30 Chapel at 9:15AM
1
Runners’ Club until 4 PM, School Bd. mt. at 7PM
4 St. Mark’s has worship services at
8AM, 10:30AM, and 6PM with Sunday Sch. at 9:15AM
6 Runners’ Club until 4 PM
7 Chapel at 9:15 AM, Preschool chapel
1PM, staff mt. 3:30PM
8 Runners’ Club until 4PM
9 Special “fire” night with Student
Council 7-8:30 PM
Prayer Families
Willy G. (PK), Gus H. (P4), Andrew B.
(2)
Saint Salute
A big Saint Salute and great thanks to Mrs.
Schulte for her love, comfort, concern, and care given to a student while they
were waiting for a broken arm to be transported to the hospital.
A big Saint Salute to those students changing
point clubs on the AR Wall of Fame
Thomas G. (2) 100
points
Calvin B. (7) 1300
points
Thoughts
Why
does a child have homework? There are a
multitude of reasons to answer that question.
Preschool children occasionally have “fun work” to learn how important
it can be, to help the educational bond between the child and a parent, and to
support the learning process that took place during their class that day. K-8 may have some homework so the student can
practice what they learn in school. The
student may also have homework because of poor choices they made at school –
like not spending time when given to work on some of their work.
So,
what can a parent do to help this process?
I suggest letting the child relax for a little while upon returning home. If your child wants to get started right
away, let them, but monitor them to make sure it is going great. Some students get restless when working on
homework. I suggest letting them get up
and move to a new spot. A planned break
can also do wonders. Solving problems
can still be a challenge for any student.
As a parent, you could help your child make a list of strategies they
could use when they get stuck. Another
tip is call a friend or the teacher. One
or the other usually works great!
Important Dates to Know
10 Parent’s Night Out 5-9 PM
14 Half day of school,
Dismiss at noon for K-8
End of first Quarter
15-16 No school –
Teachers’ Conference
23 Walk-a-thon
Nov. 5-6 Picture Day
October tuition is now
due
Extended Care for Oct. 14
If
you need extended care for Oct. 14 starting at noon (when K-8 dismiss), please
contact the office by Oct. 9. PK and P4
PM classes will meet until 3PM.
Parents’ Night Out
Parents’ Night Out
Babysitting Fundraiser—October 10
The 7–8 grade students of St. Mark’s school invite you to have a night out on Saturday, October 10, 5:00–9:00 pm. Parents with children from infants to 6th grade may drop them at St. Mark’s so they can spend some quality time together. The students will watch them under adult supervision with a variety of activities, games, pizza dinner ($3), and other forms of fellowship. Children will be divided into groups based on age. A free will donation will be taken upon pickup. The proceeds will go toward their end-of-the-year trip. When was the last time you had a date with your spouse or time to shop without the kids?
The 7–8 grade students of St. Mark’s school invite you to have a night out on Saturday, October 10, 5:00–9:00 pm. Parents with children from infants to 6th grade may drop them at St. Mark’s so they can spend some quality time together. The students will watch them under adult supervision with a variety of activities, games, pizza dinner ($3), and other forms of fellowship. Children will be divided into groups based on age. A free will donation will be taken upon pickup. The proceeds will go toward their end-of-the-year trip. When was the last time you had a date with your spouse or time to shop without the kids?
Box Tops for Education
BOX TOPS NEWS –
WE HAVE A WINNER – The Box Top$ challenge to collect the largest amount per
student has been won by the 7th and 8th grades. Congrats kids! They collected over 51 Box Top$ per
student. First grade came in second with
28 per student followed by 5th and 6th grades in third
with almost 24 Box Top$ per student. The
7th and 8th grade students will enjoy an ice cream treat
for all their hard work collecting all those Box Top$. They collected 672 Box Top$!
Keep
collecting those Box Top$ and watch the Principal’s Epistle for the
announcement when we will run another contest.
You may want to save your Box Top$ until that time. Thank you to everyone who sent in Box Top$! We have over 21,500 Box Top$ that we are
sending in for this early submission date.
Gil and Judi Schepmann
School Sweatshirt Order
St. Mark’s will again this year offer
sweatshirts for sale at our cost. All
youth sizes are $15 each while adult sizes are $19 each. An XXL costs $22. Order forms are being sent home and are also
available in the school hallway. Orders
are due Oct. 9. These make great
presents.
