Chatter 9 9 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 9, 2015

CARDINAL CHATTER

9/10 FLS Day @ Marco’s Pizza! 9/10 3:30, Library, Family Fun Night Meeting 9/11 Yearbook signing party 9/16 Hearing Tests Mid-Quarter Reports 9/17 Family Fun Night! 9/18 Teacher’s Convention; No School 9/20 90th Anniversary-Pastor Ramsey preaching 9/21-25 8th Grade to Rose Hill

9/23 See You At the Pole, 7:45 a.m. 9/23-25 6th Grade to Lutherhoma 9/24 Papa Murphy’s Night! 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 10/25 FLS Golf Classic

FAMILY FUN NIGHT: It sounds like we’re getting there. If you can, join us on Thursday, September 10, at 3:30 in

the school library for one more meeting to finalize plans. Thanks. 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

MARCO’S PIZZA DAY: happens on September 10; the 2nd Tuesday! For every purchase you make at Marco’s, 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.

YEARBOOK: If you have yet to get your yearbook, please stop by the school office and get yours today. If you did not pre-order one, they are $20. We will be having a signing party on September 11th.

DAYCARE: There is no school Friday, September 18th; if you are needing child care, please sign up between September 8-14 at the daycare. We need at least 15 children in attendance to open.

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 of 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

5TH – 8TH GRADE ESSAY CONTEST: Sponsored by the Daughter’s of the American Revolution: If you are in grades 5-8, you are invited to enter an essay into an essay contest. The essay should be 300-1,000 words (see entry information in the office). The essay topic is: March 22, 2015 marks the 250th anniversary of the Stamp Act. Describe a colonial


family’s discussion about the new Stamp Act and what role it played in organizing the colonists against the British King and Parliament.

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.

HEARING TESTING is being conducted here for Pre-K, Kindergarten, 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th grades on September 16. Results will be shared with the parents and re-testing will occur on Wednesday - October 21 for those who did not pass the first time in the event of allergy, congestion, etc.

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 drivers 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: BIBLICAL PARENTING--Friends In Christ, On Wednesday, September 23rd, Messiah Lutheran Church in Oklahoma City will be hosting a PARENTING SEMINAR from 6-8pm called HONOR: The Secret Ingredient For Family Life. This seminar is being presented by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller from the National Center for Biblical Parenting. Attached is additional seminar information. For more information or to register, visit biblicalparenting.org/register or call (609) 771-8002.

LIBRARY – Mrs. Ware: Hello everyone! Last Thursday, Lauren from Mrs. Powell's second grade class was Librarian for the Day. She helped in the ECE library in the morning, doing puzzles with the children after story time and picking activities for second through fifth grade in the afternoon. We had a great lunch at Freddy's together and lots of fun the whole day. Thanks Lauren!

PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Herard: Welcome back! Hope everyone enjoyed the Labor Day weekend. The rest of the week will be busy! Next Thursday, the 17th, will be Family Fun Night. Please visit our room mom Lauren Payne about ways you can help with manning our booth or creating the class "harvest project" (pumpkin, scarecrow, etc.) Remember,


NO SCHOOL Friday the 18th as teachers attend a conference. Our theme for this week is "Feelings" and our letter is "C". God bless your week!

PRE-KINDERGARTEN - Mrs. Kelly: I hope you enjoyed your long weekend! Ask your children about our caterpillars and butterflies. Thank you to the Harland family for sharing them with us. The field trip forms were due to me today. If you haven't sent yours back, please send it tomorrow. I have extended the deadline for our first book order, it is due to me or online this Friday, September 11th. This is great way to build your library at home, and to help our class get books and supplies. Thank you for the wish list items! Our Bible words this week are, God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:10. We are learning about words this week. Have a blessed week!

KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: I hope everyone had a great long weekend! We have a new student this week and his name is Levi. Welcome to our kindergarten class Levi! Today a Scholastic book order is coming home and it will be due by Wednesday Sept. 16th. Please make your checks out to Scholastic or you can order online with a credit card. Have an awesome week!

FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: I hope that everyone had a nice and restful weekend. Thank you for working with your child on their memory work - they are doing a great job! Memory for Friday: Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out. Acts 3:19. Field trip forms along with $1 were due today. Please turn yours in tomorrow if you have not done so yet. A reminder for water bottles - please bring only WATER in your bottle - thanks! Blessings on your week.

SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: What a wonderful, restful weekend! We're good to go again. We will NOT have a spelling test this Friday. We'll work on this list for these two shorter weeks. The test for these words will be on Thursday, September 17. Memory work for tomorrow, Thursday, is Psalm 90:1 "Lord, You have been our dwelling place throughout all generations." Blessings.

THIRD GRADE - Mrs. Steichen: I hope everyone had a nice and relaxing three day weekend. Thank you to all the parents who drove for us last week on the field trip. We had a good time and learned a lot. This week: Spelling, Reading, and Memory all on Friday. Book Orders are also due on Friday. Book Report information should have come home yesterday, if not please ask your child about this. These are due on October 2nd. If you have any questions please let me know. September 17th is Family Fun Night, Ann Jackson will be contacting you to see when you are available to work one of our games. September 18th no school, teachers conference. If you have a question on spelling words or memory please check the bulletin board as I will keep it up dated. Have a great week!!!

