://www.trackitforward.com/site/67261/event/514915.
PLEASE NOTE: The only NON-DENNIS uniform items we CAN accept are pants and possibly some girls’ sweaters. We look forward to getting those kiddos into something they haven’t grown out of yet!
If you have Middle Schoolers looking for service hours, we can use them, too! We can take three (3) 6th graders from 9am-10am, and three (3) 7th/8th graders 11am-1pm. Please note that you MUST contact us ahead of time to secure these spots for your Middle Schoolers and you cannot sign them up through Track it Forward --Service Hours credit will only be given to the students on the list we give Mr. Evans.
Any questions? Email Kelli Bethel (kellitb66@gmail.com) or Romina Karbalai (roro12nty@aol.com), Used Uniform Sale Co-Chairs.
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Want to recognize your student in the yearbook? Create a personalized ad celebrating their time at Laurel Hall! Please see the attached flyer for more information, and if you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Jardim at sjardim@laurelhall.com.
Pictures needed!
If you have taken pictures of our fall sports teams in action or of activities at school, we would love it if you'd share them with us! We can always use more pictures for the yearbook. You may email them to yearbook@laurelhall.com. Please identify the sport or activity in the email. Thank you!
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Youth Christmas Party at Emmanuel!
Saturday, December 21
ELC Reception Room
Potty Trained - 5th grade: 2-4pm
Middle and High School: 5-8pm
In the middle & High school group,
we will be doing a 1 hour service project.
In lieu of a monetary donation, please bring something from the following list:
A pack of new adult men's socks
A case of water bottles or sports drinks
A pack of granola bars
Non-Alcoholic Hygiene items (chapstick, deodorants, anti-bacterial lotion, toothpaste and toothbrushes)
Please RSVP to Gigi Evans by
Wednesday December 18
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LIVING NATIVITY VOLUNTEERS
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Emmanuel's Living Nativity 2019 We are inviting ALL Children (ages pre-K -8th grade) to be a part of the living Nativity scene at our Christmas Eve family service December 24 at 5pm. Siblings and younger participants are also encouraged to join with a participating parent. Costumes will be provided! A rehearsal for participants will take place December 22 after worship service at 11:30am.
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Worthy of Love has been throwing incredible birthday celebrations for children experiencing homelessness in DTLA for over 5 years. When we started our monthly birthday bash there were 15-20 kids (in the only shelter that allows children in Skid Row). Now there are over 250 children staying at the Union Rescue Mission. Our need for support is greater than ever.
We strive to bring hope to homeless children. We believe children deserve to be reminded of their value and potential. We believe by showing them they are worthy of love, they will be motivated to pursue their dreams.
Each and every month since January 2013, the Worthy of Love monthly birthday celebrations have allowed the deprived children living at the Union Rescue Mission a temporary reprieve from the stress associated with not having a place to call home.
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CPK Fundraiser the 1st Wednesday of every month! Upcoming dates:
1/8, 2/5, 3/4, 4/1, 5/6, 6/3
CPK donates 20% of proceeds to Laurel Hall (must tell your server you are there for the Laurel Hall fundraiser)
Available at two CPK locations: Studio City (12265 Ventura Blvd) AND Encino (16101 Ventura Blvd. #200)
In addition to having a delicious meal and raising money for our wonderful school, you can also earn 1 family service hour ($20 minimum purchase; must email a jpeg copy of your receipt & your name to Rebecca McDonald, PTO Restaurant Chair -- rebecca@rebeccalmcdonald.com. Names will be submitted to the Track It Forward co-chairs for verification).
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EASY WAYS TO HELP LAUREL HALL
EARN MONEY!
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Two super easy ways to earn money for Laurel Hall:
1) Ralphs: If you have a Ralphs Rewards card, you can go to Ralphs.com to register your Rewards account and then select Laurel Hall as your Community Program. Linking Laurel Hall to your Rewards card earns money for our school every time you shop at Ralphs. Fun math fact: By spending an average of $400/month at Ralphs, you can earn Laurel Hall around $150/year. If just 100 families enrolled, that’s $15,000! AND...ask your co-workers/family members to enroll too! IMPORTANT: This program requires you to re-enroll every 12-months in order for contributions to continue to go to Laurel Hall School.
2) Amazon Smile: If you log into your Amazon account via www.smile.amazon.com you can select "Emmanuel Lutheran Church-Laurel Hall School" and Amazon will donate money to our school when you make purchases using www.smile.amazon.com.
How easy is that?!
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COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
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- Emmanuel Lutheran Church sandwich making is the THIRD Sunday of each month, and starts after service at 11 am. Contact Florence Aquino at frlaquino@yahoo.com to participate. (Next Event: Sunday, December 15)
- Pasadena Humane Society has animal related projects that can be done at home. Click here to view at Student Projects.
- Operation Gratitude has Assembly Days (care packages for our soldiers).Click here for upcoming dates.
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DECEMBER SCRIPTURE
“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant." - Luke 1:46-48
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FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
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INSTAGRAM: @thelaurelhallschool
TWITTER: @thelaurelhall
FACEBOOK: @laurelhallschool
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