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May 6, 2015

CARDINAL CHATTER 5/4-8 Teacher Appreciation Week (see below) 5/6 Last Day for Cardinal Cards Contest 5/7 National Day of Prayer, 8:30 a.m., Gym 5/7 Last day for after school tutoring 5/8 Pre-K to Osage Cove 8th to OSU 5/9 Kids Focus on Fishing, Pioneer Cove, Kaw Lake 5/13 8:30 Volunteer Appreciation Chapel & Brunch 2:30 Band Concert, Gym 5/14 1:30 & 6:30 Band Concert @ St. Mary’s 5/14 3rd Grade to Natural Resource Day

5/14 Band Concert: 1:30 & 6:30 @ St. Mary’s 5/14 Mayfest @ Edwin Fair; 3:30 – 5:30 5/16 Relay for Life, 3 p.m. – 1 a.m. Ambucs

Motocross Track 5/16 Touch-A-Truck (See attached flyer) 5/20 8th Grade Graduation, 7:30, FLC 5/21 8th Grade Skip Day 5/22 Last Day of School/Trip to the Park/Noon

Dismissal (See Details below!) 5/29 Report card pickup day

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK-PTL: This week is Teacher’s Appreciation Week; a time we set aside to

thank our teachers for all of the things they do for our kids! We ask that you bring a small gift to your teachers each day of the week, and our theme for each day is as follows: Monday is books or supplies, Tuesday is flowers and a thoughtful note, Wednesday is a favorite drink, Thursday is a sweet treat, and Friday is Pamper your teacher with a gift card. Remember that there is a book on the table outside the office that lists the staff’s favorite things like drinks, gift cards, etc.

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER: Please join us at 8:30 a.m. in the gym as a student(s) from each class will lead us in a prayer that they have written.

VOLUNTEERS: We truly could not do it without our many volunteers. We’ll honor our volunteers at a special chapel service and brunch on May 13 at 8:30 a.m. If you are a regular classroom volunteer, library or lunch helper, PTL or School Board member, we want to thank you. Your child should have brought home an invitation for you on Monday. If you did not get yours, please know that all our volunteers are invited. Please RSVP at the school office if you can join us for brunch. And, thank you for all you do!

USBORNE BOOK FAIR: is coming next week! Do you get annoyed every time you walk by your kids in the summer, and they’re watching TV? What they need is a great book(s) to read! The Usborne book fair will be set up Wednesday through Friday in the administration building. We will be open after school to sell books, and possibly be open some school hours (watch next weeks’ Chatter for details). Proceeds from the sales of the book fair will support YOUR school library, so shop early and shop often! THANKS!

SCHOOL PICNIC: The Last Day of School is - Friday, May 22. We will be meeting in our classrooms to get last minute things cleaned-up, we will then walk down to the park for some fun and then head back to the school cafeteria for a picnic lunch, followed by school dismissal at 12:00 noon. This is all weather permitting. Parents are welcome to walk with us/join us at the park & lunch. If you join us at the park and leave with your student from there, be sure to check out with their teacher, and remember that you will need to swing by the school later to pick up any items left in the classroom. If you plan to do this, please remind your student NOT to sign up for a lunch that day.

We would love to have family members join us for lunch after we get back from the park; the cost to eat will be $3 if you have RSVP’d in advance in the office by Friday, May 15, or $5 if you pay at the door (or you can get a free ticket—see the next article for details!). Please let us know as soon as possible if you are joining us, so that we will have enough food for everyone.

SCHOOL PICNIC NEEDS: We need help rounding up the supplies for serving lunch on picnic day (May 22), so we are asking each class to bring the following supplies. For each family that brings the requested items to the office, we will supply them with one free adult ticket for Friday’s lunch. If you are willing to help with serving lunch, please contact the school office and let us know. We will be feeding lots of people in a short amount of time. 1st grade: 2 big bags of chips 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grade: finger food dessert

(cookies, brownies, rice krispie treats, etc.)

4th grade: 2 big bags of chips 5th grade (boys): 50 plates 5th grade (girls): 50 cups

REPORT CARD PICKUP: Report Cards will be available for pickup in the school office beginning Friday, March 29. Your financial account must be in good standing in order to pick up a report card.

SCHOOL OFFICE SUMMER HOURS: The last week of May, the office will be open Tuesday-Friday, 8-3:30. Beginning in June, the school office will be open Monday-Thursday, 9-3 (closed Friday). Because I will need to be out for lunch, the bank, and vacation, please call first and make sure I am here if you are planning to make a special trip. If you need to meet with me and can’t make it in during those hours, please call the school office at 762-9950, leave a message when you are available, and I will be happy to call back with a time to meet you here. For your convenience, you may make payments over the phone by calling the office with a credit or debit card, you may mail payments (1104 N. 4th, 74601), set up a date to have payments automatically drafted from your bank account, drop by the office Monday – Thursday, or bring your payment by the cafeteria during the summer lunch hours of 11-12:30 Monday – Friday’s. Be sure to stick around and have the kids eat lunch while you are here; 18 and under eat free!

