Principal's Epistle

St. Mark’s Lutheran School, 5849 Buckwheat Rd., Milford, OH, 575-3354

www.stmarksmilford.org            http://stmarksmilford.blogspot.com            

rreisenb@hotmail.com or stmarksmilford@yahoo.com

Calendar                   

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

10 Parent’s Night Out 5-9 PM

11 St. Mark’s has worship services at 8AM, 10:30AM, and 6PM with Sunday Sch. at 9:15AM

12 Preschool field trip

13 Last Runners’ Club until 4PM

14 Chapel at 9:15AM, K-8 dismiss at noon, Free Dress Down Day

15-16 No School

Prayer Families

Cam S. (P3), Allie H. (P3), Loden H. (P4)

Saint Salute

A big Saint Salute and great thanks to

A big Saint Salute to those students changing point clubs on the AR Wall of Fame

Amanda P. (7)           300 points

Thoughts

            Last week I made some notes on homework.  This week I would like to dwell a little on family money.  No, this will not be about how much your family could give to the principal.  Aren’t your children always asking you to buy this or that for them?  Here is a lesson that might help.  Label a spiral notebook “Family Spending Journal.”  Have everyone in the family list every way they spend money in two weeks.  Include everything like taxes from income, insurance, mortgage, candy, other treats, etc.  School lunch, athletic equipment necessary for play, and field trip are also included from the student’s viewpoint.  After two weeks share and talk about the many ways that your family spends their blessings from God.  I would think that most children would be surprised by the number of expenses and the size of the family’s bills.  They may still ask for that item at the store, but when you say no, they may better understand the why not.

Important Dates to Know

9  Sweatshirt orders due

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

Bus service for CNE students is not available Oct. 14 at noon

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?

Walk-a-thon

St. Mark’s conducts only one major fund-raiser a year (not one every 3-4 weeks).  Today is the kickoff of our walk-a-thon.  Information is being sent home with each student.  Prizes are per individual not per family.  Let’s make this the best year ever.  The actual walk is Oct. 23.

Bonfire

St. Mark’s Student Council is asking you to please come to our first bonfire.  It will be on Oct. 9, 2015 (Friday) at 7PM until 8:30.  We will be having s’mores, songs, and a devotion.  Please bring your own chairs, flashlights, and blankets.  We hope to see you there!

Veterans’ Day

For Veterans’ Day, we are having the veterans come for lunch.  If you have a veteran in your family, please bring them on Wednesday, November 11.  We will provide lunch for them.

Door Decorating Contest winners

St. Mark’s Student Council held a door decorating contest.  Third place was grade 2.  Second place was 7-8 grades.  Mr. Postenrieder’s 5-6 class won.

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.

Box Tops

Box Top$ Correction  - The total Box Top$ submitted is 2,150 not 21,500.  Sorry for this major typo.  Gil Schepmann

Happy Birthday

8          Tiara J. (2)

9          Bella C. (K)

11        Jake S. (7)

12        Mrs. Reisenbichler

Classroom information

Mrs. Frey (P-3 & P-4)

Preschool is learning all about fire safety this week during Fire Prevention Week. We will practice phrases such as “Get Low and Go” and “Stop, Drop, and Roll.” We will also learn about smoke detectors, the importance of having a meeting place, and that firefighters are our friends even though their air masks can make them look scary. 3’s will create flame art, fire trucks, and a fire hose number line. They will receive a special visit from a real firefighter. 4’s will create a fire safety magnet, write a class book of fire safety tips, and play fire safety number identification bingo. Miami Township Fire Department will visit. At Bible Time 3’s will hear about Jacob’s beloved son, Joseph, and the jealousy of his brothers. God helped Joseph be kind and forgiving to his brothers. 4’s will hear about God’s faithfulness to Abraham and Sarah. Although they waited a long time, God kept his promise and baby Isaac was born.

Mrs. Reynolds (PK & P-2)

In Pre-2 this week we are start our "On the Farm" theme. We will be making tractor tracks in paint and completing day 4 of our creation books. Our color of the month is orange and we are celebrating by wearing orange this week! We will also be going on a color hunt to find our color orange. We are very excited to be entering our second theme of the year!

