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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 3rd Market Day Pickup at Faith 3:30-4:30. Thursday, March 4th Staff Development Day -½ day of school (No after school care) Sunday, March 7th Concordia Sunday at Holy Cross – 9:00 service Lutheran Schools Week begins Monday, March 8th Crazy Class Costumes Day Hats for Haiti kickoff Tuesday, March 9th AREA LUTHERAN SCHOOLS CHAPEL@ LHS beginning at 9:45 am. Over the Top School Colors/Spirit Wear Day Wednesday, March 10th Kringle with the kids 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 NO All-Star Game (watch for updates) 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. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ MARKET DAY PICK UP – is Wednesday, March 3rd from 3:30 – 4:30 pm in the Faith gym. Please mark your calendars and we’ll see you then! NATIONAL LUTHERAN SCHOOLS WEEK – This Sunday marks the beginning of our celebrations of Lutheran Schools and the ministry they provide across the country. This year’s theme, Securing Each Child’s Future – For a Life of Service, emphasizes the mission in that ministry. Please take note of the special activities designed to help us celebrate in the flyer coming home today. We hope you plan to take part in each of them, beginning with CONCORDIA SUNDAY on March 7th! HATS FOR HAITI – In addition to our March and April offerings being directed to assist Lutheran Schools affected by the tragedy in Haiti, we are collecting dollars daily. 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! 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 KRINGLE WITH THE KIDS & JOINT CHAPEL will be held next Wednesday at the Faith campus. Parents, grandparents, and other special individuals are invited to come for Kringle beginning at 8:15AM and stay for chapel following fellowship. Preschool thru Second Grade will hold classes at Faith that day. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend! 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. 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! CONCORDIA SUNDAY COMING UP –This Sunday, March 7th we will kick off National Lutheran School’s Week at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in the 9:00 am service. Please plan to join us and indicate such by returning the green response sheet sent home last week back tomorrow. 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? Next 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 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. MRS. BAARTS will be serving as our long term substitute during Mrs. Eberhardt’s maternity leave. Mrs. Eberhardt is due mid-March and plans to stay home for approximately six weeks. 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 $37.30, for a total of $278.69, for our January and February Hearts for Jesus project. 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 Joshua L. (7), Kayla (7) & Olivia (6) L., Nathaniel (PS4) & Elizabeth (1) L. and our friends at Peace 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 an afternoon snack. Our winners are as follows in grades 3-5: Seth M., Guy M. and Kenny P.; in grades 6-8: Tyler V. Congratulations to our winners! A VERSE TO REMEMBER (James 1:26) “If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.” Thought for the day: Never utter in your neighbor’s absence what you wouldn’t say in his presence. ~Mary Magdalene di Pazzi For More Information Contact: |
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