MRS. STEICHEN WILL BE OUT THIS FRIDAY, AS SHE GRADUATES WITH HER MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION! We can only imagine how difficult it was to achieve this while teaching full time with a toddler at home and a spouse working shift work, but you did it! Congratulations!

SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM: First Lutheran School will be participating in the summer lunch program again this summer. Children age 18 and under will be provided a free lunch in the FLS Cafeteria Monday through Friday, from 11:00 to 12:30, June 1 to August 7, 2015, closed July 3, 2015. The cost for adult meals will be $4.00; Senior citizens and military adults with identification will be charged $3.30. If you’re getting together with friends over the summer, consider stopping in here for lunch and supporting the lunch program! The USDA and First Lutheran School are equal opportunity providers and employers.

WE WON! Thanks to school family participation in the YMCA Healthy Kids Day event, First Lutheran School was one the of the Top 3 schools to have the most children participate in the 2K family fun run/walk. This qualified us to win $100 in free P.E. equipment courtesy of Ponca City Medical Center! A big thank you to everyone who participated, and who put us down as your school! We appreciate you! END OF AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING: Our last day for after school tutoring will be tomorrow, Thursday, May 7. Thank you Cora Watts for helping us with tutoring this year.

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: Will be held June 20 & 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day at Pioneer Park Shelter House (5th and Highland). Bring a swimsuit and a towel. Lunch, drinks, and snacks provided. Please contact First Lutheran Church (762-1111) for more details.

PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Mrs. Hamre has adventured into teaching part-time online courses this quarter and is considering doing it full time next year. We will miss her amazing skills and passion. If you or someone you know would be interested in a part-time position of working with children in the library for one or two days a week, please obtain an employment application in the school office.

SUMMER DAYCARE: We are now taking sign-ups for summer daycare; stop by daycare or the school office to pick up your application! Summer Daycare fills up quickly, so if you are interested, be sure to sign up early. The deposit is $200 for the first child and $100 for each additional child.

HELP NEEDED AT RELAY FOR LIFE: We need families to help sell walking taco’s from 3:00 – 9:00 (or later, depending on sales; we need 2 people per shift, please call or stop by the office to sign up. This is one of 4 fundraising events for FLC&S to help with the Relay for Life, as part of our reaching out to the community in conjunction with the 90th anniversary of FLC&S. Ways that you can participate include: 1) Footprints for sale in the office for $1 2) Luminaries for order in the office for $5 due May 8th (Peggy Stracener 580-401-1492) 3) Walking Tacos, day of event

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE: will be on Saturday, May 16 beginning at 3:00 p.m. at the Ambucs Motocross Track. As part of our reaching out to the community during FLC&S’s 90th year, we will be participating in this event. You can help us, and support the American Cancer Society, by purchasing footprints in the school office for $1 each. You write your name (or the name of a loved one) on the footprint, and we will display them around the school. You can also dedicate a luminary in honor of someone who has survived cancer, or in memory of someone who lost their fight. The luminaria cost $5 each, will be lit the night of the relay, and remain lit throughout the night as a reminder. To purchase a luminary, please contact the school office. The proceeds from the Relay for Life sales will go to the American Cancer Society.

RELAY FOR LIFE WALKING TACOS-NEED DONATIONS FROM CLASSES: The list for what each class was to bring, that was published last week, was incorrect. Please use the following list (which is also the same as the list on the Chatter on April 22nd). We ask that families donate items that we will use to make the walking taco’s; all proceeds from the sale of the taco’s will go to the Relay for Life. Please read below to see what your students’ class is assigned, and have the items to the office by Thursday, 5/14.

Presch – K ..................... 8 oz. bags of shredded cheese Grade 1 ......................... Bottle of ranch salad dressing Grade 2 girls.................. Head of lettuce Grade 2 boys ................. Small container of sour cream Grades 3 & 4 girls ......... 2 Packages of McCormick taco seasoning Grades 3 & 4 boys ........ 1 lbs of hamburger meat Grade 5 ......................... 1 lb of hamburger meat Grades 6 - 8 .................. Box of individual-sized bags of Doritos and /or Fritos (can be found at WalMart on

bottom shelf of chip aisle) PO-HI BASKETBALL CAMP: Po-Hi is hosting a basketball camp for students completing grades 2-9. The

Boys Fundamentals Camp will be June 1-4, 8:00 – 12:00, $50. There will also be a Boys and Girls Shooting Camp, June 8-10, 9:00 – 11:00, $35. If you would like to pick up en enrollment form, they are on the bulletin board outside the school office.

