5 Chapel at 9:15 PM, Preschool chapel
at 1PM, Staff mt. at 3:30, Walk-a-thon-donations due
6 Science Club until 4:15PM, Stacking
Club until 4:15
7 Walk-a-thon 1-3PM
9 St. Mark’s has services at 8AM,
10:30 AM and 6 PM with Sunday School at 9:15AM
11 Science Olympiad until 4:15PM,
Stacking Club until 4:15
12 Chapel at 9:15 AM
13 Science Club until 4:15PM, Stacking
Club until 4:15
Prayer Families
Mikayla C. (PK), Carson C. (P3),
Sophia B. (P4)
Saint Salute
v
A
big Saint Salute to those students climbing the AR Wall of Fame
o
Russell
W. (5) 900 points
Notes
I
have decided to give you a few notes from John Rosemond. I am not saying I agree with everything he
says – some of it is insightful, though.
“These
days it seems that the more things change in parenting, the more they keep right
on changing. For example:
Today's parents are trying to have wonderful relationships with their children. Our foremothers and forefathers were not, realizing that a child required leadership first. And that while the parent/child relationship should by no means be "bad," a parent could not provide proper leadership if the parent's energies were focused primarily on having a "wonderful" relationship with the child. Some things just had to wait. Today's moms orbit around their children, dedicated to trying to make them happy. Yesterday's moms were at the center of their children's attention, dedicated to teaching them to stand on their own two feet. Today's moms are trying to do as much for their children as they possibly can. Yesterday's moms were consciously trying to do as little for their children as possible, in addition to insisting that their children both do for themselves and do for the family (in the form of chores). Today's moms function as servants to their children for the term of their dependency, which is lengthening. Yesterday's moms functioned as authority figures, as dispensers of responsibility. Today's mom works for her child in perpetuity, believing that the best mom serves best. Yesterday's mom had her child working for her by the time he was three, believing that the best mom is the mom.” Next week is dad’s turn.
Today's parents are trying to have wonderful relationships with their children. Our foremothers and forefathers were not, realizing that a child required leadership first. And that while the parent/child relationship should by no means be "bad," a parent could not provide proper leadership if the parent's energies were focused primarily on having a "wonderful" relationship with the child. Some things just had to wait. Today's moms orbit around their children, dedicated to trying to make them happy. Yesterday's moms were at the center of their children's attention, dedicated to teaching them to stand on their own two feet. Today's moms are trying to do as much for their children as they possibly can. Yesterday's moms were consciously trying to do as little for their children as possible, in addition to insisting that their children both do for themselves and do for the family (in the form of chores). Today's moms function as servants to their children for the term of their dependency, which is lengthening. Yesterday's moms functioned as authority figures, as dispensers of responsibility. Today's mom works for her child in perpetuity, believing that the best mom serves best. Yesterday's mom had her child working for her by the time he was three, believing that the best mom is the mom.” Next week is dad’s turn.
Important Dates to Know
7 Walk-a-Thon, Market Day orders due
16 Grades 1-8 song in
church at the 10:30 AM service
17 Operation Christmas
Child boxes due
18 Picture Retakes
10:30-noon
26-28 Thanksgiving
Vacation
Walk for Resources
The students have been challenged to
request donations for our Walk-a-thon. If
a student wishes to be eligible for prizes, the donations collected must be
turned in today. The preschool students
will walk on Friday starting at 1PM.
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.
Stacking Club
Starts Nov. 4
Students are
able to join Stacking Club. Stacking
Club is a hand-eye coordination activity in which the student must stack 12
cups into a certain design and then unstack them. Mr. Postenrieder is the leader. Grades 1-4 meet on Tuesdays until 4:15 while
grades 5-8 meet on Thursdays in his room
Increment
Weather Notice
St. Mark’s
may have days this year that require us to have a delay or be closed. The best means to find out the situation is
to watch your email. Another way is to
view channel 9, WCPO. Another way is to
go to www.wcpo.com. If Milford is closed, so is St. Mark’s.
Happy Birthday
5 Madison C. (K)
7 Noah C. (1), Josie H. (P4)
8 Brendan B. (7)
9 Molly C. (PK)
10 Olivia C. (3), Morgan M. (P3), James S.
(P3)
Classroom information
Mrs.
