As we begin the new 2020-2021 school year, we’re re-launching our Meet Us Monday Blog series to introduce you to our outstanding ILS teachers and staff. Check in each week to meet or better get to know one of our new or returning faculty members.
Today, we invite you go get to know ILS Kindergarten Teacher, Mrs. Grace Egger, with her recent “Meet Us Monday” interview.
Mrs. Egger is beginning her 4th year teaching Kindergarten at ILS.
It is a great joy to begin our 2020-21 school year and welcome all of our new and returning families to our ILS community. One of the cornerstones of our our Immanuel community is the strong partnership between parents and school, and we value the opportunities for conversation and dialogue as we work together to serve our students.
Each month, we share a "What we're reading..." Blog post with a variety of articles, sermons, or other materials that we have found inspiring or intriguing. It is our hope that you will find value in these and that they will help to shape our ongoing conversation about how we create and build our culture together at home and at school.
Another opportunity for engaging in these conversations is our monthly First Friday Coffee. Parents are invited to join us each month for informal conversation and discussion on different topics. Our first Coffee of the 2020-21 school year will be held on Friday, September 11th via Zoom. Join us to discuss the habit of prayer at home and school and the blessing we have in this community to pray with and for one another.
Thank you for your continued partnership, and for engaging with us in these ongoing conversations and for sharing items you have read that may be inspiring to others in our ILS community! Please feel free to share a link in the comments to email us any time!
In preparation for the 2020-2021 school year, we have re-launched our Meet Us Monday Blog series to introduce you to our outstanding ILS teachers and staff. Check in each week to meet or better get to know one of our new or returning faculty members.
Today, we invite you go get to know ILS 3rd Grade Teacher, Miss Alyssa Walsh, with her recent “Meet Us Monday” interview.
Miss Walsh is another of our new ILS teachers this year. She will be teaching 3rd grade.
In preparation for the 2020-2021 school year, we have re-launched our Meet Us Monday Blog series to introduce you to our outstanding ILS teachers and staff. Check in each week to meet or better get to know one of our new or returning faculty members.
Today, we invite you go get to know another new member of our new ILS faculty, 2nd Grade Teacher, Mr. Josh Pautz, with his recent “Meet Us Monday” interview.
In preparation for the 2020-2021 school year, we’re re-launching our Meet Us Monday Blog series to introduce you to our outstanding ILS teachers and staff. Check in each week to meet or better get to know one of our new or returning faculty members.
Today, we invite you go get to know ILS Jr. Kindergarten Assistant Teacher, Mrs. Jenny Schmick, with her recent “Meet Us Monday” interview.
Mrs. Schmick is beginning her eighth year at ILS. She served as an extended care assistant for two years before becoming the Jr. Kindergarten Assistant with Mrs. Honig.
In preparation for the 2020-2021 school year, we’re re-launching our Meet Us Monday Blog series to introduce you to our outstanding ILS teachers and staff. Check in each week to meet or better get to know one of our new or returning faculty members.
Today, we invite you go get to know ILS Jr. Kindergarten Lead Teacher, Mrs. Laurie Honig, with her recent “Meet Us Monday” interview.
Mrs. Honig is beginning her 11th year teaching Jr. Kindergarten at ILS. She is also the parent of 4 ILS graduates.
In preparation for the 2020-2021 school year, we’re re-launching our Meet Us Monday Blog series to introduce you to our outstanding ILS teachers and staff. Check in each week to meet or better get to know one of our new or returning faculty members.
Today, we invite you go get to know ILS 1st Grade Teacher, Mrs. Kara Parker, with her recent “Meet Us Monday” interview.
Mrs. Parker is beginning her first year teaching at ILS, but she has been a part of the ILS community as a parent since 2011. The Parkers have five children at ILS this year.
In preparation for the 2020-2021 school year, we’re re-launching our Meet Us Monday Blog series to introduce you to our outstanding ILS teachers and staff. Check in each week to meet or better get to know one of our new or returning faculty members.
Today, we invite you go get to know ILS Upper School Teacher, Mr. Shawn Barnett, with his recent “Meet Us Monday” interview.
Mr. Barnett is beginning his 4th year at ILS as our Upper School Latin, History and Theology teacher. Mr. Barnett serves as Homeroom teacher for 6th grade, and is the faculty sponsor for House Ambrose.
Portfolios are projects ILS students complete to showcase their learning. Students in the 7th and 8th grades complete one portfolio project each year. Beginning in the fall and extending through the academic year, students work through a nine-step process to reach their final result. Working individually with a single faculty member, students first must have their proposals approved, then develop a thesis statement and source list. Students spend much of the year in reading, studying, experimenting, and taking robust notes on their given topic. Faculty review and approve initial outlines, then students begin writing the first of three drafts. Their final products are diverse reflections of student personalities, interests, family backgrounds, and aptitudes.
Immanuel's faculty note that not all learning is best represented or imagined via written papers. However, the rigorous and creative process of working on a major project to completion guides students to value excellence and produce their best academic work. This honors the intellect and abilities of the individual student, pushing all to learn and grow, believing all are capable of such in depth work. While no student projects are ever perfect in the end, we celebrate each student's sense of wonder and delight, demonstrated through their dedicated efforts throughout the course of the year.
While we are definitely missing our students and families, we hope that summer break continues to be restful and a time of intentional leisure for each of you. Our ILS administrative team has remained busy as we plan for a safe and healthy return to school. We have enjoyed hearing from many of you over the summer, and we remain deeply grateful for your continued prayers, support and encouragement in these challenging times.
Our August edition of "What we're reading..." is now available, and as always, we hope that these articles will inspire and shape our ongoing conversation about how we create and build our culture together at home and at school.
Thank you for your continued partnership, and for engaging with us in these ongoing conversations and for sharing items you have read that may be inspiring to others in our ILS community! Please feel free to share a link in the comments to email us any time!
