Principal's Epistle

St. Mark’s Lutheran School, 5849 Buckwheat Rd., Milford, OH, 575-3354

www.stmarksmilford.org            http://stmarksmilford.blogspot.com            

rreisenb@hotmail.com or stmarksmilford@yahoo.com

Calendar                   

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.

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 5^th grade math we worked with the coordinate plane. We drew pictures based on coordinates given.  In 6^th grade math we took our 15^th 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 7^th grade math the students are graphing functions, evaluating expressions, and solving percent change word problems.   In 8^th 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.