Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Principal's Epistle



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Calendar                   
20 Chapel at 9:15AM, Market Day 11:30 AM, Last day for P-2
21 Last Jump Rope Club and Last Art Club until 4:15 PM, Last day for P-3 and PK
22 Last day for P-4
24 St. Mark’s has worship services at 8AM, 10:30AM, and 6PM with Sunday Sch. at 9:15AM
25 No School
26-28 7-8 Grade Field Trip to Hocking Hills
29 Last day of school, Chapel at 9AM, dismiss at 11:30 AM
Prayer Families
Aaron A. (5), Michael V. (7), Markus V. (4), Angela G. (1)
Saint Salute
A big Saint Salute to those reaching their volunteer service hours goal
            Gavin P. (2) & Ava B. (4)
Notes
            The school year is almost over.  As I ponder the ways that God has blessed St. Mark’s, its staff, students, and families, I have to think of the following:
24 students achieved their service hours goal
The Mother’s Day in preschool was so joyous
The Christmas programs were the true Gospel
The students and staff survived PARCC
The Bike Day in preschool was spectacular
Confirmation for three of our students
4 of our students were baptized
On the negative side – we will not reach the Blue Ribbon Standard for attendance.  This is the first year St. Mark’s will fall below the 95% attendance rate.  There were too many vacations during the year.
Important Dates to Know
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
31     8th grade graduation during 10:30 AM service
Parents that have not yet enrolled for 15-16 are reminded that the enrollment fee increases June 1.

Parents with medicine in the office are encouraged to pick it up by May 29.
The test results have been received for grades 1-2 Terra Nova.  Results will be sent some soon.
Bussing on Last Day
All students needing busing on Friday, May 29 (Last Day) need to inform Mr. Reisenbichler and their bus provider. 
AR during the summer
The AR site for taking tests will be open during the summer 8AM – 8 PM.  Read, gather points, and have fun.
Tree Cutting Needed
St. Mark’s has several trees that have died and need to be removed.  At least two of them are needed for the zipline for the addition to the playground.  If you have a chainsaw and are willing to help, please contact the office or email me at rreisenb@!hotmail.com.
Uniform Exchange
St. Mark's has a uniform exchange table in the hallway.  Please feel free to take larger sizes for your child for next year.  You may also contribute clothes as you wish.
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
27        Noah J. (6)
Classroom information
Mrs. Schulte (Pre-2)
This week was our last week together as a class.  The children grew so much and worked so very hard this year.  We enjoyed a Carnival themed End of the Year Party together with our friends and families.  We shared the portfolios that we have worked all year on with our families.  The portfolios contained our Creation Story booklets and our A-Z bubble letter work pages.  We pray for a safe and fun summer for the children and look forward to seeing them again next school year!
Mrs. Frey (Pre-3,4)
Preschool is saying goodbye this week! We are creating graduation crowns and getting our songs ready for our parents! 4’s AM class will meet with their chapel buddies one last time. On the last day we will pass out portfolios and certificates and have a potluck party! We are giving glory to God for a great school year, and wishing all of our students the best for next year!
Mrs. Reynolds (PK)
It is the last week of Pre-K! We are finishing our alphabet review by going over the letters I-Q. We will play a few letter recognition and memory games as well as draw pictures of things that begin with each letter. We are finishing our end of the year surprise project for our parents and practicing a few songs to sing for the parents on the last day of school. Thursday we will be hosting a picnic and all of the parents from Pre-K are invited to join us for our picnic and last day festivities. In Bible this week we are talking about the story of Zacchaeus and how Jesus loves us even though we sin and how Jesus came to save those that are weak and sin and taught us how to repent. We are excited to begin our last week! Happy Summer everyone!
Mrs. Sherman (K)
At Bible time, Kindergarten will hear about Paul sharing God's Word with Lydia.  They will be reminded how God works through all people to come to faith in Jesus and to be saved.  The boys and girls have learned so much this year.  They will spend the week completing reviews of various skills.  They will also learn about American symbols.  The Kindergarten scientists conducted an experiment to learn why the Statue of Liberty is green.  At math time, the class will use function machines and create 2 digit numbers.  The full day students will play a sight word game called "There's a fly in my soup!", measure and graph the Statue of Liberty's foot and label American symbols and write facts about them. 
Mrs. Reisenbichler (1-2)
This week our lessons in Jesus Time were about Saul and his mission to spread the gospel.  We learned that he was persecuted, but that didn't stop him from proclaiming the gospel.  The children worked hard on completing their science based stories.  Most of the children can see the end of this task in sight.  The stories are very good.  We learned about China and enjoyed stories about the Chinese culture.  Our art project this week was to make a dragon.  The students completed their math lessons for the year.  Unit tests were administered and year end testing takes place next week.  In science, we learned about the food chain and ecosystems.
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
It will be a week of finishing for our class.  In religion we will be finishing up the story of Jonah by talking about the Ninevites and then identifying "idols" in our lives.  In reading we'll be finishing the book, James and the Giant Peach.  In social studies we'll finish Ohio history by learning about the newest immigrants to Ohio:  the Amish, African Americans. Hispanic, and those from Appalachia.  In science, we'll finish by learning about arthropods and then the systems of our body.  In math the 3rd graders will work with units of measure: length, volume, and weight, as well as mean, median, and mode.  The 4th graders will work on symmetry, frieze patterns, and positive and negative shapes.
Mr. Postenrieder (5-6)
In our Bible time this week we continued our study of the Means of Grace.  In 5th grade math we worked with volume, capacity and weight, and surface area. We enjoyed our last test on Friday over Unit 11.  In 6th grade math we worked with ratios, mass and weight, algebraic addition, and using proportions to solve percent problems. In our Language Arts time we continued to look at mood, tone, and style through our reading of “The All-American Slurp. In Social Studies we studied Australia and the islands of the Pacific. In Science we reviewed what science is and how it does confirm the Bible. In Spelling we studied the Latin roots: vid/vis and scrib/script.
Mr. Mayo (7,8)
In what was our last week of learning, we finished off World War I.  The class was interested to learn that our current president is not the first one to fight with Congress.  We learned about President Wilson wanting a League of Nations, but the Senate feeling threatened by it.  Neither side would compromise and we never joined the League.  Maybe there’s a lesson for today in there, somewhere.  Next week, Mr. Reisenbichler takes the class on their trip.
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we are studying death.  In 7th grade math the students are calculating the volume of 3-D solids and converting volumes into metric.   In 8th grade math we are studying graphing and probability.  In science we are finishing the book on chemistry.  The students are building a roller coaster in STEM.

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