Chatter 9 16 15

1 Growing up Into Jesus, Reaching Out with Jesus, Walking Together in Jesus

Jeremy May, Pastor David Birnbaum, Principal Sunday Services: 8:30, 11:00 School: 580-762-9950 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. website: flspc.org Church: 580-762-1111 E-mail: [email protected] www.flcspc.com Child Care: 580-762-1124 FastDirect: fastdir.com/flcspc

September 16, 2015

CARDINAL CHATTER

9/16 Mid-Quarter Reports

9/17 Family Fun Night! 9/18 Teacher’s Convention; No School, No Daycare 9/20 90th Anniversary - Pastor Ramsey preaching/BBQ

lunch afterwards-bring side or dessert 9/21 Golf Meeting, 3:30, 4th Grade Room 9/21-25 8th Grade to Washington D.C. 9/23 See You At the Pole, 7:45 a.m.

9/23-25 6th Grade to Lutherhoma 9/25 PK Muffins with Mom’s 9/24-25 7th Grade to Zoo Snooze 9/25 4th Grade to Rose Hill Deadline f/Lutheran Schools Pen Pals 10/11 90th Anniversary Celebration/Lunch 10/21 Hearing Tests (Rescheduled) 10/25 FLS Golf Classic

SEE YOU AT THE POLE: Come be UNITED with First Lutheran School as we are praying for our country, leaders,

school, and world. Prayer begins at 7:45 a.m. September 23, 2015. They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. Acts 1:14

DAYCARE: Due to the lack of sign-ups, daycare will be closed Friday, September 18th; have a great weekend. WHO BELONGS TO WHOM??? Please get your family together and take a picture at Family Fun Night. It doesn't

have to be fancy. We want to put together a Family directory. If your child is from a divorce situation, do it twice with the other parent. If not all of your family is there, that's okay. Get a picture done anyway. This will be a GREAT memory. If we get enough participation, only those families that have their picture taken will get a Free Family Picture Directory.

PASTOR TOM AND PEG RAMSEY will be in town this weekend to preach for our 8:30 and 11 a.m. 90th Anniversary worship services. You are all invited to bring a side dish or dessert and join us for BBQ for a noon lunch this Sunday - September 20.

YEARBOOK PICTURES REQUESTED! Replay It is a free app from Jostens that is used by school to share photos from the year. We have an account set up and once you download the app and link it to our school, you will be able to upload pictures from your phone right then and there. NO more saving the photos to a jump drive and then tracking someone down to give it to. The pictures only take seconds to upload and share with everyone. If you missed an event, you may go out and look at all the photos. So please download the app today and start sharing your pictures!!!

PAPA MURPHY’S PIZZA NIGHT: happens on September 24; the 4th Thursday! For every purchase you make, if you tell them you are with First Lutheran School, we will get a percentage of your purchase as a donation to the school! Proceeds from this fundraiser will go to update the early childhood playground and provide age-appropriate playscapes for our 2 and 3 year old classes.

GOLF MEETING: If you are willing to help with the golf tournament please come to an organizational meeting Tuesday September 21st in Mrs. Sibley’s classroom at 3:30. Here we will come up with ways to improve the golf tournament and get organized for October 25th.

GOLF PRIZE DRAWING: Congratulations to the family of Ashton Ward! They were one of our sponsors for our Spring Golf Tournament, and they were the lucky winners of a credit to their First Lutheran School account! We will have a similar drawing for the fall Golf tournament; if you are interested in being a sponsor or would like to sign up to play golf, see the information below or stop by the office for a flyer.

FAMILY FUN NIGHT: This fun-filled evening sponsored by the PTL is scheduled for Thursday, September 17th. Food and drink items will be sold from the concession stand from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., and games will run from 6:00-9:00 p.m. Please see the attached flyer for information regarding pre-ordering tickets and punch cards for food/drinks. Everyone in the church and school is invited to attend.


