During the week of November 6 – 10^th, 2017 Our Redeemer Lutheran School of Dallas is trying something new: each weekday, ORLS will host tours throughout the day, giving our prospective families the opportunity to visit when it is convenient for them.  Tours will begin at 8:30 am daily with the final tour starting at 2:30 pm.  Typically, the visit will last 30 to 45 minutes, and include a walk through the campus, visits to classes of interest (PK2 - 6th grade), refreshments and information from Carol Blackwood, Director of Admissions.  Attendees may park on the Park Lane side and enter at the School Office door.

Our Redeemer is nationally accredited through NLSA and has been serving families and students age 2 through the 6^th grade for over 55 years.   Students score an average of 2.5 years above level in nationally normed testing. Conveniently located at the corner of Park Lane and Boedeker, just across from NorthPark Center, ORLS draws from the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Lake Highlands, and Lakewood.  

Highlights include a loving, creative, play-based Preschool (ages 2 - 4) with flexible hours and times, small class sizes, and lots of Fine Arts and motor skill enrichment. ORLS also offers before and after care options for its busy families. Its beautiful campus features lovely green spaces, including two playgrounds, a garden, and soccer field as well as a regulation sized gym for plenty of space to move for children of all ages.

Kindergarten through 6th grade students thrive in an academic environment that strives to balance boundaries and grace, work and play, effort and rest.  Standouts are level based Saxon math classes, Accelerated Reader, a strong focus on Spanish and Latin, Religion, Choir, Band, Orchestra, and Art. Wildcat sports teams compete as Metro Athletic League school in Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball and Track, and all students have both PE and Recess daily.

Reservations for Open House Week are appreciated, but drop-ins are welcome!  

Please contact Carol Blackwood in Admissions at 214-368-1371 or carolb@orlcs.com to RSVP or for more information.

Blockbuster summer day camp fun for PreK through 7th grade! Time to get those kids registered for the award-winning KIDVENTURE CAMP right here at Our Redeemer Lutheran School of Dallas. Kidventure and Our Redeemer team up again this year for Camp Preston Hollow, located at 7611 Park Lane and Boedeker. The camp sessions may be purchased by the week or the whole summer.  

Lights, camera, Kidventure! In the 23rd season of Kidventure Day Camp, campers will live out roles usually reserved for the big screen, from deep-sea excursions to journeys in outer space and everything in between. Our camp theme, Kidventure’s Summer Blockbuster, will bring big screen adventures to life with our campers playing starring roles.

Each week provides our big screen stars with a new and unique adventure. Never before has a Kidventure camp been designed for this much fun and character development to help them reach their superstar potential!

http://kidventure.com/dallas-summer-camp/   Select Camp Preston Hollow for this location.

Limited spaces are also available for 2017-18 school year for PK2 - 6th grades at Our Redeemer Lutheran School, so you can stay for the whole school year, too!

For an individual school tour, contact Carol Blackwood at carolb@orlcs.com.

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Thanksgiving:  family, fun, food, and a nice break from school!  But then it’s Monday and the students head back to their routine.  But at Our Redeemer Lutheran School, they were welcomed with open…paws!  Phoebe the Comfort Dog surprised ORLS students with her trademark calm and loving acceptance.  Each child, from PK2 through the 6^th graders, got to have special visit time petting, hugging and loving this specially bred friend to all.  The teachers even got special hugs!  Even the smallest of children warmed to her, some moving from hesitant touches to resting their heads on her as she lay on the rug with them.

Phoebe is a golden retriever.  She is a friend who brings a calming influence, allowing people to open up their hearts and receive help for what is affecting them. Phoebe, along with her brother, Pax, is a vested Comfort Dog for Lutheran Church Charities working through St. Paul Lutheran Church/The Summit in Fort Worth, Texas. She interacts with people at churches, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, events, and in disaster response situations.  Besides their more local visits, some of Phoebe’s friends visited a school in Chattanooga, TN where children and families were trying to cope with grief following the bus crash last week.  Earlier this year, they went to Orlando after the shootings there.

The multiple handlers and all who work for this ministry are volunteers.  They told the stories of how these sweet dogs are lovingly raised and cared for—even noting that they brush their teeth each morning with special peanut butter flavored toothpaste to keep their breath fresh for their new friends!

