LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2017 – #20

General New Enrollment: We are currently processing new applications for the 2017-18 school year. Please see the school website for the online application.   3:30 Pickup Time: Please be sure to pick up your elementary students by 3:30 each afternoon. Any elementary students who have not been picked up by that time will be sent to the front office so that they can stay warm and use the phone to call home.   Elementary Spelling Bee: The 1^st – 6^th graders will be competing in an in-school spelling bee February 9. Lists and rules are posted on the website under Academics/Elementary Program/Spelling Bee.   Secondary Rhetoric Speech Meet (10^th-12^th Grade): The meet will take place February 24. More details are available on the school website.   Secondary Student Surveys We have our secondary students evaluate each class they take twice a year. Here are a few things that students had to say about Mr. Euhus this semester:   -He always walks in with a smile and makes the class very enjoyable. -Mr. Euhus is the best math teacher I’ve ever had. It is a pleasure to be a student of his. -He’s super enthusiastic about the material and clearly wants us to do well. -Mr. Euhus is great at explaining concepts. -Mr. Euhus has a great sense of humor and a great style of teaching that makes it enjoyable and easy to understand. -Mr. Euhus can even make a math class fun. He is a great teacher. -He is very good at explaining problems in different ways so everyone knows what to do. -Always happy, never stressed out, and so willing to help. Thanks! -He doesn’t change his demeanor when giving discipline and still commands with authority. -He is clear and direct in his lesson style. -He is so patient with us. -I always enjoy physics class because I always learn something new. -Mr. Euhus excels at making a mind-blowing area of study accessible to those of us without math minds. -For such a difficult subject (calculus), Mr. Euhus does a fantastic job explaining and helping us practice to understand the concepts. -Calculus is just hard, but he is helping us understand it-Thank you very much! -I very much appreciate his open office policy; the freedom to come and ask for clarification is awesome. -I am not one who usually enjoys math. You could say that math is the bane of my existence. However, I am thoroughly enjoying calc. this year. I even told my admissions counselor that it was my favorite class. Mr. Euhus is a great teacher, and we are lucky to have him! -I would never have been taking calculus or physics had I never met Mr. Euhus. He has such an ability to teach, and such a heart for his students, that even I am able to participate in his class with a degree of success. Thank you so much, Mr. Euhus.     Cheers,   Matt Whitling  

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2017 – #18

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2017 – #18   General Reenrollment: Reenrollment is now open via Renweb and will be open through January 22^nd. Please see the email from Mr. Euhus that came out today.   Elementary Spelling Bee: The 1^st – 6^th graders will be competing in an in-school spelling bee February 9. Lists and rules are posted on the website under Academics/Elementary Program/Spelling Bee.   Elementary Basketball Clinics: Saturday Hoops will run for one more Saturday!   Secondary Secondary Assembly: This Thursday morning at 8:25 in the gym Pastor Toby Sumpter will be speaking to our secondary students on “Life Between the Sexes.” As always, parents are welcome to attend.   CTP 4 Tests (standardized testing for 7^th-9^th grades): Testing will take place next week. Please avoid appointments during this week.   Rhetoric Speech Meet (10^th-12^th Grade): The meet will take place February 24. More details are available on the school website.   Secondary Student Surveys We have our secondary students evaluate each class they take twice a year. Here are a few things that students had to say about Mr. Erber this semester:   -Mr. Erber is always happy and a friendly teacher. He is good on using time and staying on topic. -The characteristic that impresses me the most is that he is really focused on his job, which is to prepare us for the concert. -He is lots of fun and likes to teach what he teaches. -He is awesome! Jokes a lot and makes us laugh. -He enjoys being a music teacher! -He’s really cheerful all through class and disciplines consistently. -He is an awesome singer! -He is very nice. I enjoy choir a lot. -Mr. Erber is fun and energetic. -He makes sure we understand the music. We do it over and over again until we get it right. He smiles a lot. -I’m impressed with his passion for music and his passion for cars. -Mr. Erber is a fantastic teacher. I enjoy learning from him and consistently look forward to each class with him. It will be a sad day when I have to leave. He is one of my favorite teachers. -The songs this year are great! He makes choir such a fun down to earth class. -He is always very joyful, he loves teaching us. -Choir is one of my favorite classes! Super fun!     Cheers,   Matt Whitling    

