25 Chapel at 9:15AM, Martial Arts Club
3:30 – 4PM
26 April lunch orders due by 11AM
28- April 6 Spring Break
29 St. Mark’s has worship services at
8AM, 10:30AM, and 6PM with Sunday Sch. at 9:15AM
2 Maundy Thursday service at 7PM
3 Good Friday service at 7PM
5 Easter services at 7 & 10:30 AM
and 6PM
6 No school
7 School resumes
Prayer Families
Annsley V (P4), Alexa N. (P3),
Hadassah L. (P3)
Saint Salute
A big Saint Salute and thanks to the
Schulte and Verberg families for hosting the Father-Daughter Dance last
Saturday.
A big Saint Salute to those students
climbing up on the AR Wall of Fame
- Ava B. (4) 900 points
Notes
The Fellowship Hall carpet is done. It looks great! The Father-Daughter Dance went real
well! So many of the young girls have
commented at the door about the great time they had. Pictures from the night are on the school’s
web site at www.stmarksmilford.org.
Important Dates to Know
March 28 – April 6 Spring Break – No School
The Winner Is -
The Box Tops "Make-Your-Own Sundae" contest has ended and the winner is Preschool 2 year olds! Congrats children for a great collection. You had over 21 Box Tops per student from your class. Good job! Grades 3 and 4 came in second and Grades 1 and 2 took thirds place. Keep collecting those Box Tops and bring them in to your teacher.
The Box Tops "Make-Your-Own Sundae" contest has ended and the winner is Preschool 2 year olds! Congrats children for a great collection. You had over 21 Box Tops per student from your class. Good job! Grades 3 and 4 came in second and Grades 1 and 2 took thirds place. Keep collecting those Box Tops and bring them in to your teacher.
Chapel Offerings
This last grading period’s
chapel offerings went to Ben Helge, a missionary overseas. We were able to send him $582.50. Your giving will go a long way in his
country. Way to go!
Full Day PK next year
St. Mark's will offer PK
students two options for next year.
Students may attend the AM session – 9-11:30 PM, Monday-Thursday or all
day – 9AM-3PM, Monday – Thursday.
Jump Rope Club to start
St. Mark's will have a Jump Rope Club
that will start April 7 and end May 21.
Students in grades 1-8 may attend on every Tuesday and/or Thursday.
Art Club to Start April 9
St. Mark's will start a new Art Club on
Thursday, April 9. It will meet every
Thursday until 4:15. This is for grades
1-8. The last art club day is May 21
Happy Birthday
25 Maggie S. (4)
30 Connor R. (P4)
3 Audrey T. (3)
6 Blake L. (P4) & Ruby L.
(P4)
7 Tristin T. (P4)
Classroom information
Mrs. Schulte (Pre-2)
This week our class
celebrated Easter together. We enjoyed retelling the Easter story with a
child-sized tomb and a big stone that was rolled away to reveal only a white
linen cloth left behind because HE IS RISEN! We worked hard on our Letter
Q and R turning them into a Queen and Rabbit. We ended our day rejoicing
together with our family and friends during our class Easter Party filled with
Easter snacks, crafts, and games.
Mrs. Frey (Pre-3,4)
Preschool is studying letter E for Easter! We will focus on the
true meaning of Easter, Jesus’ death as payment for our sins and resurrection!
Students will learn the Easter account and create cross and empty tomb artwork.
Both classes will celebrate Jesus with an Easter party at the end of the week.
In Bible Time we will hear the rest of the account after Jesus’ death. He has
defeated the devil. He is risen!
Mrs.
Reynolds (PK)
This week Pre-K is learning about the
letter K and Spring/Easter. In Bible we will be learning about the wonderful
true meaning behind Easter and how Jesus' love and sacrifice has saved us from
our sins. We will be brainstorming to find words that begin with K and practice
all of our letter sounds and recognition. We will also be reading a few books
about how things change in the Spring and what we can expect during this time
of year. Our centers for this week will include math puzzles and handwriting
practice as well as letter recognition. We will also be matching upper and
lower case letters. We are excited to learn about Spring this week!
Mrs.
Sherman (K)
At Bible
time, the class heard about the events leading up the crucifixion. They
may not quite understand why people turned against Jesus and called for
Him to be crucified but they are confident in the knowledge that their
sins are forgiven through Christ's death on the cross. Several of the
Easter themed activities enjoyed this week included an Easter egg sight word
hunt, reading an Easter emergent reader, finding bunnies, eggs
and chicks as the class added the room and making a stained glass
egg. During math, they built addition towers and created 2-D and 3-D
shapes with toothpicks and marshmallows. In the afternoon, the all day
students read The Easter Bunny's Assistant. The boys and girls had
a good laugh when they found out that the assistant was a skunk! They
also learned facts about skunks.
Mrs.
Reisenbichler (1-2)
This week, we
studied the death of Jesus. I am glad there is more to the story.
The children made special crosses to hang as a reminder of God's great love for
us. The second graders started a new unit in language arts based on the
story The Chalkbox Kid. In science, we finished our unit on
physical and chemical changes to matter. Fractions were the topic in
first grade math. I can't think of a better way to teach fractions than
with a Hershey's chocolate bar. Have a great spring break!
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
In religion we are watching a video of
parts of Matthew leading up to the death of Jesus. It's giving us a good
idea of what life was like with Jesus. We started the book, The
Flunking of Joshua T. Bates, in reading. In math, the 3rd graders are
learning 3 different ways to multiply large numbers this week. The 4th graders
finished a chapter on fractions. In social studies we learned how the railroads
and canals began in Ohio and how it changed Ohio life. In science we
learned about microbes and the good that they do.
Mr.
Postenrieder (5-6)
In
our Bible time this week we began to look at how Lutherans worship and why we
worship the way we do. In 5th grade math we worked with the
coordinate plane. We drew pictures based on coordinates given. In 6th grade math we took our 15th
test. We also worked with measurement and the volume of a rectangle. In our
Language Arts time we read a story, “Nadia the Willful,” dealing with keeping
memories alive, even painful ones. We
continued to build our vocabulary. In Social Studies we looked at the major
bodies of water in Asia. We also learned about the Three Gorges Dam. In Science
we continued with our models of the layers of Earth as we study plate
tectonics. In Spelling we studied the prefixes inter-, sub-, and over-.
Mr. Mayo (7-8)
With Spring
Break just around the corner and the end of the quarter being last week, we
spent a great deal of time trying to tie everything up with a nice bow! Ask me how THAT went! We have spent a lot of time writing about
whether space and ocean exploration are worth the costs. In history, we learned about Woodrow Wilson,
and had interesting discussions about whether he was a better president than
Theodore Roosevelt, whom we enjoyed learning about. TR seemed to be a larger-than-life character,
who really enjoyed being president. We
wonder if he could be elected today.
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we will study lesser known
accounts in God’s Word. In 7th
grade math the students are graphing functions, evaluating expressions, and
solving percent change word problems. In 8th grade math we are studying
scales, multiplying binomials, and solving equations containing exponents. In science we are learning about the periodic
table. The students are building parachutes
in STEM.