6 Chapel at 9:15AM, Preschool chapel
at 1PM, staff mt. at 3:30
7 No Jump Rope Club, Art Club until 4:15
PM
8 Bake sale for Haiti
10 St. Mark’s has worship services at
8AM, 10:30AM, and 6PM with Sunday Sch. at 9:15AM
11 Strategy Club until 4:15 PM, staff
mt. at 3:30
12 Jump Rope Club until 4:15 PM
13 Chapel at 9:15 AM
14 Jump Rope Club and Art Club until 4:15
PM, last day for Market Day orders
15 principal gone all day
Prayer Families
Olivia L. (P4), Elijah F. (K), Michael
B. (3), Megan B. (1), Marissa B. (P2)
Saint Salute
A big
Saint Salute and thanks to Mrs. Reisenbichler for planning a great Math Camp.
A big Saint Salute and thanks to all the parent
volunteers during Math Camp.
A big Saint Salute and thanks to the staff for
helping during Math Camp.
Notes
Many
changes are in the works for next school year.
All classrooms will have updated Smart Boards with new projectors. This will cost almost $13,000. St. Mark’s Church has plans to update all the
carpet in the church, narthex, and offices.
The church also plans to improve the parking lot with new pavement and
new lighting. The church area will have
a new speaker system and new lights. We
cannot buy lights for those very old fixtures anymore. One change that I don’t like is that Tano’s
has quit the business of school hot lunches.
The government regulations and paperwork cost too much time and thus $$$
for them to make any profit. I will be
looking for something else along those lines.
Important Dates to Know
7 NO Jump Rope Club
10 Mother’s Day
19 Family Fun Night - cornhole
20 Last Day for Pre-2
21 Last Day for Pre-3 and PK
22 Last Day for Pre-4
25 No School – Memorial Day
29 Last Day for K-8, dismiss at 11:30 AM
Parents that have
not yet enrolled for 15-16 are reminded that the enrollment fee increases June
1.
Dollars for Haiti – Bake
Sale
As part of
the serve hour requirements a 3rd grader wanted to Do SOMETHING for kids in
Haiti. During lunch and after school Friday May 8th a 3rd grader will be
providing baked sweets for a donation towards 30 orphan kids in Haiti. Please
prayerfully consider your donation. There will be no price set for the items.
Here are some facts about the Kids in Haiti:
Before the earthquake 1 and in every 3rd kid dies before the age of 5.
The earthquake has increased the number of orphans. Orphanage will improve the living conditions
of a kid, 80% of the people live below the poverty level. There are estimated to be 430,000 orphans. Only 10% of the children attend school. Your donations will go towards safety of
shelter and goods as well as education. Thank you in advance with helping a Kid
DO SOMETHING for other kids.
What is God? By Olivia Bryan Updegrove
The mother of
one of our preschoolers has just published her first (in a series) of
Children’s Books. The books are for kids ages 4-10. They encourage children to
ask and experience faith questions. If you are interested in purchasing a
signed copy, the cost is $11.
Website: http://revoliviabryan.wix.com/whatisgodstories (At Home Activities Coming Soon!)
Facebook Page: (Like and “Follow”): https://www.facebook.com/whatigodwhoisjesus
Facebook Page: (Like and “Follow”): https://www.facebook.com/whatigodwhoisjesus
Please
include a note with your child’s name, a check (made out to Olivia Bryan
Updegrove), and grade. Feel free to include specific “requests” for signing.
Return these by May 6th.
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.
Happy Birthday
8 Ethan S. (7)
11 Kyle F. (1)
Classroom information
Mrs. Schulte (Pre-2)
This week in class we had fun "Under the
Sea". We learned a lot about ocean life. We had several new
books in our library about the ocean. We went fishing for bubble fish at
our water table. At our Math Center, we added fish and bubbles to make
patterns and practice our counting skills. At Bible Time we shared the
story of "Paul is Shipwrecked!", and sang our new song, My God is So
Big!. We ended the day enjoying our sandbox and playing a little game of
Shark Tag.