Our Redeemer has chosen to support this very special outreach program for their school chapel offerings this quarter.  Phoebe’s visit was a wonderful way for them to see first-hand the help their giving can bring to others and to get a little extra love themselves.

For more information on Phoebe, visit http://www.comfortdogsfortworth.com

For admissions for PK2 – 6^th at Our Redeemer Lutheran School of Dallas, please go to https://www.ORDallas.org or contact Carol Blackwood at carolb@orlcs.com for an individual tour. 

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 “Salvete, y’all!”  At Our Redeemer Lutheran School of Dallas, located at Park Lane and Boedeker, this is actually a common greeting among the students!  This year, in addition to the outstanding K – 6^th Spanish program, ORLS piloted a new co-curricular Latin class.

In the 4th - 6th grades, Latin is taught twenty minutes a day, four days a week.  The Latin program is designed to help students understand and speak Latin, as well as impress upon them the classical world's impact on art, architecture, government, law, religion, and medicine.  Latin sessions are lively and full of student participation:  students converse with the teacher in Latin, memorize quotations from Roman authors, learn about Roman customs and Roman mythology, sing songs, and act out skits.  

Since more than half of all English words are derived from Latin, an additional benefit from the program is a wider English vocabulary.  Students also strengthen their grasp of English syntax and grammar and enjoy a leg up in studying any of the Latin-based languages such as Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.  The studies culminate in a field trip to locations such as the zoo or aquarium to see the Latin words “in action”.

The classes are taught by Pastors Brent McGuire and Adam Douthwaite, both of whom are trained in classical languages, Pastor McGuire having delivered the Latin oration at Harvard's Commencement Exercises in 1995.  

For more information on this program or for admission and scholarship information, please contact Carol Blackwood at carolb@orlcs.com or 214-368-1371.  Our Redeemer is located at 7611 Park Lane at Boedeker.  Visit us at ORDallas.org or https://www.facebook.com/OurRedeemerLutheranSchoolOfDallas/

Riddle of the day:  What's smart, well-rounded and green all over?  Our Redeemer Lutheran School of Dallas, serving age 2 through 6th grade for over 50 years helping them grow academically, spiritually and socially through small classes taught by superb, caring teachers! See for yourself at our Fall Open House coming up Thursday, November 12th from 9 to 11 am.  

Smart:  Our Redeemer Lutheran is a nationally accredited, private Christian school located just across from NorthPark Center at 7611 Park Lane.    Our small class sizes and individualized attention is reflected in the outstanding national test scores:  ORLS students historically achieve an average of 2.5 years above grade level.  Our Preschool, for ages 2 - 4, is play based with a mix of child led and teacher guided activities.  Flexible days and hours, spacious facilities, arts enrichment and small classes led by loving, degreed teachers are hallmarks of this program. In Elementary grades, level appropriate Math placement, Accelerated Reader and Phonics challenge and enhance our students' academic strengths as the cornerstones of lifelong learning.  Fine Arts, Science, Social studies, the annual Academic fair and Outdoor Education are an integral part of each child’s learning.

Well Rounded: Additionally, Our Redeemer's co-curricular enrichments include strong Spanish, Latin, Technology, Chapel, Interscholastic Athletics and Art and Music programs (including choir, musicals, bells, and band opportunities) which many schools, unfortunately, have had to cut.  Before and after care options are also provided for potty-trained preschoolers through 6th graders.  With excellent parental involvement in areas from the annual Auction to our outstanding garden for all ages, our children thrive in a diverse community of love and support.   Global and local outreach and service projects prepare children for a lifetime of giving and helping others.

Green: A wonderful learning garden, dedicated playgrounds for both Preschool and Elementary students, soccer field and plenty of free greenspace to accommodate both PE and recess periods that each child has on a daily basis--plus a regulation sized gym!

So join us Thursday, November 12^th from 9 to 11 am at Our Redeemer Lutheran School, 7611 Park Lane, just across from Nordstrom at NorthPark Center.  Enter on the Boedeker side to tour the campus, visit with current parents, and see the classrooms in action!  RSVPs are welcome but not required:  Carol Blackwood 214-368-1371 or carolb@orlcs.com. 

Visit Our Redeemer Lutheran School at ordallas.org or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/OurRedeemerLutheranSchoolOfDallas