2 Chapel at 9:15, Preschool chapel at
1PM, Staff mt. 3:30, Science Olympiad until 4:30PM
3 Science Olympiad until 4:30PM
4 Iditarod introduction presentation
for grades 1-8 at 10:45AM, Science Olympiad until 4:30PM
5 Science Olympiad competition 7AM –
5PM at Xavier University
6 Grades K-8 sing at the 10:30 AM
service, St. Mark’s has worship services at 8AM, 10:30AM, and 6PM with Sunday
Sch. at 9:15AM
7 Strategy Club begins until 4:15
8 Science Olympiad until 4PM
9 Chapel at 9:15 AM
10 School Board 7PM
11 End of 3rd grading
period, Grandparents’ Day, Dismiss at noon, Pre-4 PM is in session
Prayer Families
Ian C. (3), Sophie B. (PK), Carson C.
(P4)
Saint Salute
A
big Saint Salute to those students climbing the AR Wall of Fame:
Elijah
K. (3) 300 points
Thoughts
There is always time for a story. Want to spend time with your youngster, build
their reading skills, and help them learn to love books? You can do all three when you read aloud to
them. Here are some suggestions:
Read regularly – Try to read to your child every day. You might aim for 10-15 minutes of bedtime
reading for a peaceful end to the day.
If that doesn’t work, why not read while you are waiting for another
child’s athletic practice to finish.
Take turns choosing
books - Since most younger children tend to want to read the
same book over and over, use your turn for new titles and variety.
Let them participate – Ask your child to turn the pages while you read. Also, they could finish a sentence.
Be playful – You can use different voices for different
characters. Try substituting your
child’s name for the main character in the book. Use other family names for other characters.
Important Dates to Know
March 6 Grades 1-8 sing
in 10:30AM service
March 6-11 National Lutheran Schools Week
Position opening for 2016-17
St.
Mark’s will have an opening for next year.
Anyone interested in aiding for Mrs. Frey Tuesday and Thursday mornings
and for Mrs. Reynolds on Friday morning is asked to give a resume to the
office. This position will pay $30 for
each morning. If you have any questions,
please contact Mr. Reisenbichler
Call issued to Mr. Tim
Kollmorgan
The committee
issued a call to be St. Mark’s next principal to Tim Kollmorgan from Trinity
Lutheran School in Toledo, OH. We await
his decision.
Box Tops Update
And the winner is...
The kindergarten class pull ahead in the final turn with 37 Box Top$ per student. They pulled ahead of second grade who ended with 22 per student. Thanks for collecting those Box
The kindergarten class pull ahead in the final turn with 37 Box Top$ per student. They pulled ahead of second grade who ended with 22 per student. Thanks for collecting those Box
Top$. Save them up we will have one
more contest before the school year ends.
Gil and Judi Schepmann, Coordinators
Gil and Judi Schepmann, Coordinators
Science Olympiad
Competition is March 5 all day at
Xavier University. Several notes have
been sent home.
National Lutheran Schools
March 6-11
March starts a celebration. Here is a summary of what will happen on
March 6-11
6 Grades
1-8 sing at the 10:30 service
7 Dress
in Words (sign up in hallway) & Prayer Pals
8 PJ
dress day, Iditarod
9 Dress
inside/out day, Make cards
10 Star
Wars/Space dress day, care packages
11 Dress
as a Bee Day, Grandparents/Special Friend Day 10AM – 12 noon. It is an early dismissal day, but we will
have free pizza lunch at 11:30 AM for the children and grandparents. If your child does not have a grandparent
that can attend, they may bring an aunt, uncle, or some other special person.
A more detailed information sheet is
attached to hard copy that each student will receive today.
Happy Birthday
2 Olivia
W. (K)
4 Haley
E. (5)
Classroom information
Mrs. Frey
(P-3 & P-4)
Preschool
is studying letter D for Dr. Seuss! It is his birthday on March 2, so we will
spend the week reading his books! Threes will read The Cat in the Hat
and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. They will create their own
hats and fish artwork. Fours will read The Cat in the Hat, The Foot Book,
and Marvin K. Mooney. They will learn about opposites and create their own
oobleck. In Bible Time both classes will journey to the cross starting with
Jesus’ ride into Jerusalem on what we now celebrate as Palm Sunday.
