May Newsletter 2025

Hello!  

The students and teachers had a delightful, warm day on their field trip. Many said it was “the best field trip ever.”  The winner of the most strawberries was a junior high boy who ate 70 strawberries. I asked him if he still liked strawberries, and he said, “No!”  Poor guy!  I did a similar thing with strawberries when I was in 6th grade, but I still love them.

Here are the following May events:

7, 14, 21, 28 W           Teacher’s Meeting 8:30-8:50

2,16, 30 F                    Library (Students should wear comfortable shoes.)

5 M-6T                       OFF  Children's Day  &  Constitution Day

9  F                              Open House – Parents are invited!

            On this day, NLIS opens the doors to the school and invites all parents to see their             children’s classrooms and learn what they are doing this year.   Usually, the students prepare a simple presentation to explain what they are learning and present projects and papers they have completed.  The teachers will write letters to you with more information, but the times are the following:

o   1st grade: 10:45-11:15

o   2nd & 3rd grades: 9:10-9:40

o   4th grade: 10:10:10:40

o   5th & 6th grades: 9:50-10:20

o   7th through 12th grades: 11:30-12:20 in the HS room upstairs.

9 F                               P.S.E. Meeting  2:00 in the cafeteria!  All parents are invited!

12-16  M-F                 S.E.W. Spiritual Emphasis Week  9:05-9:30  The theme is 4 Rejoice in                             the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!  Philippians 4:4

                                    Parents are welcome to join in the auditorium upstairs.   All                                     speakers will speak in English.

                                    Speakers:  

                                    M:  Adeng Chen

                                    T:  Andrea Boko

                                    W:  Suzy Brown

                                    TH:  Glenn Brombuea (He will be on Zoom.)

                                    F:  Danny Brown    

                                    Music: Christian Brown 

19-20   M-T                Principal’s Workshop in Tokyo

23 F                             6th Grade School Trip

Mr. Olsen’s 5th and 6th graders will go to Yomiuri Land on this day.  The 6th graders will celebrate their last year in elementary.  The 5th graders will also join, so they may not have a school trip next year.

27 T                            Teacher's Meeting 3:35 – 5:00

June 3, 10, 17, 24  T  Baseball Math Races

Every Tuesday morning in June, I will meet with students in the cafeteria at 8:35 for the annual Baseball Math Races.  I posted the “Baseball Math” letter earlier this week and have given practice sheets to all the teachers.  If your child wants to participate, they should also ask their teacher for a sheet to practice at home.  Practice is necessary to win.  Quickly recalling addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication facts is essential for all students, so I hope you will encourage your children to try it!  They can take it every Tuesday in June until they succeed.

Have a wonderful Golden Week (or days) in May and thank you for supporting the school.

Warmly,

Suzy Brown,

Principal