Prior to the break, students were given a letter to bring home about our upcoming school-wide Spell-a-thon to be held this week – Friday, April 9, as well as a school-wide spelling bee on April 16. A pledge form, permission slip, and word lists were attached. By now, you have hopefully completed the form, indicating which level of words your child will be studying, and returned it to the classroom teacher. Please continue to review and practice the spelling words with your child this week so that they are ready and confident to participate in the Spell-a-thon on Friday! Following the Spell-a-thon this Friday, students will be notified if they are being invited to participate in the Spelling Bee next Friday, April 16 (this is also voluntary).

All money raised will be used to support the BC Mission Boat Society Easter kit project. The pledge form and money are to be returned to the school by Thursday, April 22.

There has been a DATE CHANGE for the recording dates of our Musical from the last week of April to the week of May 10th. New rehearsal schedules will be sent home during this Wednesday’s whole cast rehearsal to reflect the date change. We are so thankful for all the help and support of students, families and staff as we work on this project under new and changing circumstances. 

We are still looking for some items and strange costume pieces for our musical, so if you have anything lying around your house or are able to thrift a little for the production, please sign up for any of the items in this link – Props/Costume Sign-up. Items can be dropped off at the office labelled for Mrs. MacLean. Please ensure your own name is on the item so it can be returned to you. 

Lastly, calling all ALUMNI! For the last number in our musical, we are hoping to have alumni and other Hope community members be a part of a recorded chorus. If you or someone you know has been a part of the Hope community in some way, either as student, staff, or volunteering, we would LOVE to have you record yourself singing the song For Good. The link to the accompaniment track is found below. Please record yourself or 2 people from the shoulders up singing along to this song. We will use short clips put together with others for our show. Please use the track for key and timing, but please  add any vocal part you wish. Email your recordings to mmaclean@hopelcs.ca. Feel free to share this link with anyone who has been a part of our community since 1996! Thank you. 

For Good Sing Along Track 

For Good Lyrics

Fuel Catering’s ordering site is now open for families to place hot lunch orders for April, May, and June.

Please note: Order deadline for the Friday, April 16 hot lunch is Monday, April 12 at midnight. After that, the weekly cut off will resume on Fridays.

Here are the links:

https://munchalunch.com/login or https://munchalunch.com/schools/hopelutheran/

Happy ordering and thank you for your support!

If you have any questions please contact: Marsha Ojiro, Accounts Manager – Fuel Catering

marsha@fuelcatering.ca & www.fuelcatering.ca

778-866-3835

Although the middle school wrapped up this amazing project just before Spring Break, we are still in need of money to cover the costs associated with our mission project with BC Mission Boat. You may drop off a cheque made out to the BC Mission Boat Society. Alternatively, donations can be made via the BC Mission Boat website https://bcmissionboat.org/ – simply click the “Donate Now” button at the top right hand corner of the screen. Please remember to make a note where prompted to indicate that the funds are to be designated for “Hope Lutheran Christian School Easter Project.