We ask that you contribute the following items to help keep the costs down. According to which grade your student(s) are in, please send the following items to school with your student(s) to be used for Family Fun Night games and prizes. If you have any questions, please contact Dona Mullins at 405-880-6820. PS = 1 bag of Charms suckers PK, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade = Cakes, cookies,

cupcakes, or brownies for the Cake Walk! (Please use disposable containers/packages for the items, as they will be going home with the winner)

2nd Grade = 1 can of colored hair spray 3rd & 4th Grade = 1 big bag assorted candy (fun pack)

5th Grade = 1 12-pack of pop, any kind 6th Grade = 1 box of FunDip candy 7th Grade = Cakes, cookies, cupcakes, or brownies

for the Cake Walk! (Please use disposable containers/packages for the items, as they will be going home with the winner)

8th Grade = One 12-pack of pop, any kind

HEARING TESTS RE-SCHEDULED: Due to a conflict in scheduling, the hearing tests have been re-scheduled to Wednesday, October 21.

90TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CATERED LUNCH: JOIN US for a catered lunch on Sunday, October 11 to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of our congregation. Everyone is invited to attend. We will have videos, pictures, and memorabilia of the old school and building projects. Please let the Church or School Office know if you plan to attend so that we will have enough food.

FIRST LUTHERAN SCHOOL CARDINAL CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT: Are you a golfer and are looking for a fun opportunity to help First Lutheran? Maybe you're not a golfer, but would still like to support our students! You don’t golf; though want to be part of an amazing day? If any of these opportunities appeal to you, we have the event coming up! The second Cardinal Classic golf tournament will be held on Sunday, October 25, at Wentz Golf Course. All money raised will benefit the FLS technology and educational programs. We began the technology upgrade last time; we need to finish now. Interested in participating in the 4 person scramble? Attached to the back of this Cardinal Chatter is your registration form. You may sign up a team, or you may sign up as an individual. Do you want to support the school through a sponsorship? A sponsor form is also attached so you can choose your level of giving. Remember, all levels of hole sponsorship are tax deductible! Need a little more incentive to get involved? For every $100 sponsor/donation that you bring to the office, your name will be placed in a drawing to win one of two prizes: a $250 credit and/or a $125 credit to your child’s First Lutheran School account! Let's get out, play a little golf, and help raise money for our students. If you have any questions, please contact our school office.

AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING: After school tutoring began on September 8 in the math classroom. It is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30.

PAYMENT OPTIONS: To make tuition and other payments a little less of a hassle, we take cash, checks, and credit cards. Additionally, if you desire, we can store your credit card number and run it weekly on Tuesday’s, monthly (on the 16th), or only when you call or email and request it. In these cases, we send your receipts home with your students. Auto-withdrawals are also available, where your specified amount is automatically drafted from your bank account on the 16th, and applied to the accounts that you designate. If you have any questions about any of these services, or would like to sign up for them, please stop by or call the school office at 580-762-9950.

FIELD TRIPS: If you are planning on driving for a school field trip, please remember to stop by the school office and let us make a copy of your driver’s license and vehicle insurance for our files. Thanks!

LUTHERAN SCHOOLS PEN PALS: Lutheran Schools Pen Pals is a program for 2nd – 8th grade LCMS students. Each participating child will be matched with another child of similar age and interests. If you are interested, please complete the forms attached to last weeks’ Chatter, or stop by the office and pick one up. Return the form with your $5.00 fee to the address on the form by September 25.

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF SCHOOL KITS: We are still taking collections for School Kits; if you are willing to donate supplies, a school kit contains the following items. Please consider donating one or more of these supplies: 4 spiral 70-page notebooks, 1 ruler (with centimeters), 1 manual pencil sharpener, 1 blunt scissors, 5 unsharpened #2 pencils, 5 black or blue pens, 1 box of 16 or 24 crayons, 1 2½” eraser.

PRINCIPAL – Mr. Birnbaum: We are at Mid-Quarter today. Can you believe we have finished one-eighth of the school year. Keep an eye on your child's grades so you are not surprised at the Teacher Report Card Conferences on Friday - October 23. Hope to see you at Family Fun Night tomorrow.

PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Herard: We are almost done with the first month of school! The children are doing a great job and we are having a wonderful time! The theme this week is "Dinosaurs" and our letter is "D". We are working on


scissor skills and drawing straight lines. I look forward to seeing everyone at Family Fun Night on Thursday. Don't forget, no school on Friday as teachers will be gone to conference. A big thanks to those bringing wish list items and to Deana Reid for volunteering to read to the MWF class every other Friday! You are the best! God bless your week.

