Jeremy May, Pastor Sunday Services: 8:30, 11:00 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Church: 580-762-1111 www.flcspc.com
David Birnbaum, Principal School: 580-762-9950 website: flcspc.com On-line pay: http://flspc.org/resources.html E-mail: lutheransecretary@yahoo.com Child Care: 580-762-1124 FastDirect: fastdir.com/flcspc
Sola Gratia, Sola Fide,
Sola Scriptura
April 10, 2019
CARDINAL CHATTER 4/18
4/26 4/28
MAUNDY THURSDAY, 11:20 DISMISSAL
(Please let the daycare or office know if your kids will be going to daycare after they are dismissed at 11:20)
4/19 4/20
Good Friday – School & Daycare Closed Easter Monday – School & Daycare Closed
4/24 4/24 4/26
Schlotzsky’s Night, 3:30 – 8:30 MidQuarter Reports 4th Grade to Rose Hill
5/1 5/2 5/3 5/10 5/13
8th Grade to OSU Pastor May’s Goodbye Send-off; Single Service at 10:45, Potluck Meal in Fellowship Hall Last Chess Club Meeting until next year National Day of Prayer FLS Track Meet, 1st-8th Grades ELE Musical Open House, 3:30 – 5:30
SUMMER DAYCARE PACKETS are available in Ms. Heidi’s office and the school office. If you need summer daycare for your students, now is the time to reserve your spot! EASTER – Mr. Birnbaum: Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon in the new Spring equinox. That's why Easter moves around each year. Yet, the reason we celebrate Easter has NEVER changed. We praise God for accepting his Son Jesus Christ's perfect life for OUR salvation. Jesus is the reason for the season!
Pastor Jeremy May has accepted a new position in Park Hills - MO where he will also be teaching at a Lutheran High School. We praise God for Jeremy and invite everyone to join us on Sunday - April 28 for our single service at 10:45 and a complete Potluck meal to follow. (Potluck is everyone brings food to share.) THE CHESS CLUB’s LAST DATE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS MAY 1 We will resume meetings next school year. Thanks to all who participated, and we look forward to more participants next school year! Graduation, Birthday, Disney, Amazon, WalMart, Teacher appreciation gifts needed? Get your gift cards from our office and earn money for the school. We have many on hand but can order specifically for you also. We want to place an order for more by Thursday - April 25 so they will be here by the 1st of May. Thank you for your support. NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER – Mrs. Hanson: The National Day of Prayer is on Thursday, May 2. Each year we have a special prayer event with the whole school. This year we would like to make it bigger by having school families -1-
and church families attend as well. Please mark your calendar for this event and join us and the nation as we pray. More info to come. COUNSELORS AVAILABLE FOR FREE - Church member Renee Young & parent Jessica Kozarevich are offering their professional counseling services a couple of days a week for FREE to give our students time to talk privately about life. It is here at FLS on Wednesdays and Fridays at 1:00. If you believe your child could benefit from being able to open up about what is going on in their world, please contact Mr. Birnbaum ASAP since space and time is limited. SPRING PICTURE PACKETS: Please return unpurchased pictures and payment for purchased ones (make checks out to Lifetouch WITH TAX INCLUDED @ .08667%) ASAP to your child’s teacher as soon as possible. Lifetouch will be here soon to pick up payments and unpurchased pictures. Payments and any unpurchased pictures are currently past due. Please turn in immediately. We have some extra class pictures @ $13.04 each; to purchase one, please stop by the school office. FREE DAYCARE! Leave your kids (4 years old to 6th Grade) with us on Sunday morning’s from 9:4510:45 in the basement under the First Lutheran Gym. You can have the hour to do shopping, have breakfast with friends, etc., and your kids will learn about the word of God! We want YOU(R) Kids! Please contact the church or school office with any questions. Things that make me go hmmm… See attached cartoon "Do Christians, Jews and Muslims Worship the SAME God?" PRINCIPAL – Mr. Birnbaum: Thank you to all the Elementary students that sang for former Principal Doering's funeral and for the Reunion Weekend w/former Pastor Ramsey. It was AWESOME hearing those ANGELIC voices singing praises and rejoicing at these BEAUTIFUL services of Life. PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Colvin: This week we are learning all about the meaning of Easter. Have a fun Easter break! PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Kelly: We had a great time on our field trip today! Thank you to those that drove other students! Our next field trip note and permission slip is in folders today. Please sign and return it with your money by Friday, April 26th. Also look for the note about the track meet in folders today. I can't believe we are so close to the end of the year! We are still working hard on our letters and sounds, and putting sounds together to make words. We are also working on our handwriting. Our reading challenge ends on April 30th. Remember to read at least 20 minutes at home and write the name of the books on the slip and return them to school. Our Bible words this week are, We believe that Jesus died and rose again. 