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 E-mail: lutheransecretary@yahoo.com Child Care: 580-762-1124 FastDirect: fastdir.com/flcspc September 3, 2014
CARDINAL CHATTER 9/4 9/17
Homeroom Mom Meeting, 2:15, Library Hearing Tests; Mid Quarter reports
9/18 9/19
Family Fun Night; Eat @ 5, Games 6-8 OK Teachers’ Convention – No School
PRINCIPAL – Mr. Birnbaum: Thank you for all the prayers and concerns for the new school year and for Julie and my medical emergencies over the past month. The love and concern has been a blessing and we praise God for putting us in this school and congregation. The Lord is good. All the time. HEARING TESTING is being conducted here for Preschool to 8th grade on Wednesday - September 17. The test will probably consist of students putting on ear phones and will be asked to raise their hands when they hear a beep at different intervals. Results will be shared with the parents and re-testing will occur on Thursday - October 23 for those who did not pass the first time in the event of allergy, congestion, and Preschool students that come on Thursday. IF YOU DO NOT want your child to participate, please contact the School Office as soon as possible. CHAPEL OFFERING: The Chapel Offering for September is going to help the Lutheran Women Missionary League supply backpacks loaded with school supplies for the Lutheran World Relief Backpack Program. FAMILY FUN NIGHT: Will be Thursday, September 18th. Dinner will be from 5:00pm-6:00pm with games following from 6:00-8:00pm. Everyone in the church and school is invited to attend. Come to eat, and bring kids for games. Look for more information to follow. *HOME ROOM MOM MEETING: Meeting with the homeroom moms to discuss their needs for the class booths will be held on Thursday, September 4th in the library at 2:15. See you there! CAN YOU HELP? We're looking for a few families that would be willing to help us give a ride to a student one day a week, both to and from school. He lives on Woodbury. If you can help, please contact the school office. Thanks. TUTORING: After school tutoring will again be offered by the PTL for students 4th grade and older on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:20 to 4:30 in the math room. A high school student will provide guidance for students. Mrs. Goll will also be present most days. P.E. – Mrs. Bond: Congratulations to all of my friends that participated in the Cross Country Fun Run at Ponca Lake last week! First Lutheran participants from 2nd grade: Connor Speight, Crayton Harland, and Christyona Harland. 3rd Grade participants were: Timothy Crank and Kylie Flowers. LIBRARY – Mrs. Hamre: Thank you to whomever donated glue sticks for the ECE Library. I really appreciate it! Please help your children remember to bring their books back on the day that they have library so that they may get a new one. Kindergarten-1st- Tuesday & Thursday 2nd- Tuesday 3rd-5th- Wednesday I put reminders in my phone so that I can help mine remember. Take the time to read with your children. PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Herard: Hope everyone enjoyed the extra day off! It's going to be a busy week in PS as we learn about bears, the letter B, and the color brown. Don't forget that Th/F will be our first Show and Tell day. The children may bring a teddy bear (or other toy bear) to share with the class. Book orders were sent home and are due by Sept 15th or order online. We welcome Gabriel to MWF class and Zaxton to T/TH. God Bless! PRE-KINDERGARTEN - Mrs. Kelly: Happy Birthday Kaeson! I hope you had a great long weekend! Thank you for all of the Leaf items, we will love using them in our class! Show and Tell will be this Friday, September 5th. Our September book order is also due back to me or online on Friday. We have a shelf and boxes for our sleep towels/blankets, so they won’t be in backpacks everyday. I will send them home on Friday so that you can wash them. We are still reviewing shapes and colors, and working on our routine. We will start letters next week. Our Bible words this week are, I have called you by name, you are Mine, Isaiah 43:1. Have a blessed week! KINDERGARTEN - Ms. Miller: I would like all the parents to know about a web page called www.starfall.com because it is awesome and we use it in our room at school (the kids can do it at home)! Our class would like to wish Mason a happy birthday on Thursday! Several parents have brought our class some wish list items (from the door) and I want to thank you for
them. Have a wonderful week and keep working on your homework! This week we are working on the letters Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, and Ss. FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: I pray that everyone had a fun and restful weekend! I know that I did!! Memory verse for this week is Psalm 31:14 - I trust in You, O Lord; I say, "You are my God." Reading notebooks go home on Mondays and then are returned to school on Fridays. Your child brought home a book on Tuesday that they will take an AR test on the book on Friday. Please bring the book back to school on Friday. Book orders are due on Thursday, Sept. 4. You may give me the order or order online. Blessings on your week! SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: What a treat to have a long weekend! And this morning's rain is such a gift. My compliments to my students and their families! We had two consecutive days with all homework returned and no corrections. Way to GO!!!! Book orders are due Friday the 12th of September. Online ordering is easy or you may send your order and check with your child. We wish a happy September birthday to Abagail and Brynn! God's Blessings, Dear Friends! Blessings. . . THIRD GRADE - Mrs. Steichen: I hope everyone enjoyed their three day weekend. Last week was a great 1st full week. The homework load will be about the same. Remember that every night will be math, Tuesdays will be ABC order of all spelling words, Thursdays’ paragraphs will be coming home and so will reading notebooks. Anything else that is not finished in class will come home. This week: Spelling Test on Friday Plural words. Reading Test on Friday. Math test on Thursday, no homeworking Thursday or Friday. Religion: Memory over OT books Genesis through 2nd Chronicles is due next week. A.R. everyone is looking good on A.R. Here is a website that has practice A.R. tests (membership is free) - www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx. If you ever need anything please feel free to call or email me. Have a great week! FOURTH GRADE - Mrs. Sibley: WOW! I can see a lot of student growth in the two weeks of school that we have had. What a wonderful relaxing three day weekend it was. Continue reading to earn our AR goals! Thank you for taking wish list items. I have received some items, and can’t wait to see other items when they come to the classroom. As Rose Hill is around the corner, be looking for more information to come. Also look for our first book report of the year coming soon. We will be having our first Math test on Monday. FIFTH GRADE - Mrs. Schatte: Everyone seemed to enjoy their long week-end. I know I surely did! Now we're back to work. I am so pleased with our class. Tuesday morning everyone was settled and ready to learn. We're doing a good job practicing self-control, which allows us to get more work done. Tests this week include spelling and reading on Friday and math test 2 on Monday. Memory due Thursday is Psalm 23:1-3. Next Thursday I will listen to the entire 23rd Psalm. Happy birthday in September to Jaden (13) and Jacey (28).
