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March 4, 2015

CARDINAL CHATTER 3/6 Lutheran’s For Life 5th to lunch @ Cherry Berry 3/8 Students sing @ FLCS 3/9 Last day to sign up for Spring Break Daycare 3/9-13 National Lutheran Schools Week (see attached) 3/9 & 10: 3:30 – 6:00 Open House for new students 3/10 5:30 PTL Board, Library 3/13 8th Grade vs. Staff Volleyball Game

3/16-20 Spring Break 3/19 Freddy’s Night 4/3 4/6 No School (Good Friday & Easter

Monday) 4/9 8th Grade Graduation Pictures 4/11 Auction 4/17 ECE to Wondertorium (Stillwater)

Day Light Savings Time - Spring Forward ONE HOUR This Weekend!

This Sunday - March 8, we would like ALL OF OUR Kindergarten to 8th grade students to show the

congregation that we appreciate their generosity for maintaining our educational programs. We would like all of the K-8th students to sing our theme song "Seek Ye First" for one or both services. Please arrive at

9:15 and/or 10:45 so we can sing at the end of the first service and at the beginning of the 11 a.m. service. (It should only take about 20 minutes for either service.) You are more than welcome to attend either our traditional 8:30 a.m. service or our 11 a.m. contemporary service ends by noon. There are also children

and adult bible classes at 9:45. Don't forget to change your clocks forward 1 hour or you will be late.

SPRING BREAK DAYCARE SIGN-UPS: Will be taken through Monday, March 9, to determine if there is enough need to keep daycare open. If you will need Daycare during spring break, please sign-up in the daycare. Note—you will be charged for daycare on the days that you sign up for, whether or not your student attends, so make sure you only sign up for days that you need it.

PRE-K PARENTS: Note that the maximum enrollment for the Kindergarten class is 20 students; we began taking applications for Kindergarten from the public on March 1, and we are currently over halfway

full. If you have a student who will be entering Kindergarten next year, please return your enrollment papers and 1/3 of your enrollment fee to the office as soon as possible to hold your student’s spot.

NEW STUDENT OPEN HOUSE will be held on:

Monday - March 9 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. It will focus mostly on Pre-K, 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th grades. Tuesday - March 10 from 3:30 to 6 p.m., we will focus mostly on Preschool, Kindergarten, 2nd, 4th,

6th, and 8th grades. New families are welcome to come either day, or they can contact the office to make other arrangements. If you are referring a new family, please direct them to the school office and we will

set them up with a tour and enrollment information/paperwork. Make sure you tell them to list your name as referring them to First Lutheran School!

PRINCIPAL – Mr. Birnbaum: Welcome to the month of March. Next week is the end of the third quarter and then Spring Break. We pray that you have stayed warm and patient thru this winter weather. We have so little time left and we want you to know that we praise God for you and the blessing your family has been to our school year.

"Lutherans for Life" speaker Dr. James Lamb will speak to our students this Friday - March 6 about Psalm 139:13 "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb." The 1st through 4th grade students will meet for about 15 minutes at 2:00 in the gym. He will then present information to our 5th through 8th grade students at 2:20. You are welcome attend.

ASH WEDNESDAY/SEASON OF LENT: Today we invite you to join us throughout the Lenten Season on Wednesday evenings for supper and worship services. The meal will be served between 5:45 and 6:45 p.m., followed by Lenten Church Service at 7:00 p.m. Tonight’s supper will be Pulled Pork Sandwiches sponsored by the Adult Sunday School Class. We look forward to seeing you here.

NOTED LUTHERAN TEACHER, AUTHOR, AND COMEDIAN ELAINE BICKEL: will be speaking at the Christian Life Conference at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Edmond on Saturday, March 14. There is a $25 registration fee that includes lunch, and childcare is provided; Registration is from 8-9 a.m., and the conference runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. If you are interested in attending, please stop by the school office and pick up a registration form.

CHAPEL OFFERING: Our chapel offerings for February and March will go to “Stand for the Silent”—a non-profit that supports an agenda of kindness and gentleness and non-bullying. FLS has a Stand for the Silent group and they will help us as we promote this program.