PRE-KINDERGARTEN - Mrs. Kelly: Thank you Mrs. Harland and Ms. Weaver for helping the children with our pumpkin project for Family Fun Night! Family Fun Night is tomorrow; if you haven't signed up to work our booth please let me know and we will put you in a time slot. I hope everyone can come, it is always a fun night. Please remember our class is responsible for bringing cakes, cookies, cupcakes, brownies, etc., for the cakewalk. We will not have school on Friday. Put October 14 on your calendar ECE will be going to the Pumpkin Patch in Winfield. We will send a note out next week. We will celebrate our Moms with Muffins with Moms next Friday, September 25th. Our Bible words this week are I, the Lord, am your Savior. Isaiah 60:16 Have a blessed week!

PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Flaherty: Hello everyone, with the short week we are learning about space and the letter "Rr" this week and next week. Family Fun night will be Thursday the 17th; please bring in your cake for the cake walk Thursday morning. Thank you for wish list items! Our Bible words this week are, God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good. Genesis 1:31. Blessings!

KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: This Thursday is Family Fun Night! Also, we don't have school on Friday. We have now been through all our letters once and now we will go through them again slower taking one letter a week. We will be working hard on our writing (doing it the correct way). I wanted to let all the parents know about a web page called www.starfall.com. We use this every day and it has some great books on it. This is a free site. Our class would like to wish Braydn a happy birthday on Sept. 21st! Have a wonderful week!

FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: Memory work for THURSDAY - If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. Luke 17:3. Also, remember to return reading notebooks on Thursday. Thank you to Jennifer Heitman for planning our Family Fun Night project and to those of you who have sent your $2 to help with the cost. Thank you also Kristi Hunter for helping with the project. If you can help work at our class booth on Thursday night, please call Jennifer and let her know. More help is needed! Hope to see you at Family Fun Night! Happy birthday to Addie on Sunday! Have a great Friday off from school!

SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: It feels like fall today! Thank you, God! We're so excited for Family Fun Night. Thanks to Mrs. Shepherd for helping us make the best pumpkins. Be sure to sign up to help operate our booth(s). We'll have our spelling test on Thursday because Friday is no school! Also, memory work is due Friday, Philippians 4:13. Blessings!

Be on the lookout for the ugliest bug you can find. Bring the bug to your teacher by Monday, September 28. Our school's bug will be chosen on Tuesday and sent away to be entered in the state's contest. HAPPY HUNTING!

THIRD GRADE - Mrs. Steichen: Midquarters are here! We have already made it through the first part of this quarter, already finished one Unit in reading, taken one math test and another this week, and have learned so many new things. Please look for a report in your child’s mail today with their current grades and a note. Remember that third grade gets honor roll this year; you have 3 weeks till the end! This week: Spelling and Math test on Thursday. Memory: Genesis through Daniel, next week all the OT books. A couple of students have already done theirs, so if your child is ready they can say it/sing it to me any time. Freckle Juice: We are reading this book together in class this week, if they do not finish their questions you may see a book and work coming home. Spelling: next week will be a review week for spelling, I will pick about 5 words for each story and use those as our words (20 words with 5 bonus). Book Report: Remember book reports are due on October 2nd. If you have any questions please let me know. No school on Friday!! Have a great week!

FOURTH GRADE - Mrs. Sibley: Come to the Kay Co. Fair to see if you have something being shown to earn a ribbon. Don’t forget to return your Midterm Reports by Tuesday. We are really excited about Family Fun Night. If you have not, please bring in your candy; don’t forget to talk with Mrs. Wilson about your time for our booth. Spelling, Memory, and Reading tests are tomorrow. If you can help with the baking on the 24th, please let me know. Please look for that note for items to bring to bake. Remember there is no school on Friday. Blessings as we prepare and plan for our events.

FIFTH GRADE - Mrs. Schatte: Please see my Fast Direct Planner for important information concerning some changes. This week's tests include(d) language, Monday, social studies, Tuesday, and spelling and reading on Thursday since we don't have school on Friday. I hope to see everyone at Family Fun Night Thursday evening. That is always so much fun for everyone. Enjoy your long weekend! Blessings!


