19 Last Science Club until 4:15, Dance
Club until 4:15
21 Parent’s Night Out 5-9 PM
22 St. Mark’s has worship services at
8AM, 10:30AM, and 6PM with Sunday Sch. at 9:15AM
23 Principal gone to conference
24 Science Olympiad until 4:30, Dance
Club until 4:15PM
25 Chapel at 9:15AM, Martial Arts Club
3:30 – 4PM
26 Science Olympiad until 4:30,
Dancing Club until 4:15PM
Prayer Families
Kendall V. (PK), Olivia J. (P4),
Audrey T. (3), Zeke T. (K)
Saint Salute
·
A
big Saint Salute to those students climbing up the AR Wall of Fame
o
Ian
C. (2) 100 points
o
Michael
B. (3) 300 points
o
Liam
J. (3) 500 points
o
Kristen
L. (4) 800 points
Notes
This is Ash Wednesday. Lent offers us all a very special opportunity
to grow in our relationship with God and to deepen our commitment to a way of
life, rooted in our baptism. In our busy world, Lent provides us with an
opportunity to reflect upon our patterns, to pray more deeply, experience
sorrow for what we've done and failed to do, and to be generous to those in
need. Ashes
are placed on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday, in one of the most counter-cultural
acts of our faith. It is done for two reasons: a personal act of remembrance
and as a sign or a witness for others. The
ashes come from the burnt Palms from last year's Passion Sunday celebration,
which begins Holy Week. So, these ashes bring us back to our last celebration
of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus for us. On this first day of
Lent, we begin a journey of renewal - from death to life. This is a joyful
season. We will make sacrifices, in order to try to let God reform our desiring,
but this is a time for God to be generous to us. We are reminded that we are creatures and
that our lives were given to us. But, we are also reminded that our lasting
home is in eternity, with God. This is not our lasting home. We are reminded that our call is to turn away
from sin and to believe the Good News of our salvation in Jesus. This is a
joyful reminder. It challenges us, for sure, but reminds us of why we want to
turn from sin. Finally, we wear our
ashes as a sign. It is not a boastful sign through which I say, "Look at
me and see how holy I am." No, it is much more like, "I'm willing to
wear this sign in the world and say that I've been reminded of where I come
from and where I am going. And, I've heard the call to turn away from a life of
sin and to give my life to living the Gospel of Jesus." Occasionally, in this world which is too often
caught up in the denial of death, I might be required to answer the question,
"What's with the smudge on your forehead?"
Important Dates to Know
21 Parent’s Night Out 5-9
PM
March 8 Grades K-4 sing
at the 10:30 service
8-13 National Lutheran Schools Week
9 Grandparents’ Day
21 Father-Daughter Dance
Enrollment for 15-16
If you haven’t turned in your enrollment form for the 15-16
school year, you are encouraged to do so.
The enrollment fee increases March 1.
Parent’s Night Out
The 7–8 grade students of
St. Mark’s school invite you to have a night out on Saturday, February 21,
5:00–9:00 pm. Parents with children from infants to 6th grade may drop them at
St. Mark’s so they can spend some quality time together. The students will watch
them under adult supervision with a variety of activities, games, pizza dinner
($3), and other forms of fellowship. Children will be divided into groups based
on age. A free will donation will be taken upon pickup. The proceeds will go
toward their end-of-the-year trip. When was the last time you had a date with
your spouse or time to shop without the kids?
Father/Daughter Dance: Family Ministries invites
both school and church dad's and daughter's to ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK at our
50's themed Father-Daughter Dance here at St. Mark's on Saturday, March 21,
2015 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Cost is $10 per couple ($5 for additional
girl with a $15 cap). Evening will include light snacks, flavored ice
cream floats from the Soda Shop, a professional photo, and souvenir for each
girl. Registration forms can be found on display in the church Narthex or
in the school lobby. Completed registrations can be given to Mr.
Reisenbichler or placed in the church mailbox of Cathi Schulte. Contact
Cathi Schulte at schultecathi@msn.com for questions.
Box Tops Contest Update
Well, we have a new leader in the
"Make-Your-Own Sundae" Box Tops for Education Contest. Preschool 2 year olds are in the lead with 5
Box Tops per student. Way to go 2 year
olds! In second place we have grades
1&2 with 3.7 Box Tops per student.
The third place room is grades 3&4 with 2.1 Box Tops per
student. Keep those Box Tops coming in
until March 18. Happy collecting!