Mrs. Frey (Pre-3,4)
Preschool
is reviewing letter M for Mom! We will discuss what makes a Mom special and
create special Mother’s Day presents. We will read “Are You My Mother?” and
talk about the jobs that animal mothers have. Both classes will end the week
with a special celebration to honor their Mothers and Grandmothers. In Bible
Time 3’s will learn about how God cares for all creatures great and small. 4’s
will hear the account of Phillip spreading the Gospel to an Ethiopian man. It
is our job as well to tell others about God’s love!
Mrs.
Reynolds (PK)
Pre-K is reviewing the letters V, W,
X, and Y this week. We are continuing our center in the grocery store. Students
are taking turns playing cashier, bagger and shoppers. They are given a
shopping list and a certain amount of money and are told they cannot go over
budget and they only have enough money to get what is on their list. This
teaches them self-control as well as simple addition. It is great real world
practice for them and they seem to love it. we have invited mom's and grandma's
to come in Thursday for a bit of pampering fun in celebration of Mother's Day.
In Bible this week we are learning more about Phillip and his journey. With the
end of the school year quickly approaching we are hard at work on our special
end of the year project and presentation for the last day of school.
Mrs.
Sherman (K)
Kindergarten
continues their rainforest adventure as they learn about sloths, howler monkeys
and red eyed tree frogs! During math, they are graphing and adding
animals in the rainforest. At reading workshop, the boys and girls are
reviewing vowel sounds, solving mysteries with beginning sounds and creating
words from the letters in "rainforest." During Bible time, they
will hear about Paul being shipwrecked. Paul was in a difficult and
dangerous situation but he trusted in the Lord to see him through. The
boys and girls know He will hear them and deliver them too! The full day
students will play smartboard jeopardy and shining sums in math. They
will also measure rainforest animals and create more animals to add to the class
rainforest area.
Mrs.
Reisenbichler (1-2)
Our lessons
in Jesus Time this week are about Mary annointing Jesus' feet and
Zacchaeus. In math, the second graders are working on division and
multiplication. First graders finish up their studies of Native Americans
this week while the second graders begin a new unit in language arts learning
to read informational text. They will learn to take number notes and two
column notes while reading for information. The second graders will be
hosting a Panda for several days introducing him to the American culture.
In science, we begin our unit on the Earth.
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
We had a great time at math camp last
week. We got to use many of our math skills in a fun and different
way. This week in math the 3rd graders will be working with polygons and
angles. The 4th graders are going to practice working with percents,
before multiplying and decimals. They will take a chapter test at the end
of the week. In religion we will learn about Elisha and his work as a prophet.
In reading we are starting the book, James and the Giant Peach. In
social studies we will be learning about money: earning, saving, and needs vs
wants. In science we will be learning about ecosystems and food
chains.
Mr.
Postenrieder (5-6)
In
our Bible time this week we looked at the history of the hymns we use in our
Lutheran worship. We will also look at how we show our Christian faith no
matter where we are. In 5th
grade math we continued to work with graphs. We also learned the formulas for the
area and circumference of circles. On Friday we took our Unit 10 test. In 6th grade math we took our 18th
test. We also worked with graphing functions, transversals, and the total sum
of the angles of triangles and quadrilaterals. In our Language Arts time we
worked with visualizing from reading poetry. In Social Studies we looked at
different cultural aspects of Asia. In Science we began a review of what
science is and how we can study God’s creation through scientific methods. In
Spelling we studied the Latin roots: rupt and tract.
Mr. Mayo (7,8)
In
Literature, we are analyzing poetry and starting to address the themes in
science fiction. Is the technology
coming in the future going to make us smarter?
Will we overcome our desire for war?
We’ll see what the students say.
We’re learning about the Great War, and how the United States seemed to
bail everyone out.
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we are studying death. In 7th grade math the students are solving
literal equations, calculating slope of a function, and solving equations with
exponents. In 8th grade math we are calculating
the volume and surface areas of compound solids and studying comsumer interest. In science we are learning about metals and
alloys. The students are building a mining
tool in STEM.
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