Back to School!

It's hard to believe back to school time is really here!  We are so incredibly grateful for Stonehaven.  They have come up with a really well thought out and prayed over plan to return kids to a face to face school setting.  A few families have chosen to continue using the blended learning method that we used last Spring, and I'm glad that option is available.  Our family is ready to go back though, so we are very thankful this has been planned out.

The process started a few days early as Mia got to go inside and decorate her new locker.  This is such an exciting time for the new 6th graders!  She has several pictures hung up, a little whiteboard that friends can write on, and a cute little disco ball that lights up.  Love it!

 Masks on since they are in a big group; lots of great friends all excited to decorate!

 The big day arrived!  I love seeing these signs each year.

 These two are ready for a great year.  We are praying this will be a healthy and wonderful year for them.

 Lily is excited to be a part of the new Upper School.  Their new building is still under construction (the pandemic shut down a lot of window production so we're stalled out right now).  We are temporarily renting space from Roswell Street Baptist Church to house our 7th-9th graders.  After taking a picture and dropping Mia off at the Lower School location, we drove over to drop Lily off.  We had a little help from Mrs. Hobson to get a picture of her, Avery, and Nate that day; hard to believe these three met each other 10 years ago!

 Mrs Hobson also sent this picture later on in the day.  I love seeing these happy girls together.

 Socially distanced chapel services too.  I appreciate all the steps the school is taking to keep our kids safe and healthy.

Earlier this summer, the foundation of the new school was laid and beams were put up for the new building.  The school reached out to Upper School families to ask what Bible verses they wanted to pray over the school.  They took those and wrote them on the beams that are now inside the walls of the school.  God's Word is the at the heart of our school, and this is no different.  Man, I love this!

Our family couldn't pick just one verse, so we submitted several.  Mrs. Jackson took pictures of each one, so we could see how they were written out.  Our family chose
1 Cor 13:11, Prov 9:9-11, Prov 3:5-6, and Col 3:16-17.

We are so thankful for this school and can't wait to see how it continues to impact God's Kingdom.  To God be the glory!