Happy Birthday
19 Carson H. (1) & Sydney M. (P2)
22 Trace E. (P4) & Evalyn G. (P3)
23 Brooke A. (6)
Classroom information
Mrs. Schulte (Pre-2)
We
enjoyed another day "About Town" with a focus on
"Vehicles". Our classroom was filled with all different kinds
of vehicles. We enjoyed a Car Wash Sensory Table, and read the book Goodnight
Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld. At
Bible Time, we shared the story of "Daniel in the Lion's Den" by
making our own lion masks and playing in our own lion's den filled with stuffed
animal lion's. In Art we made steering wheels, and filled our Letter M
with colorful mosaic squares.
Mrs. Frey
(Pre-3,4)
F
is for Feelings! Both classes will read How Are You Peeling? and Corduroy
to identify different feelings that they have experienced. We will list these
feelings and discuss what to do if negative feelings arise. 3’s will create “my
many faces” to show these emotions and “what makes me smile” to highlight
happiness. 4’s will learn about the color blue as a representation of sadness
in a watercolor relief painting. They will also create a mood meter. In Bible
Time 3’s will hear the account of the widow’s mite, and 4’s will hear the
account of Jesus and Zacchaeus. Both the widow and Zacchaeus were criticized by
society, but Jesus showed them compassion and forgiveness.
Mrs.
Reynolds (PK)
This week is Q week for Pre-K! We will
be learning about the letter Q and how it is often paired with the letter U. We
will be discussing opposites further this week as well as learning about
rhyming words. We will be doing a fun experiment as we create a snow storm in a
jar, and using a Ziploc bag of paint and q-tips to write letters. In Bible we
will be looking at our Voyages lesson on Jesus and the five thousand and learn
that with Jesus on our side anything is possible. It is sure to be a fun
and exciting week in Pre-K.
Mrs.
Sherman (K)
Kindergarten
began the week with a look at Presidents Washington and Lincoln and why we
celebrate President's Day. They completed their 5 senses book, practiced
nonstandard measurement, worked with the number of the day and identified
blends and vowel sounds. During Bible time, the class heard the account of
the widow's mite. She gave all she had as an offering and trusted God to
provide. The full day students improved their adding skills as they played
'Patriotic Bump", tallied coins and studied Mr Lincoln's Hat.
Mrs.
Reisenbichler (1-2)
This week we
learned that Jesus is with us in all circumstances. He is always present
to comfort us in times of trouble. The first graders made their African
Animal presentations to the class. What a nice job they did! In
math, second graders learned more about fractions and equivalents while the
first grade worked on attribute rules. During science we finished
learning about the three states of matter.
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
In religion we will begin the exciting
story of Goliath and how he challenged Israel. We will also begin
memorizing the books of the Old Testament. In reading we will be
working on the figurative language in The Whipping Boy so that we can
begin writing our own stories using figurative language. In Science we
will try to finish our models of the planets and then string them. In
math, both grades will be practicing multi-step problems and fractions.
Mr. Postenrieder (5-6)
On
Tuesday we took a field trip to the Taft Theater for School House Rock! In our
Bible time this week we looked at to whom we should pray as well as where to
pray. The lessons on prayer are also a look at our Lord’s Prayer. In 5th
grade math we worked with adding and subtracting negative numbers as well as
line plots. We enjoyed our Unit 7 test on Friday! In 6th grade math
we divided mixed numbers, learned complimentary and supplementary angles, and
how to reduce fractions before multiplying. We took Pre-Test 13 on Friday! In
our Language Arts time we completed our study of bullying. We began to answer
the question: What would you do for family? Our next two stories deal with this
topic. In Social Studies we presented power points on the countries of South
Africa. In Science we began to work on a project of building a model of the
layers of Earth. We also read and noted Chapter 1 Section 1 of our textbook. We
appreciated taking a quiz over our reading! In Spelling we continued working
with the suffix -able.
Mr. Mayo (7-8)
We start a
new unit in history – The Progressive Era.
During this time the role of government changed somewhat from what it
had been during the first century of our nation’s history. In my opinion, one of our greatest
presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, was given the office because of an assassin’s
bullet. He may never have made it to the
presidency without this “accident” of history.
God is good, no matter what is going on.
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we will study lesser known
accounts in God’s Word. In 7th
grade math the students are studying the areas of circles and transformations. In 8th grade math we are studying implied
equations, multiple measures, and polynomials.
In science we are learning about phases of matter. The students are planning a greenhouse in STEM.
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