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: flspc.org 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
March 28, 2018
CARDINAL CHATTER Middle School Musical - Gym, 9 a.m. dress rehearsal, Maundy Thursday Chapel instead of Wednesday. 8:30 - FLC 6:30 p.m. performance Noon deadline to order Student Council Fundraising Shirts 4/7 Best Friend Happening, 8:30-11:30, FLC Good Friday – NO SCHOOL/NO DAYCARE Fellowship Hall (details below) Easter Monday – NO SCHOOL/NO DAYCARE 4/9-13 ITBS Testing 4/14 School Fund-Raising Auction; 5:00 (see Deadline for Yearbook Discount details below) Deadline to return unpurchased portraits
3/29 Maundy Thursday; 11:20 Dismissal 3/29 3/29
3/30 4/2 4/3 4/3
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And now, it’s time for the CARDINAL SHOUTOUT; a place for us to recognize how talented and diversified our students are! CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Thanks to Faith Sroufe, Caylee Hurd, Adam King, Kelby Grimes, Jordyn Heitman, Rachel Lawson, Lauren King, Kinley Brown, Cailyn Olechnowicz, Alyssa Dooley, London Barnard, and Trie Barnard for singing in Church last Sunday. OKLAHOMA TEACHER WALKOUT: First Lutheran School will NOT be participating with the possible teacher walk out. If you would like more information on the walkout, you can find a Q&A sheet and a copy of the letter from Shelley Arrott, Superintendent, Ponca City Public Schools: on their website at www.pcps.us, on our FastDirect login page at www.fastdir.com/flcspc and click “links” on the left-hand side before you login, and/or a copy of both documents is also available in the First Lutheran school office. DAYCARE- Ms. Heidi - School will be dismissed at 11:20 this Thursday, March 29th. If your child will be coming to daycare after school that day, please sign them up in the entry way of daycare. We need a head count of who needs a school lunch that day. ITBS TESTING will take place the mornings of April 9-13 for grades 2-8. Please make an extra effort to have the kids to school on time this week, and avoid any doctor/dentist/etc. appointments during the morning hours. It is a tremendous distraction to your student, as well as the other students in the class, to have a student pulled out during the middle of a test. MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSICAL: We are excited to present the First Lutheran Middle School's performance of A Not So Terrible Parable. The performances will be next Friday, April 6th, at 9AM and 6:30PM. The students have been working hard to finish setting up the stage, making props, and learning lines and lyrics to the songs. We hope to see you all there! SUMMER DAYCARE PACKETS are now available in Ms. Heidi’s office, and a few are available in the school office. IF YOU NEED SUMMER DAYCARE FOR YOUR STUDENTS, SIGN UP QUICKLY…WE FILL UP FAST! SPRING PICTURE PACKETS: Spring picture packets have been sent home in backpacks. You can purchase pictures by taking out the sheets you want, fill out the form, and enclose your check (WITH TAX INCLUDED) made out to Lifetouch, and return the unpurchased pictures and your payment to your child’s teacher by Tuesday, April 3. Additionally, there is a small sheet for you to keep, with an i.d. code specific to your child’s photo’s. You can go online and use this code to order specific size pictures and packages. Remember…turn in your payment and any unpurchased pictures to your child’s teacher by Tuesday, April 3. Class photo’s should be here and handed out soon to those who ordered them. -- 1 --
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith -- and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -- not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 Student Council Fundraising Project Order the latest in First Lutheran School apparel! The FLS student council is on a mission to raise funds for a very important person . . . our very own Miss Connie! All profits ($5 per shirt) will be given to Mrs. Erickson to help with the costs of her medical treatments. You might notice the pink ribbon and “Ephesians 2:8-9” on the back of the t-shirt. This is Miss Connie’s favorite verse, and as she says, “This verse says it all!” An order form is attached to this Cardinal Chatter and extra copies are available in the office. You may also download your order form from our FaceBook page. Please turn in order forms and payment by THIS Thursday, March 29, 2018. (First Lutheran School - Ponca City, OK) THE FUNDRAISING AUCTION is in just a few weeks—do you have something you can donate to the