20 Chapel at 9:15AM,
23 St. Mark’s has worship services at
8AM, 10:30AM, and 6PM with Sunday Sch. at 9:15AM, Rally Day and Back to School
Rededication of staff with picnic after the 10:30 service
25 Runner’s Club for grades 1-8
3:30-4PM
26 Chapel at 9:15 AM
27 Runner’s Club until 4PM
Prayer Families
Ava B. (5), Addison B. (2), Ava A.
(2), Caleb A. (1), Brooke A. (7), Elijah K. (3), Peyton K. (1)
Saint Salute
A big
Saint Salute and thanks to David Galenski and Ryan Carter for making our floors
so shiny and bright with fresh wax.
A big Saint Salute and thanks to Mike Woeste and
Eb Ax and many other volunteers who helped cut, clear, and stack the wood from
the 5 dead trees on our grounds.
Notes
Welcome
to a new school year. Our theme this
year is Bee-Attitudes. Based on Matthew
5 and many other verses in God’s Word, St. Mark’s will do attitude checks
throughout the year. Join us in modeling
God’s attitude towards us.
One item
that St. Mark’s failed on last year and we need to improve this year is the
number of vacation days missed during the year.
We were below the 95% attendance for the first time in the history of
the school. Let’s work on changing that
for the good.
Important Dates to Know
25 Runner’s Club starts
Sept. 7 No School – Labor Day
Oct. 23 Walk-a-thon
Epistle News
The Principal’s Epistle will always be
published on Wednesdays that school is in session. The first two weeks, everyone will receive a
hard copy. If you wish a hard copy
starting in September, please notify the office. Otherwise, the Epistle will be emailed, made
available on my blog, and accessible on our school’s web page.
Runner’s Club
Runner’s Club will include any student
in grades 1-8. Runners and walkers will
meet under the pavilion by 3:30. After
doing a few stretching exercises, we will run and/or walk laps. Each participant will count their laps
completed and record that number on a chart.
Rewards will be given upon reaching 40 laps, 80 laps, and 120 laps. Adults are invited to participate.
Pizza and Milk
Pizza is available on Fridays with two
options. 1) Pay $47 per student for the year for one kind of pizza. 2) pay $2 per Friday you wish to have
pizza. Parents are invited to eat with
us on any or all Fridays. Milk also has
two options. 1) Pay $25 per student for
as much milk as the student wishes to drink – including extended care. 2) Pay $2 for a milk card that allows a
student to drink 10 milks any time or day.
Dress Code Change
Students are now allowed to wear any
color of shoes. See the dress code on
our web site or in the handbook for further details.
Lunch Room Helpers Needed
Over the last 3 years St. Mark’s has
been able to offer a hot lunch as an option for students. Helpers are needed to make this happen
smoothly again this year. If one or two
could volunteer to help on Wednesdays, it would be much appreciated.
Happy Birthday
21 Caleb. A. (1)
23 Ian C. (3)
Classroom information
Mrs.
Sherman (K)
Welcome back
to school! A short, two day week is a great to
transition to Kindergarten. The boys and girls are exploring their room
and settling in to their new school routines. They are learning the
classroom rules and making new friends. The boys and girls created a bee for the
theme Bee-Attitudes. Senor Rana (Mr. Frog) is helping the full day
students to say hello and goodbye and count to 10 in Spanish. The boys
and girls will also go on a letter hunt!
Mrs.
Reisenbichler (1)
Here we go! We started our
new school year with opening chapel. The children learned a few
rules and procedures and looked forward to lunch and recess. We read
a story about a boy named Jack and his talents. The children started
their review of sounds and letter formation. We learned about
literacy centers and how to use them as well as math stations. For a
short week it was full of learning and fun.
Ms.
Rhonemus (2)
This week the
students will be learning new routines and new information about their new
teacher. We will also start our AR
reading along with our first math lesson of the year. The students will be working on their
observation skills in science.
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
Starting a new school year is always
exciting. The 4th graders welcomed the 3rd graders and will help them in
the next weeks to get to know the games in the centers. The first days
were spent sorting supplies, organizing desks, developing classroom rules, and
practicing procedures. Along with those things, we did some cooperative
activities and review games to help us ease into the school year.
Mr.
Postenrieder (5-6)
As we
welcomed the students to a new year we spent the first two days going over
classroom rules and procedures. Our focus was on our theme “Bee Attitudes.” In
our Bible time we learned expectations of the Bible Journal and memory work for
the year. In math we worked on different strategies for problem solving. Other
time was spent working on Bluebird house, worm bin, flower garden care, and
other procedures that we will use throughout the entire school year.
Mr. Mayo (7,8)
We have begun
the process of letting 7&8th graders know that summer vacation
is but a dream, lost in the mists of time.
They’ve hit the big time, now, and are the students to which every other
student looks up. I just KNOW they’re
going to be the best class in the school!
We’re starting U.S. History with the civilizations which inhabited North
America before Europeans arrived. I
compare the Native Americans’ situation to someone driving merrily down a
highway, not knowing there is a 40-mile traffic jam awaiting him in 5 miles.
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we are studying God’s
amazing grace. In 7th grade
math the students are reviewing whole numbers and evaluating expressions. In 8th
grade math we are studying integers and the order of operations. The students are building a buoyant structure
in STEM.
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