AUCTION BEE’S: Worker Bees sought…our Spring Auction is only 50 days away and we have a few places we need some help. Can you drive? As donors are being contacted, we need a few volunteers to pick donations up and bring them back to the school. Do you know your ABC’s? We will also need help entering the donation information into our auction website for the Auction booklet. Do you know your numbers? As we get closer to the auction, we will need help grouping auction items for bidding. Finally, the week of the auction we will need help with set up, decorating, and clean up after the auction. If these are areas you can see yourself being a Helper Bee, please call or text Darleanna at 580-716-1057.

PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Herard: Show and Tell Th/Fri! We only have two more times for the year-can you believe it? The children are doing so much better being in front of a group. You can see their confidence growing every day! This week our theme is "Spring" and our letter is "S". Please come visit the classrooms for open house next week. PS will be open on Tuesday from 3:30-6 if you know anyone interested in our program. I would love to visit with them! Please read the section for National Lutheran School Week celebration plans for next week. There are dress-up days for the whole school and activities. Our classes will do a movie/treats on Th/Fri in the classroom at 10. God bless!

PRE-KINDERGARTEN - Mrs. Kelly: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! We are reading Dr. Seuss books this week and doing some fun things to celebrate his 111th birthday! Reading with your child helps prepare them to be successful in school! We started our Give Me Twenty reading challenge on the 2nd. Look for the information in backpacks today. The auction is coming soon! Our room mom, Mrs. Fields sent a note about our auction project in backpacks today. NLSW is next week! We will go bowling on Tuesday to celebrate our school. Look for the note in backpacks today. Please sign and return it with payment by Friday. We are planning our Easter egg hunt for Thursday, April 2nd. More information will come home next week. Book orders are due to me or online by Friday. Our Bible words this week are, Have mercy upon us, O Lord. Psalm 123:3 We are learning the letter "E" and the number "18" this week. Have a blessed week!

KINDERGARTEN - Ms. Miller: Show and tell will be this Friday the 6th. We have a change in our library schedule and will only have library each Tuesday at 9:00 in the morning. We also have a new teacher for library and welcome Mrs. Mary Miller. Next Tuesday our class is going bowling. I sent the form home in your child's backpack yesterday. The form is due back by Friday the 6th (this week). Have a great week!

FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: Memory for Friday - 2nd commandment. Next week is our Lutheran Schools Week celebration. Please see the note about next week for the dress up days and special activities going on. A field trip form came home today to go bowling next Tuesday. Please return your form and $3 on FRIDAY - thanks! The school children are singing in Church on Sunday - I hope to see you there! Blessings on your week!

SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: Happy March! This month is definitely coming in like lion. We should have amazing weather at the end of March! Remember to change your clocks this weekend, one hour ahead. We will be singing at First Lutheran this Sunday, the 8th. See the special note at the top of this Chatter regarding times. Permission slips for the trip to Pizza Inn came home yesterday. Please sign and return WITH your child's $5. Spring Break is nearly here!!! AHHH! Happy March birthday to Haylee! God's Blessings, Dear Friend! Book orders are due March 10. Blessings. . .

THIRD GRADE - Mrs. Steichen: Two weeks left of this quarter - we can do it! This week: Reading: Still working on Amber Brown, we will finish it up next week and test over it then. Spelling: Test on Friday and one more next week

to end the quarter. Math: We will have one more test before Spring Break. Memory: Matthew 22:37 due Friday, next week will be 1 John 1:8 Sock Hop: thank you to Lori and all the other ladies who made the Sock Hop a huge success! NLSW: next week is National Lutheran Schools Week: please check the attachment to see what the week holds for us. Also, please get me your permission slips as soon as possible.

