Chatter 4.24.14 by David Birnbaum

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 24, 2019

CARDINAL CHATTER 3rd Grade to Vo-Tech, 9:00 a.m. National Day of Prayer, 2:30, behind Youth House FLS Track Meet, 1st-8th Grades; Students will be dismissed early/at the end of afternoon events. PLEASE CHECK OUT BEFORE LEAVING. 5/6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week 5/8 Pre-K to Lost Creek Safari 5/10 ELE Musical, 6:30 5/13 Open House, 3:30 – 5:30 5/2 5/2 5/3

TODAY!

4/24

Schlotzsky’s Night, 3:30 – 8:30

4/24 4/26 4/26 4/28

MidQuarter Reports 4th Grade to Rose Hill 8th Grade to OSU Pastor May’s Goodbye Send-off; Single Service at 10:45, Potluck Meal in Fellowship Hall

4/30 LAST DAY TO PAY DISCOUNTED ENROLLMENT FEE 5/1

Last Chess Club Meeting until next year

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! 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!

SCHLOTZSKY’S NIGHT! First Lutheran School will have Schlotzsky’s night TONIGHT! Wednesday, April 24, 4:00-9:00 p.m. All you have to do is have dinner at Schlotzsky’s! When the cashier is ready to take your order, tell them you are there in support of First Lutheran School, and Schlotsky’s will donate a portion of your purchase to the school! Tell your friends, family, neighbors, and complete strangers. It doesn’t cost you anything more than the cost of your dinner, and the school will receive a little bit of your purchase price as a fundraiser. Thank you! 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 and church families attend as well. Please join us next Thursday, May 2 at 2:30 pm in the Chapel area behind the youth house for a special prayer service for National Day of Prayer. Mark your calendar for this event and join us and the nation as we pray. The ELEMENTARY MUSICAL is Friday, May 10, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. All elementary students Kindergarten – 5th grade are preparing for this production and can’t wait to share it with you! Children K-4th grade, please wear church clothes to the performance. 5th grade will be in costumes. If you could help us with props, costumes, scenery, etc, please send Mrs. Schelp a message through FastDirect or the school office. AS A WASHINGTON D.C. FUNDRAISER, middle schoolers are selling popcorn ($2/bag) and candy bars ($1). Track down a middle schooler to support their trip to Washington D.C. before or after school, to purchase these items. THANKS! -1-

TRACK MEET MAY 3!: The yearly track meet is approaching fast. This is the time each year that we host other Lutheran Schools from Northern Oklahoma to OUR campus for a day of physical and academic competition and fellowship for students in 1st grade and up (younger students may come and watch, but not participate). This years’ track meet will be held on Friday, May 4, and activities will be held both at PoHi’s stadium across the street (morning events) and on our campus (afternoon events). We invite you to make plans now to attend the track meet with your kids’, cheer on all of the students, and lend a hand as we host the other schools. Please contact the office or Coach Amanda if you can help out for an hour (or longer) by assisting with events, assisting with bee’s, writing winning names on ribbons, sorting ribbons by school, etc. The order of events is attached to this Chatter; please cut it out and save it for next Friday. NOTE!!!, the kids will spend a lot of time outside, so be sure to send/bring sunscreen for the kids to apply/re-apply during the day, and send a jacket if it is a cool morning (with their name on it of course). Our 7th graders will be running a concession stand, with the proceeds going to fund their trip to Washington D.C. next year. Be sure to send money with your student if they wish to purchase lunch or drinks/snacks at the concession stand/if they choose school lunch, it will be PB&J. You are, of course, welcome to send a lunch in a disposable bag. If you need to pick up your student in the middle of events, please come early and prepared to help us search for them on the field. . Be aware that the office may not be staffed continuously through the day, as we will be at the track meet part of the day. Please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Student’s will be dismissed at the end of the days’ activities, so they will be looking for a ride home around 2:00-ish. Daycare will be open after school is dismissed. 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. 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. RE-ENROLLMENT DEADLINE!!!: To get the discount for paying the enrollment fee in advance, you need to pay the full amount of the enrollment fee by April 30! If you know a family new to First Lutheran School that is interested in enrolling, have them call the school office. If you refer a family with a student in 1st – 6th grades, make sure that they list you as a referring family on their enrollment sheet! If they remain enrolled through the first semester, in January of 2020 you will receive a $200 credit towards your tuition account! One family earned a $200 credit this January by referring friends! 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… "Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there." by Clarence W. Hall PRINCIPAL – Mr. Birnbaum: CHRIST HAS RISEN! And we too shall rise to our heavenly home on the last day. There is no greater joy for me than knowing that I am but a stranger here and heaven is my home! PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Colvin: I hope everyone had a great Easter break! This week we will be learning all about nutrition, and how we can eat healthy! Have a great week! PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Kelly: He is Risen! I hope you had a wonderful Easter and break! Thank you for the Easter gifts! The field trip permission slips and money were due today. Please return them tomorrow. Our last book order of the year is in backpacks today. It's a great time to stock up for summer reading. This is the last full week for our reading challenge. All slips are due by April 30th. Our Bible words this week are, Jesus is not here, for He has risen. Matthew 28:6 Have a Blessed Week! PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Heitman: Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! Alleluia! Welcome back! I pray you all had a blessed Easter! Permission slips for our NEXT fieldtrip on May 8th, to the Lost Creek Safari, were sent home in last Wednesday's folder. The cost for this trip is $8, and we will again need parent volunteers to drive for us. Please consider driving, and return permission slips WITH MONEY no later than April 26th. Our Bible words for this week are "[Jesus] is not here, for He has risen." - Matthew 28:6 -2-

KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: We had a birthday in our room last Sunday on Easter, so happy birthday to you Landon A. we hope your day was wonderful! I hope everyone had a blessed Easter break! It looks like we will have a rainy week so please dress appropriate. Also, please keep working hard on your "Monday Folder" sight words. We would like to say good bye to Pastor and we hope he loves his new town. We will miss you! Have an extra special week! FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: Christ is Risen! I hope you had a wonderful Easter break! Memory for Friday is the 8th Commandment - You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. Book orders are due on Friday - either online or with a check to me. We will have show and tell on Friday. The track meet is Friday, May 3. I will be sending home more information next week. I hope that you will be able to join us! The 1st graders will also be a part of the Spring Musical, which is on Friday, May 10. Blessings on your week! SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED! ALLELUIA! I pray that your Easter celebration was filled with awe as we celebrate our risen Savior! Track Meet day is May 3 and you're invited to join us for the day. Mark your calendars. Thank you to all of you who made our Easter party such fun! The egg hunt was a huge hit and the treats were amazing. We are blessed. We praise God for the gift of Pastor May and we wish him well as he begins his new journey in Missouri! Easter Blessings to all of you! THIRD GRADE – Mrs. Steichen: He has Risen!! Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter break! The countdown is on. We are only weeks away from summer. Please keep motivated, as this is the hardest quarter to keep grades and motivation up. Grades are current on Fastdirect, please look and let me know if you have any questions. This week: Memory - Psalm 23, due next week, May 2nd. Spelling: Test on Friday. Reading: We are still working on The One and Only Ivan. Science - Chapter Test this week. Social Studies - working through our next unit. This unit is short so look for a test in the next couple weeks. Field Trip- Look for a field trip form this week. The trip is just to the VoTech and we will be back before lunch. Book Report- May 1st note pages are due. Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a wonderful week! FOURTH GRADE – Mrs. Sibley: I hope you had a great weekend praising God as Jesus was not able to be kept by the chains of death in the grave for our sins. We are at day 14 for the chicks to hatch. Permission slips will go home when they chicks hatch. Take home day maybe the 2nd? Track day is next Friday. Midterms come home today; please have them signed by Monday at the latest. Help the kids so they do not go to summer break early. Remember that school is still in session until summer break. We are getting our final details in place to be ready for Rose Hill! Be prepared to leave the school no later than 8 am on Friday to begin a great Rose Hill day. Remember that we are having a Rose Hill Prep day TOMORROW Thursday at 8:30 am to bake a treat for Rose Hill! Please let me know if you can help with baking. Come prepared with spoons and aprons on! Continue to help the kids be diligent and read to make their AR goal. Blessings as we Bless God Back! FIFTH GRADE – Mrs. Schatte: Happy Easter! What a joy to celebrate our risen Savior! Can you believe we're at the end of April already?! This school year has flown by! Tests this week are spelling and reading on Friday and language on Thursday. Memory due Thursday is Luke 17:3-4. I anxiously look forward to president oral reports. Blessings!

