Immanuel Lutheran Day School

This week in Chapel, our students are learning about Pharoah's Dreams and how Joseph interpreted them to save Egypt!

This story from the Bible comes from Genesis 39:20 - 41:57

Joseph had been sold to one of Pharoah's officials by the name of Potiphar, working amongst the household staff as a slave for several years. The Lord never parted from Joseph though. So much so, that eventually, Potiphar put Joseph as the head of the household, entrusting everything Potipher holds dear into Joseph's control because he grew to trust him so much.

Potiphar's wife however coveted Joseph and when she was denied, she had her husband send Joseph to prison for a crime he did not commit!

But even while in prison, God granted Joseph His favor and the warden of the prison saw Joseph's potential, granting him charge of all those who were being held in the prison.

Joseph had encountered two men in the prison in particular who both had been having odd dreams. Joseph, who was granted favor by God, interpreted the dreams of both men. The Cupbearer would return to his service to the Pharoah while the Baker would not return to his job and remain in prison.

Word reached Pharoah years later from the very same Cupbearer of Joseph having the gift of interpreting dreams. He summoned Joseph and began to recount his dreams for the Hebrew to interpret.

"In my dream i was standing on the bank of the Nile, when out of the river came up seven cows, fat and sleek, they grazed among the reeds. After them, seven other cows came up-- scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt. The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first. But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then i woke up." Gen 41:17-23

Joseph interpreted the dreams to Pharoah detailing how the seven healthy cows signified great abundance and riches for seven years in Egypt, and the seven weak cows meant that there would be seven years of famine after the seven years of abundance.

Weekly Highlights ☀️🦖 May 25th - 29th, 2026

Summer is here at ILDS! Fieldtrips, sunshine and Story Time! We can’t get enough of our students’ smiles this week!

Train Exploration🚂

Our Explorers were loving their train set this week, and we love seeing them explor different way of transportation and their creativity in creating their own tracks!

Smiles😁💕

Our youngest classes were full of smiles this week and we love seeing their personalities shine through!

Story Time📖

Ms. Hallie started Story Time this week and the kids loved it! Some of them even wanted to get closer looks at the books she picked for Memorial Day! The students learned about the American holidays and the branches of the military this week!

Dino Adventures🦖

Our Sharks had their first field trip of the Summer this week! They went to Dino Park and had a blast!! They learned about the dinosaurs that lived in the United States as well as across the world!

Such a fun way to kick off their adventure and fun filled summer camp!

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This week in Chapel, our students are learning about Joseph and his brothers!

Joseph was beloved by their father Jacob more than his brothers because Joseph was born to him from his wife Rachel. He created Joseph a coat of many colors which arose jealousy and anger in his elder brothers.

One night. Joseph had a dream about tied stems of grain all circled around one grain stem in particular and began to bow. He went to tell his brothers about the dream and when he did, they mocked him.

The following night he had another dream, this time the sun, moon and stars bowed to him. When he told his brothers about this second dream, they did not believe him. Not even his father believed him when he told him.

During that night, the brothers came up with a plan to get rid of Joseph, their anger driving them to extreme lengths. They lured Joseph out into a field where a pit was and tore off his coat of many colors, pushing him into the pit. When the traders arrived, the brothers sold Joseph to them.

Joseph was heading to Egypt.

Weekly Highlights! 🇺🇸🫶🏻 May 18th - May 22nd, 2026

Storms and heat this week at ILDS! Nothing could stop our fun times! We let our creativity shine and celebrated a birthday!

Play-Doh Creations🥪🐰

The Tree Frogs were getting creative in the affernoon with Play-Doh! They were showing off their creativity to the MAX!

Birthday Fun! 🎉🎈

This week we celebrated our Ms. Julissa’s birthday! We had a buffet of all her favorite snacks for her and all the staff!

Angelfish Music🐠🎶

Our smallest students were enjoying their music instruments this week and we love seeing them build their fine motor skills! Their creativity blossoming in the best way!

Hugs and Goodbyes💕🫶🏻

Our Explorers that graduated are taking their time and saying goodbye to the younger classes. We love seeing our classes interact with each other, seeing the older students love on our littler students warms our hearts!

Memorial Day Weekend🇺🇸

As some of you may have noticed, flags have been placed in some of the grassy areas around our Day School in honor of Memorial Day. We want to honor those that have fallen in the line of duty in service to our country.

This week in Chapel, our students are learning about Jacob wrestling with an Angel of God!