Happy Birthday
30 Jack H. (4)
6 Kinley M. (PK)
Classroom information
Mrs. Frey
(P-3 & P-4)
Preschool
is enjoying L for Leaves this week! 3’s will read Leaf Man and create
leaf man puppets to retell the story. 4’s will create fall trees using Q-Tips
dipped in fall colors. Both classes will bring in a fall leaf for leaf
rubbings, leaf prints, and sorting by color/shape/size. This week our sensory
table will feature a fall scene of acorns, seeds, leaves, pine cones, and other
nature items. In Bible Time 3’s will learn about God’s faithfulness in blessing
Abraham and Sarah with their son Isaac. 4’s will learn about the prideful
people of Babel and the consequences of sin.
Mrs.
Reynolds (PK & P-2)
In the Pre-2 class we are talking about ducks this week. We will waddle like ducks, sing
"Five Little Ducks" and make a duck craft using the letter D. In Bible we will continue to talk
about the creation story and work on our creation books! In Pre-k this week we are learning
about the letter A. Apples is our theme of the week! We are tasting apples and doing a
science experiment with apples to see what different substances like pop, vinegar, and
lemon juice do to change our apples. We will also be dissecting apples and making a list of
what we find inside!! In Bible we are reading about the first sin and discussing how we all sin
but God forgives us and still loves us.
Mrs.
Sherman (K)
Fall has
arrived and Kindergarten is enjoying learning about fall colors by observing a
leaf experiment, painting watercolor leaves and making colorful fall
trees. In math, they continue to explore shapes and numbers. They
are learning about community helpers during reading and becoming pizza makers
in the class pizza shop. At Bible time, they are hearing about the plans
God had to bless Abraham and Sarah with a baby. The full day students
will read about different jobs and sort tools that different occupations
may use at work. They will, also, identify words that rhyme with pin,
complete letter sorts, play counting math games and read about fall!
Mrs.
Reisenbichler (1)
This week we learned about the
crossing of the Red Sea and how God provided for the needs of His people by
giving them manna and quail. On Monday, we celebrated Johnny Appleseed's
birthday by making applesauce, making a list of adjectives to describe apples,
and completing a packet of material. We worked on mastering our high
frequency words and improving our fluency in reading. In math, the students
were introduced to analog clocks. The children also completed their crash
course on phonics and will spend the rest of the year working on mastering the
rules and skills.
Ms.
Rhonemus (2)
This week in
second grade we decorated our door for the door decoration contest put on by
student council so feel free to swing by at your leisure before or after Sunday
school to check it out. In reading we worked on determining the author's
purpose for writing while we read about how to take care of dogs and how some
dogs take care of humans. Meanwhile, in writing, we focused on using
descriptive words during narrative writing so that the reader can picture what
the writer is saying. The second graders also learned about animal
adaptations like camouflage which aids in animal survival. In seventh and
eighth grade science we learned about the respiratory and excretory systems and
the students prepared advertisements that inform different age categories of
the effects of smoking.
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
This week in religion we'll be studying
the account of Nicodemus and talking about the Trinity. We're excited to meet
our pre-K chapel buddies this week and we'll be reading to them. In grammar
we'll be starting on complete subjects and verbs. In reading we'll be
making a timeline about Helen Keller's life in words and pictures.
In social studies we'll be learning about New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. In science we'll hopefully make the polymer we didn't get
to last week. Then we'll learn about cells and the world as seen through
a microscope. In math the 3rd graders will be learning different ways to
add and subtract. The 4th graders began the week with a test and then
will move on to multiplication.
Mr. Postenrieder (5-6)
In
our Bible time this week we looked at Jacob and Laban and the troubled families
they had because of sin. We also looked at how God has blessed our families. We
also began to study the life of Joseph. In 5th grade math we worked
on comparing millions, billions, and trillions. We also enjoyed our 2nd
test. In 6th grade math we took our 3rd test. We also
worked with fractions in depth. In our Language Arts time we continued reading Summer of the Monkeys and taking
character notes and writing conclusion-proof paragraphs based on those notes.
In Social Studies we were fired up for our test over chapter 2. We also began
our study of cultures of the world. In Science we worked on solutions to
problems we are having with our worm bin. We also checked bluebird houses.
Measurement was our last topic of the week.
In Spelling we had our first review week with a lot of tests over words
from lessons 1-5.
Mr. Mayo (7,8)
In History,
we’re learning about how the Spanish treated the natives here in the “New
World”. While it was part of their
mission to convert the native population, they didn’t go about it as we’d like
to think WE would have. God, Guns, and
Germs seem to win. I’m certainly glad we
have different ideas about conversion NOW.
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we are studying how we fit
in God’s plan. In 7th grade
math the students are subtracting mixed numbers and reducing fractions. In 8th grade math we are studying the
distributive property and multiplying and dividing fractions. The students are learning to write directions
in communicating a project in STEM.