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From December 18-22, Immanuel Academy St. Louis has a fun Christmas Spirit Week. 

Monday December 18th is “Santa Clause is Coming to Town!” Dress like one of Santa’s Helpers (reindeer or elves) or like the big guy himself! 

Tuesday December 19th is “Baby, It’s Cold Outside!” Wear your Christmas-sweaters, gloves, socks, scarves…gotta keep warm! 

Wednesday December 20th is “We Wish You A Merry Christmas!” Wear red or green clothes! 

Thursday December 21st is “Twas’ the Night Before Christmas!” Wear your comfiest pajamas! 

Friday December 22nd  is “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?!” Wear white, blue, silver, or other snowy colors. Dress like a snowman or wear a snowman on your clothes. 

In addition, teachers taught Christmas Bible stories, made Christmas crafts and cakes to celebrate the special week.

Students enjoy the daily novelty towards Christmas and they look forward to each day of the week, better prepared their minds and hearts for the Christmas atmosphere and spirit.

On December 20, Immanuel Academy St. Louis received a precious gift of hoodies with the school logo from the Sunday School. Immanuel Church Chaplain Pastor Sarah Zhang and Sunday School Director Teacher Jane Gao carefully and heartily prepared the hoodies as a Christmas gift for school kids and teachers. Both students and teachers were so excited. When they received them, they were very happy to try on the hoodies. They will treasure it and wear them for the first time during the Christmas night performances.

Immanuel Academy St. Louis holds a gracious morning ceremony every day. Their morning ceremony includes prayer responses, scripture readings, hymn singing, daily prayers, daily affirmations and daily pledges. Through the ceremony, the students are refreshed and their minds are refreshed for the new day.

Immanuel Academy St. Louis gracefully held its first term’s Parents’ Conference (PTC) on December 1st. Teachers showed parents their children’s MAP test result, all subjects’ assessments, and two habit training traits they’ve been working on during the first term. The atmosphere at PTC was very warm and graceful. Parents actively participated and were all willing to cooperate with teachers in the second term.

Immanuel Academy in St. Louis gracefully hosted its first term’s Speech Day on December 1st. All classes prepared speeches to be delivered in front of parents and classmates. Parents said they enjoyed the Speech Day and thanked teachers for their hard work in term one.

On October 26, Immanuel Academy St. Louis started a weekly narration skills training for teachers in grades 4-7. They began to use the classic narration book “Know and Tell” written by Karen Glass for continuous training. Teachers use a narration as a main approach to study this book. They found this very useful and meaningful. Narration is an important method in Charlotte Mason education. If used well, students’ comprehension levels will solidly improve with each lesson. It has proven to be a powerful tool for developing profound thinkers, eloquent speakers, and excellent writers. May their training journey be fruitful and effective.

Immanuel Academy St. Louis 4th-5th Grade Students Conduct Beautiful Nature Study of Asiatic Dayflower And Snowy Stonecrop – succulents at school. 

Asiatic Dayflower, in flower terms, means Hope and Positive Future Dreams. They gave their flowers to teachers with love and positivity!

Immanuel Academy St. Louis spent a week from October 9-12 completing the first NWEA MAP testing of the new school year. Students in kindergarten through seventh grade paid close attention during exams. The results are out and teachers will communicate the results to parents in the next few days.

Beginning with the first week of school, grades 4-7 at Immanuel Academy St. Louis began a Bible study of the Four Spiritual Laws. Teacher Michelle teaches students 40 minutes a day.

The two lead teachers, Mr. Sam and Ms. Valerie, also attend daily Bible study. They enjoy Bible study and feel it helps them integrate God’s Word into various subjects more deeply.

May all students and teachers gain strength from the Bible studies and draw closer to God every day.