Mrs.
Reynolds (PK & P-2)
Pre-k is learning about the letter J this
week as we dive into the story of Jack and the beanstalk. We will be looking at
a few different versions of the story and comparing how the details differ in
each story. We will also be revisiting the story of David and Goliath and
comparing it to our Jack and the beanstalk story. How did David face his giant
and beat him? We have a giant on the wall in our room to get us a visual of how
big Goliath was and we will practice throwing beanbags at him pretending to be
David. We are using giant sized feet to measure various things through-out the
classroom and planting some beans of our own. Pre-2 is learning about Jonah and
the big fish and what God had planned for Jonah. Mrs. Schulte is teaching this
week as Mrs. Reynolds will be at an educational class. She has planned a cute
activity for the students to make their own fish bottles. The letter the
students are looking at this week is Q they will be making queens out of the
letter.
Mrs.
Sherman (K)
Jesus healing the 10 lepers is the
Bible lesson for the week. During reading, the class will read fictional
stories about scientific discoveries. They will use
verbs in past, present and future tense, identify synonyms, review sight words,
and retell the beginning, middle and end of a story. The boys and girls continue to explore measurement in math.
Kindergarten will celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday with crazy sock day on
Wednesday. The full day students will complete a book study of The Three
Billy Goats Fluff. They will also rotate through literacy and math
centers.
Mrs.
Reisenbichler (1)
This week our lessons in Jesus Time
taught us about Zacchaeus and Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. In math, the
children wrapped up a unit on geometry. They enjoyed playing "What's
My Shape." We did some cross over learning in math and language arts
when we used quotation marks to make shapes talk. Several of our winter
stories are finished and ready for publishing. These kids have some
stories they should be very proud to share. In science, we are working on
finishing up our unit on living and non-living things.
Ms. Rhonemus (2)
Second
graders are learning about Jackie Robinson and perseverance in our stories for
reading this week. We also learned about Piet Mondrian and created some
of our own artwork to mirror his style of abstract art; as a bonus we watched
the art museum episode of Arthur where his painting is hung sideways. The
second grade is also learning about light energy through our Science 4 Us
program while they are dealing with fractions in math. In social studies
we are learning about goods and services and refining our map reading skills.
Seventh and Eighth graders are learning about constellations and types of
galaxies.
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
We continued
our Lenten story in religion with the account of Jesus being taken and Peter
being tested. Along with the account, we discussed repentance and
forgiveness. We began a new book in reading, Snow Treasure, a
story about the Nazi invasion and how Norwegian children helped to smuggle
their nation's gold past the soldiers in order to send it to America. In
social studies we learned about Louisiana and Arkansas. Ecosystems was
the topic in science this week. In math the 3rd graders began the week
with a chapter test and ended it by beginning a chapter in fractions. The
4th graders continued their study of fractions - comparing them and changing
them into decimals. We also had fun with our pre-K chapel buddies,
helping to paint a Lenten mural, and got to pick our Iditarod musher that we
will follow next week.
Mr. Postenrieder (5-6)
In
our Bible time this week we studied Israel’s first kings. In 5th
grade math we worked with coordinates and area.
In 6th grade math we took our 14th test as well as
did more complex work with fractions. In our Language Arts time we began
reading Which Way Freedom? In Social
Studies we began power points on Central America. In Science we studied where living
things live on the Earth. In Spelling we worked through Unit 23 on words
beginning with over- and under-.
Mr. Mayo (7,8)
In History,
we’re learning about the precedents set by our first president, George
Washington. He could have been king, or
ruler for life. He chose two 4- year terms. He was asked how much he wanted to be
paid. He wanted nothing, but others
convinced him it would set a bad precedent in the future, so he took $1 per
year. I wonder if we could convince ANY
public official to take less salary for the good of the people.
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we are discussing divorce
and God’s plan for marriages. In 7th
grade math the students are multiplying algebraic terms and using multiple unit
multipliers to convert measures. In 8th
grade math we are finding the volume of pyramids and cones and studying scale
drawings. The students are building a
bird feeder in STEM.
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