auction? Some auction items that have been donated so far are: a framed, hand-cross-stitched house blessing made by our very own Beverly Roedel. Please give some thought to what you could donate, and call or email the office with the details. PTL SILENT & LIVE AUCTION SATURDAY - APRIL 14 & LEVEL’S OF SUPPORT (Each level includes the previous level’s items) Bronze $50 – 499 - Name/Business weekly in Chatter for rest of Spring Semester 2018 Silver $500 – 999 - Name/Business weekly in Chatter for the Fall Semester in 2018 Gold $1000 – 2499 - Name/Business on Banner in Gym for 2018 Platinum $2500 – 4999 - Name/Business in Chatter for the 2018/19 school year Cardinal $5000+ - Name/Business on Plaque in Administration Building for 2018 The silent auction will begin at 5:00 and run until 6:30 in the gym. There will be food trucks & live entertainment, & the live auction will begin at 6:30. No pre-purchased tickets are required. See attached flyer for details. SUMMER SKILLS WORKBOOKS: Studies show that much of what is learned during the school year is lost over the summer months. Summer Skills Review Books provide students with a review of materials taught the previous year, and can give them an academic edge and self-confidence when they return to school in the fall. Workbooks available include math and language arts for students in grades 2-5, or pre-algebra, algebra 1, geometry, or high school math books. If you would like to see an example, or would like to order a workbook(s), stop by the school office or visit the website www.summerskills.com. They are $20, and orders are due to the school office by May 1. "A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing." - Martin Luther PRINCIPAL – Mr. Birnbaum: WOW the third quarter is over and report cards should have gone home today. I pray that you had a fabulous Spring Break and thank you for all the well wishes on my 50th birthday. I praise God for all of your tremendous support. ECE – Daycare – Ms. Heidi: Just a reminder that Daycare will be CLOSED FRIDAY MARCH 30TH AND MONDAY APRIL 2ND! Happy Easter!! Also, Summer Daycare enrollment is open and underway. Stop by daycare or the school office to get yours. We will fill up fast. PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Herard: Welcome back! Hope you are well rested after Spring Break. We are going to finish strong these last weeks! Please return spring pictures or payments soon. The ones I got to see were just adorable! -- 2 --
Remember NO SCHOOL Fri or Mon for Easter. Our class party will be Wed. April 4th at 10:15. Please remember eggs/baskets if you are going in the afternoon for the egg hunt/singing at the Renaissance. Put it on your calendar that we will be having a field trip on April 23 to the Wondertorium in Stillwater. Forms will be out soon. This week our theme is "Butterflies". We have finished introducing the upper case letters with their sounds. We will begin working on matching upper and lower case letters, counting down from 20, counting to 50, copying letters, and making sets of 6-10 items. We are continuing our work on rhyming words. Help at home is greatly appreciated! Blessings as we prepare our hearts and minds for Good Friday and the joy to come Easter morn. PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Kelly/Mrs. Colvin: Happy Spring! Happy Birthday Lilly and Mako! I hope you enjoyed your Spring Break! Thank you Mrs. Hanson and Ms. Pacey for the great Winter Olympics during Lutheran Schools Week! We had a wonderful time! I hope you were able to get some reading in over the break. Please remember to fill out the book slips and return them. We have another short week, with a half day on Thursday, and no school on Friday and Monday. Third quarter report cards are in backpacks today. Please sign and return to me by Wednesday, April 4th. I will send you a copy to keep. April 4th is our egg hunt/singing at the Renaissance. Please remember to bring 12 plastic eggs by Tuesday the 3rd. Picture money or pictures are due back by Tuesday, April 3rd. Book orders are in backpacks and are due back to me or online by Friday, April 6th. Our Bible words this week are, We believe that Jesus died and rose again. 