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #16

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #16   General Fight’n Knight Day! This Friday students are welcome to wear their Logos t-shirts and nice jeans to celebrate Trivia Day, the end of final exams, and last day before Christmas break.   Elementary Kindergarten Play: This Friday Mrs. Sawyer’s class will be putting on a Christmas play. The show will open with a 1st grade (Blum) recitation at 8:35 AM. All are welcome to attend.   Saturday Hoops: All of the slots are filled for this event. If you have registered, please have your son at the gym at 9:00 AM this Saturday. Future dates: Dec. 17 & Jan. 7, 14. This is a busy time of year, and it is just fine if an athlete misses a Saturday or two.   Secondary Trivia Day: This Friday after finals we will play our traditional game of “Logos Trivial Pursuit” and have a pizza party.  Guys: please bring six “individual” drinks - cans of pop, bottles of water, or Gatorade (No two-liter bottles please).  Ladies: please bring something for dessert.   Secondary Student Surveys We have our secondary students evaluate each class they take twice a year. Here are a few things that students had to say about Mrs. Lloyd this semester:   -The discussions we have in Doctrine help make our faith clearer and yet bring up even more questions at the same time. I really appreciate the deep conversations, and Mrs. Lloyd helps us address all the hard questions. -Mrs. Lloyd is always engaging, lively, and fascinating. -Very, very challenging topics, but thanks for bringing them up now so we can think about them BEFORE going into the real world. -She is really good at getting the class to think about hard questions in scripture. -I appreciate her deep desire to help us grow as brothers and sisters in Christ, and to know as much as we can about who God is. -She always pushes us to work our hardest. That will make us better people in the future. -Mrs. Lloyd is a wonderful teacher and an encouraging role model. I love her cheerfulness and the energy she brings to room 7. She’s understanding and is passionate about what she teaches. I’m very thankful to have her as a teacher this year. -Mrs. Lloyd does a great job working with students to help them improve their writing and speaking skills and she comes up with interesting topics to have us present on. -Conversations are interesting and Mrs. Lloyd takes the time to get to know every student personally. -She really cares about the students and goes out of her way to answer any questions we have whether or not they are related. -Always something wise to say, always willing to point out heresy, always a blast-Thanks! -I love how she prays for every student at least once. -Mrs. Lloyd is such a fun teacher. I love logic and I look forward to her class everyday. Logic is hard but Mrs. Lloyd explains it well and has good tips for remembering stuff.   Cheers,   Matt Whitling

