22 Chapel at 9:15 PM, preschool field
trip to Shaw farm
26 St. Mark’s has services at 8AM,
10:30 AM and 6 PM with Sunday School at 9:15AM
27-30 Parent Teacher conferences K-8
28 Duke Energy assembly at 11:20 AM
29 Chapel at 9:15 AM
Prayer Families
Grace C. (P3), Grace Ann K. (P4), Seth
B. (5), Caleb B. (K)
Saint Salute
v
A
big Saint Salute to those students climbing the AR Wall of Fame
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Alaina
S.. (4) 1000
points
Notes
I
would like to introduce our new staff –
one each week.
I graduated last June with a Bachelor's in Psychology from
Ashford University. I am currently pursuing my Master's in Special Education
online through Ashford University. I have taught Preschool for the last two
years first at a privately owned preschool in Tallahassee Florida and more recently
at Primrose School of West Chester. I love the passion and enthusiasm
Preschoolers have for life and learning. I learn a lot from them. I love trying
to see the world from the eyes of children. It is amazing what you can learn.
If you enter my classroom at any point you may notice that I have
somewhat of an obsession with owls. You will see owl decorations all over my
classroom as well as on the outside of my door. I happen to think that they are
very cute. Besides owl I like to read, watch movies, spend time at home with my
family, and shopping. I particularly like to hunt down bargains at thrift
stores it is somewhat of a hobby of mine.
I would love to get to know more of you! Feel free to stop by my
classroom and say Hi! (You can find me behind the door with the big owl on it!)
Important Dates to Know
27-30 Parent-Teacher Conferences
November 7 Walk-a-Thon
Walk for Resources
Starting today the children have been
challenged to request donations for our Walk-a-thon. All the information was sent home today
attached to a collection envelope.
Please read all the information concerning the only big fund raiser of
the year for St. Mark’s. This is in
place of the usual selling something fund-raiser.
Fund Raisers
Box Tops for Education Challenge – Starting November 3, 2014, we are
challenging each classroom to bring in the most Box Tops per student for a
special treat. The classroom that has
the highest percent per student will have a “Build Your Own Sundae” sometime in
January. Each classroom should have a
place to collect the Box Tops and we will collect them from the classrooms each
week. A running tally of how many have
been turned in for redemption will be kept and posted. The Challenge will end January 19,
2015. Have fun collecting Box Tops!
Science Club
Starting Thursday, November 6,
students in grades 1-4 may stay after school until 4:15 for unique science
activities – one each week. Mr.
Reisenbichler is the leader of this group.
Parents are welcome to attend and help.
Science Olympiad
Starting Tuesday, November 4, students
in grades 5-8 may stay after school until 4:15 for the start of our competitive
Science Olympiad. Students can pick from
23 different events. Any student or
parent that has a question about this team may come to our first introductory
meeting on Nov. 4. Students must be able
to compete on Sat., March 7.
Happy Birthday
23 Angela G. (1)
24 Mr. Reisenbichler
Classroom information
Mrs.
Schulte (Pre-2)
We
continue to spend October ‘on the farm’. Our theme this week was “Plenty
of Pumpkins”. At Circle Time we looked at pumpkins seeds and shared the
book Pumpkin Circle – The Story of a Garden by George Levenson. At
Center Time we explored the seed, vine, flower, and fruit of a pumpkin
plant. We sang and danced to our Creation Song at Bible Time. Then
we ended the day with a little pumpkin to take home.
Mrs. Frey
(Pre-3,4)
Preschool
is finishing up our study of spiders this week. 3’s will create handprint
spiders and build a web by weaving yarn. 4’s will create a spider web and
practice letter S. 4’s are also looking forward to their field trip to Shaw
Farms on Wednesday. In Bible Time 3’s will review the account of baby Moses and
learn about God’s plan for this tiny baby. 4’s will review the account of Jacob
and Esau. Our song of the week is “God Is So Good.”
Mrs.
Reynolds (PK)
With no school Monday and Tuesday and a field
trip to Shaw Farm on Wednesday Pre-K has a short week! We are very excited
about our field trip!! Since Thursday is our only day at school we will be
reviewing the letters L and S and talking about what we learned on our field
trip. We will also be dissecting a
pumpkin and learning about the pumpkin's life cycle and all the many delicious
things you can make with pumpkins. In Bible we will review the story of Abraham
and sing some new songs! We are excited for a short but exciting week!
Mrs.
Sherman (K)
Kindergarten has a short, learning
filled week. They will continue the
account of Joseph during Bible time as they retell the story. At math time, the class will identify tricky
teens, decompose numbers and participate in math stations. During writing workshop, the class will learn
about labeling and label Mrs Sherman!
The full day students will sequence and retell the story of the stubborn
pumpkin, construct "teen" buildings and "teen" chains.
Mrs.
Reisenbichler (1-2)
This being a
short week, we took the opportunity to learn about the Reformation and Martin Luther
in our Jesus Time. The children also had
a lot of fun this week focusing on fall.
We played a pumpkin game in math, baked pumpkin bread and pies, made and
wrote about scarecrows, and a host of other fall related activities and skill
boosters. Second graders prepared for
their student lead parent teacher conference, and first graders learned more
about the writing process.
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
It's a short week because the teachers
went to their conference, but we'll still get a lot done. In religion we'll
study the account of Joseph and his brothers and learn that despite sibling
rivalry, God's plans are always best. In reading, we continue seeing how
Bradley and Jeff change in There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, while
working on cause and effect. In math, the 3rd graders will work on
measurement and the 4th graders will review, then take their chapter
test. In social studies we'll learn some Ohio cities. In science
we'll continue with heat and light. In Spanish we'll work on plurals.
We'll also do a team building activity called "Detectives" this week.
Mr. Postenrieder (5-6)
In our Bible
time this week we practiced for our chapel skit which we will present on
October 29th. In 5th grade math we worked with
tessellations, angles of polygons, and practiced using our geometry template.
In 6th grade math we reduced and multiplied fractions, worked with
angles, and found least common multiples. In our Language Arts time we
continued with the writing process. We
are writing our papers about recess. In Social Studies we presented power
points on Egypt. In Science we finished our study of viruses and bacteria with
a test on Friday. In Spelling we played
Sparkle and reviewed the rules of the words we have studied.
Mr. Mayo (7-8)
We have begun
our discussions of Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War. We are starting to understand how much
animosity there still was between the North and South after the war. After Lincoln’s death, this job fell to a
less-able president. Andrew Johnson’s
attitudes weren’t always as forgiving as Mr. Lincoln’s. Mr. Johnson and Congress didn’t seem to be
able to agree, either. Imagine that!
In
Literature, we’re learning about myths and their meanings. We’ll study Icarus and Arachne in myth and
poetry. We hope we don’t fly too close
to the sun in this study!
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we will study what God’s Word
says about time management. In 7th
grade math the students are calculating with decimals, solving ratio problems,
and finding the area of a triangle. The
8th grade is working with congruent polygons, multiplying integers,
and finding the area of various polygons.
In science we will be starting our study of heredity. The students are planning and making a structure
in STEM that resists wind and water. It
may end up something like the Native Americans’ dwellings. They build it on Friday.
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