1 Thessalonians 4:14 We are learning the letter "Xx" and the number "19". Have a blessed week and a Happy Easter! KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: We will have an Easter egg hunt on Wednesday April 4th (this will be our Easter party fun) at the Renaissance Assisted Living Center. We will leave the school at 1:45 pm. Please bring your 12 plastic eggs stuffed with candy or a small toy by Tuesday, April 3rd. Also, your child will need to bring their Easter basket for the hunt on the 4th. I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! It was great having everyone back on Monday without sickness! Have a blessed Easter Break and we have an 11:20 dismissal time this Thursday. Also, please look for your child's report card today. FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a wonderful spring break! I cannot believe that it is the 4th quarter already - time is flying! Memory for Thursday is the 4th Commandment - Honor your father and your mother. Report cards were sent home today. Please sign one of the copies and return back to me. A reminder that next week Wednesday, April 4, is our field trip to the Renaissance Living Center. We will sing and then have an Easter Egg Hunt. Please bring 12 plastic eggs stuffed with candy or a small toy by Tuesday, Apr. 3. Also, please have your child bring an Easter basket. Spring picture packets were sent home before Spring Break. Please return payment and the pictures that you are not buying. These are due back to me by Tue, April 3. A note was also sent home about the Spring Auction. If you have any questions, please contact me or Elizabeth Jones. We will be working on our auction project next Tue, April 3 at 2:00. Parents are welcome to come help. Happy birthday to Allyson on the 31st! Blessings on your Easter weekend as we celebrate our Risen Lord! SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: Spring Break was the rest we all needed! Just nine short weeks and these amazing second graders will be amazing third graders. We're making excellent progress and I'm very proud of these students. Report cards are coming home today. Please sign and return them. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. As we remember Christ's tremendous sacrifice and his glorious resurrection, be sure to include worship in your plans. Blessings! THIRD GRADE – Mrs. Heitman (Steichen): How wonderful spring break was! It's nice to see the kids back and healthy! This week: Spelling & Reading: Unit 5 week 1: Tests on Thursday. A.R. We are beginning a new quarter for AR. Math: No test this week. Memory: John 11:25 "Jesus said, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die." We have early dismissal on Thursday at 11:20, and NO SCHOOL Friday! I pray you have a blessed Easter weekend! Dona Mullins is working on our class auction project. Please contact her to find out how/where you can help. (405) 880-6820 I want to personally thank you for allowing me the opportunity to spend these last several weeks with your children. It has been a true blessing for me! I have enjoyed each and every one of these kids, and I will miss having them in class each day! I pray that the transition back to Mrs. Steichen next week goes smoothly for them all. Please keep her in your prayers as she transitions back into the classroom and adjusts to working with the new baby at home. -Mrs. Heitman -- 3 --
FOURTH GRADE – Mrs. Sibley: What a wonderful and relaxing spring break we all had! We took time to unwind, recoup, and prepare for the final quarter of the year. We will have new AR goals finalized soon. Help the kids to stay on top of their new goal by reading chapter books daily. We all want to finish the year out strong, & to do our best to work on being fifth graders. Scholars need to make sure that they are being thorough in all work. Please look at grades with students on a weekly basis to help students do their best. This is the shortest quarter of the year. Time will fly away. ITBS Testing is coming up very soon. Please help the kids to be ready and prepared for this week. We are preparing prior in the classroom so that we may give our best. Blessings as we focus on Christ’s love for us! FIFTH GRADE – Mrs. Schatte: It is wonderful to be back after a relaxing, refreshing spring break. Now we begin the downhill slide of this year. I will explain guidelines for the oral country reports on Thursday. I had planned to do that on Monday, but four students were absent. We are still missing two today. I will assign a book to read and give a rubric for the book report on this book next week. Blessings on your Easter weekend. I hope all my students and their families attend church on this joyous day. We are so blessed to have a Savior that loved us enough to live as a lowly human and die an awful death so that we have a home in heaven. It is so important to me that each of my students knows Jesus as their Savior, Lord and friend.