FOURTH GRADE - Mrs. Sibley: What a wonderful relaxing three day weekend we had. Continue reading to earn our AR goals! Remember mid-term reports are going out next week. Please continue to sign planners nightly. Friday at 10 a.m. we will be trying on Rose Hill Clothes, sewing our Nine Patch Quilts, & peeling our apples. Each child needs to bring in an apple on Friday so that we may peel and eat them as we would in 1910. If you are going to have clothes made or have other non-classroom Rose Hill clothes to wear, please let me know so we do not reserve clothes for you. Remember moms and dads need to dress in time period clothes also. If you have scrap fabrics at home to donate or if there is a favorite fabric students want to use, please send them into school. Peace as you serve the Lord.

FIFTH GRADE - Mrs. Schatte: What an enjoyable Labor Day weekend I had! It sounds like many children also enjoyed their long weekend. Now it's back to work! Tests this week include spelling and reading on Friday. Please see my Fast Direct Bulletin Board for specific directions about these tests. Tutoring at FLS started this week. Some of us are struggling with math and possibly language. If your child needs extra help, the FLS-PTL offers this tutoring free of charge. It's after school on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s from 3:30-4:30 in the Middle School Math Room. If you have questions or concerns, you may contact me at 580-763-4856. Blessings!

MIDDLE SCHOOL Mrs. Goll: Math: I’m really pleased with the level of effort of our math students. Just a few minutes of review

each evening will help solidify concepts. I give credit for corrections; remind your student to make the effort to do corrections. It will help his/her grade and his/her understanding.

Sixth Grade – LUTHERHOMA – Mrs. Goll: Sixth-graders should have brought home information about Lutherhoma yesterday. If you have not yet seen it, please ask your student. Call or text if you have questions. More information will be coming.


Mrs. Harbeson: I hope you all enjoyed your Labor Day weekend! Starting school on Tuesday has thrown me off just a bit, so please excuse my tardy webpage! It's hard to believe, but today marks the mid-quarter point of the first nine weeks. I'm pleased with most of our students when it comes to handing in assignments on time and doing them well. Keep up the good work! I want to encourage all students (and parents) to keep up with assignments and grades by checking into your FastDirect account regularly. I'm sure all of the middle school students are looking forward to their upcoming trips. 7th grade...your permission slips are due today. If you forgot to bring it, get it to me ASAP so I can continue making the necessary arrangements. That's all for now! Blessings on the rest of your week!

Mrs. Hanson: 7th Grade cookie dough orders needed to be in today, Wednesday. We will ship those orders off and cookie dough should be here in about two weeks.

8th Grade is still collecting bugs. Please ask your student how many bugs they have collected and identified. The project due date is quickly approaching and the insects are quickly dying off for winter.

6th grade is just crusin' through atoms! I am so impressed. We are moving on and learning about electrons and their connections with bonding (pun intended).

7th grade will need to make a scarecrow or pumpkin project for the Family Fun Night, if you have any ideas or resources, please let us know. 7th Grade is also in charge of selling dinner that night. A signup sheet for times will be posted within the next week.

Mr. Covert: I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend and is ready to get back to work at FLS! Here's what's happening this week!

In 8th grade, we've started our DC primer. This is for the students to get familiar with the history of DC, and will take about a week and a half. It's mostly self work and research, but they will have ample class time in which to do so. In 7th grade, we're wrapping up human geography, and moving into locations. Our first location is North America, east of the Mississippi River. We'll start in on that Thursday after we wrap up human geography. And in 6th grade, we're still focusing on Ancient Egypt. We have a wealth of knowledge about this civilization, and we are studying it diligently as we go.

8th grade parents, I sent out fastdirect messages and notes with the students regarding the amount needed for DC. I will need those by the end of the week! Also, we have a final logistical meeting planned for Thursday, September 17th, at 6 PM. This one WILL happen, and we will go over our itinerary and what to expect the day we head out. I will also give you any amount you overpaid at that time so you can take care of it before we leave.

I hope everyone is refreshed and recharged following the long weekend. God's blessings on the rest of this short week!

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 $5.00 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 = $__________


First Lutheran School’s Cardinal Classic

Golf Fundraiser Tournament

2015 Sponsor Form

First Lutheran School is hosting its first ever “Cardinal Classic” fundraising golf

tournament on Sunday, October 25, and we need your help!

We hope this tournament will become an annual event to help raise money for

First Lutheran School. This year, the money raised at the tournament will help fund the school’s

educational and technology departments for grades Pre-K through 8th grade.

The 4-person scramble will be held at Wentz Golf Course, and you can support FLS by becoming a hole

sponsor for $100, a putting green sponsor for $200, or an entrance sponsor for $500. (See below for

explanation of different levels of sponsorship.) Sponsors will have a sign or banner with their business or

family names placed at the tournament for all participants to view. If you do not want to be a sponsor,

donations are also welcomed and appreciated. Not only is your donation 100% tax deductible, it will also be

helping First Lutheran provide our students with updated technology for use in the classroom.

Please check which level of sponsorship you would like to make your donation.

□ $500 Entrance Sponsor: includes 4-person team entry fee plus banner with your name or place of business

displayed along the entrance to the tournament.

□ $200 Putting Green Sponsor: includes a banner with your name of place of business displayed at the putting

green.

□ $100 Hole Sponsor: includes a sign with your name or place of business displayed at one of the 18 holes.

□ Donation: $ _________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please print name exactly how you would like it printed on sign.

Thank you for your consideration. Please make checks payable to First Lutheran School. To sign up for

the tournament, please contact First Lutheran School at (580) 762-4243. For more information on how you

can support the school please call Principal David Birnbaum at (580) 762-4243.

To allow time to have all signs and banners made, all sponsor forms are due by

Friday, October 09, 2015.

Paid:

Check Number and amount: _____________________ cash (amount):___________

FLS student/family referral: ______________________________________________

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