Spring at Legacy has been filled with the sounds of beautiful music!
April 11th was slotted as the start of of the spring concert season for us here at Legacy, however mother nature had other plans. Inclement weather forced us to postpone our 5th and 6th grade program to the following afternoon, Friday April 12th. The situation called for creativity and we made a decision to share the concert on Facebook & YouTube for parents that couldn’t get the time off of work.
This performance was followed by the PreK-4th grade spring program on April 25th, the 7th-12th grade band concert on May 2nd and finally the 7th-12th grade choir concert on May 9th. Watching the progression of musicianship from PreK-12 is a special gift at Legacy. Music Directors Mrs. Gerber and Mr. Rudzitis do an amazing job of building confidence through duets and solos all the way through. We hope you enjoyed a performance or two!
Congratulations! (¡Felicidades!) to Legacy Spanish students attaining national recognition for excellent performance on the 2019 National Spanish Examination (NSE).
The National Spanish Exam is a voluntary assessment; only top students choose to take the challenging test. Therefore, the placement medals were earned in competition between the elite Spanish students in the United States!
The percentile scores below are not simply a number of questions correct, rather they are a ranking within all testers. Among that elite group, our 14 Legacy testers garnered these medals:
Silver medal – 85-95%
M. Demars, Level 2 (90%)
Bronze medals – 75-84%
L. Thomas, Level 2 (83%)
G. Weissman, Level 1 (80%)
Honorable Mention – 50-74%
A. Domeyer, Level 2
T. Harrison, Level 2
T. Price, Level 2
E. Schiebout, Level 2
Profe Oberg says to all testing students – “You dared greatly! You stepped into the arena! And YOU learned, you achieved, and I AM more than proud of you!”
Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the NSE is very prestigious because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with 146,000 students participating in 2019.
“It is my privilege to teach students who love a challenge and to watch our students compete and excel among the elites of Spanish!” Profe Oberg
LCA Administrative Team
What a special day we celebrated on Wednesday April 24th!
Many members of our community took time out of their day to witness the ground breaking at the site of our new 3-story education wing. We could not be more excited about the journey God has us on and thank him for His provision and care during this stage in our school’s history.
If you were unable to attend we have posted two video’s to our YouTube channel. One is only the outside ceremony and one includes some of the indoor program.
Our first grade classrooms were transformed into a makers space as the students completed the plans for their robot and then spent time creating!
First, the students planned their design. Their robot needed to solve a problem or help others. We learned in our reading stories that many inventors created new things (like the light bulb) because there was a problem (the gas in the lights were causing homes to burn down). So, the students made a plan for their robot’s job and gave a description. We practiced writing helpful adjectives to describe their robots.
Next, the students used their plans to create their robot. We stayed busy for a long time! We learned some hard lessons – our ideas may not always go as we planned. Failure isn’t fun, but it sure is a good learning experience! When this happened, I saw students help others, give ideas, and work together. During work time, this was overheard:
“Inventing is hard — and FUN!”
“Woohoo!”
“This is really fun!”
“Everything is awesome!”
“Holy moly – that’s big!”
“Look at ____’s robot! Cool!”
“This is the BEST day of school!”
Legacy is proud to share that teachers Mrs. Henderson (3rd grade) and Mrs. Oberg (Spanish) were selected to receive the Heart of the Class honor through 98.5 KTIS.
Listeners were encouraged to nominate an educator who made a difference in their own life or someone they knew. The submissions were then evaluated by The University of Northwestern School of Education based on supporting evidence cited by the person submitting the nomination. The 50 teachers who were chosen for the award demonstrated the ability to go significantly above and beyond in a) helping students come to know God’s love, mercy, and strength and b) helping students become their best.
In recognition of this honor, Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Oberg have been invited to a private event hosted at University of Northwestern by Thrivent Financial this month.
Please join us in congratulating both of these amazing teachers for being lights in the lives of Legacy students!
There’s one way to warm up a MN January with below zero temps…participate in Legacy’s Homecoming activities!
The week of Homecoming was filled with dress up days, medallion hunt clues, fun grade competitions and the highly anticipated Buddy Relays at the Friday Pepfest.
