St. John's Lutheran School hosts writers event

Give a child a chance to write a book, and it's amazing what he or she can do.

St. John's Lutheran School in Elgin challenged their kindergarten through eighth-grade students to do just that.

The results of their labors were on display for family and friends Thursday night as part of the school's St. John's Writer's Evening.

Topics ranged from biographies and sports to fiction and poetry. Books were bound and displayed in classrooms that were decorated along book themes. There was a chocolate river in the fourth-grade "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" room, rats running wild in the fifth-grade "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" room, and a stark cityscape in the eighth-grade "Divergent" room. All classrooms were open again on Friday morning for the school VIP Day.

Students come for a special breakfast and chapel service with their VIP, then tour the classrooms and Scholastic Book Fair. These events are held annually as the culmination of Lutheran Schools Week, which began Jan. 26.

To learn more about St. John's Lutheran School, visit stjohns-school-elgin.org or follow the school on Facebook.

St. John Lutheran School will hold an open house for preschool and kindergarten from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the school, 109 N. Spring St. in Elgin. Snacks and activities will be provided in the classrooms. It is a fully accredited and state of Illinois recognized school offering preschool for 3- and 4-year olds, full-day kindergarten and first through eighth grade. For details, call Linda at (847) 741-7633.