MIDDLE SCHOOL 3/26-4/3 3/18 3/31 4/4
Po-Hi Stepper Tryout Clinic FLC&S Youth, 5:30 – 7, youth house FLC&S Youth flashlight egg hunt, 6:30 p.m. Po-Hi Stepper Tryouts, 4:00, Robson Fieldhouse
4/6 4/6 4/20 5/1
Middle School Musical - Gym, 9 a.m. dress rehearsal, 6:30 p.m. performance 8th Grade Graduation Pictures Middle School Dance 4:00 Po-Hi 7th grade and up Softball Tryouts, West Jr. High Softball Field
MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSICAL: We are excited to present the First Lutheran Middle School's performance of A Not So Terrible Parable. The performances will be next Friday, April 6th, at 9AM and 6:30PM. The students have been working hard to finish setting up the stage, making props, and learning lines and lyrics to the songs. We hope to see you all there! FLC&S YOUTH GROUP FLASHLIGHT EGG HUNT! – Becky May: The Youth Group will be having an Easter egg hunt by flashlight Sat. evening, Mar. 31st. We'll meet in the youth house at 6:30 for snacks and opening devotions. The hunt will begin around 7:00 or as soon as it's dark. If the weather holds, it will be outside, behind the school; if not we'll have it indoors in the church/narthex building (also in the dark :). This event is for sixth grade through high school, so grab a flashlight or two and a friend, and we'll see you there! We are anticipating a large turnout; you can help make it a huge success by donating plastic eggs and candy to fill them. Please leave your donations in the box marked "egg hunt" in the narthex. If you would like to volunteer to help us hide eggs, we would appreciate that, too! Thanks for caring about and supporting our youth! Thanks, Becky Mrs. Harbeson: Welcome Back! I hope you all had a marvelous Spring Break and are ready to finish up the school year on a good note! We will have a lot of things starting back up in the next few weeks, so it's important to check the Chatter for important dates. Here are a few to start us off: Thursday, March 29: Maundy Thursday Service at 8:30 FLS T-shirt orders and money are due! School is out at 11:20 Friday, March 30: Good Friday - No School! Sunday, April 1: Easter!!! He is risen! Monday, April 2: Easter Monday - No School! April 9-13: ITBS tests April 20: Middle School Dance
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That's probably enough for now...be sure to mark your calendar! In language class, all classes have begun their novels for 4th quarter. We have also begun grammar, spelling and vocabulary. I hope you all have a very blessed Easter weekend! Mrs. Hanson: I pray everyone had a restful or fun or both Spring Break! I know I did. The school auction is coming up; each class creates projects to auction off. 7th graders have started a project and will need financial assistance with finishing it, details TBA. 7th graders will also have an opportunity to raise money for D.C. by helping with the dessert and drink table. I will put out a sign up sheet and ask for donations next week. As for classes, this week, all classes will be having fun with Easter science. Monday we studied the egg. Ask your student what is so special about the egg and its relation to Easter. A few weeks ago, the middle school participated in a challenge. We all decided to abandon disposable straws for 7 days because of their harmful effects on the environment. This inspired us to find other challenges or causes. Each student has been asked to find a cause to support that they have a personal passion or connection to. We will discuss these as classes at the end of the week and next week. Mrs. Pacey: I hope everyone enjoyed their Spring Break! We have two short weeks in a row, so everything will be a little more stretched out than normal. Algebra is working on Production Profit, a unit about how Algebra is used in the oil and natural gas industry. PreAlgebra is working on proportional relationships. 7th is working on solving equations, and 6th is working on ratios and rates. Mr. Covert: We’ve almost reached Easter! I hope that everyone had a restful spring break, and is about ready for that stretch run of the school year! Classes this week are starting where we left off. 8th grade is starting a unit on World War I, both prior to and following the US involvement. 7th grade is moving onto the northern countries in South America. As far as 6th grade, we’ve moved into the Reformation and the birth of Protestantism. I pray that God continues to bless our church family as we move through Holy Week and into Easter! Blessings on your week!
First Lutheran Church & School—Growing up into Jesus, Reaching out with Jesus, Walking together in Jesus
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You are invited to a BEST FRIEND HAPPENING!! Saturday, April 7, 2018, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m., FLC Fellowship Hall All Mothers, daughters (6th grade and older), grandmothers, aunts, best friends, new friends, long-time friends, and neighbors are invited to come.
BRING YOUR FAVORITE TEACUP. WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES, IF YOU LIKE. There will be time to share breakfast, have a devotion, try some new art and craft projects, plus just relax and spend time with friends. WE WILL SEE YOU THERE!! -- 5 --
Complete and return to the office by noon, Thursday, March 29, 2018
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It’s Time to Order 2017-2018 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 3, 2018), and return to the school office on or before Friday, May 25, 2018. Remember there’s a $5 discount if ordered/paid for by April 3, 2018! 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 3, 2018 Total Paid $_________ (___cash or ___check/check #_____) Contact number or e-mail address:____________________________________ -- 7 --