Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Epistle



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Calendar                   
11 Chapel at 9:15 AM
12 Jump Rope Club until 4:15PM
13 Principal gone to meetings
15 St. Mark’s has worship services at 8AM, 10:30AM, and 6PM with Sunday Sch. at 9:15AM,
     7-8 grade field trip leaves at 12:30PM
17 Jump Rope Club until 4:15PM
18 Chapel at 9:15
19 Last Jump Rope Club until 4:15PM
20 Last Pre-2 class
21 Mr. Reisenbichler’s Retirement Celebration 5:30 PM
Prayer Families
Gavin P. (3), Carter P. (K), Aaron A. (6), Tiara J. (2), Bryson J. (PK)
Saint Salute
A big Saint Salute and thanks to the staff and parents who made Math Camp so fantastic!
A big Saint Salute and thanks to the Timler family for supplying new sand in the preschool playground.
A big Saint Salute and thanks to Mr. Mayo for hosting the Strategy Club this year.
A big Saint Salute and thanks to Jason Carmical for making sure the lights work at the pavilion for Math Camp.
A big Saint Salute and thanks to the St. Mark’s Women’s Guild for a generous donation to the Pastor Dierks Scholarship Fund
A big Saint Salute to Russell W. (6) for climbing the AR Wall of Fame to 1900 points.
Notes
Our Student Council was very active this year.  Here are a few of the activities that made this year fabulous:
Bonfire                        Decorating the hallways
Naked Turkey and Mystery Box fundraiser
Basketball hoop        100th day of school celebration
Bus driver appreciation gifts
Organized service projects and chapel offerings
Hats off to our wonderful Student Council
Due to the 7-8 Field trip next week, the Epistle will be published on Thursday.
Important Dates to Know
15-18 7-8 grade Field Trip to Smokey Mt. Park
21 Mr. Reisenbichler’s Retirement
23 Last day for Pre-4
24 Last Day for Pre-3 & PK
25 Last day for K-8
June 13-17 Vacation Bible School
Box Top$
Grades 5 & 6 lead the pack with 11 Box Top$ per student.  Grades 3 & 4 follow with 9 Box Top$ and then Kindergarten with 5 Box Top$ per student.  In fourth place is First grade with almost 5 Box Top$ per student. This is the last week for submitting your Box Top$ by May 18th.  Let's get those Box Top$ turned in this week.  Thank you, Judi and Gil Schepmann,
Tuition Options for Next Year
Several options exist for the payment of tuition for next year.  You will need to decide as a family which one best fits your situation.
1.  Pay the entire amount by the first day of school and receive a 5% discount
2.  Have the amount deducted from the account of your choice
            A. Start in June and divide the amount into 12 payments
            B. Start in July and divide the amount into 11 payments
            C. Start in August and divide the amount into 10 payments
            D. For preschool, start in September and divide the amount into 9 payments
   This option can be deducted on any day of the month or any 2 monthly dates.
3.  Pay by check or cash (the highest amount).
            Choose 12, 11, or 10 payments
VBS (Vacation Bible School)
St. Mark’s will host a VBS June 13-17 at the church.  Students in Pre-3 through grade 6 may register.  A registration form is attached.  Please call the office with any questions.
The annual uniform exchange table is in the hallway!
Yearbooks for Sale
Yearbooks for 15-16 are on sale for $12 each.  You will have at least 48 color pages of wonderful and memorable pictures.  To order send a check made to St. Mark’s.  Since we are using a different company this year, no special options are available (like name on front, personal note, etc.).  Order forms have been distributed and are also available in the hallway.
Yearbook ad and love-lines
Love lines for the yearbook can be reserved using the form being sent home.  Also, ads for the yearbook are available.  See the office.
