Severe Weather School Closures & Winter Snow Clothes

If we ever need to close for severe weather or building issues, you can find information about the closing at https://www.emergencyclosingcenter.com/. In addition, we will send an alert through Bloomz and email.

At St. Matthew we use the Child Care Weather Watch to monitor if we can go outdoors during the cold winter months. The chart looks at wind chill and air temperature. The teachers will send an alert on Bloomz if your child should need snow clothes for the day.

When playing outside, please bring waterproof gloves, snow pants, hat, snow pant. Please be sure to label all belongings.

COOL Food Pantry:

St. Matthew Lutheran Church and Early Childhood Center partners with the COOL Food Pantry in Waukegan. This pantry serves individuals and families in th Lake County Area that are in need of food and other supplies.

If you would like to donate a nonperishable food item, please place it in the basket in the school lobby. The food of the month is cereal.

If you would like more information about eh COOL Food Pantry please click the link below.

https://coolministries.org/our-ministries/food-pantry-information/

Chapel Offerings & Prayer Requests:

In the second quarter we will be sponsoring "Bricks of Hope."

Bricks of Hope was launched in December of 2021, but their story started over 20 years ago when Adam (Executive Director / Founder of Bricks of Hope) was diagnosed with Leukemia on his 11th birthday.

This mission was born through that personal journey where play was a critical component in the recovery for a sick kid. And it's here today to share that feeling with so many other kids today as they recover . . . creating play, sparking connections, and building hope by delivering LEGO® to them during their hospital stays.

https://www.bricksofhope.org/about

If you would like to donate to this cause, please place your donation envelope in the box located outside of the school office on Wednesday (or your child's scheduled day).

Also, if you have a prayer request, please write it on the paper located next to the prayer box and place it in the box. Your prayer request will be read during our weekly chapel service.

A peek into our afternoon enrichments. From dissolving candy cane science, science steam stacking, making banana splits, scavenger hunts, and much more.

If you would like to add an enrichment/ afternoon, please let the office know.

Next semester afternoon enrichment schedule:

Monday: Mad Scientist

Tuesday: Art

Wednesday: Steam

Thursday: Cooking

Friday: Sports and Games

You and your family are invited to join us in worship!

Come Worship with us

Saturday at 4:00 PM– Casual Worship

Sunday at 8:00AM– Classic Worship

9:00-10:20: Coffee Hour & Educational Hour

Sunday at 10:45AM– Contemporary worship

Check out our weekly bible studies at www.stmatts.net

Did you know that …….

During every church service, we host Feeding of the Lambs and invite the children to come up for a lesson!

St. Matthew Lutheran Church & Early Childhood Center offers Sunday School. If you would like to enroll your child, please register at the link below.

https://www.stmatts.net/sunday-school.html

We had a great week celebrating National Lutheran Schools Week. This year's theme was "Endure" inspired by John 12:1-3. The children celebrated this week by engaging in several “Endurance” activities. To spread Jesus’s love, the children brought in Lego sets for Bricks of Hope. The Lego sets will be given to local hospitals. Other activities included going on a scavenger hunt to find the path of Jesus, participating in a karate class, creating cross crafts, and playing an "I Spy Jesus" relay race. The children also participated in Dan McConchie's Valentines for senior’s card drive. They used their creativity to make a variety of cards for local seniors.

Be sure to check out all the learning happening in the classrooms. The teachers create this wonderful documentation board. The board highlights the children's learning and discovering!

With the Flu on the rise, please make sure your child is washing their hands the proper way to help the spread of germs. Please keep your child home if they have symptoms.

Your child can return to school when they are symptom and medication free without medication for 24 hours.