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #15

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #15   General Fight’n Knight Day! This Thursday is a Fight’n Knight Day. Students are allowed to wear their Logos t-shirts and nice jeans to school. After school, come out to the gym to cheer on our high school girls basketball team against Kendrick at 6:00.   Christmas Program Party! This Thursday evening after the girls’ game we will be setting up chairs for the Christmas Program. If you would like to help us with set up, please be at the gym at 7:00 PM or simply come for the game and help set up chairs afterward. Thank you!   Christmas Program: The Logos Christmas Program will take place in the gym this Friday, December 9 at 7:00 PM. All are invited to attend! The rehearsal will take place the same day at the following times: Secondary 8:25-9:15, Elementary (preschool-6^th) 9:30-10:30. Elementary students will meet in the classrooms at 6:45 PM and secondary students in the auditorium at 6:30. Please bring preschoolers right to the gym at 6:45 PM. After they sing, the preschool-1^st grade students will go to the back of the auditorium to meet and sit with their parents for the rest of the evening. Attire for performers…   Elementary: Logos dress uniform (young ladies may wear a special Christmas dress if desired, and young men are welcome to wear blazers).   Secondary: Logos dress uniform only. Blazers for young men and women are welcome.   Uniforms: This Friday is not a dress uniform day. Students will wear their normal Monday-Thursday uniforms to school on Friday so that their dress uniform is crisp and clean for the Christmas Program that evening.   Elementary Homework-0-Meter Results: Correction on last week’s report-the 5^th grade average was 30 minutes rather than 60!   Saturday Hoops: All of the slots are filled for this event. If you have registered, please have your son at the gym at 9:00 AM this Saturday. Future dates: Dec. 10, 17 & Jan. 7, 14.   Secondary Final Exams: The secondary students will be taking finals next week. Please see the attached schedule for details.   Trivia Day: Next Friday after finals we will play our traditional game of “Logos Trivial Pursuit” and have a pizza party.  Guys: please bring six “individual” drinks - cans of pop, bottles of water, or Gatorade (No two-liter bottles please).  Ladies: please bring something for dessert.   Secondary Student Surveys We have our secondary students evaluate each class they take twice a year. Here are a few things that students had to say about Mrs. Courtney this semester:   -She’s really funny and understanding. -She really loves working with all her students. -Really fun teacher-always look forward to her classes. -She really knows what she is talking about and she obviously loves teaching. -I love this class and I am very thankful for Mrs. Courtney. -Mrs. Courtney is always cheerful and happy every class period. She makes history and geography really fun. -Mrs. Courtney impresses me with how organized class is. -She really loves the books that we read and makes reading them more fun. -She is a very maternal teacher, teaches you as if you were her own. Strict when she has to be, she is the best teacher ever! -She doesn’t let kids talk during class and makes sure everything makes sense. -One of my favorite teachers. I look forward to her classes every day. -She is cheerful and knows the material well. -She is always looking out for us, wearing the “Mom Hat”. It shows that she really cares. -She actually seems to like her students, even Junior High kids. -Mrs. Courtney is my favorite teacher and I am blessed to have her.   Cheers,   Matt Whitling

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #14

