Monday, June 2
7:00 pm Equipping Parents Seminar – Wills & Estate Planning (online only)
Tuesday, June 3
Wednesday, June 4
Thursday, June 5
9:00 am Spell-a-thon
7:00 pm PTL Meeting (over Zoom)
Friday, June 6
Administrative Day – NO SCHOOL IN SESSION
Looking Ahead…
Monday, June 9
8:45 am Parent Prayer
Tuesday, June 10
12:45 pm Grade 4 & 5 Probability Fair
Wednesday, June 11
Thursday, June 12
Friday, June 13
9:05 am Late Start
9:15 am K – gr. 8 Chapel
10:00 pm Grade 5 Celebration
Hot Lunch
12:00 pm Student Prayer Group (meet in Connection Rm)
Volunteer Opportunities – 2024/2025 School Year
1. Parent Prayer Leadership for 2025/26 School Year – a parent is needed to take over the leadership of the weekly parent prayer. This group meets once a week for 15-30 minutes (this year on Monday’s after morning drop off) to lift the school and its community in prayer. Prayer requests are provided by the school administration. This is a simple yet important way to contribute to our school and gain volunteer time. Please speak with Lisa Klym if you are interested ().
Term 2 Parent Participation Hours (PPH)
The PTL team will begin reviewing Parent Participation Hours this week to determine which families have completed their 10 hours of participation. Please go into the document shared by your class liaison (youngest child’s class) and update your hours. The deadline for hours is June 15. If you have any questions please contact
Sun Safe Awareness
The 4A class will be promoting ‘sun safe’ awareness and will be hosting sunscreen and water stations during recess time where students will be provided with sunscreen and an opportunity to refill their water bottle. This is completely optional. Parents, if your student is allergic to sunscreen please remind them not to use the sunscreen that will be provided. Alternatively, you can let Mrs Frank know at
Grade 3B’s Read and Feed Challenge for Food Bank on Wheels
Our Grade 3B class started the Read and Feed Challenge a couple of weeks ago! We’re reading lots of books to help Food Bank on Wheels, which gives food and hope to people who need it. In Christian Studies, we’ve been learning about the Fruit of the Spirit, and this challenge is a great way to put those lessons into action.
Our goal is to read 1,000 books! Each student has found pledgers who donate based on the number of books read. So far, we’ve reached around 250 books, and the challenge runs until Friday, June 13.
We invite the whole school community to join us! Pledge forms and more details are available here or by emailing Mrs. Kang().
In addition to reading, donation boxes will be placed in each classroom starting Monday(June 2) to collect much-needed food items for Food Bank on Wheels, including:
- Peanut butter
- Jam
- Honey
- Syrup (for pancakes)
- Juices
- Canned meat
- Pasta sauce
Middle school students are also invited to contribute by dropping donations in the box at their campus. All donations will be collected on June 13.
Thanks for helping us read and give!
Scholastic Book Club – June Flyer
The May/June digital flyer is still available online! Don’t forget to use our Class Code: RC131640 at checkout. Your continued support helps us grow our classroom library and foster a love of reading in our students. If you have any questions or need help with your order, feel free to reach out to Mrs. Kang at .
Bible Memory Seminar offered by Fraser Valley Continuing Education
*** This course has been organized specifically for Hope Lutheran attendees. For extra information see this website***
(If the time doesn’t work for you, and you want to attend, there are other time slots available, just ask.)
Cost: $69.99 + tax
Online Livestreamed Bible Memory Seminar is being offered by Fraser Valley Continuing Education.
The seminar is 4 sessions on Wednesdays 10:00-11:30 am; Zoom only; June 4 – June 25.
Course Description: Learn to train your brain to remember extended passages from the Gospels word-perfectly. You will be amazed at how easy this is! Learn 12 strategies that will help you encode ANY Bible verses and their references in such a way that you will NOT forget them. You will learn to keep the verses for long-term memory. Build your own “memory palace” in order to have the content of entire books of the Bible at your fingertips. These strategies are tried and true, and leave people wondering why they weren’t taught them years ago. The results are instant and amazing!
During the course you will:
- Learn how to initially learn the verse without the mind wandering; then how to review it so it flows from your lips; and finally, how to retain it for the long term
- Memorize the 7 Sayings from the Cross; the Fruit of the Spirit; and many other select verses during the course (We can also look at passages you want to learn.)
- Memorize the content of Mark Chapter 1 (Material is provided to continue on and memorize the content of the rest of the book.)
- Memorize 40 Names of Jesus
- Have several verses used for the praise of God at your fingertips
- How to read and remember what you read
- How to memorize apologetics arguments
- How to write personal reflections and to meditate on Scripture
… and much more!
A computer (Mac or PC), or an Android smartphone, or an Android tablet, or an iPad or iPhone. As long as it has a webcam and microphone, you’re good to go! FREE digital manual is included with the registration fee.
Come and join others from Hope Lutheran in this delightful class 😁
Attendees wanting to meet in person to Zoom with others instead of at home may meet in the Connection Room on Wednesdays, 10:00 – 11:30 am..
