5 Minutes with the BIBLE

Your child’s schedule probably already includes bath time, naptime and bedtime. How about 5 minutes of Bible time? No

child is too young to learn from the most important book in history. Here are

some pointers: *Set a routine *Sing fun songs

*Read from a children’s Bible *Introduce additional material

*Toss in real life-use visual aides from home

*Make prayer easy by modeling a simple prayer **Be Patient **

Dear Parents,

We are rapidly approaching the end of a fabulous school year! Teachers and students are already “counting down” to summer…34 more school days! I hope your time this year at HPK has been as good as mine.

Thank you all for your prayers, gifts, and service to this wonderful outreach ministry of Highland Park.

God Bless you and your family, Beth Prosser

Bible Verse “Be ready to do

whatever is good.” Titus 3:1

We will be learning all about the “Fruit of the Spirit” and singing

a fun song about them during chapel.

Ask your child to sing it to you!

I read the following by the columnist George Will- “Perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been people.” I think Will is on to something here. We put so much pressure on our children to excel, to be the best, to always win, to grow up fast, that they have very little room just to be children. Yet, it is in being a child- a small person with no expectations placed on them, no worries given to them, being totally dependent on others- that we find a living example of our relationship with God. God loves us, cares for us, and wants us to enjoy the life given to us. Jesus said we must become as little children if we are to enter his kingdom. Take time this month to just let your children be children. The worries of excelling at school and in the world will come soon enough. – Pastor Mike

Looking ahead to May

Summer Birthday celebration—May 18th

Art display—May 21st-24th

End of the Year Fun Day- May 24th

Last day of school-May 24TH

5K Graduation—May 25TH

HPK will be participating in the

THE GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE April 23rd-27th

We hope you will help your child check off a few items on the checklist of “Kind Acts”

To make it more fun, we will have a SPIRIT WEEK also.

Monday-“BEE Kind”-wear anything Yellow and Black

Tuesday-“Peace, Love, Kindness”-wear hippie attire

Wednesday-“Ride The Kindness Wave”-wear beach/surf attire

Thursday-“Powered by Kindness”-dress like a Super Hero

Friday-“HPK Loves to be Kind”-wear your HPK shirt

HPK ART DISPLAY

May 21st-May 24th

Come in any time between 8:00am-12:00pm and see the various art

pieces your child has worked on throughout the school year!

We will also have a silent auction of a CLASS item for each class!

There are many days without a volunteer. If

you are available on please feel free to

just “show .

10:00 Recess Helpers for Mrs. Finnegan, Mrs. Perugini, Mrs. T. Godfrey (a)

10:30 Recess Helpers for Mrs. Goff & Mrs. LA Godfrey & Mrs. Meyer (b)

11:00 3K Recess Helpers (c)

9. a. b. c.

10. a. b. c. Ashley Jones

11. a. b. c.

12. a. b. c.

13. a. b. Tonya Long c.

16. a. b. c. . Stephanie Pittman

17. a. b. c. Ashley Jones

18. a. b. Tonya Long c. Nicole Lutz

19. a. Kristin Wright b. c. Lauren Gaskins

20. a. b. Kacy Bartels c. Heather Feus

23. a. b. Amy Robinson c Jaime Ramsbottom

24. a. b. c. Ashley Jones & Casie Mims

25. a. b. c.

26. a. b. c. Angie Powell

27. a. b. c.

30. a. b. c.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

This month begins with the 2nd week of the month J