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Eagle Banner CONCORDIA LUTHERAN SCHOOL 8500 Durand Avenue, Sturtevant WI 53177 Sturtevant Campus 884-0991 Fax Number: 833-0322 Racine Campus 554-1659 Website: www.concordialutheranschool.net Email: Concordia@wi.rr.com March 2, 2010 IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP: Wednesday, March 10th · Kringle with the Kids Day 8:15-9:00 am · All School Chapel @ 9:15 am · Decade Day · Jump Rope for Heart donations & permission slips due
Thursday, March 11th · Tropical Day · Scrip Orders due · Girl Scouts 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Friday, March 12th · Student/Teacher Appreciation Day · Jump Rope for Heart · Athletic Apparel Day · All-Star Game @ RLHS – Girls game – 6:00 p.m. Boys game – Follows conclusion of girls’ game
Saturday, March 13th Academic Bowl @ LHS 9:00 am – 1:00 pm.
Sunday, March 14th – Daylight Savings begins (Spring Ahead)
Monday, March 15th – Friday, March 26th – Achievement Tests (Grade 2-8)
Tuesday, March 16th – Skatetown Night from 4:00-8:00 pm.
Friday, March 26th – End of Third Quarter 1/2 Day of School (Records Day)
Wednesday, March 31st – Report cards will be issued to all students whose accounts are current.
Thursday, April 1st – 1/2 Day of School (Select Parent/Teacher Conferences) No Child Care available at this time
Friday, April 2nd – Sunday April 11th – Easter Vacation
Monday, April 12th – School Resumes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NEW BLEACHERS! - You may have already heard the good news about our very recent bleacher acquisition. We have already put out requests for people to help us dismantle and load the bleachers in Indiana. There are several other steps that will need to be taken to get ready for the bleacher installation. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!
NATIONAL LUTHERAN SCHOOLS WEEK – This year’s theme, Securing Each Child’s Future – For a Life of Service, emphasizes the mission in our ministry. Please take note of the special activities designed to help us celebrate on the flyers posted throughout the buildings. We hope you plan to take part in each of them and show your school spirit. HATS FOR HAITI – Beginning Monday, March 8th through Friday, March 12th, students can bring a dollar to their teacher on any or every day and receive permission to wear a hat to school for the day. Bring a buck every day and wear a hat all week long! Help us help Haiti ~ have fun, wear a hat! DUE TOMORROW…JUMP ROPE FOR HEART COLLECTION ENVELOPES AND PERMISSION SLIPS! Thank you in advance for getting your donations in prior to the event. Please convert all cash to check or money order. If you have any questions please speak to Mrs. Peters or Mrs. Fuerstenau. Thanks for your support! DON’T FORGET! Tuition payments must be received by the tenth of the month. Please send in your payment promptly. MARCH’S ABOVE & BEYOND is in Math. Please ask your child or his/her teacher what can be done in this area to go above and beyond classroom expectations. ONLY 24 DAYS LEFT to register your child for the 2010-2011 school year and save $75.00 on the registration fee! Enrolling now saves you and helps us determine staffing for next year as well. Please register by April 1st. Additional forms are available in the school office. A NICE START to this celebratory week was enjoyed at our Concordia Sunday at Holy Cross. Many thanks to the Preschool through grade two students who sang and the third through eighth graders who played bells. You warmed the hearts of many. ACHIEVEMENT TESTS – At Concordia, we give two different standardized tests in grades 2-8: the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT). This year these will be given Monday, March 15h through Friday, March 26th. - The Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) provides an in-depth assessment of a student’s achievement and compares that achievement to students of the same grade level across the country. Tests in reading, language arts, math, social studies, science, and information sources provide reliable and comprehensive information about both the development of students’ skills and their ability to think critically. - The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) measures students’ abilities to reason with words, quantitative concepts, and spatial/figural drawings, and compares that with students of the same age and grade across the country. The primary purpose of the CogAT is to assess students’ reasoning and problem-solving abilities. This test does not measure any academic achievement WARM WINTERIM THANKS to all of our family, friends, and teachers who donated their time, talents, and treasurers to another wonderful Winterim! The students thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity to experience a variety of new and interesting things. Special thanks to Mrs. Mortenson and Mrs. Kosmala for the hours of sweat (and tears?) coordinating this unique learning opportunity. EAGLE AWARDS – Congratulations to the following students who received the Eagle Award for January. This award is given to those students who display outstanding Christian character: Mara W., Zachary S., Christian B., Sullivan S., Seth M.r, Alexa P., Awniah A., Grant B., Emily P., Makennah I., Cameron W., Hannah N., Alexis C, and Morgan U. THANK YOU, THANK YOU! – Thank you to all our families who participated in the Mr. Z's Fundraiser for PTL. Whether you were a student seller or a purchaser of items, your contribution is truly appreciated. All profits raised go directly back into school. Congratulations to our top sellers this year!!! Selling more than 50 items was: Bryce D.