LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 10
LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 10
2009-2010
General
Interschool Speech Meet: The interschool speech meet will take place November 6. The secondary students who qualify will compete here at Logos and the elementary competitors will travel to the Oaks in Spokane. Please let me know if you are interested in chaperoning.
Elementary
Coats: Please send your child dressed for the weather. Students will go out to recess unless it is in the low teens or very wet.
Uniform Reminder: This is the last week that elementary students can wear shorts/capris to school until April. Two more days of glory!
Secondary
Secondary Speech Meet 7th-9th: This Friday, October 30 is the speech meet. Students should come in their dress uniforms for this event. There will be an awards assembly in which some of the superior speeches will be delivered at 2:25 in the auditorium. All are welcome to attend.
Winter Activities: Winter is an exciting time in the secondary with knowledge bowl, mock trial, and basketball all starting up. Mr. Carnahan is working hard to schedule these three activities so that there are very few or no conflicts between them. If your child wants to participate in more than one of these events, it is important that he communicate this to his coaches before the season begins.
Note for Parents
The following message ran in today’s secondary announcements. This might be a good opportunity to talk to your upper elementary and/or secondary student about his/her words, both spoken and written.
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. -Ephesians 5:4
Students, Consider your words and what they might say about you. Some Christian kids think that if their language is half a step away from the “really bad stuff” they are OK. Crap, Fricken and all their ugly little sisters live on the tongues of those who cherish them.
For more information about the school please visit http://logosprincipalspage.com/
Cheers,
Matt Whitling
LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 9
LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 9
2009-2010
General
Elementary
Elementary Speech Meet: Friday, October 23. Parents are welcome to attend. No camcorders or younger siblings please.
Parent/Teacher Conferences: Parent/Teacher Conferences will take place October 22nd and 23rd in the morning and late afternoon. This is a great opportunity to see blind spots-if you want to. We are looking forward to meeting with you!
Secondary
Each year the high school students participate in the Logos Protocol program in which we teach the importance of manners and deference. After teaching classes on proper dress, the art of conversation, table etiquette, and more, we create an enjoyable social event in which the students can practice and become comfortable with what they have learned. Each year the juniors and seniors participate in High Protocol, a formal event, usually in Spokane. The freshmen and sophomores participate in Low Protocol, a local semi formal event.
This year the juniors and seniors will dine at the Glover Mansion and then attend the Broadway production of The Lion King in Spokane on December 2nd. Today the high school students attended their first protocol training session which covered grooming and proper attire for semi formal and formal events. The remainder of the junior and senior protocol training sessions will occur the week before Thanksgiving break. In the spring we will conduct training for the freshmen and sophomores before their Low Protocol event.
It is important to keep in mind that this is not the equivalent of “prom” or a date. The young men will be assigned a young lady to escort for the first half of this event, but escorts will be changed at least once during the evening.
Study Tip for the Week
From this point on, the speech meet judges will not have a copy of each student’s selection in front of them. If your child misses a word or even a whole line from his selection, the best thing to do is – smile and keep on reciting. If the student continues on confidently after a mistake, there’s a good chance that no one else will even notice.
For more information about the school please visit http://logosprincipalspage.com/
Cheers,
Matt Whitling
LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 8
LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 8
2009-2010
General
This Week: This week is the last week in the first quarter. Encourage your child to finish strong! Friday, October 16, is a teacher work day (no school for students). Teachers will be wrapping up the first quarter (grades and report cards) and preparing for the second quarter.
Dress Uniforms: There will be no dress uniform day this week.
Elementary
Elementary Speech Meet: Friday, October 23. Selections will be presented in class and graded on the judge’s sheet this Thursday as a last practice before the real meet.
Parent Teacher Conferences: Parent Teacher Conferences will take place October 22nd and 23rd in the morning and late afternoon. Sign-up sheets come home to all families this week. We are looking forward to meeting with you!
4th Grade Play: This Thursday the 4th grade will be presenting A Flag for Freedom. The assembly will open with a 2nd grade recitation at 8:35. All are welcome to attend!
Secondary
High Protocol: The juniors and seniors will be attending The Lion King in Spokane on December 2 for their protocol event this year. More details to come!
Elementary Romance
Each year I make a point of speaking to the 4th – 6th grade students about a fascinating and sometimes delicate oxymoron – elementary romance. I am very pleased to say that this has not been an issue that Logos elementary students have struggled with in recent memory nor do I have grave concerns this year. My primary goal is that we maintain a positive school culture in which students do not feel pressure to “grow up” too fast in this area. Over the course of the week I’ll stop in for this year’s installment, and I thought it would be good for you all to know what I had to say to the students and what my expectations are in this area. First of all, the school policy for the elementary and secondary reads, “Public displays of affection are not permitted at school or school activities.” My interpretation of a public display of affection is very narrow. Any singling out of a person of the opposite sex and anything that you could do to earn yourself the title of “an item” fall into this category. The discussion with the 4th – 6th graders usually begins with me asking how old they are, and then following up by asking how old they think they will be when they get married. After clarifying, for the sake of the boys, that most people do not wait until they are 37 to marry we move on to the application. The short form is that our students are a lifetime or more away from getting married, and any preliminary negotiations are absolutely inappropriate in the elementary. I am strongly against silly talk about who likes whom, and I am thoroughly opposed to premature pairing up (in the elementary and secondary). There is far too much fun and hard work for us to keep ourselves occupied with to give attention to cheap soap operas. Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
For more information about the school please visit http://logosprincipalspage.com/
Cheers,
Matt Whitling
LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 7
LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 7
2009-2010
General
Elementary
Speech Meet: Friday, October 23. Selections should be memorized on October 9.
Secondary
10th and 11th Grade Students: Be sure to register with Mrs. Polek for the PSAT. It takes place next Wednesday morning in the auditorium.
High Protocol: The juniors and seniors will be attending The Lion King in Spokane on December 2 for their protocol event this year. More details to come!
Study Tip for the Week
Plan ahead. Sit down with your child on Saturday and read over the HAS (elementary) or the Weekly Test Schedule (secondary) together. Talk about the tests and assignments with your child so that he is prepared before the week begins. A few minutes of discussion and study Saturday morning can help take the pressure off in the middle of the week when the circus is in full swing.
For more information about the school please visit http://logosprincipalspage.com/
Cheers,
Matt Whitling
Dear cross country parents,
Attached is an updated cross country schedule. We have added a meet for the junior high team on Oct. 15th. In addition we have the times for the meets and departure and arrival times on the new schedule. We put any information we get about the meets on the principal’s page so look there for more details about the meets as well as directions. This Saturday is the Moscow Invitational so we hope we get a good crowd to cheer the team on! Go Knights! Vicki Church
Logos Activities Secretary
110 Baker Street
Moscow, ID 83843
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