April 2019 Issue

A message from our Principal

Crusader Accomplishments:
Girls Basketball
​4th & 5th Spring Concert 

Mark Your Calendars:
​Ninja DAWGS
Chilson Swim Party
​Middle School Musical

2019–2020 Registration 

Volunteer of the Month

​SCRIP at Immanuel

Third Trimester Chapel Offerings

A Message from ILS Preschool

Immanuel Lutheran Church 

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A Message from our Principal – Mr. Joe Hall

Dear ILS Families, 

Welcome to our very first issue of Crusader Connect, our new monthly online newsletter! Crusader Connect will take the place of Week at a Glance and will provide a snapshot of Crusader accomplishments from the previous month, information about ILS, and important dates/details for the upcoming month. I hope you enjoy our new online newsletter and being able to reference ILS information for the entire upcoming month. 

During the month of April, our student council is organizing a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) called Pennies for Patients. LLS is working with thousands of schools across the country to raise funds for blood cancer research. This past Wednesday at chapel our students received donation boxes to fill with donations for LLS. Student council asked our students to please consider collecting funds for this great cause and to return their donation boxes back to Immanuel. 

If you are interested in participating in the LLS Pennies for Patients fundraiser, please click here to make a donation. 

Thank you for being part of our Crusader Family and have a wonderful month of April. 

May God bless us and our families, 


​Mr. Joe Hall
Principal
​jhall@immanuelloveland.org
​Immanuel Lutheran School 

Crusader Accomplishments

​Girls Basketball

Crusader girls basketball took 2nd!  Our lady crusaders finished 2nd in the NCIL playoffs to cap off a great season for our young team.  Under the direction of Coach BJ, Coach Sherene, and Coach Chad our girls have bonded closer as a team, played smart basketball with tenacious defense and perimeter shooting, and were able to bring home some hardware.  

After every game 8th grader, Lauren Hlava, joined hands with team members and the opposing team to raise a prayer of thanks to God for a game well played.  Congratulations to our Immanuel girls basketball team for a job well done.

– Dan Geu
ILS Athletic Director

4th & 5th Spring Concert was a Great Success!

On March 7th our fourth and fifth graders performed their spring concert, The Rhythm of Life. They did a great job presenting the culmination of learning the repertoire of the Colorado Elementary All-State Choir and the learning of several instrumental selections, both composed and improvised, for recorders, drums, and Orff Ensemble.

Mark Your Calendars

Chopped DAWGS Edition – April 7, 6:00–8:00
in the Immanuel Kitchen & Gym

Chopped DAWGS edition is an ALL-FAMILY event, so team up with your family to make a delicious, creative snack and dessert item with the SECRET ingredients provided. Certificates will be provided for best presentation, most creative, and much more!

COST for the event covers a pizza dinner, drinks, and secret ingredient supplies. Click here for more information. 

Chilson Swim Party – April 7, 6:30–8:30

Mark your calendars for the annual PTF sponsored Chilson Pool Party taking place on April 7, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. All Crusader families welcome!

Middle School Musical, "Shake with a Zombie"
​May 2 & 3, 7:00 pm

Save the date! Tickets will be going on sale soon for our upcoming middle school musical, "Shake with a Zombie." 

​“Hilarity and horror abound when Mongo, a rock-chomping beast from the center of the earth, connects with bright-eyed Pete Berserker, proprietor of Pete’s Luncheonette.  This 1950’s diner, ’Home of the Exotic Milkshakes,’ is the hangout for all of the students after school.  But things change when Mongo bursts in!  Boy, can Mongo cause chaos, especially when ‘it’ controls the kids’ thoughts and alters his shape.  Mongo plans to enroll the students in his personal zombie forces to take over the world.  First, however, Mongo taps their minds for ’intelligence’ — that’s why he makes them memorize the whole Encyclopedia Britannica!  Marlene, Pete’s  best friend, tells Pete, ’With a little more experience, you could be a genius.’ Pete takes the compliment to heart, ultimately sending the foul Mongo back where it belongs.  Come join us for some great fun, upbeat music, and some hilarious horror at Pete’s Luncheonette!”