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #14   General Christmas Program: The Logos Christmas Program will take place in the gym next Friday, December 9 at 7:00 PM. All are invited to attend! The rehearsal will take place the same day at the following times: Secondary 8:25-9:15, Elementary (preschool-6^th) 9:30-10:30. Elementary students will meet in the classrooms at 6:45 PM and secondary students in the auditorium at 6:30. Please bring preschoolers right to the gym at 6:45 PM. After they sing, the preschool-1^st grade students will go to the back of the auditorium to meet and sit with their parents for the rest of the evening. Attire for performers…   Elementary: Logos dress uniform (young ladies may wear a special Christmas dress if desired, and young men are welcome to wear blazers).   Secondary: Logos dress uniform only. Blazers for young men and women are welcome. White Winter Ball on Friday, December 2: TIMES: Elementary portion: 6:00-7:30pm; dance instruction for 6th graders and secondary from 7:30-8:00; Secondary portion: 8:00-10:00pm. PRICES: $5 per person, or $15 per family. Parents are welcome to come for free. ATTIRE: MEN: Dress shirts, ties, & slacks. LADIES: Knee length dresses/skirts; no strapless tops, halter tops, spaghetti straps; modest necklines, SHOES: Clean, athletic shoes on the floor only; no dress shoes or high heels Elementary Homework-0-Meter Results: Homework surveys are in, and we’ve crunched the numbers below (averaged between the double classes). Parents, thank you for taking the time to complete the surveys!   Grade / Actual Numbers / Guideline Targets (per night/5 days a week): 1^st            =          18 min.            (15 min.) 2^nd       =          16 min.            (30 min.) 3^rd        =          17 min.            (45 min.) 4^th        =          25 min.            (45 min.) 5^th        =          60 min.            (45 min.) 6^th        =          55 min.            (60 min.)   2^nd Grade Play: This Friday Mrs. McIvor’s class will be on stage. The show will open at 8:35 AM with a recitation by Mrs. Akin’s 3^rd graders. All are welcome.   Front Parking Lot: Please do not leave your cars unattended in the lanes out front. If you need to come in to drop off or pick up your student, find a parking spot and come right in. If you are doing a quick drop off or pick up, and you will be staying in your car, feel free to use the right lane out front. Thank you!   Saturday Hoops: All Logos 2^nd through 6^th grade boys are cordially invited to participate in a series of basketball clinics that will focus on the fundamentals of shooting, passing, dribbling, and defense. All clinics will take place on Saturdays from 9 – 11 AM in the Logos gym and will be coached and directed by Jed Whitling and Logos High School basketball players on the following dates: Dec. 10, 17 & Jan. 7, 14. The cost is $25 for all four clinics. This is a great way to spend a Saturday morning and to get ready for the upcoming Moscow Parks and Recreation season. Registration (form attached) is due December 2, this Friday! We are going to limit enrollment to the first 40 players.   Midterms: Please remember to return your midterms by November 30.   Secondary Student Surveys We have our secondary students evaluate each class they take twice a year. Here are a few things that students had to say about Mr. Dickison this semester   -He is calmly and firmly professional. -I really never enjoyed poetry, but reading some before we start class has really gotten me to think and listen to poetry again. -He is kind and gracious and he does a great job of reviewing for quizzes. -Mr. Dickison has brought a new style of teaching to us, and I am finding that with it I have been learning to understand things I read, faster than I used to-Thank you! -Mr. Dickison is an amazing teacher! I love being in his class. His material is always interesting and he asks questions I’ve never thought about before. -Mr. Dickison is kind of strict (which is good). -Mr. Dickison is a humorous philosopher, an archetype all too rare in our world. -One of the best teachers in Logos! -Mr. Dickison is copious, eclectic and he dresses quite smartly. -He is kind and strict without being mean. -Mr. Dickison has greatly challenged me to be a better speaker and writer this year. -Mr. Dickison is so fun! History is my favorite class. I really enjoy learning about all the ancient civilizations and drawing maps. They help me to realize where everything was located, which is really helpful. -Mr. Dickison is one of my favorite teachers. Although the work is hard it is fun to participate and learn from such an intelligent teacher. I can’t wait until next class every day.   Cheers,   Matt Whitling