Questions please contact Michele Malmberg
School Library Book Donation
Do you have any gently used books that might be looking for a new home this New Year? The Elementary School library is always welcoming ALL book donations. There will be a library drop box at BOTH ES and MS Office Campus.
Please look at the Book Wish List below for specific title suggestions from Ms. Francescini;
If you wish to make a cash donation so that Ms. Francescini can purchase these books for our library please contact the School Office.
Dough Raiser fundraiser with Cobs Bread
Are you looking to purchase bread or treats from the Oxford location of Cobs Bread? Anyone who buys something at the Oxford Cobs Bread location just has to say they are a part of Hope Lutheran Christian School and 5% of their total transaction gets put aside for our school. This is an ongoing fundraiser.
Hope Lutheran Church Happenings
Hope Lutheran Vacation Bible School (VBS)
Theme: “God So Loves the World: From Epic Australia to the True North – Trusting Jesus in a Wild World”
Dates: July 7–11 (Monday to Friday) + Sunday, July 13
Ages: 4–11 (participants) | 12+ (junior volunteers)
Cost: $30 per child | Free for junior leaders (12+)
What is VBS at Hope? Hope Lutheran Church’s Vacation Bible School (VBS) Summer Camp is a six-day celebration of faith, friendship, and fun! Our camp runs Monday to Friday, July 7–11, from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM with supervised lunch and optional afternoon programming. The week wraps up with a special family day on Sunday, July 13, including VBS activities and a 10:00 AM church service featuring our campers.
Campers can join just the morning VBS (8:30 AM – 12:30 PM) or stay for the full day (8:30 AM – 4:00 PM) with one of our exciting afternoon camps!
ARTS Afternoon Camp: Fluff & Fiber with Ms. Rebekah: Needle Felting & Punch Needle Arts: Let your child’s imagination run wild with wool!
1:00 – 4:00 PM | $200 per child
Campers go home with handmade fiber art creations!
SPORTS Afternoon Camp: Survivor Challenge with Mr. Mayer: Theme: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast! This action-packed camp brings out the strategist, teammate, and competitor in every child (ages 5–12).
1:00 – 4:00 PM | $200 per child
Encourages confidence, problem-solving, and teamwork!
PTL/Community Relations News
April 10, 2025 PTL Meeting Minutes
Attending PTL meetings is a great way to connect with the rest of the school community and stay in the loop of important School/PTL events. April 10, 2025 PTL meeting Minutes is available for your review here. The meeting recording is also available for view by emailing your request to .
Newsletter
Submissions are open for the September newsletter. HLCS has existed for 30 years and has impacted many families – we want to hear your story of impact. How has Hope Lutheran Christian School encouraged and impacted you and your family? Have you been a recipient of care and compassion from our community; have you come to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through the ministry of HLCS? Please share your stories of impact with us and we’ll feature your inspirational experience (please specify if you’d like to remain anonymous).
Share your stories with us. Submissions for the Newsletter to .
Upcoming Hope Community Events
- Parking Lot Sale – June 14th, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Want to get rid of unwanted or unused items in your house? Bring them to our sale on June 14th, the day of Poco City-Wide Garage Sale. Click here for more information and to register a spot.
- Hope Community Worship Night – June 14th, 7:00 pm
A Hope Community worship and games night will take place at 7:00 pm in the chapel. All members of our Hope School and Church communities are invited to gather together for worship and thanksgiving to our Lord. Afterwards, there will be a time of fellowship as well as games hosted by our Jr. Youth Team for the kids.
SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, September 13th, Hope Neighbourhood Carnival, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
A fun Fall Carnival celebrating the anniversaries of the church and school while promoting ourselves within the greater Tri-Cities community. This event will also serve as a back-to-school family event and will include games, inflatables, food and tons of fun!
Lots of volunteer opportunities for parents and high school students. More details will be posted in the coming week. Parents interested in helping, contact Lisa ().
Parent Prayer
You are invited and welcome to join other parents and our school administration to pray (even if you’ve never prayed before!). Please consider setting aside 30 minutes of your time at the beginning of each week to join us for Parent Prayer as we pray for our school, families, and community.
We meet at the Elementary Campus every Monday from 8:45 – 9:15 am (except for holidays). Need prayer? Send your requests to and we’ll be sure to pray for you!
We are looking for new leadership for this important ministry. If you feel God is calling you to this, please contact Lisa at .
Alumni Opportunity
If you have a Hope alumni student who is applying for, or enrolled in, post-secondary education, this opportunity is for them! The Hope Lutheran Church & School Board has approved a plan to offer a bursary of up to $1000.
Eligibility: Applicants must show a connection to Hope Lutheran Church and/or School and be applying to, or enrolled in, a post secondary Christian institution such as Trinity Western University in Langley, BC; Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute in Camrose, AB or other institutions offering Christian Studies.
Eligible students may apply through this form: 2025 Hope Lutheran Bursary Application
Application Deadline is June 15, 2025.
