DIRECTIVES TO PARENTS

OUR CHILDREN BELONG TO PARENTS WHO ARE ULTIMATELY ACCOUNTABLE FOR SEEING THAT THEY GROW UP TO BE RESPONSIBLE ADULT CITIZENS. YOU, AS CONCERNED PARENTS, SHOULD FIND OPPORTUNITIES DAILY TO:

  • Assure your children that you love them.

  • Provide them with opportunities to talk with you about things in general, or about activities in school, and in particular about lessons, books, and projects.

  • Take time to read to the younger ones each evening before bedtime. Classics and Bible stories are excellent.

  • Help them stick to some type of daily schedule or routine for homework, television watching, home responsibilities, etc.

  • Make sure they get plenty of rest each night. At least eight hours are needed for healthy bodies and minds.

  • Make sure that your children eat a nutritious breakfast every morning, as well as other meals of the day.

  • Be an example of the type of personality you desire for your children.

  • Provide an opportunity for your children to develop a spiritual faith that they can rely on during difficult growing years and to fall back on when Mom  and Dad are no longer available for guidance.

 

HOW PARENTS CAN HELP THE CHILD:

  • Let the Word of God be your guide in all phases of daily living.

  • Have regular family devotions and daily prayers.

  • Pray for your school and staff.

  • Attend church regularly with your children.

  • Encourage your children to respect their teachers.

  • Encourage them to be considerate and courteous when riding on the bus and on their way to and from school.

  • See to it that children are regular and prompt in attendance.

  • Refrain from being critical of school procedure in the presence of your children.

 

 

 

BASIS OF DISCIPLINE

As a student at St. Paul's Lutheran School, every child enrolled automatically becomes a member of a large Christian family. As such, he is therefore guided in all his thoughts, words, attitudes, and deeds by the Word of God. The Head of this family is Jesus Christ. In Him the members of the family are united by virtue of their faith in His redeeming love. Each member of the family will strive to live according to His precepts and do all things to His glory.

     As in all families, a proper and consistent discipline must be maintained in our school family. Each member must be concerned not only with his own welfare, but above all, the welfare of the other school family members.

     Regulations are established for the benefit and best interests of the whole family, as well as for the edifying of each of its individual members. Such regulations are enforced in a manner befitting a Christian family - in the spirit of Christian love. The Gospel will be used to encourage proper family attitudes. The Law will service to correct the willful offender.

     May God grant that each member of the school family at all times be aware of his responsibilities and carry them out to the Glory of God and the welfare of his fellow school family members.