CHAPEL OFFERING: Our Chapel offering for April and May will go to support the ministry of Camp Lutherhoma. Please remember them with your financial support and your prayers.

PRINCIPAL – Mr. Birnbaum: Thank you to everyone who made the Track Meet so very successful again. Special Thanks to John Redwine for heading up the event, Janet Goll for keeping everyone sane. Connie Erickson for all the paper work. Dan McGregor for Announcing, Edie Hunt for traffic control, Sandi, Tomi, Paula, and crew for ribbon writing. Ann Ryan, Sandi, Paula, and Teachers for doing all the Bees. Jennifer Hoak and all the graders, Jennelle Hanson, Alana White, Helen Smith, and 7th grade parents/students for the concession stand and clean-up. Jessica Bond and all others that just helped and chipped in wherever possible. We praise God for everyone's help.

PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Herard: So many wonderful things happening around school. The children loved the PoHi band concert and track meet last week. This week we get to celebrate teachers. It is such a wonderful blessing to have the privilege of teaching at First Lutheran and being with such an amazing group of teachers. They are the best!! Thursday and Friday are our final Show and Tell days of the year! Plans are being made for the end of the year class picnics. Look for a note coming home soon. The theme for this week is "Pond Life". There are so many wonderful things to learn about God's creation! Happy Mother's Day! Celebrate mom this weekend and every day! God bless!

PRE-KINDERGARTEN - Mrs. Kelly: Thank you for all of the wonderful gifts this week! I feel so loved and appreciated. Thank you for sharing your kids with me this year! What a wonderful Fancy Nancy Reading Challenge party we had last Thursday! Thank you parents that supplied us with some very FANCY snacks and drinks! We read a total of 393 books during our challenge. We had fun at the track meet! Thank you Mrs. Tacha, Mr. and Mrs. Ross, and Mrs. Sroufe for helping us get to the field, buy our snacks, and cheer on our FLS friends! Our field trip is on Friday; plan to meet here at the school by 8:30 a.m. Our Bible words this week are, Go... and make disciples of all nations. Matthew 28:19 We are learning the letter "Q" this week and reviewing our numbers. Have a blessed week!

KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: We would like to wish Isabella (5-5) and Jagger (5-8) a happy birthday this week! Also, our class would like to wish all our mothers a "Happy Mother’s Day" on May 10th. The kindergarten

class will sing in Chapel next week on May 13th to honor our school volunteers and everyone is welcome to come listen at 8:30. Have a great week!

FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: Memory for Friday - 10th commandment. This will be our last memory for the year. The 10th commandment is longer than the others, please work with your child at home. Thank you to the parents who helped out at the track meet - it was greatly appreciated!! The kids did a great job in their events. 1st grade, along with Kindergarten, and Pre-K will be singing a song in chapel next Wednesday. Thank you for the gifts and the beautiful flowers that you have given me. Thank you for the gift of your children this year, they all have grown in so many ways! Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful moms!

SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: The track meet was AMAZING! Thanks so much to Mr. Redwine, Mrs. Bond, and Mrs. Erickson for all of your hard work preparing a great event. Thanks to all of the parents who were able to join us for the day. The children did well and had a fun day. Notice that we will be doing our spelling test in cursive AND in print this week. Please help your child practice. Memory work for Thursday is Galations 5:22-23. Thank you for all of the teacher appreciation gifts. I feel loved. Thanks to the Kirkpatrick’s for all the roping gear for our cowboy day. Thanks to all of the parents who joined us and supplied all of our goodies. We had a fabulous, memorable day! Happy May Birthday to Christyona and Crayton Harland! God's Blessings, Dear Friends! Have a wonderful mother's day! Blessings. . .

THIRD GRADE - Mrs. Steichen: Wow, did we learn a lot about careers. Thank you to all our parents’ business that we got to go see. I think the kids had a blast! Also, thank you to all the parents who drove and accompanied our kids. Track Meet: Everyone did an amazing job at the track meet!! Congrats to all the winners!!! This week: Spelling Test on Friday, next week will be our last one. Memory: Morning Prayer, next week Evening Prayer. Math Test Friday, and look for a Social Studies Test next week. We are almost done; let’s finish strong. O yeah, one more field trip next Thursday! Have a wonderful week!!!

FOURTH GRADE - Mrs. Sibley: Happy Birthday today to Savannah V! God Bless you as you become a beautiful young woman in HIM. What great talent that we have here in the 4th grade. God has given us amazing gifts both academically and athletically. Please continue to bring in Class Auction items. The Auction will be the last week of school, and the Cardinal Bucks continued to be earned. The auction could not happen without you.

FIFTH GRADE - Mrs. Schatte: Country oral reports are going beautifully! Wow! What talented children! What amazing parents! Tests this week include spelling and reading on Friday. Blessings!