MIDDLE SCHOOL 9/11 Math Counts Organizational Meeting, 3:30, Math Room 9/15 Basketball Parent Meeting, 6:15, Cafeteria
9/22-26 8th Grade Washington D.C. 9/24-26 6th Grade Lutherhoma 9/25-26 7th Grade Zoo Snooze
MATHCOUNTS: MathCounts is a program of extra math study that could lead to competitions. We’ll have an organizational meeting to determine interest on September 11 in the math room at 3:30. Please call Mrs. Goll if you have any questions. LUNCHROOM POLICY: For the middle school only…in the revised handbook pages that were handed out during enrollment day, there was a change in the lunchroom policy. Beginning this school year, students in middle school who sign up to eat school lunch, and then don’t, will be charged half price for that meal. Thank you in advance for helping us make sure our cooks are not going to the trouble and expense of fixing food for students who aren’t eating, and then having to throw it all away. If your student(s) does not plan to eat the school lunch, they need to remember to tell their homeroom teacher each morning when the teachers take lunch count, and then they will not be charged. Mrs. Harbeson: I hope you all enjoyed your 3-day weekend! I got some rest and enjoyed the OSU game on Saturday night. Even if we didn't win, we sure showed FSU what we're made of! GO POKES! Friday afternoon was entertaining as we watched Mrs. Hanson and our First Lutheran cardinal basketball team raise money for ALS in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Way to go, Everyone! We have a busy week in language. Please check out my bulletin board to see what's going on. Family Fun Night is quickly approaching (Thursday, September 18). Please plan on attending this fun, fundraising event. I also sent home Scholastic book order catalogs last week. You may bring your order to school or order online. You can get to that link from my bulletin board. All orders are due by Friday, September 5. That's all for now. Blessings to everyone! Mrs. Hanson: All classes have started their individual curriculum. Whenever in doubt about homework, check my website to see if you have any! Parent, look for extra credit opportunities either on my bulletin board or website. 8th Graders need a sponge poster board to pin bugs to as well as a collection jar. We will be going to a family farm next week for which we will need drivers. Please let me know if you are willing and able.
7th Grade's Zoo Snooze will be Sept. 25-26. We will need drivers and parent chaperones. Be on the watch for a more detailed letter soon! 6th Graders are handling middle school well. They need to make sure they stay organized and focused. Parents, most assignments are online and all assignment notification is online. Don't forget to bring in school materials for those less fortunate! Mrs. Goll: Wasn’t the Labor Day break refreshing? All the math classes are finishing up Chapter 1. Most will take tests on Friday this week or Monday next. Ask your student to tell you what he has been studying for that test. Have you seen your student’s math book lately? Your interest in his progress will go a long way to helping him have the right attitude about math (and all his studies). Seek Him first… After school tutoring began yesterday with Cora Watts working with the students. Students meet in the math room until 4:30 on Tuesday’s & Thursday’s. Tutoring is open to students in grade 3 and above. Remember we will discuss MathCounts after school on Thursday, Sept. 11. Mr. Covert: It's week three! It's nice to have an extra day off, but it's also nice to get back into the swing of things! All three social studies classes will be taking their first test this week, so we'll be reviewing the first days before we dive into the tests. 8th grade is getting geared up for our DC trip; one more week of magazine sales! In our tech elective, we will be continuing to look at safety with information online. I hope everyone had a blessed Labor Day, and is recharged and ready for the new week!
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Sports Spotlight Name:_Kendall Jean_______ Sport:___Softball_______ When/why did you start playing? I didn’t like soccer, and I tried softball. Person I would most like to meet: Kyle Simmons or Chris Wood My parents always told me… Focus. Pet peeve: When people say softball isn’t a sport. Sports memory: First ball I hit over the fence in travel ball. My hero: Lauren Gibson Most embarassing moment: Tripped and fell running down the 3rd base line Future plans: Play softball in the Olympics for Team USA. Favorites Song/Artist: Bastille Restaurant: El Patio Subject: Geography
Name:_____Brittany Harth____ Sport:___Softball_______ When/why did you start playing? 4 years old My parents always told me…give it your 110% and show them you want to be on the field. Pet peeve: People that don’t love the sport and don’t give it their all. Future plans: go pro Most embarassing moment: when the ball tipped my mitt on 3rd and I got a bloody nose Bible Verse: Phillippians 4:13- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Quotation: “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” --Babe Ruth My hero: Kelsey Stewert Favorites Subject: Math or Geography Movie: Need for Speed TV Show: “Christly Knows Best” Song/Artist: “Hall of Fame” by the Script