Yearbook pictures needed
Any and all pictures for the yearbook can be sent to stmarksmilfordphotos@gmail.com
Happy Birthday
18        Noah M. P2) & Morgan H. (P3)
Classroom information
Mrs. Frey (P-3 & P-4)
Preschool is learning about life on the farm this week! 3’s will create handprint rooster art and muddy pigs. 4’s will create horse art and bubble print sheep art. In Bible Time 3’s will learn about Timothy and his mother and grandmother, and 4’s will learn about Paul’s change. The Holy Spirit makes your life new!
Mrs. Reynolds (PK & P-2)
This week Pre-K is reviewing all the letters of the alphabet and their sounds. We are finishing up final assessments and practicing a few songs for our end of the year party on the 24th. In Bible we are learning about Lydia and how she shared her faith with her family and friends. We are all looking forward to bike day next week!  Pre-2 is finishing up all of our alphabet art this week by completing all of our make-up letters that students missed being absent. We are also talking about going to the beach. We will play with kinetic sand and look at some sea shells. In Bible we are learning about Phillip.
Mrs. Sherman (K)
Kindergarten will finish their hike through the rain forest.  They will create a red eyed tree frog and complete a graphic organizer of rainforest facts.  During math, they will graph and add rainforest animals.  At Bible time, the class will hear of Philip and the Ethiopian.  Like Philip, they can share the Gospel with others.  The full day students will taste fruits that grow in the rainforest, make a "Who Am I?" book of animals and create puppets to retell The Umbrella
Mrs. Reisenbichler (1)
This week in Jesus Time, we learned about the raising of Lazarus.  In math, we continued our end of year review working with money and shapes.  Our science based books are really coming along nicely.  I hope most children complete their stories this week.  Plants are the topic in science this week.  Our Studies Weekly was about goods and services.
Ms. Rhonemus (2)
This week the second graders are reading some folk tales as well as learning about weaving.  After reading about how rugs and baskets are made we practiced some weaving of our own.  In Math we are expanding our knowledge of money and place value as well as diving into some multiplication.  In science we are learning about forces and continuing to observe our tadpoles.  We currently have one little guy with back legs.  For social studies we are taking a look at some of the Roosevelts.  In seventh and eighth grade we are learning about power, work, and the mechanical advantage of machines.
Mrs. Mayo (3-4)
We're going to try to fit a lot in during the next few weeks!  We can't believe the year is almost over.  In religion we studied the account of how Paul's nephew overhears a plot to kill Paul and how his actions save Paul's life. We began the book Ralph S. Mouse and are working on answering questions with complete sentences. We learned about 3 states this week in social studies: California, Oregon, and Washington.  We also worked on our map skills.  In science we continued to learn how to keep our bodies healthy by exercising.  In math both grades finished up a chapter and ended the week with tests.  The 3rd grade took a test on multiplying by larger numbers and the 4th grade had a test on multiplying and dividing decimals.
Mr. Postenrieder (5-6)
In our Bible time this week we studied Elijah and did some experiments to illustrate Biblical truth through science. In 5th grade math we took our Unit 11 test.  We also worked with ratios and probability. In 6th grade math we enjoyed our 19th test. We also worked with ratio, perimeter, mass and weight. In our Language Arts time we wrote a narrative paper on a life experience. In Social Studies the kids presented their power points on South America. In Science we continued our look at “Living Resources.”  We continued to monitor our bluebird houses. We also planted flowers in the large flower bed. We finished our spelling for the year by studying words that ended in –ant, -ent, -ance, -ence.
Mr. Mayo (7,8)
We are awaiting our trip, with Mr. Reisenbichler, which will take place May 15,16,17, and 18. That should be a wonderful culmination to our year. We’ve finished our last unit of History, which dealt with the Missouri Compromise, and the “Era of Good Feelings”. It seems it would be great to have such an era NOW! Throughout our study of U.S. History, we are struck by God’s goodness to our country.
Mr. Reisenbichler (7-8)
In religion we are discussing addictions.  In 7th grade math the students are working with scale factor and dividing scientific notation numbers.  In 8th grade math, the class is graphing parabolas and calculating the volume of spheres.  The students are constructing a key ring using a CAD program on the computer and them printing it on a 3D printer in STEM.

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