MIDDLE SCHOOL

5/8 8th Grade to OSU 5/11 8th Grade Washington D.C. Mtg; 6:00 5/12 8th Grade Girls (current 7th) Po-Hi Volleyball

Parent Meeting, 5:00, Po-Hi Commons

5/14 4:00 Po-Hi 9th Grade Girls (next years’ 9th grade) Basketball Tryouts

MATHCOUNTS: Calling all Mathletes! We hope to have a full MathCounts Team next year. Please join us on

Wednesday, May 13, after school in the math room for a recruitment party. We’ll play some math games, have treats, and do drawings for some prizes.

Mrs. Harbeson: Happy Day! I hope you all are doing well! It's getting close! Just a few more weeks left of the school year, and we have a TON of activities going on... 8th Graders, are you ready for our trip to Stilly on Friday? It's supposed to rain but we're not going to let that stop us! I'll be sending home an itinerary today to let you know the details. Parents who are going with us, thanks so much for getting us there and back! Without you, we couldn't do these trips. Please be sure that the office has a copy of your car insurance. Everyone, please check out my website harbolanguage@blogspot.com and your student's class announcements and assignment pages. I'm offering extra credit all over the place! I will be attending my final Tec21 class on Thursday, and Jackie Burden will be my substitute. The kids love her and so do I! She's the best! That's all for now. All your hard work now will pay off later. Keep plugging away and remember that if you're feeling a little overwhelmed and stressed out, you're always welcomed to come scream in my closet! (with my permission, of course!) Blessings!

Mrs. Hanson: Tomorrow, May 7, is National Day of Prayer and 7th grade is hosting a special ceremony at 8:30 am. All classes have prepared a special prayer. Please join us and the nation in a special day of prayer!!! All classes will have a science final the last Thursday of the school year, May 21. We will review that week, but studying will need to be done at home.

7th grade has been asked to bring individual bags of Doritos for the race for life by May 14. Normally 7th grade helps serve graduation dinner. However with the small 8th grade class and large 7th grade

class, not all students will be needed, so we are asking for just 5-6 parents and students to help serve and clean up, no decorating or planning. Please contact me if you are willing and able or I will need to just volunteer a few families.

Mr. Covert: With the track meet over, we’re in the stretch run of the school year. We’re going to start skipping around a bit to hit the high points of each class before the end of the year.

In 8th grade, we’re focusing in World War I. We’ll take a day or so to look at the 1920’s before we talk about the Depression and World War II. In 7th grade, we’re wrapping up a chapter about Oceania, and will next take a look at China and the surrounding areas. In 6th grade, we’re finishing up a chapter on the Middle Ages. Next, we’ll focus on the Crusades and the Renaissance.

7th grade parents, we’re still looking at Monday, May 11th at 6 PM for our first DC meeting. It will be held in the Middle School social studies room. We’ll take a look at the costs and a sample itinerary, and get most of the basics out of the way.

May God bless us as we continue in this Easter season, and as we near the end of the school year! Mrs. Goll: Thanks, Mr. Redwine and MANY volunteers, for a great track meet on Friday. What fun to watch

our kids use their athletic talents at that very exciting day! And, thank you, Students, for all the goodies for Teacher Appreciation Week. In math, we are continuing to try to work hard and learn the most we can before our well-deserved summer rest. Please ask your child what he is studying in math and in all his/her subjects. Keep on keeping on, Students!

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

Jesus, Walking together in Jesus

It’s Time to Order 2014-2015 Yearbooks!

Complete the order form below, attach $20 per yearbook ordered, and return to the school office on or before Friday, May 22, 2015. The best way to make sure that we have pictures of your child in the yearbook, is to submit your pictures! You can email them to: jessica.steichen@cune.org; if you have too many to email, put them on a cd or flash drive with your name clearly marked, and drop it by the school office.

Yearbook Order form:

Student Name:____________________________________________________ Number of Books:_____________ X $20 each = $________________ due

Total Paid $_________ ___cash or ___check/check #_____

Contact number or e-mail address:_____________________________________

First Lutheran

Yearbook Advertisement

Please consider supporting our school yearbook

program by placing an advertisement in the

yearbook! You may buy a spot for your business, or

put in a personal ad of encouragement for your

student, their team, etc.

Price List: Full Page Ad $300.00 Half Page Ad $150.00

Quarter Page Ad $75.00 Business Card Ad $40.00

Pictures are included in ad at no additional charge.

E-mail picture to arcpc@hit.net or Contact Ann Ryan at 580-762-4243 for details.

Please make checks payable to:

First Lutheran School and return to 1104 N 4th St, Ponca City, OK 74601

Business Name: __________________________________

Contact Name: ___________________________________

Address: ________________________________________

Phone: _________________________________________

Ad Content: _____________________________________

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________________________________________________ Deadline for Yearbook Ads: May 20, 2015