Schulte (Pre-2)
Our theme this November is “Bountiful Blessings”,
and this week we focused on “Family; Home Sweet Home”. We shared pictures
of our families, and talk about how they love us and take care of us. We
talked about how God takes care of us and all creatures by providing nice and
safe homes. At Story Time, we shared the book "Guess How Much
I Love You" by Sam McBratney, and at Bible Time we shared the account of
'The First Sin".
Mrs. Frey
(Pre-3,4)
In November Preschool will
focus on transportation. This week’s theme is cars. Each child will bring a toy
car to school, and we will practice sorting cars by color, shape, and size. We
will also discuss the importance of transportation safety. 3’s will create tire
track artwork and wash the dirty cars at the ‘car wash.’ 4’s will create letter
C car artwork and paper towel tube cars. At Bible Time 3’s will learn about how
God’s people worshiped Him at the tabernacle. 4’s will hear how God delivered
the Israelites at the crossing of the Red Sea.
Mrs.
Reynolds (PK)
During the month of November Pre-K will be
learning about transportation. This week we are learning all about cars and car
safety rules. We will be going over traffic lights and stops signs and what
they all mean. I apologize if this creates some back seat drivers. The letter
of the week is C we will be practicing tracing, writing and recognizing words
that begin with the letter C. In Bible this month we are going to be talking
about the fruits of the spirit. This week we are discussing self-control and
kindness. We will also incoporate manners and how certain words make us sound
kind.
Mrs.
Sherman (K)
This week, Kindergarten
will hear the biblical account of God’s laws and the golden calf.
Election day is Tuesday so the class has been learning about voting. The
boys and girls have registered to vote and will be casting their ballots to
determine their P.E. activity. During math, they will play several math
games such as roll and record and three of a kind)and work with a partner
at math stations. As Kindergarten looks forward to Thanksgiving, they
will begin a heritage unit and compare and contrast life long ago versus today.
Mrs.
Reisenbichler (1-2)
In Jesus
Time, the children learned about Samuel being called to be God's messenger, and
David and Saul. The second graders started a new unit in language arts
based on the story A Long Way to a New Land. The second graders
have three major projects dealing with this unit. The first graders
continue to learn about bears. In math, first graders worked with number
lines to add and subtract. Second graders tried their hand at two rule
frames and arrow puzzles and counting money.
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
In religion we are began the account
of Moses - first as a baby and then as a grown man. Our memory verse is
Jeremiah 29:11 that shows that God has a plan for our lives, too. In
grammar we're learned different homophones. In social studies we
continued to learn about the different branches of our government. In science
we continued with force and simple machines. In Spanish we're finishing a
unit on school words and played Spanish Bingo. In math, the 3rd graders
worked on area and then took a chapter test. The 4th graders worked with
decimals in money and in metric units of measure.
Mr. Postenrieder (5-6)
In our Bible
time this week we learned how God protects us and why he blesses us. In 5th
grade math we began to work with division algorithms. In 6th grade
math we worked with fractions, decimals, and percents. We also took our 6th
test. In our Language Arts time we began to read and work with the book: The Great Gilly Hopkins. We built our
vocabulary and worked on understanding characters through character
perspectives. In Social Studies we
presented power points on countries of North Africa. We also looked at the
deserts of Africa. In Science we continued to look at Fungi. In Spelling we looked at words with that may
or may not change when adding the suffix -ation.
Mr. Mayo (7-8)
I’m very
excited about Literature for our 7&8th graders. They get to read the book, The
Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
It is one of my favorite books and I love taking young people through
it. I enjoy watching their faces as I
tell them that Golding included a Christ figure in this fine example of
literature. We’ll watch as the different
characters reveal themselves through their actions. Too many young people don’t get a chance to
read this fine novel until high school.
The theological implications are tremendous!
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we will study what God’s Word
says about angels and demons. In 7th
grade math the students are making stem-and-leaf plots and box-and-whiskers
plots. The 8th grade is studying
functions, calculating volume and surface area.
In science we are studying the cell and inheritance. The students are planning and making a structure
in STEM that stands tall and holds a lot of weight.
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