“Learning and Living as God’s Baptized Children”

Eagle ConnectionThe

All-School NewsletterSeptember 3, 2020

Calendarof Events

Mon, 9/7No School

Tues, 9/8First Day of School PK2 & PK5

*Remember the new school hours are 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Wed, 9/9First Day of School PK3*Remember the new school hours are 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Fri, 9/11Chapel 8:15 a.m. Live Stream on Facebook

Dear Parents, Faculty, Pastors, Staff, and Students,

May I take a moment to say thank you?!

Parents, you have stepped up to ask good questions, support your children, learn new procedures, give generous dollars towards needs and wishes, and offer encouragement. You are amazing, strong, and supportive!

Teachers, you have invested countless hours to ready your classrooms, open your hearts to our students and their families, develop creative ways to mix the old and new way of doing things, and assist in getting our campus open again! You’ve taken on new or greater roles to maintain a standard of excellence. Your actions mirror the love of Jesus in beautiful ways.

Pastors, you have prayed for and supported the opening of our campus and the workers throughout. You have prepared to teach, interact with the students, and care for your flock in many helpful ways!

Staff, you have planned, assisted, led, enrolled, cleaned, cooked, hired, decorated, etc. Your willingness to do anything to help shows your amazing dedication to the school and students!

Students, you have been working hard to learn new things, make new friends, find your groove, know the rules, and respect authority. The sound of your voices in the hallways once more is rejuvenating and familiar!

Thanks be to God for His goodness, faithfulness, and provision as we start a new school year! Week one is done!

In joyful service,

Mrs. Dolan

Many Thanks!

Let’s Celebrate Being Back at

School with Some Spirit!

Get ready for our first Spirit Day of the school year! Next Friday, September 11, come to school in St. John’s colors. You can wear your St. John’s red shirt to show pride or get more creative by displaying

Watch for Spirit Day announcements in this newsletter every week.

Have you ever wanted to learn an instrument and play music together with your friends? Then band or orchestra at St. John’s is for you! Students 4th-8th grade are eligible to join. We play all types of music; marches, Christmas music, serious, silly, movie music and more! Band and orchestra are a great way to be creative, learn new skills, and have a lot of fun! If you would like to be a part of the band or orchestra, but don’t know what instrument you want to play, this website will demonstrate how each instrument sounds and what they look like.https://www.bepartofthemusic.orgPlease contact Mr. Baumgartner for more information on how to register.baumgarnter.88notesmusic@gmail.com

Join Band and Orchestra!

We have a few asks regarding masks/face coverings:

•Some students simply have ill-fitting masks. PLEASE help us so that we can give fewer reminders in the day. Test the masks that you’ve found and make sure that the ear loops are adjusted to secure a good fit. If you are opting to wear another style of face covering, know that the neck buffs/gaiters seem to cause the most issues for students. They stretch too much in the day and those students are constantly touching them to pull them up, which is counterproductive to the spread of germs.

•PLEASE put your child’s name on all masks as you can imagine how easy it could be to drop one or leave it behind somewhere during transitions.

•Overall, face coverings have really been a non-issue for nearly every student. Kids just go about their day without much complaint and are happy to learn and play! PLEASE model a positive attitude about something to which we must adhere.

Mask UpdatesWe love celebrating birthdays with your child, but these celebrations needto look a little different this year per our COVID-19 Preparedness Plan.

We still start recording church attendance at school. Sunday, September 6, will be the first Sunday recorded. Virtual and in-person worship will both count toward attendance.

St. John’s colors with shirts, pants, headbands, jewelry, shoes, and the like. Show off your St. John’s pride!

Birthdays at School

Church Attendance

Please do not bring in treats to share with your child’s class. The teachers will celebrate in other special ways. Thank you!

Eagle Pride: St. John’s Aides

We want to say a special “Thank You!” to all our wonderful teacher aides at St. John’s. Our aides

help facilitate learning, build strong relationships with our students, assist our

teachers in so many ways, help our students stay healthy and safe with our COVID-19

procedures, and make the day fun!We appreciate all our St. John’s aides!

(While we will only feature one person or group each week in this Eagle Pride section, we are proud of our ENTIRE Eagle family.)

Friday Chapel ServicesJoin us for Live Stream Chapel services every Friday morning at 8:15 a.m. You can watch the Chapel service online (just like the students at school) by going to this link:

Updates on Parking Lot

Procedures

Drop-Off:As soon as you drive into the parking lot in the morning for Drop-Off: • Make sure your laminated family sign is in the

passenger side window• Have your child put on their MASK and

BACKPACK• Your child should check that they have their

water bottle and lunch (if they’re eating cold lunch)

• Say Good-Bye so your child will be ready to exit the car quickly when you get to the curb

Arriving Between 7:00 – 7:30 a.m.:• *A change in procedure: Parents may now

drive up to the curb by the H-Z doors. Your child can exit the car and go into the school building. You do not need to park and walk them to the door. Thank you!

Arriving Between 7:30 – 8:00 a.m.:

• If your last name is H-Z, please pull forward up the curb so 2-3 cars can fit alongside the curb at one time.

• After your child has exited the car, pull forward a bit to allow the next car to come forward as you wait to see that your child is in the building.

• Watch your child enter the building. If they are not sent back to you within 5-10 seconds, you are free to leave. (We do not have staff to manage traffic daily, so please help us in this way.)