FOURTH GRADE - Mrs. Sibley: What great fun was had at the Sock Hop! It was a real treat to see everyone enjoying themselves, families dancing together, and great hula hooping! Please look at the Lutheran Schools Week note for full information. Lutheran Schools Week kicks off with Lutheran School Sunday this Sunday when the kids are singing. Children may sing at either 8:30 or 11:00 am services. Don’t forget to set clocks back one hour this Saturday. Send back in the Pizza Inn permission slip and money by Friday. We also need to have the Class Auction money by spring break so we may make our projects. Projects cannot happen without you. Blessings as you stay warm this week!

FIFTH GRADE - Mrs. Schatte: Can you believe it's March already and we only have a week and a half until Spring Break?! Third quarter just flew by! Tests this week include spelling and reading on Friday. Memory is the 9th Commandment due tomorrow. We have a Benchmark test in math on Friday, which comes at the end of every 20 lessons and a regular math test on Monday. That test will cover lessons 76-80. Friday we go to Cherry Berry for lunch. Next week holds some fun activities celebrating National Lutheran School's Week. We look forward to that. Remember, rough draft country reports are due Friday. The final draft is due next Friday, March 13. Blessings!

MIDDLE SCHOOL 3/10 8th Grade: Enrollment, Q&A, Make-up

Future Freshmen Meeting, East Middle School Library, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

3/22 8th Grade: Deadline to turn in enrollment paperwork online for next years’ 9th grade at Po-Hi

3/24 Basketball/Cheer Banquet 4/9 Graduation Pictures for 8th Grade

CURRENT 8TH GRADE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES: March 10 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at East Jr. High’s Library will be an enrollment Come & Go/Q&A, chance to enroll online (with assistance nearby), and make-up session of the Future Freshman Meeting that was held on February 24. Remember that enrollment begins March 10 and will end on March 22. No changes will be available after the deadline.

TRACK: First Lutheran offers track for grades 6th - 8th. If you are interested in joining the track team, please have your child sign up for the 4th quarter track elective and/or let Coach Redwine know. Practice times will be Monday and Friday from 2:30-3:20 and Tuesday & Thursdays from 3:30-4:30. We will start track practice the Monday after spring break on March 23rd.

Mrs. Harbeson: Hi Everyone! We're entering the final days of the third quarter, and there's a lot going on. Please check out my website (harbolanguage@blogspot.com) to see what we'll be doing in class. You can also click on the school announcements page on my webpage to see what's going on school-wide. Next week we'll be celebrating National Lutheran Schools Week with a variety of special activities. We'll have special dress up days; we will take a field trip to the YMCA next Thursday afternoon; and we'll end the week (and quarter) with an 8th grade vs. faculty volleyball game next Friday afternoon. The next few weeks will be busy, but fun! Blessings on your week!

Mrs. Hanson: Parents!! I am very interested in adding some awesome awesome tools to my inquiry style science classes. They are called MaKey Makey. (Please visit my website for more info). Students will love exploring and discovering the science of circuits, electricity, coding, etc. with these "toys"! We are looking for anyone willing and able to donate toward the purchase of 5 Makey Makeys. I have found them at a discounted price, but this discount runs out Friday. If you would like to contribute, please let me, Mr. Birnbaum, or the office know as soon as you can. Donations will be taken after Friday as well because we plan to purchase a couple if we cannot get donations for all 5.

6th Grade is almost finished with the content for this chapter but we will now be participating in some inquiry activities, creating our investigations to explore forces in motion.

7th Grade's volcano reports were very well done! The papers were some of the best papers I have seen from any other class on this report. We will be transitioning into the atmosphere next.

8th Grade is rocking through genetics. Everything they have learned this chapter, they have basically taught themselves! I am so proud at how this class has taken charge of their own learning.

Mr. Covert: We’re a week and a half away from the end of the third quarter! We’re moving right along as we look forward to the start of the last quarter and as we get closer to the fulfillment of God’s promises of salvation in this Lenten season. God’s blessings on the rest of your week!

Classes have been moving along smoothly. The 8th grade has just started discussing the Civil War. In 7th grade, we continue to work through Europe, studying the land, people, and history of it, especially how it’s influenced us. In 6th grade, we’re pushing through the chapter on the Franks before moving on to Early England.