In Pre-K we are reviewing the letters we have learned thus far. We are revisiting the letters A,F and H. We will also be celebrating the beginning of fall with fall centers and digging for fall leaves in our sensory bin. We will be going on a fall nature walk and looking for fall leaves. In Bible we will be learning about Noah and how God used Him and the promise God made his people with the rainbow.

Mrs. Sherman (K)

Kindergarten is enjoying the fall weather and fun fall science activities.  This week, the class focuses on apples - tasting and graphing, comparing weights, determining if apples sink or float and sequencing an apple life cycle.  they will also practice fire safety and have a visit from the fire department.  During Bible time, they will hear the account of Jacob.  Even though Jacob sinned, God had a plan for things to work out for the best.  At math time, the boys and girls will review shapes as they create a shape scarecrow and identify numbers while playing apple lotto.  On Friday, the class will explore Gorman Heritage Farm.  The full day students will complete their first STEM project as they design and build an apple container.  They will also measure with apples at math time and mix and fix popcorn words during reading.

Mrs. Reisenbichler (1)

This week we learned more about the Ten Commandments in Jesus Time.  In math, we reviewed pennies and nickels.  Journaling started this week in language arts, and we had our first spelling unit with words that are tested.  Most of the children completed their book in artist/writer's workshop on the time of day.  In social studies we continued to talk about rules and why we need them.  This fit nicely with our lesson in Jesus Time.

Ms. Rhonemus (2)

The second graders got to read "Spider's Diary" and uncover the tale of an unlikely friendship while learning about spiders and insects.  We also looked into determining the cause and effect while reading.  In math we continued to practice addition and subtraction while also taking a look at weighing objects.  Meanwhile, in social studies we are learning about being good citizens. On Friday the second graders get to join the first graders and kindergartners on a field trip to Gorman Heritage Farms. The seventh and eighth graders will be presenting their anti-smoking ads and taking a test over the respiratory system and excretory system.

Mrs. Mayo (3-4)

Our theme for October is "Bee" kind.  The students are going to try to be kind and helpful each day. We'll also be working on thankfulness to those who are kind to us by writing a little note to them.  In religion we're studying the account of Jesus healing the official's son.  We're also working on our chapel play about kindness which we'll be giving on Oct. 21.  You're invited to come at see it at 9:15 that day.  In reading we're beginning the book, The Skirt.  We'll be working on similes throughout the book. In grammar we'll work on direct objects.  In social studies we'll be learning about Maryland and Delaware. In math, the 3rd graders will begin the week with a test and then begin a chapter on measurement.  The 4th graders will work on multiplication and division and use those skills to learn about Africa.

Mr. Postenrieder (5-6)

In our Bible time this week we continued our study of Joseph. In 5^th grade math we worked with angles, protractors, and compasses. In 6^th grade math we worked with divisibility, fractions, ratio, rate, and writing division answers as a mixed number. In our Language Arts time we finished reading Summer of the Monkeys. We wrote a paper on our favorite character. In Social Studies we worked with population. We also began to research a state and prepare a power point on the state. In Science we worked on scale models of our classroom and looked at how mathematics is used in science.  In Spelling we went back to a normal week working studying a list of words with a Biblical focus on Proverbs 9:10.

Mr. Mayo (7,8)

We are finishing The Red Pony, and are moving on to the final test.  The class seems overjoyed when I tell them that the test will be open-book, and take-home.  Then they see that every question requires a paragraph to explain why something happened a certain way to fit with one theme or another.  MWAHAHAHA! We’re nearing the end of our History study of discoveries in the “New World”, and the goal of finding a “Northwest Passage” through North America, to the Atlantic.    We can see conflicts on the horizon, but we know we speak English, so we’re pretty sure we know how they turned out.

Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)

In religion we are studying “Who Am I”.  In 7^th grade math the students are multiplying and dividing mixed numbers and solving 2-step word problems.  In 8^th grade math we are studying transformations and exponents.  The students are learning to write directions in communicating a project in STEM.