1 Thessalonians 4:14 We have a ½ day tomorrow and are out Friday and Monday for Easter. Have a Blessed week and a Happy Easter. PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Heitman: Our reading board is filling up! I love seeing all the books we're reading at home! Today we had our fieldtrip to sing at the nursing home and our Easter egg hunt! Thank you to all the parents who volunteered to drive for us! We're now looking forward to our NEXT fieldtrip on May 8 th, to the Lost Creek Safari. The cost for this trip is $8, and we will again need parent volunteers to drive for us. Permission slips are going home today. Please return WITH MONEY no later than April 26th. REMEMBER: Tomorrow is a 1/2 day, No School FRIDAY or MONDAY! Have a blessed Easter! This week we are remembering what Jesus did for us, died on the cross to save us from our sins. We're talking about how He suffered for us, because He loves us! Our Bible words for this week are "we believe that Jesus died and rose again" - 1 Thessalonians4:14. KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: Happy Easter to everyone! I would like to thank all the parents that made our egg hunt so fun! Wow, the school year is going by so fast! Please keep working on your child's sight words and books that come home in the Monday Folder. This fourth 9 weeks we have more words and I will be testing the children on all four sheets (1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th quarter) of the sight words for their report cards. Have a blessed Easter everyone! FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: Memory for Thursday is the 7th Commandment - You shall not steal. Thank you parents for helping to drive on our field trip. I love it that our kids can be a witness with their singing voices! Book orders were sent home on Monday. This will be the last book order of the school year and this would be a great time to be thinking about summer reading for your kids. It's very important to keep them reading during the summer! Book orders will be due by next Friday, April 26. Have a happy and blessed Easter! SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: This week is Holy Week, a chance for us to ponder on all of the sacrifices Christ made on our behalf and to celebrate His love for us. Be sure to include worship in your Easter plans. You are always welcome to join us at First Lutheran. Worship is at 8:30 and 11:00. Many thanks to our wonderful parents who provided nutritious snacks during test week. They helped us power through. Blessings! -2-
THIRD GRADE – Mrs. Steichen: We did it!! ITBS testing is done. Thank you so much for all your support and extra prayers last week. Everyone did so well, and we are done. Thank you also to; Kinley, Cailyn, Lila, Peyton, Claire, and Caylee for bringing snacks for us last week. This week: Memory and Spelling Test on Thursday. Memory is Isaiah 26:19. Reading - we are making our way through The One and Only Ivan. The kids are starting to get into it, started off kinda slow. Math: Test yesterday and one next week after lesson 85. Science - we are finishing up our Unit on Motion. Be on the lookout for a test in the next week or so. Social Studies: Starting a new unit over our civil responsibilities. Grades: grades are all up to date in the grade book. Some of our work has been slipping. We only have a few more weeks left. If you have any questions, please let me know. Hope you all have a wonderful Easter. No school Friday or Monday, we also dismiss early on Thursday. FOURTH GRADE – Mrs. Sibley: They love the great variety! We are incubating three dozen eggs in three incubators! The kids are really EGGcited! Hatching should be around the 30th of April. Please help the kids to continue reading their AR books. Some of are doing great, on track for our 4th qtr goal; others may need more daily reading. Many students are needing redirection with classroom talking, and are having consequences for the unnecessary talking. We are still in need of assistance for baking for Rose Hill on the 25th. Mid-Quarter reports come out soon! Let’s have a solid footing to end the school year right. God’s peace as we worship Jesus as he took our sin for us. FIFTH GRADE – Mrs. Schatte: Some of us are trying very hard to stay focused and do our best, while some of us are acting like school is over. We will continue learning and having work to do for another month, so it is important to stay focused. Please visit with your child about doing his/her very best, and stay connected to Fast Direct. Grades are usually a good indication of how much effort is being made by your child. We will have a regular reading and spelling unit next week, even though it is four days. Happy Easter! What a blessing to worship the risen Savior!