MIDDLE SCHOOL MathCounts: Wednesday’s, 3:30 – 4:30, & Friday’s during study hall

Youth night in the gym!: Wednesday’s, 5:30 – 7:00, (details below)

4/26 8th Grade to OSU 4/29-4/30 Po-Hi Boys Basketball Tryouts, 3:30 p.m. 4/29-5/2 Po-Hi Color Guard Tryout Camp for current 8th graders & up, 4:00-6:00 p.m., East Jr. High Gym 5/2 National Day of Prayer 5/2 8th Grade Skip Day

5/3 5/3 5/7 5/9

Po-Hi Color Guard Tryouts, 3:30 – 5:30, East Middle School Gym 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. Mrs. Harbeson: Easter Greetings! I pray you all had a wonderful Easter weekend! We have so many reasons to be grateful, but we are most grateful for Jesus' victory over death! Because He lives, we live! -3-

Today marks the midway for 4th quarter! I encourage you all to check your grades and do everything to finish this year on a high note...all assignments complete and in on time...study for tests...learn all that you can! Just a reminder to the 8th graders, we are leaving for our OSU field trip this Friday at 8:00 sharp! Please remember to wear WALKING shoes and bring money for lunch at Eskimo Joe's. Also, 8th Graders, I need your pictures for your graduation video by Friday, May 10. We want everyone in the video, so please get those to me! That's all for now...blessings on the rest of your week! Mrs. Hanson: 6th grade will be studying the Laws of Motion this week, creating a Prezi that depicts and explains them, and will quiz them on Friday. 7th grade will be learning about the forms of precipitation and storms this week, making a paper slide video that explains how they occur, and take a vocab quiz Friday. 8th grade will be in charge of teaching the remainder of the school year. The class has been divided into a "plant" group and an "animal" group, each will teach the other about their topic, assign work, and assess the other. This week each group will plan their lessons, next week, a group will teach about plants, and the week after, a group will teach about animals. Please join us next Thursday, May 2 at 2:30 pm for a special prayer service for National Day of Prayer. 7th grade: the concession stand sign up will be up by the end of the week. Please let me know if you would like more hours by helping preparations. Graduation dinner is May 21, all 7th graders will need to be at school from 5:30-7:30 pm to help prep, serve the meal, and clean up. We will need adults to plate food. Ms. Pacey: Happy Easter! Alleluia! Christ is risen! Course 1 had their chapter test today, so corrections are due Friday. Algebra is reviewing for their test on Thursday. PreAlgebra is getting back into the normal swing of things after completing our middle school blueprint. They are working on relations and functions. Course 2 is working on another packet that shows how graphing and the concept of slope is used in the oil and natural gas industry. Have a great week! Mr. Covert: Christ is risen! I hope that everyone enjoyed their Easter break and is ready to get back to work! Our classes are starting off right where we left off. 8th grade is going to finish up World War I and then move into the social changes happening in our country as it transitioned into the 1920’s. In 7th grade, we’re going to continue our look at South Asia. As for 6th grade, we’ll be wrapping up our look at the Enlightenment Era before we move into a time of revolution around the world, including the one that gave birth to our own country. I pray that God continues to bless our school family as we celebrate the victory our Savior earned over sin and death. Blessings on your week!

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It’s Time to Order 2018-2019 Yearbooks! (A limited number of last years’ yearbooks are available in the office f0r $20)

Complete the order form below, attach $25 per yearbook ordered ($20 if paid on or before April 30, 2019), and return to the school office on or before Friday, May 17, 2019. Remember there’s a $5 discount if ordered/paid for by April 30, 2019!  We want to have additional pictures of every student in the yearbook, and you can help! The best way to make sure that we have pictures of your child in the yearbook, is to submit your pictures! Replay It is a free app from Jostens that is used to share photos to the yearbook staff. We have an account set up, and once you download the app and link it to our school, you will be able to upload pictures right then and there; it is incredibly easy to use. NO more saving the photos to a flash drive, tracking someone down to give it to, and worrying about getting it back. The pictures only take seconds to upload and share with everyone. If you forget your camera at a school event, you may go out and look at all the photos submitted by other school families. So please download the app today and start sharing your pictures!!!

Yearbook Order form: Student Name:_________________________________ & Current Grade:_____ Number of Books: _________ X $25 each = $__________ due -- OR -- X $20 each if ordered/paid by April 30, 2019 (___cash or ___check/check #_____)

Total Paid $_________

Contact number or e-mail address:___________________________________ 6

OKLAHOMA DISTRICT LUTHERAN TRACK/ACADEMIC DAY FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 (schedule is tentative, and will be adjusted as events dictate) 9:00 9:20 9:30 12:00 1:00 2:00

Opening Devotions Departure to the Track First Event Listed on Sheet Remaining Events Bees, Quizzes, Target/Basketball Free-throw Depart for Home