This Bible Story comes from the book of Genesis 32:22-31 and details how Jacob wrestled against one of God's angels and what took place during that night.

Jacob during this time in the Bible, has fled from his father's tribe in fear of retribution from his elder brother Esau for stealing his firstborn birthright. He now has a family, servants and a tribe of his own.

He is alone during this one particular night and encounters a man he does not recognize. The two begin to wrestle and during the struggle, the angel notices he cannot overpower Jacob so he dislocates Jacob's hip to end the struggle between the two.

Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." but Jacob refused, saying, "I will not let you go until you bless me." The man asked him, "What is your name?"
"Jacob." he answered. Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome." Genesis 32:26-28

Jacob showed that some blessings come after a struggle, persevering through difficulties for a better outcome in the future.

This Class Spotlight is a big one for so many reasons!🎓

Our amazing Explorers Class is graduating today, and we are so proud of them for accomplishing this huge milestone in their lives!

Ms. Morgan and Grandma worked so hard with them all school year for this moment, preparing them for life as a kindergartener. They have showered this class with love, principles, fun and a joy that is unparallelled.

We love our Explorers and are so excited to see what this new chapter in their lives brings them and their families!

We hope and pray that their summer is filled with joy and memories, that their new school year is filled with adventure and curiosity!

We love you Explorers! Today is your day!

We want to wish our very own Ms. Julissa a very happy birthday! 🎉

She works with our amazing Tree Frogs class and her and Ms. Cierra work to give their students the best! We love our Ms. Julissa and hope she has a wonderful, fun filled birthday!

This week in Chapel our students are learning about Isaac blessing Jacob instead of his brother Esau.

This story from the Bible is taken from Genesis 25:19-34 and 27:1-40.

It talks about how Rebekah wished for Jacob, the younger brother to take the blessing of the firstborn that was intended for his brother Esau.

Jacob disguised himself to appear like his brother since his father Isaac had become blind. Isaac relied on touch to know which son was which. Jacob wore furs on his arms because his brother was hairier than Jacob. His mother Rebekah made a type of stew that Isaac liked.

Together, the mother and son changed the lineage of the Israelites, Jacob now the one who would carry on the line.

When Esau learned that his brother Jacob had stolen the firstborn blessing, he was furious. Jacob fled the camp in fear of his brother's retribution.

Weekly Highlights💐💕 May 4th - 8th, 2026

Big week this week! We spoiled our teachers and support staff this week because it was Teacher Appreciation Week!

The week started off with a Parent Provided Breakfast and we want to thank all our parents who brought food for our teachers!
It meant the world!

Tuesday consisted of “My Favorite Things” and our wonderful Admin team made goodie f***y packs filled with some of their own favorites!

Wednesday was a suprise for the staff! The Admin and ILDS Board worked together and surprised the ILDS teachers with potting their own plant! It was so much fun!
Thank you Admin and Board!

Thursday was Snack and Drink cart provided by parents! All our parents who provided a snack or drink, thank you! It warmed all our hearts!

And last but not least was Friday!

Friday was Muffins with Moms in the morning and the Bloom Lunch Celebration for the staff in the afternoon! Each teacher/support staff got to choose a vase filled with flowers that the parents brought to the office!
Each teacher was so happy!

Thank you to everyone who made this week possible!

This week in Chapel, our students are learning about Rebekah and Isaac!

This story from the Bible takes place in Genesis chapters 24 and 25: 19-28

God’s promise to Abraham and Sarah about having a son of their own came to pass!

They were blessed with Isaac, the promised son born from Sarah. Isaac grew up under the teachings of his father and mother, learning from them of God’s promises.

When Abraham was very old, and Isaac long grown. He sent one of his servants to find a bride for Isaac. The servant did as he was told and took camels with him on the journey. He prayed to God that he would find the right bride for Isaac asking God, ““May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.””
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭24‬:‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬

When the servant came to a spring, he found Rebekah there with a jug. He asked her just as he prayed to God and she delivered with the response. Answering the servants prayer.

It was decided by Rebekah’s parents that they would honor and obey the Lord’s command of Rebekah becoming Isaac’s wife, and so she remained with her family for ten days before departing with her servants to the land of Abraham.

Faithfulness and obedience to the Lord provided the servant of Abraham blessings.

Rebekah after being married to Isaac for twenty years, she and Isaac prayed to the Lord to bless them with children. God answered their prayers and Rebekah bore them twins, Esau and Jacob. Two nations.