Jeremy May, Pastor Sunday Services: 8:30, 11:00 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Church: 580-762-1111 www.flcspc.com
Sola Gratia, Sola Fide,
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
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May 2, 2018
CARDINAL CHATTER 5/3 5/4
National Day of Prayer – Gym – 2:30 Lutheran Track Meet (students dismissed after events are over/around 2:00) 5/7-11 Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week 5/9 Freddy’s Night, 3:30 – 8 5/10 1st Grade to 5th Street Park & New Life Trails. 11:00 - 2:30
5/17 Last day of After School Tutoring. Thank you PTL & P.I.E. partners for sponsoring this for us! 5/22 8th Grade Graduation 5/23 Last Day of School; dismissal @ 11:20
And now, it’s time for the CARDINAL SHOUTOUT; a place for us to recognize how talented and diversified our students are! CONGRATULATIONS TO: Congratulations 2018 FLS Cheer Squad - Madalyn Blackstar, Trinity Burden, Josie Gales, Caroline Gates, Lanie George, Jaclyn Heitman, Gia Patel, Jackie Stevenson, Kaylie Thomas, and Ava Wilson. John Davis always walks into the room with a smile. He has the ability to make his teacher and classmates laugh. He’s also a positive thinker and has a positive attitude. He keeps us on our toes! Baylee Stewart is a real sweetheart. She always does what’s asked of her and doesn’t complain. She works hard and is a joy to be around. Pierce Wagner is one of the mildest mannered people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. He never gets his feathers ruffled and he remains calm in frustrating situations. I really admire that in him. A HUGE thank you to Martin, Jean, and Jackson and Stolhand Heat, Air, and Plumbing for being our P.I.E. partners this year and sponsoring prizes and awards for our students throughout the year such as Drug Awareness Week, A/R parties, etc. We appreciate you! PLEASE JOIN US in prayer for Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Ware individually for recovery from their health issues. Can you spare a few hours Friday to fill in names on prize ribbons? Do you know how to work a tape measure? We need you to help at the Track Meet THIS FRIDAY! Our yearly track meet is THIS FRIDAY! This is the time each year that we host other Lutheran Schools from Northern Oklahoma to OUR campus for a day of competition and fellowship for all students in 1st grade and up. This years’ track meet will be held on Friday, May 4, and activities will be held both at PoHi’s stadium across the street and on our campus. 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. To volunteer to help with a specific event or activity, please contact the office or Coach Amanda. The order of events is attached to this Chatter; please cut it out and save it for Friday. On this day, the kids will spend a lot of time outside, so be sure to apply sunscreen before leaving the house, and maybe send some sunscreen for the kids to reapply during the day. Be sure to 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 bring their own lunch, please send it in something disposable.) If you have doctor appointments scheduled that day and need to pick up your student, please call/come early to give us time to track down your student at their current event. 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 remain open after school is dismissed. TEACHER/STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK is next week, May 7-11. See flyer that will go home this week for details. -- 1 --
FREDDY’S NIGHT! First Lutheran School will have Freddy’s night on Wednesday, May 9, 3:30-8:00 p.m. All you have to do is have dinner at Freddy’s! When the cashier is ready to take your order, tell them you are there in support of First Lutheran School, and Freddy’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. NEED A GRADUATION GIFT? WE HAVE GIFT CARDS: We have gift cards available for sale in the office, that are sold to us at a discount by the retailers, and we keep the Gift Cards Make Great profit as a fundraiser. We have in-stock gift cards to places that Graduating Senior’s love; a few Graduation examples are Aeropostale, Bed, Bath, and Beyond, Best Buy, Barnes and Noble, Staples, etc. Gifts! Call or stop by the office to see what we have on hand and to make your purchase. Considerable thanks to our Sponsors who made a donation to the First Lutheran PTL/School Fundraising Auction of at least $500 for the Silver Level, and at least $50 for our Bronze Level. Please be sure to stop by and thank these businesses for supporting YOUR First Lutheran PTL: SILVER Sponsor: Kelly Campbell and Family Vision Care of Ponca City, 1619 North 5th Street, (580) 762-5700 Martin, Jean, and Jackson—Attorneys at Law, 1324 East Grand Street, (580) 765-9967 BRONZE Sponsors: Prettycoat Junction/Jodi Newland, Owner, 1422 East South Avenue, 580-762-3779 Health Insurance Source, LLC/John Seales/Kenda Ward, 205 W. Hartford, #100, (580) 765-1800 Bronze $50 – 499 - Name/Business weekly in Chatter for rest of Spring 2018, Silver $500 – 999 - Name/Business weekly in Chatter for the Fall of 2018