MIDDLE SCHOOL Mrs. Goll: Math classes are all testing over chapter two this week or early next week. We’re beginning to see

more “late work”. Students can be ready for class if they use their planners, ask for help as needed, and really work on “focus”. If your student has a focus problem, please do the following: watch his diet and sleep habits, limit his screen time (whether it’s the phone, the TV, or a gaming device), and when he does homework at home, encourage him to get all supplies gathered and then stay seated and on task until the homework is completed. Some students will drag a 10 minute assignment into an hour because they allow themselves to use any excuse to keep from the task at hand. If he does not understand the lesson, encourage him to reread the examples in the book, to look at the problems we did together in class, and to call me or a classmate if he’s still stumped.

Family Fun Night – Mrs. Goll: I hope to see all of you here tomorrow evening for a great time. Thanks to those of you who have volunteered to help with our karaoke booth and to those who have already sent their box of Fun Dip.

LUTHERHOMA – Mrs. Goll: Lutherhoma is next week. I have almost all enrollment forms and checks for $100. It’s not too late to turn those in. I’ll send home additional information on Monday listing drivers, riders, and chaperones. We always enjoy our time at camp. Thanks to all of you who have indicated you can help with this event. I did send home a request for cookies. If you can send three dozen with your student on Wednesday that will help us with dessert for camp meals.

Have a blessed week. Mrs. Harbeson: I hope you're all doing well. Please forgive me for not having my webpage up and going last

week. We sure have a busy two weeks coming up! Here are a few highlights...mid-quarter is today. (Crazy, huh?!) Family Fun Night is this Thursday evening. Please check your class announcement page on my webpage to see what we need your student to bring. No school for the students this Friday! The teachers are attending a convention in Midwest City. Join us for church this Sunday as Tom and Peg Ramsey will be here from Florida! Pastor Ramsey was the former pastor at First Lutheran and Peg taught middle school math. Pastor will be giving the message this Sunday for church. The 8th grade class will be attending their Washington D.C. trip from September 20-25. The 7th grade class will be attending the Zoo Snooze September 24-25. The 6th grade class will be attending Camp Lutherhoma September 23-25. See? I told you there was a lot going on! Please be sure to keep up with your assignments. Handing assignments in on time will ensure better grades! Have a blessed week!

Mrs. Hanson: 6th Grade is chuggin' along with atoms. We are going to be wrapping up the basics and testing soon, probably the week after Lutherhoma.

7th Grade is identifying minerals and will take an unknown mineral quiz by the end of the week. 7th grade is responsible for the food at Family Fun Night which is THIS THURSDAY! A sign-up sheet is on my website. Any hours you work will be fundraising for you D.C. trip. Every 7th Grader needs to sell meal tickets and bring 1lb cooked taco meat and 1 LARGE bag of shredded cheese.

8th Grade has expanded their exploration from insects to arthropods, ask you student what the difference is between the two. The bug project will be due Oct. 6.

Mr. Covert: We’ve hit the middle of the quarter at FLS! We’ve had a good start to the year and I’m looking forward to the progress we’ll make after seeing these first few weeks!

In 8th grade, we’re discussing the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution prior to taking our trip to DC. In 7th grade, we’re going to finish up the Eastern half of the United States before we have a break for field trips. 6th grade is still discussing Egypt, but we’re reaching the end of that particular era of history before we jump to another early civilization.

I pray that God blesses us all richly as we continue to do everything to the glory of His name!

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

Walking together in Jesus


Family Fun Night Thursday, September 17, 2015

First Lutheran School Games: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Food available 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the concession stand Family fun night is an evening of food, prizes, and family fun sponsored by the First Lutheran School PTL! The 7th grade class will be selling pizza by the slice, frito locos, cookies, pop, water, snow cones, and cotton candy, and the proceeds will go to fund their 8th grade trip to Washington D.C. next year. A punch card is available in the office for $10 worth of food and drink at the concession stand; when you purchase the cards in advance, you will get a free cotton candy at Family Fun Night. Punch cards are only available in advance, but concessions may be purchased with cash at the event. Tickets for the games are $ .50 each; most games can be played with 1 ticket, but some may require 2. Please see next week’s Cardinal Chatter for details. To pre-order your tickets for the meal and/or game tickets, please fill out the form below and return it to the school office with your payment. Thanks for your support of the First Lutheran School PTL!

Food/drink punch cards: _____ x $10.00 each = $__________ (pre-order for 1 free cotton candy!)

Groups of 10 Game Tickets: _____ x $5.00 each= $__________ Groups of 20 Game Tickets: _____ x $10.00 each= $__________ Total Enclosed = $__________ Student Name:______________________ Grade:_____

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