MIDDLE SCHOOL MathCounts: Wednesday’s, 3:30 – 4:30, & Friday’s during study hall 4/23 4/26 4/29-4/30 5/2
FLS Cheer Parent Meeting, Library 8th Grade to OSU Po-Hi Boys Basketball Tryouts, 3:30 p.m. National Day of Prayer
Youth night in the gym!: Wednesday’s, 5:30 – 7:00, (details below) 5/2 5/3 5/7 5/9
8th Grade Skip Day FLC&S Track Meet! 9th Grade Volleyball Tryouts, Po-Hi Gym, 3:30 Po-Hi JV/V Volleyball Tryouts, Po-Hi Gym, 3:30
"FLY" NIGHT TONIGHT! in the gym! Students 6th grade and up: Join us for food, fun, and fellowship! During the Lent season our FLY activities will last 5-8 pm.
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CHEER – Mrs. Heitman: Congratulations to our new cheerleaders for the 2019-2020 school year! Mandatory parent meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23rd at 5:00, in the school library. Mrs. Harbeson: Hello, Everyone! I hope you are having a great week! As we are in the middle of Holy week, I pray that everyone will make time over the next few days to reflect on Jesus' sacrifice and celebrate His resurrection! We serve an awesome and loving Father! In language, all classes have taken their first spelling and vocabulary tests of the quarter and are finishing their novels. 8th grade's OSU trip is scheduled for Friday, April 26. We are going to have fun AND learn a lot! In all classes, we will continue to work on grammar until the end of the year. Blessings to you all over your Easter weekend! Mrs. Hanson: All classes tested today, Wednesday. Test corrections are always able to be made to help learn the info and raise the grade. Mark your calendars! May 2- National Day of Prayer, we would love all parents, families, and friends to join us in our prayer service at 2:30 pm. May 3- FLS Track Meet, all students will participate in events, 7th grade families will be running the concessions to fundraise for DC. May 21- Graduation, 8th grade will be celebrating their accomplishments here at FLS, 7th grade will be serving dinner. All middle school students are selling either chocolate bars or popcorn to help the DC fund. Each student who sells at least one box will get a movie and treat day. Any class in which all students meet this goal will receive a grand prize of an outing, either a movie at the theatre or some other activity. Ms. Pacey: It's Holy Week! We have a short week this week and next week since we are off for Good Friday and Easter Monday. In Algebra we are working on solving systems. In PreAlgebra we are finishing our blueprints and moving into probability. In Course 2 we are investigating rate of change. In Course 1 we are finishing data and data displays, so our test will be Wednesday of next week. Happy Easter (a little early)! Mr. Covert: It’s Holy Week! I hope everyone is doing well as we hit this short week. Classes are going to continue on as far as we can. The 8th grade is working through World War I. 7th grade is finishing up Southeast Asia before we look at South Asia. As for 6th grade, we’re working through the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Era. I pray that God continues to bless our school family as we look forward to Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the resurrection of our Savior on Easter Sunday! Blessings on your week!
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