SUMMER DAYCARE PACKETS are 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: If you still have your pictures and haven’t paid for them, they are past due. Payments and/or unpurchased pictures need to be turned in as soon as possible to your child’s homeroom teacher and/or the office. Class photo’s have been handed out to those who ordered them. The following is a quote about Martin Luther from our Oklahoma Lutheran District President Barrie Henke in his "Lutheran Witness" April 2018 article. "It has been a tradition of mine to knock three times on the casket during the 'farewells'... I tie this to Luther once saying that when he rests in the grave, the next thing he hears will be the 'rap, rap, rap' on his coffin by the archangel saying, 'Dr. Luther, it's time to get up!'" PRINCIPAL – Mr. Birnbaum: This Friday is our track meet with a lot of guests coming from six of our eight other Lutheran Schools. Please park in our grass lot so we can save room for our visitors. Next week is Teacher Appreciation week. Please consider ways to show all our staff that we GREATLY appreciate them. ECE – Daycare – Ms. Heidi: Summer Daycare enrollment is open and underway. Stop by daycare or the school office to get yours. We will fill up fast. Daycare is needing donated fitted sheets and flat sheets any sizes. PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Herard: Welcome May and a lot of "final" events. Thursday is our final SHOW N TELL for the year. The children love to share and it is a great learning experience as we get to know each other better and develop skills in speaking before a group. Friday is the FLS track meet which will be across the street at the high school football field. Younger classes do not participate but we go over to cheer on our friends as they compete. A concession stand is available and you may send money to purchase a drink or snack. You might wish to put sunscreen on your child as well. We usually spend around an hour in the sun. Pray for nice weather! We will have a short diploma ceremony in our classroom the final day of school, probably around 10:15 if you would like to join us and take pictures. Nothing fancy, but a positive way to help them prepare and get excited about moving to PreK. This week our theme is "Ponds". Have a blessed week! PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Kelly/Mrs. Colvin: Happy May! Our last book order for the year is due on Friday, May 4th. This is a great way to stock up on books for summer reading! We will walk over to the track meet on Friday, please send $3.00 to purchase a snack. Our New Life Trails permission slip is due on Friday. Show and Tell is on Friday. -- 2 --
Our Bible words this week are, Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you. Psalm 50:15 We are learning the letter "Qq" this week. KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: We are in need of snacks for the last 3 weeks of school. Your child can pick whatever they want to bring for 20 kids. I know some of you have brought extra snacks already (thank you) but if you haven't please bring some or your children won't have snacks. I am not sending snack notes home. Thank you very much for the snacks in advance! This Friday May 4th is our last show and tell. Please bring something that will fit in your backpack. I want to wish Clay and Addison a happy birthday last week! Have a magnificent week! FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: This year is flying by! We only have few weeks left, but please keep working on your reading. No memory this week. We will have spelling and reading tests on Thursday. We are very excited for the Track Meet on Friday! If you are not able to be there with your child, please make sure that they know what they are doing for lunch. I can hold onto money for them if needed. Remember to apply sun lotion! Field trip forms went home on Monday for our end the year 1st grade trip. Please turn in forms and the $3 by Friday! Hope to see you on Friday at the Track Meet! 2ND – 5TH GRADE SPECIAL REQUEST: We would like the 2nd thru 5th grade to sing "God's Own Child" on Sunday - May 6 before Dallas Steichen’s baptism. Church starts at 8:30; we would like students and parents to be here at least by 9:00. Contact the school office if you have any questions. SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: Happy May! The countdown is on! Only a few more weeks left in second grade! Remember that the track meet is this Friday. We'd love to have many parents join us. Please sunscreen your child and send money for the concession stand. Pray for sunshine on Friday. We're hoping to have a pet show and tell next Friday, the 11th. See the special note regarding specifics. The children will be singing at the 8:30 service this Sunday at First Lutheran. Mrs. Steichen's daughter will be baptized and we've been invited to join in the celebration. Blessings! THIRD GRADE – Mrs. Steichen: What a fun week!! Track meet on Friday and field trip Thursday afternoon. If you haven't turn in your child's permission slip please do that today. This week: Spelling test on Friday, before the track meet; no memory, or paragraph. Book Reports: notes pages are due Friday. All I need to do it look at them and then I will give them back. The final report is due May 11th. Please let me know if you have any questions. A.R: we are 3 weeks away from meeting our goals. I only have 2 people who have met their goal. Keep reading!! FOURTH GRADE – Mrs. Sibley: Track day is this Friday. Put your sunscreen on before you come to school. Remember to have your concession money for lunch; parents are also welcome to join in the fun. Memory test will be on Friday before we leave for the track events. Reading test and spelling are on Thursday. Please continue to bring in Class Auction items. The Auction will be at the end of the quarter, and the Cardinal Bucks continue to be earned. The auction could not happen without you. Make sure we are reading for AR. The AR party is the final week of school. Continue to watch FastDirect for grades and missing assignments to finish the year off successfully. Have a great week & never stop learning. FIFTH GRADE – Mrs. Schatte: The countdown is on! We still have three regular weeks of school, so just hang in there. We're almost done. Our track meet is Friday. This is always an amazingly fun day! We hope you can join us for all or part of it. Blessings!
