Here we are, at the beginning of mayo (even though it doesn't really feel like it!)! We had a great week together with lots of learning and fun. On Tuesday, we had a beautiful visit at Benjamin's Hope, where we engaged in worship and learning together. Today, we enjoyed a crazy hair/hat day to celebrate reaching our April Spanish goal. We have continued to make lots of progress in speaking, listening, reading, and writing!
Here are more updates from our week...
Reading / Lectura: We have been learning the syllables with the letter x: xa, xe, xi, xo, xu. We've also been working on reading and talking about our learning with nonfiction books.
Writing / Escritura: This week we continued with our nonfiction book writing. Using our "fact sheets" we'd written about our topics, we wrote books and shared them with the class. I heard a lot of students make comments like "I like writing this book!" (in Spanish, of course!). They had a blast writing about something they were experts in and then sharing their writing with friends.
Math / Matemáticas: We've been exploring 3D and 2D shapes, writing and counting from 1-100 by 10s, 5s, and 1s, and solving larger addition and subtraction problems through 10.
Science / Ciencias: We've been continuing to talk about las plantas and what they need to grow. We planted some bean seeds and are watching some of them start to sprout!
Immersion Tip of the Week
Make a connection with our Bible lesson this week. Can your child find one of the stories we've read in class in a Bible story book at home? Have your child tell you what he/she remembers about the story. Read it again together, either in Spanish or in English!
Reading Tip of the Week
You should be SO proud of your child for how much growth he/she has made this year, both in Spanish AND in reading! Have your child "show off" to you by reading some book bag books in Spanish sometime this weekend. Give your child lots of praise for great work!
From the Office
Upcoming Dates:
May
1-8: Swim lessons (excluding May 7)
7: 1/2 day of school
11:30 dismissal for kindergarten and 5th grade
Tulip Time Kinderparade 1st-4th grades
21: 4th Grade Plant Sale at Rose Park - 7:30am
25: Memorial Day: No school
27: Field Day & Ms. Raak’s retirement celebration at 2:45pm
June
3: Last Day of School 1/2 day
Preschool celebration at 9:00am
Final Chapel at 10:30am
Y5-5th Grade dismissal at 11:30am
4th Grade Plant Sale: The annual fourth grade plant sale is coming to Rose Park on May 21 starting at 7:30am. They will be selling tomatoes, peppers, and a variety of herbs. All plants will be $3 per pot, cash or check only. Mark your calendars!
Ms. Raak's retirement celebration: After 40 years in education Ms. Raak, our Rose Park PE teacher, will be retiring at the end of the school year. Field Day just so happens to be her birthday as well! Please save the date to help us celebrate Ms. Raak by congratulating her out on the playscape to end the day on Wednesday, May 27th. Parents are welcome to park their cars and come out back to the playscape to celebrate Ms. Raak and end field day, and her wonderful career in celebration! Please join us from 2:45 -3:30 pm for a cookie and congratulations. Please be mindful of the bus and carpool lanes as you park cars!
Holland Christian Baseball/Softball Youth Community Day: Saturday May 2, 2026 from 10am-2pm at the Holland Christian Baseball/Softball Fields
Cheer on the varsity teams against West Ottawa High School. Hot dogs and chips for lunch, meet the players, signed posters of the softball team and fun day at the ball fields!
Rose Park Night at Craig’s Cruisers - May 18th from 5-9pm
Enjoy a night of family fun at Craig’s Cruisers in Holland. All Rose Park students will receive a wristband at the door good for unlimited attractions and $5 of free tokens! Parent supervision required!
Pizza will be available for purchase along with extra wristbands and tokens for siblings and/or parents.
Holland Christian Baseball/Softball Youth Community Day
Saturday May 2, 2026
10am-2pm
Holland Christian Baseball/Softball Fields
40th street
Cheer on the varsity teams against West Ottawa High School. Hot dogs and chips for lunch, meet the players, signed posters of the softball team and fun day at the ball fields!
That's all for now! Have a great weekend, and enjoy lots of photos from our week below (and on Smugmug):