(6), Lille D. (PS3), Miranda D. (8), Torilyn (8) and Alex (6) S., Lela T. (PS3), and Seth M. (3) and students selling more than 35 items: David V. (2), Rachel K. (6), Brandon D. (4), Korina T. (K), Samantha P. (6), and Nolan C. (K). All of these students will be treated to a Limo Lunch on PTL this Spring! A special thank you to Kim Niesen and Lori Underhill for helping with set-up and distribution! WELCOME, ZACHARY! We would like you to join us in welcoming the newest addition to our Concordia family, Zachary M. Zach is in the sixth grade. Please add his contact information to your directory. Call the school office for this information or see hard copy Eagle Banner. CONGRATULATIONS & GOD’S BLESSINGS to the Eberhardt Family as they welcome Gabriel Connor into the world and their family. Gabriel was born on Saturday, March 6th at 1:10 a.m., weighing 8 lbs. 10 oz. and measuring 21 inches. We thank God for the blessing of this child. Mother and son are doing well. CONCERNS/QUESTIONS regarding anything related to your child, his/her progress, peer interactions, homework, etc. should immediately be brought to the teacher. Please see pg. 9 (Parental Concerns and Complaints) for required guidelines for matters such as this. We are happy to work with you! YEARBOOK - We are happy to accept snapshots of special events that you have photographed. Please submit them via email or CD. We will incorporate as many as we can in the yearbook. All photos must be received by Friday, March 12th. READY TO JUMP? Friday, March 12th is the big day! Our goal is that every child participates in collecting donations to help us stomp out heart disease and stroke. We hope to surpass last year’s total of $3,562. Students who raise $5.00 or more earn fun thank you gifts from the American Heart Associations. Anyone raising $30.00 and more will participate in fun at-school activities: $30.00 – Sign the principal’s t-shirt $50.00 – T-Shirt Club/LIFESAVER WALL $75.00 – Silly String the Principal $100.00 – Create a Teacher Human Sundae Please turn in all donations and permission slips by March 10th. ACADEMIC BOWL @ RLHS – Students in grades 5 – 8 will compete against students from other area Lutheran Schools on Saturday, March 13th. Competitions on site will be held in the areas of spelling, science (airplane fold and toss) and Quiz Bowl (game show style with questions from varied content areas). Come out between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm to cheer on your friends at Lutheran High! GRADE SCHOOL ALL STAR GAME @ RLHS – It’s on again! Eighth grade students (and possibly some seventh) from our girls and boys basketball teams will be assembled on teams with students from St. John’s, Trinity and Racine Christian to compete. The girls will begin at 6:00 p.m. and the boys’ game will follow immediately thereafter. Come on out and cheer on our players! NEED CHILD CARE FOR DAYS OFF? Concordia is exploring the feasibility of providing child care on half days, Records Days, and the like (this will notinclude inclement weather days or vacations such as Christmas, Easter, etc.). Please use the link below by March 31st to participate in a survey to determine the need for this service. Your input is valuable! Survey link: http://www.doodle.com/irzuysv97iabyq5x GRADE SCHOOL LOCK IN – An all-night lock-in will be held for 7th and 8th grade students at Racine Lutheran High on April 23, 2010. Permission slips have been sent with these students. Please refer to the form for details or call Racine Lutheran High School (637-6538) for more information. MARKET DAY – Ready to get grillin’? Market Day has a wonderful assortment of just what you need for those Spring cookouts. Buy two grilling items (p. 2-3 of the flyer) and receive a FREE Get Grillin’ Starter Pack. Flyers are coming home today and are due back by Friday, March 19th. Your order raises funds for our school! MRS. BAARTS will be serving as our long term substitute during Mrs. Eberhardt’s maternity leave. Please keep Mrs. Eberhardt, Mrs. Baarts and the students in your prayers. We are thankful to have them all in God’s wonderful hands. Special thanks to Mrs. Baarts for her continued regular help at our school! THANK YOU for your help with the coupons for our soldiers overseas. There have been 1800 coupons collected so far. Please continue to bring them in. J SAVE THE DATE – On Sunday, October 3rd Concordia Lutheran School will celebrate 40 years in Christian education. We are looking forward to celebrating this milestone in the ministry with you. If you are interested in being on a committee to work on the planning of a dinner event, please contact the school office. J CHAPEL OFFERING - Our offerings last week totaled $31.30. March and April offerings will be directed to Operation Restoration to assist Lutheran Schools affected by the tragedy in Haiti. PRAYERS FOR THE WEEK - We would like to once again remember families from our school on a weekly basis. This week please remember in your prayers the families of Amiyah L. (K), Seth M. (3), Zachary M. (6) and our friends at Pentecost Lutheran Church. “GOTCHAS” Our program can use any donations that you can provide. These extras are enjoyed and appreciated greatly by our students. This week’s winners received their choice of sticks, pixy stix or glow sticks. Our winners are as follows in grades 3-5: Seth M., Darion F. and Aubrey N.; in grades 6-8: Torilyn S., Mitchell W. and Alexis C. Congratulations to our winners! A VERSE TO REMEMBER (Matthew 18:3) “Unless you repent and become like little children, you can never enter the Kingdom of God.” Thought for the day: Grow up in your behavior but remain childlike in your attitude of trust and dependence on God. For More Information Contact: |
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