Pick-Up: As soon as you drive into the parking lot in the afternoon for Pick-Up: • Make sure your laminated family sign is in the

passenger side window• Watch for teacher direction and pull up in the

car line as far as you can. Your child will walk toyou. https://www.facebook.com/STJLutheran/

Mrs. Albert

Mrs. Wicht

Mrs. Woodgate

Mrs. Davis

Mrs. Rogge

Reminder: Some students walk to school and we need to be watching in the parking lot for these students. Thank you!

2nd Grade • Dice• Dominoes• Pattern Blocks• Buttons• Unifix Cubes• Rectangular Clear Tubs• 1 bag of red solo cups• 2 sets of paper plates• Extra glue bottles • Extra glue sticks• 11 complete sets of Place Value Dice

PreK • Plastic toys like Legos, Magnatiles, Waffle

Blocks, Bristle Blocks • Wooden Puzzles• Floor Puzzles • Board Games like Candy Land, Bingo,

Memory, Hi Ho Cheerio

Kindergarten• Outdoor toys: squishy footballs,

basketballs, soccer balls, playground balls, frisbees

• Legos: specifically people and wheels• Dominoes• Cooperative board games: Hoot Owl

Hoot!, Count Your Chickens, Buzz, Smoosh & Seek Treehouse, Stone Soup, Blue Plate Scramble

• Gallon and quart sized slider storage Ziploc bags

• Do-a-dot paint markers

5th – 8th Grade Science• Money Donations for Science Lab Equipment

3rd Grade • Black Dry Erase Markers• Extra Glue Sticks • Extra Glue Bottles

1st Grade • Clorox Wipes

5th – 8th Grade Language ArtsMoney for Upper Grade Scholastic Book Sets (for book clubs) -- each set is about $40

• Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Dusti Bowling)

• Esperanza Rising (Pam Munoz Ryan)• Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)• Bud, Not Buddy (Christopher Paul Curtis)

Books for 7/8th grade classroom library (Newbery Medal Winners):

• Merci Suarez Changes Gears (Meg Medina)• The Crossover (Kwame Alexander)• New Kid (Jerry Craft)• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a

Medieval Village (Schlitz)• The Higher Power of Lucky (Susan Patron)• Criss Cross (Lynne Rae Perkins)

Books for 7/8th grade classroom library (student requests):

• Among the Impostors (Haddix)• Story Thieves Book 1 (James Riley)• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules (Book 2)• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (Book 3)• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth (Book 5)• The Sea of Monsters -- Percy Jackson & The

Olympians - Book 2• Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus

(Bowling)

5th – 8th Grade Math• Math Tools available on Amazon:

-Learning Wrap-Ups Math Intro Key Kit with Self Correcting Math Problems

-Star Right Multi Math Flashcards Packfor Addition, Subtraction, etc.

Thank you for supporting our teachers! We appreciate it!

Our First Week of School

The following pages feature next week’s Learn. Pray. Grow.

It was a great first week!

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL LEARN. PRAY. GROW.

The 13th week after Trinity: Sept. 7-11, 2020

Bible Verse

3rd+ For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, For it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes. (Romans 1:16a)

Third Commandment

PreK+ Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

2nd+ What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not despise preaching and His Word, but hold it sacred and gladly hear and learn it.

Fourth Commandment

PreK+ Honor your father and your mother.

1st+ What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not despise or anger our parents and other authorities, but honor them, serve and obey them, love and cherish them.

Sun …for all who attend the Divine Service today, that they may be fed with His Word and Sacrament

…for all who do not know the joy of the Resurrection, that they hear and believe the Gospel

Mon …for all who begin a new week of work, for the unemployed, for our government, and for our teachers and students who begin a new week of school

Tues …for rescue from temptation and sin, for repentance for those who have fallen away, for the guilty to be comforted with the Gospel

Wed …for all husbands and wives, for all parents and children, that all families may live in peace according to God’s Word

Thu …for our Church and our pastors, for our teachers, for our missionaries, for all who serve and volunteer at St. John’s

Fri …for all who preach Christ crucified this weekend, for Christians who are persecuted, for all who are sick and dying

Sat … for the Holy Spirit to preserve our faith, for our hearts to be ready to hear God’s Word at the Divine Service tomorrow

Proverbs 4:10-23 Galatians 5:16-24 Luke 17:11-19

Church Hymn of the Day “Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness” (LSB 849)

School Hymn of the Month “These Are the Holy Ten Commands” (LSB 581)

Our school hymn of the month was written by none other than Martin Luther in order to teach the Small

Catechism to the children of the Church. For your devotions this week sing & discuss the stanzas here:

581 These Are the Holy Ten Commands sts. 1, 4-5, 11–12

1 These are the holy Ten Commands

God gave to us by Moses’ hands

When high on Sinai’s mount he stood,

Receiving them for our good.

Have mercy, Lord!

4 “You shall observe the worship day

That peace may fill your home, and pray,

And put aside the work you do,

So that God may work in you.”

Have mercy, Lord!

5 “You are to honor and obey

Your father, mother, ev’ry day,

Serve them each way that comes to hand;

You’ll then live long in the land.”

Have mercy, Lord!

11 You have this Law to see therein

That you have not been free from sin

But also that you clearly see

How pure toward God life should be.

Have mercy, Lord!

12 Our works cannot salvation gain;

They merit only endless pain.

Forgive us, Lord! To Christ we flee,

Who pleads for us endlessly.

Have mercy, Lord!