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #13

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #13   General Thanksgiving Vacation: Please note that we have the entire week of Thanksgiving off. Enjoy the time with your family.   White Winter Ball on Friday, December 2: TIMES: Elementary portion: 6:00-7:30pm; dance instruction for 6th graders and secondary from 7:30-8:00; Secondary portion: 8:00-10:00pm. PRICES: $5 per person, or $15 per family. Parents are welcome to come for free. ATTIRE: MEN: Dress shirts, ties, & slacks. LADIES: Knee length dresses/skirts; no strapless tops, halter tops, spaghetti straps; modest necklines, SHOES: Clean, athletic shoes on the floor only; no dress shoes or high heels Elementary Preschool-1^st Grade Midterms: Midterms will be coming home this Wednesday. Please sign the bottom of the form and return it by Wednesday, November 30.   2^nd-6^th Grade Midterms: A midterm form will be coming home on Wednesday. Please log on to Renweb and help your child complete it. Our goal is to encourage families to check out Renweb and to help students use the midterm to plan for improvement in any areas that may need work. Please return these forms by Wednesday, November 30.   Secondary After Thanksgiving there will only be three weeks left in the second quarter. This is a great time to sit down with your student and check their progress on Renweb.       Cheers,   Matt Whitling

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #12

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #12   General Thanksgiving Vacation: Please note that we have the entire week of Thanksgiving off. Enjoy the time with your family.   Elementary 3^rd Grade Play: This Friday Mrs. Loyd’s class will be performing in the gym. The show will open with a recitation by Mrs. Merkle’s kindergarten class at 8:35. All are welcome!   Secondary Secondary Student Surveys: Next week our secondary students will be filling out student surveys for each of their classes. Please take a few minutes and talk this through with your children so that they are prepared.   Feed the Need Summary On Friday, October 21, our Logos gymnasium was transformed into a packaging center as students assembled 12,500 packages of soup (a record number!) for the needy in our area. These packages are already being delivered to food banks, medical clinics, and churches in Latah & Whitman counties. We want to extend a big thank you to all the students and volunteers who helped make our FEED the NEED event a huge success. A special “thank you” to Gritman Medical Center for helping to underwrite this worthwhile activity. In addition to helping the needy, this event was also a student fundraiser. Following are some statistics: 143 – The total number of students who participated in raising pledges. 93 – The number of students who raised $125+ in pledge dollars, qualifying for a Knights long sleeve performance T-shirt $18,502  – Total pledge dollars raised by students $2,750 – Corporate sponsor support Winners of the class competition for most pledge dollars raised: Blum, 1st grade, $1375 Akin, 3rd grade, $1457.50 Mrs. Courtney’s Homeroom, (7th grade) $1375 Mr. Wilson’s Homeroom (8th grade) $1403 Thank you for your enthusiastic support of this event! We look forward to partnering with Homestead Ministries again next year and increasing the number of meals packaged for our neighbors on the Palouse.         Cheers,   Matt Whitling

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #11

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #11   General THE FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: The show opens Wed, Nov. 2, and runs each night at 7:00 pm through Sat, Nov. 5. There are over 30 Logos students in this show. Tickets are on sale in the Logos lunchroom from 7:45- 8:15 am, Mon-Thurs this week. As seating permits, tickets will also be available at the door each night.   Fight’n Knight Day! In order to celebrate the Fiddler on the Roof performances, this Friday will be a Fight’n Knight Day (nice jeans and your Logos T-shirt).   Elementary Interschool Speech Meet: We will be hosting the interschool speech meet this Friday. Competitors should wear their dress uniform. The rosters for each division will be posted outside the front office window Thursday at lunch. Please no camcorders or cameras during the meet.     Cheers,   Matt Whitling

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #9

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #9   General Feed the Need: This Friday students should wear their Fight’n Knight t-shirts and nice jeans to school. Tennis shoes are fine. Please avoid sandals and other more casual footwear. We are looking forward to a great day!   Parent/Teacher Conferences (October 20 & 21): Almost all of the scheduling is complete. If you have not scheduled yet, please visit this site to do so: https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Logos   Elementary Speech Meet: Friday, October 21.  Parents are welcome to attend.  No camcorders or younger siblings please. Report Cards: Elementary Report Cards will come home with your students this Wednesday afternoon.   Secondary PSAT: The 10^th and 11^th graders will be taking the PSAT the morning of October 19 in the gym. Report Cards: Secondary Report Cards will come home with your students this Friday afternoon. Dialectic Speech Meet 7th-9th: Next Friday, October 28 is the secondary speech meet.  There will be an awards assembly for all 7th-12th graders in which some of the superior speeches will be delivered at 2:30 in the lunchroom.  All are welcome to attend.   Study Tip of 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.   Cheers,   Matt Whitling

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #8

LOGOS SCHOOL UPDATE – 2016 – #8   General Teacher Workday: This week is the last week of the quarter. Encourage your child to finish strong! Friday, October 14, is a teacher workday (no school for students and the front office will be closed). Teachers will be wrapping up the first quarter (grades and report cards) and preparing for the second quarter. There will be no dress uniform day this week.   Parent/Teacher Conferences (October 20 & 21): Almost all of the scheduling is complete. A reminder email will be sent out the Monday before conferences. If you have not scheduled yet, please visit this site to do so: https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Logos   Elementary Assembly: This Thursday morning Mrs. Kappmeyer and Mrs. Anderson’s 6^th graders will be on stage in the gym. The assembly will start with a short recitation by Miss Clemans’ 4^th grade class at 8:35. All are welcome!   Speech Meet: Selections will be performed for a grade on Wednesday, October 13.     Secondary PSAT: The 10^th and 11^th graders will be taking the PSAT the morning of October 19 in the gym. Dialectic Speech Meet (7^th-9^th): Encourage your child to practice for the meet on October 28.   Elementary Romance Each year I make a point of speaking to the 2^nd - 6^th 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 past two weeks I’ve stopped 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 romantic affection are not permitted at school or school activities.” My interpretation of a public display of romantic 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 2^nd - 6^th 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 these 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.   Cheers,   Matt Whitling