Alumni came together on Friday evening for the Alumni Hockey game and again on Saturday morning for Alumni Volleyball. The basketball teams hosted their annual Pancake breakfast and our athletes worked hard on the ice and the court that evening.
We hope you were able to join us!
Game Results
Boys Hockey 2-3 OT vs. LaCrescent-Hokah
Girls Basketball 66-28 vs Community of Peace
Boys Basketball 71-48 vs Community of Peace
Pepfest Gallery
Alumni Games Gallery
Boys Hockey Game Gallery
Basketball Games Gallery
School canceled for Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019
All Anoka-Hennepin schools will be closed Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, due to snowy winter weather impacting the safety of transportation and travel for students at dismissal time. School or district-sponsored after-school and evening activities will also be canceled.
Please know that this decision has been made for the safety of students and staff. Anoka-Hennepin has a large and complex student transportation system which limits the ability of the district to hold a late start or early release.
Share this message with family and friends via social media so all Anoka-Hennepin families are made aware.
For answers to frequently asked questions on winter weather and school closures, please visit ahschools.us/weather.
It began as two friends, Miranda and Lizzy, feeling prompted by God to help the homeless. The prompting led to an idea. The idea led to an amazing impact!
As part of Legacy’s Leadership Academy, Miranda Demars ’22 brought the idea of a blanket drive for the homeless to Student Life Director, Tom Keefe. With his help and the help of her fellow Leadership Academy classmates they partnered with Legacy’s Buddy Program to engage students across all age groups. Big Buddy’s joined up with their Little Buddy classrooms to see which group could collect the most blankets for the drive. Chick-fil-A, the Leadership Academy sponsor, jumped in and held their own blanket collection for two weeks at the Coon Rapids location! They also awarded the winning Buddy group, Mrs. Zieroth’s 1st Grade Class & Mr. Anderson’s 10th Grade, a catered Chick-fil-A lunch.
In the end, Miranda & Lizzy collected a total of 422 blankets and $1,041 to bless God Town of Minneapolis! Legacy families contributed 387 blankets and a total of $694.00 to the campaign. The results of the blanket drive exceeded God Town’s original needs so the girls continue to work with them in distributing the items to local homeless people groups and others in need. The money that was collected has been allocated to purchase various items (i.e. mittens, hats, diapers, hygiene items, etc.) to distribute along with the blankets.
It was a blessing for the girls, God Town and the Legacy community to partner in this opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus during the month of December…and beyond.
Miranda and her crew continue to visit those in need and share the love of Jesus and the warmth of their hearts.
We thank all of the Legacy families that participated in the blanket drive by sending blankets or donations to school during the campaign.
We are most like Jesus when we serve like Jesus. The holiday season is a special time to serve and shine the light of Jesus. We know our students are serving in many ways big and small this Christmas, but we are especially excited to share the kindergarten tradition of supporting a Haitian child for one calendar year.
The goal was $420 ($35 a month) to support young Wilguens (Will). The class began their challenge with a commitment to praying for Will and writing letters to him. The kinders were so excited each day to bring in their financial gifts that they earned through extra chores, talking to family and friends about donating, and giving of their own savings.
It’s with great excitement that we share with you that they exceeded their goal! Together, Legacy’s two kindergarten classes raised $731. With that total, they will be able to support Will for a total of 21 months – almost two whole years!
A big thank you to all the students, parents, and grandparents that donated to our Christmas Caring Project. Our students are becoming the hands and feet of Jesus and witnessing what God has done through them for Wilguens. A true Christmas blessing.
Wednesday was such a special day for our Kindergartners. The excitement was high as the students entered the classroom in great anticipation of our singing adventure at Farmstead Senior Care Center. God blessed us with a beautiful day and we walked to the Farmstead together. Once there, the students sang Christmas songs and recited Bible verses and Christmas poems for the residents.
The looks on the seniors’ faces were priceless. They absolutely loved hearing from the LCA kindergarten classes. The students sang songs and then passed out cards that said, “Jesus is Born!” with smiles and good wishes.
Mrs. Beyers’ mom, who lives at the Farmstead, enjoyed a big hug from many of our kinders.
Thank you to the parents who brought in our treats and helped us as chaperones! It was such a special morning!
