Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Principal's Epistle



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2   Chapel at 9:15AM, Preschool staff mt. 1PM
3   Runner’s Club until 4 PM, Preschool Parent’s Night
6 St. Mark’s has worship services at 8AM, 10:30AM, and 6PM with Sunday Sch. at 9:15AM
7  No School
8 First day for preschool 3’s and PK, Runner’s Club until 4PM
9  Chapel at 9:15 AM, first day for preschool 4’s, staff mt. 3:30 PM
10  Runner’s Club until 4 PM, School Board 7PM
11 $1 Dress Down Day, first day for preschool 2’s
Prayer Families
Aiden D. (1), Reece S.(K), Brendan B. (8),  Bridget B. (4)
Saint Salute
A big Saint Salute and thanks to Amy Timler for displaying our uniform exchange table.
A big Saint Salute to Kylie C. (5) for reaching her volunteer hours goal.
Notes – Our New Teacher
Lisa Rhonemus is a daughter of the congregation who grew up on a hog farm 20 minutes south of Wilmington, Ohio.  She attended Lynchburg-Clay High School where she was involved in band, FFA, 4-H, National Honor Society, Envirothon, basketball, track, and soccer.  After high school Ms. Rhonemus headed up to Ann Arbor, Michigan where she attended Concordia University.  During college she stayed active by playing soccer for two years, building stages, acting, working with New Crew Youth Ministry, and participating in Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, and Pep Band.  Ms. Rhonemus also enjoyed working at a YMCA summer camp for five years as a counselor, Assisant Summer Camp Director, and Waterfront Director.   Her love of camp would eventually lead her into the classroom where she is joining us in the second grade while also teaching 7th and 8th grade science.
Important Dates to Know
7      No School – Labor Day
8      Preschool starts
Oct. 23    Walk-a-thon
September tuition is now due
Facebook and Principal’s Blog
St. Mark’s has a Facebook page.  If you wish to be “friends”, search for St Mark’s Lutheran School in Milford.  Several times a week, pictures are posted.  I have a blog that I invite you to bookmark.  A new blog is written every day I am in school.  The address is above and/or on the school’s web site.
Medical Forms
Medical forms are now due in the office.  If you are in kindergarten or 7th grade, that means you are due for at least one new shot.  Any other student whose did not receive any new shots since last year, does not have to turn in a medical form.
Yearbooks
The 2014-15 yearbook is now available.  If you preordered one, you may go to the office for your copy.  If you wish to purchase one or more, please pay the office $12/book.
Epistle News
The Principal’s Epistle will always be published on Wednesdays that school is in session.  The first two weeks, everyone will receive a hard copy.  If you wish a hard copy starting in September, please notify the office.  Otherwise, the Epistle will be emailed, made available on my blog, and accessible on our school’s web page.
Box Tops for Education
 Welcome back to school!  I pray that all of our students will have a wonderful God Blessed School Year!  Once again we are collecting Box Top$ for Education.  Clip and send your Box Top$ to school with your child(ren) each week and have your child place the Box Top$ in their classroom collection bag or container.  Each Wednesday when I am at the school, I will collect them and take care of sending them in before each deadline.  Our first deadline will be Sept. 23rd.
With this first collection we are going to have a contest to see which classroom can collect the most Box Top$ per student.  That classroom will receive a special treat.  Our winners last year were the 7th & 8th grade room and the Two Year classroom.  I hope they all enjoyed their ice cream treat.
A list of the products that you will find Box Top$ on will be by the school entrance and in the Church Narthex area. Watch for BONUS points on your grocery receipt and in the newspaper when they have special promotions.  Be sure to ask grandmas and grandpas, aunts and uncles, and friends to save their Box Top$ for you and St. Mark’s Lutheran School.  It is helpful if you would trim the Box Tops on the designated line around the Box Top$.  Gil and Judi Schepmann, coordinators.
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
3          Evan N. (8)
7          Sophia B. (PK)
10        Taylor S. (4)
Classroom information
Mrs. Sherman (K)
The Kindergarten boys and girls are busy little bees, working their way through the alphabet, adding a letter each day.  They are also matching rhymes, practicing holding a pencil correctly, exploring literacy and math centers.  At Bible time, they continue to hear about God's creation as they focus on Adam and Eve.  They are also learning new Bible songs each week.  The full day students are studying several nursery rhymes this week.  They will compile a book of some of their favorite rhymes.  They are reading color words as they play "Rainbow Row Bingo", making pattern fish and sorting Jack's and Jill's shape buckets.
Mrs. Reisenbichler (1)
This week in Jesus Time, we learned about God's grace through the flood and from Abram, a man of faith.  Our reading instruction increased this week as we focused on /a/words, learned about nouns, and made maps to help us with writing.  In science, we learned more about the skunk's habitat, diet, and protection.  Our days are full of activity and learning.  I am looking for a Tuesday and Friday helper.  If you are available from at least 9:30 - 10:30 let me know.  I would welcome your help at math stations. 
Ms. Rhonemus (2)
As we begin our second full week of school the second graders dove into science by starting a banana experiment to see if different storage methods will impact the ripening of a banana. In math we are continued to work with time, money, and patterns found in our number grids. This week in reading we finished up with "Henry and Mudge" while learning about the sequence of a story and parts of a sentence.  In art we continued to play with basic color theory while painting with primary colors.  Seventh and Eighth grader had a prosthetic hand tournament and then wrapped up Unit one by learning about the epidermis.
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
The class is doing a great job of getting their work done and following class routines.  Last week we welcomed our class pet, a dwarf robo hamster we named Snowball. (Can you guess what color she is?)  This week in religion we will studied the account of Daniel in the lions' den and will use his strong belief in God as an example in our life. We began the book, Helen Keller, and did an exercise to see what it was like to be blind, mute, and hearing impaired.  In social studies we learned about Vermont and Massachusetts.  In science we are continuing to research bees.  In math, the 3rd graders worked on equivalent names for numbers, the language of probability, finding differences, counting money, and using the calculator.  The 4th graders learned how to use compasses to make circles and polygons.  
Mr. Postenrieder (5-6)
In our Bible time we looked at the flood and Tower of Babel. We also began to go through the Beatitudes to see how they relate to our “Bee Attitude” theme. In 6th grade math we worked fractional parts, lines, segments, rays and perimeter. In 5th grade math we worked on divisibility, prime, composite, and square numbers. In Social Studies we continued to latitude and longitude and other tools geographers use. In Language Arts we researched the setting of the story we are reading. The setting is in Oklahoma and the story is Summer of the Monkeys. In our science time we looked at the scientific method and began to look at projects for the Science Fair. We also looked at opportunities in the field of science. Of course we learned science is the study of God’s creation.
Mr. Mayo (7,8)
In history we’re learning about how Europe was before trans-Atlantic travel.  We’ll go back to the Middle Ages, and into the Renaissance, and find out why people wanted to venture out into the unknown in search of fortune.  We also get to study some of the finest art ever made.    Florence was such an important city to the world at that time!  It’s hard to imagine that a city of just 60,000 became the center of the known world.
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we are studying God’s amazing grace.  In 7th grade math the students are adding, subtracting, and multiplying fractions.  In 8th grade math we are calculating volume and area and listing equivalent fractions.  The students are building a buoyant structure in STEM.

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