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PCPS BASEBALL TRYOUT INFO for 7 /8 /9th Grades: Please check the sheets on the front glass doors of the gym to see what team you are on. 5/3 5/6 5/8 5/8
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8th Grade Skip Day Youth (6th-highschool) meets this Sunday, May 6th, 5:307:00 at the youth house. Girls Freshman (PCPS) Basketball Tryouts, 4:00, Robson Fieldhouse (Gym open at 3:30) 9th Grade Po-Hi Boys Basketball Tryouts, 6:00, Robson Fieldhouse
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Girls Physical for PCPS sports, 5:30-7:00, Old Boys Gym, $20. Good for all PCPS sports during the 2018 /19 school year. 5/11 4:15 LadyCat Soccer meeting, 9th – 12th grades, soccer locker room next to concessions under bleachers. Players only— no parents.
Mrs. Harbeson: Hello, Everyone! I hope your week is treating you right! Lots of things are happening these last few weeks of school! 8th grade is going to Frontier City tomorrow, and the track meet is this Friday! For the track meet, students should come to school with sunscreen already applied. This is the first time for many of us to be out in the sun! The concession stand will be open for snacks and lunch. Students are encouraged to buy from the concession stand as this is a big fund-raiser for our 7th graders and their Washington D.C. trip next year. If you choose not to, please bring lunches and snacks in a throw-away bag. In language class, 7th and 8th grade are watching the movies Where the Red Fern Grows and The Giver. On Monday, for 6th grade, book jacket reports are due and should be submitted to my gmail account by 3:30 (kristaharbeson@gmail.com). For 8th grade, written college reports are due by 3:30 in their box. They will begin presenting their college slide shows on May 14. For all classes, we will be ending our year in literature with a poetry unit. That's all I have for now! Blessings on the rest of your week! Mrs. Hanson: This Thursday is National Day of Prayer! We would love for you to join us for a prayer vigil that the 7th grade will host. We will meet in the gym at 2:30 pm uniting our voices in prayer. 6th grade will have a chapter test this Thursday over Physical/Chemical Properties/Changes, Element, Compounds, and Mixtures. 7th grade is doing activities in class measuring earthquakes. 8th grade has started a new chapter on genetics. They have received a syllabus and an outline for the rest of the year. I hope the 8th graders have fun on skip day and we are all looking forward to the track meet on Friday! Mrs. Pacey: The track meet is Friday! We are in our last chapter for PreAlgebra, 7th grade, and 6th grade. MathCounts will have their end of the year party next Friday during school. Let’s finish the year strong! Mr. Covert: We’ve hit May! We’re in the stretch run of the school year now. I hope everyone is doing well and is ready to give it that final push to end the year out strong! Our classes are going through what we can. 8th grade has started the Great Depression, and we’re looking at the causes and lessons to learn from it. In 7th grade, we’re finishing up Australia this week. As for 6th grade, we’re looking at the late 1700s and early 1800s as a time of political and social revolution, beginning with our own nation, and then branching out into the world as a whole. I pray that God continues to bless our school family as we move into the new month. Blessings on your week! FUTURE WASHINGTON D.C. ATTENDEES: If you need to make payments to your D.C. account, please note that you cannot make payments with a credit card. We will, however, accept checks, cash, money orders, etc. Thank you.
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TO DO FOR THE TRACK MEET FRIDAY: 1. Apply Sunscreen before school (bring some extra if you need to reapply). 2. Bring a jacket (with your name in it) if the morning is cool. 3. Cut out/snap a pic of the next page (schedule/map). 4. Bring money for the concession stand, if you are going to support our 7th Grade fundraiser for their Washington D.C. trip by purchasing snacks/drinks/lunch at the concession stand. (Thanks!) 5. Bring a parent with a camera to take pictures. 6. Come ready for a fun day of fellowship & friendly competition. -4-
OKLAHOMA DISTRICT LUTHERAN TRACK/ACADEMIC DAY FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2018 (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
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TRACK MEET MENU! Please purchase your drinks/snacks/lunches at the concession stand, and support the 7th grade on their trip to Washington D.C. next year! Assorted Candy ....................... $1 Assorted Chips ........................ $1 Frito Chili Pie ............................ $3 Hot Dog ..................................... $1 Nachos ....................................... $2 Pizza ............................................ $2 Popcorn ........................... $.50/$1 Pretzel......................................... $2 Walking Taco ........................... $4 Soda bottle ............................... $2 Soda can .................................... $1 Gatorade.................................... $2 Water .......................................... $1
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