2019-2020 Registration 

2019-2020 registration is well underway! Feel free to stop by the school office to turn in or fill out the registration forms or email schooloffice@immanuelloveland.org with any questions. 

Volunteer of the Month –
​Renee Gonzales

Our March volunteer shout out goes to Renee Gonzales. Deeply invested in supporting Immanuel, we’d like to think of Renee as the “Jill” of all volunteering. She helps with afterschool activities, hot lunch, ILS events that take place throughout the year, etc.  You name it, she’s there. Thank you Renee for being such an important part of our Immanuel family. Volunteers like you are one in a million and make our job a joy! 

SCRIP at Immanuel

Beginning April 1st, King Soopers is updating their scrip rebates to a new “community rewards” program.  This exciting update will allow you to apply rewards (rebates) to Immanuel directly through your loyalty card account.  Simply log into your King Soopers/City Market loyalty account, click on account settings, community rewards, search for Immanuel, select the enroll button and you are set to start earning rebates immediately.  Your enrollment in the new Community Rewards program makes fund-raising easy, all you do is shop, swipe your loyalty card (or enter your Alt ID) and Immanuel earns rebates.  Contact your Scrip Coordinator, Kristi Arnold, if you have questions or need help signing up. Please note that this program replaces the need to use a King Soopers scrip gift card when shopping at King Soopers.

Third Trimester
​Chapel Offerings

Immanuel Lutheran Church has made a big difference in the lives of struggling families in our Loveland/Berthoud community by way of our Community Assistance Fund. In 2018 our assistance fund provided: rental assistance to 136 families, utility bill pay for 115 families, $15 gas cards to 165 families, food from our pantry to 140 families, and so much more. 
Immanuel students will be donating all chapel offerings during the 3rd trimester to help support this awesome program. 
The Bible says the Lord loves a cheerful giver. We do too!! We couldn’t do this without your generous donations. Thank you!

A Message from ILS Preschool

March came in like a lion and out like a lamb!  Our preschoolers had so much fun exploring the different aspects of winter and now spring is officially here!  We always have so much fun with spring themes since there is so much change happening.  Soon, we will be discussing plant life cycles, insect life cycles including metamorphosis, and weather.  

We continue to work on letter and number recognition, as well as phonemes for the 4’s and 5’s.  We have been practicing our fine motor skills with activities such as cutting, writing, bingo daubers, and our gross motor skills playing outside and in the gym with running, jumping, skipping, and throwing.  

Looking ahead, we will have Show and Share on April 11 and 12 (Easter theme) as well as April 25 and 26 (Free choice).  NO SCHOOL on Monday, April 22 due to Easter Monday.  

Our last day for the library will be on Wednesday, April 24.  All preschoolers will be going on field trips in early May.  We will let you know more when the details are ironed out!  

​Preschool graduation is scheduled for Wednesday, May 15 at 9:15 for 3’s, 10:00 for 4’s, and 11:00 for 5’s.  Thank you for partnering with us for your child’s education.  They are a blessing!    

God's Blessings, 
Mrs. Gilbert & Mrs. Paterson 

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Worship Schedule

8am Classic Grace Worship, Sanctuary
9:30am - Education Hour
10:30am Contemporary Joy, Sanctuary

Lifetree Cafe
7:00–8:00 pm, Room 112 at ILCS

4/2 – Breaking the Cycle of Sexual Abuse: One brave woman's story
4/9 – Intimacy Anorexia: The dark secret that's killing marriages
4/16 – How to Spot a Liar: Secrets from former FBI agent
4/23 – Who was Jesus – Really? A good man? Or something else?
​4/30 – The Heroin Addict Next Door: One man's painful story

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