7th grade parents, I’m still needing some numbers from a few families so I can contact our travel agent with a good idea of how many seats and hotel rooms we’ll need. Please fast direct me with those numbers or send them with your student to school! Thanks!

Mrs. Goll: We are looking forward to celebrating National Lutheran Schools’ Week next week. What a blessing it is for us to work in a school that puts Christ at the center of every day! In math, we’re concluding chapters on quadratic equations and linear equations in algebra and pre-algebra. In 6th and 7th grade math we’re learning some basic geometry. God bless you as you continue to seek Him first.

First Lutheran Church & School—Growing up into Jesus, Reaching out with

Jesus, Walking together in Jesus

First Lutheran Church & School 1104 N. 4th St.—Ponca City, OK 74601 (580-762-9950)

Sun. Mar. 8 2 a.m. Daylight Savings Time Begins (Spring forward 1 hour)

8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service (K-8th Sing—meet at 9:15)

9:45 a.m. Children’s Sunday School & Adult Bible Classes

11 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service (K-8th Sing—meet at 10:45)

Mon. Mar. 9 GENESIS 1 DAY

Dress up as something from the first chapter in the Bible—Genesis 1

8:30 Lutheran School Week Kick-Off Event

Mon. Mar. 9 OPEN HOUSE—for Potential New Students 3:30—6:00 p.m.

Tue. Mar. 10 BIBLE CHARACTER DAY

Dress up as a person from the Bible

8:45-10:45 Pre-K. to 1st grade—Bowling Alley

Tue. Mar. 10 OPEN HOUSE—for Potential New Students 3:30—6:00 p.m.

Wed. Mar. 11 CHRISTIAN T-SHIRT OR CHRISTIAN SYMBOL DAY

8:30-9:00 am Children’s Worship Service

5:45-6:45 pm Lent Supper in Fellowship Hall (Grilled Hot Dogs)

7:00-7:45 pm Lent Worship Service

Thu. Mar. 12 CLASS CHOICE DAY—Your class all dress up the same & we will meet in

the gym at 8:25 to try to guess what your THEME is for the day.

11:00 2nd &3rd to Pizza Inn

11:45 4th & 5th to Pizza Inn

12:20 Middle School Field Trip to the YMCA activities

Fri. Mar. 13 PAJAMA DAY

2 p.m. Yearbook signing Party

2:20 p.m. Staff Volleyball against 8th Grade (Bring ONE snack/POP)

You are welcome to join us for these events.

March 15—21 SPRING BREAK

Your Name: _________________

Your Grade: ______

Lutheran School’s Week

How Well Do You Know Our Faculty?

Below are things you may not know about our faculty. Put the letters or numbers associated with each person’s name in

front of the blank that you think describes that person.

(i.e. – Put “P” for principal in the blank that you think tells about Mr. Birnbaum)

PS – Mrs. Herard 2 – Mrs. Powell 6 – Mrs. Harbeson P – Mr. Birnbaum

PK – Mrs. Kelly 3 – Mrs. Steichen 7 – Mrs. Hanson S – Mrs. Erickson

K – Ms.Miller 4 – Mrs. Sibley 8 – Mr. Covert G – Mrs. Goll

1 – Mrs. Birnbaum 5 – Mrs. Schatte C – Mrs. Ryan L – Mrs. Hamre

____ I was in 4-H and showed horses and pigs.

____ I have traveled to six different countries.

____ I was a school janitor while I was in college.

____ I skinned a dead copperhead snake, and kept the skin.

____ I drove a school bus for First Lutheran.

____ I worked as a nanny in New York.

____ I have been to Australia.

____ I worked as a butcher's apprentice in high school.

____ I have 12 grandchildren.

____ I worked in secret communities for the military.

____ My middle name is Korene.

____ I played beach volleyball in 8 different states.

____ I am terrified of birds.

____ I dressed as a boy for my high school play.

____ I played baseball and basketball in grade school.

____ My mom lived across the street from Blake Shelton in Ada, Oklahoma.

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