7 Chapel at 9:15 AM, staff meeting at
3:30 PM
8 Science Club until 4:15, Dance Club
until 4:15
11 St. Mark’s has worship services at
8AM, 10:30AM, and 6PM with Sunday Sch. at 9:15AM
12 Spelling Bee 10:30 AM
13 Science Olympiad & Dance Club
until 4:15PM
14 Chapel at 9:15 AM, Special Martial
Arts Club starting
15 Science Club & Dancing Club
until 4:15PM
16 Principal’s meeting in Dayton,
Market Day orders due
Prayer Families
Eli S. (K), Ava A. (P4), & Tyke U.
(P3)
Saint Salute
·
A
big Saint Salute to those students moving up on the AR Wall of Fame
o
Michayla
E. (6) 800 points
o
Markus
V. (4) 1100 points
o
Michael
V. (7) 1300 points
Notes
Have you ever wondered what the church year is
all about? Here is the Reader’s Digest
version. Advent begins the church
year because the church year begins where Jesus' earthly life began — in the
Old Testament prophecies of his incarnation. After Advent comes Christmas,
which is about his birth; then Epiphany, about his miracles and
ministry; then Lent, about his Calvary-bound mission; then Easter,
about his resurrection and the sending of the apostles; and then Ascension (40
days after Easter) and Pentecost, with the sending of the Holy Spirit.
The first half of the church year (approximately
December through June) highlights the life of Christ. The second half
(approximately June through November) highlights the teachings of Christ. The
parables and miracles play a big part here. That's "the church year in a
nutshell." Epiphany was yesterday,
Tuesday, January 6.
Important Dates to Know
19 No School
21 Family Fun Night
6-7:30
25 Grades 1-8 sing at
10:30 AM service, Open House 1-3PM
Enrollment for next year
Returning students will have the
opportunity to enroll (starting Jan. 14) prior to community enrollment starting
Jan. 25. Reenrollment forms will be sent
home next Wednesday.
Box Tops Update
Well we had a BIG upset with the Box
Tops Contest. The 7th and 8th grades
pulled it out the last week before Christmas.
They averaged 28.57 Box Tops per student for first place. Congrats 7th and 8th grades! The second place was taken by 5th and 6th
with 23.57 per student; third place went to Kindergarten with 22.37 per
student; and fourth place was taken by 3rd and 4th grades with 20.10 per
student. A total of 1954 points were
collected the past 6/7 weeks. That was
super! The next date for sending in Box
Tops is March 1st. Keep saving those Box
Tops because you never know we may have another contest before the end of the
school year.
Market Day Coordinator
Needed
St. Mark’s is in need of a Market Day
coordinator. This job would take about
1-2 hours per week. It involves entering
paper orders and calling customers that have not yet ordered for the
month. Please contact the office if
interested.
Dance Club starts January
6 for grades 1-4 and Jan. 8 for grades 5-8
Spelling Bee
The St. Mark’s Spelling Bee will be on
Monday, January 12, starting at 10:30.
Students may start studying the words found at www.spellingbee.com.
Happy Birthday
7 Mia P. (K) 11 Jude
T. (P4)
Classroom information
Mrs. Schulte (Pre-2)
We were very excited to start the New Year
together. This month’s theme is “At the Zoo” and this week we did a
little “Zig Zag around the Zoo”. We filled our bubble letter G with
grass. We read Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire and used our
felt board to recreate this colorful story. Our Dramatic Play area is now
an animal hospital where we used our special doctor kit to help our Zoo animals
feel better. We ended the day moovin’ and groovin’ with zoo songs and
activities.
Mrs. Frey
(Pre-3,4)
Preschool
is excited to be back and learn about W for Winter! 3’s will experiment with the
color white in a color mixing activity and play a ‘dress the snowman’ game. 4’s
will add snow to their pictures and create snowglobes. Both classes will have a
‘wear blue and white’ day and pajama day. During Bible Time 3’s will learn
about Jesus as a young boy in the temple. 4’s will learn about Jesus’ healing
power in Jairus’s daughter. He is stronger than death!
Mrs.
Reynolds (PK)
I hope everyone had a fabulous
Christmas vacation! Pre-K is excited to be back at school! This week we will be
learning about the letter W and winter animals. As the weather is getting
colder we will discuss hibernation and how animals stay warm in the cold
winter air. We will be doing an experiment using ice and shortening to
demonstrate how an animals fat can protect them from the cold. We will also
practice counting objects and making estimations. This month we are learning
about the number 6, rectangles, and the color blue and white.
Mrs.
Sherman (K)
Kindergarten
quickly settled back into their school routines after the break. They
were excited to spend time reading and playing in the igloo. During Bible
time, Kind. heard about two people, Simeon and Anna, who waited a long time to
meet the Savior. The class identified coins and their values, counted
tally marks and played monster squeeze in math. They, also, wrote about
their families, explored magnets and reviewed lowercase letters and
ending sounds. The full day students completed their reindeer study,
played new math games and spent several days making story predictions and
retelling Tacky the Penguin.
Mrs.
Reisenbichler (1-2)
It is great
to be back to school with a healthy classroom of children. This week, we
focused on Epiphany in Jesus Time. Both classes started new units in
language arts. The first graders are reading The Wonderful Pigs
of Jillian Jiggs and the second graders are reading Sleeping Ugly.
In science, the children finished their STEM project and started a new unit on
matter. They also started writing a new book of poems based on weather in
artist/writer's workshop. The big news for second graders is they started
learning cursive writing. They've been waiting patiently to learn this
skill.
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
We're ready for the 2nd half of the
year! In religion we continued with the accounts of Moses and the people
of Israel as they wandered in the wilderness. In grammar we will begin a
study of prefixes, suffixes, and roots. In reading, we began the book, The
Whipping Boy. In science, we learned about weathering and erosion and
did a cool water erosion experiment using M&Ms. In social studies, we
continued our studies of Ohio Indians by leaning about the Wyandot and Delaware
Indians. In Spanish, we began learning words for parts of the face.
In math, the 3rd graders began working with decimals. The 4th graders
worked with division and reviewed decimals.
Mr. Postenrieder (5-6)
In our Bible
time this week we looked at the importance of Jesus resurrection, and the
reason Jesus redeemed us. In 5th grade math we worked on organizing
data into line plots and stem and leaf plots. In 6th grade we worked
with rounding decimals, simplifying and dividing fractions. In our Language Arts time we worked on the
introduction to our Learning Fair papers. We also worked on first and third
person character views. In Social
Studies we worked with the countries of East Africa. In Science we continued
our study of plants by planting marigolds. We also read and noted a section of
our textbook dealing with plant growth.
In Spelling we added suffixes to words and looked at the change in the
accented syllables.
Mr. Mayo (7-8)
Now that
we’re back from Christmas vacation, we’ll be tackling a rather extensive review
of the Industrial Age in the U.S., including labor unions and the good they
did. There were weeks when, as a
full-time administrator, I put in 72 hours in a week, but I cannot imagine
doing that every week, particularly when my wages were insufficient to feed,
clothe, and house my family properly.
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we will study what God’s Word
says about decision making. In 7th
grade math the students are calculating the area and perimeter of various
quadrilaterals and classifying triangles.
In 8th grade math the students are learning about sequences,
graphing inequalities, and calculating fractions with negative exponents. In science we are starting our study of chemistry. The students are planning and making a game
in STEM.
Yearbook Advertisements
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is a great way to promote your business and support the school.
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the corresponding charge.
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1/4 Page $50
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Full Page $150
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