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St. Paul Lutheran School

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Church & Sunday School Attendance Form  (K-8):   The form for the 4th Quarter is to be returned to school on May 25^th (tomorrow). Thanks!

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Activities & events at St. Paul Lutheran School during May-

Monday, May 24- AR Points Club Recognition-3:10- lunchroom

Tuesday, May 25- 2^nd grade to McDonalds- 9:45

      8^th grade graduation service at St. Paul, Truman- 7:00.

Wednesday, May 26- Gr. 7&8 Class Trip to the Twin Cities

Thursday, May 27- Kindergarten  end of the year

      Program- 1:45;  PTL Honors’ Night in the school gymnasium- 7:00 PM.

Friday, May 28- Last day of school (K-8). 

School  picnic at Gomsrud Park at noon.

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*Parents- please be sure to have all lunch tickets, milk tickets, and other fees paid for before the last week of school (unless other arrangements have been made with Mr. Bergt). 

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At our PTL Honors’ Night on May 27^th, we will be recognizing Mrs. Kathy Gratz for 20 year,  Mrs. Sandy Beckendorf for 25 years, and Miss Barbara Matthees for 40 years of service in Lutheran schools.   A box will be set out for you to place any congratulatory cards for these milestones in service to Lutheran schools.

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Happy birthday to Mr. Prochnow (Grade 6) on May 28.

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We thank Amy Brinkman for the books donated to our school library.

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These books are missing from the school library.  Please check to be sure you do not have these at home, etc. Berenstain Bears on the Moon  by Stan & Jan Berenstain;   Noisy Breakfast by Ellen Blonder; Wake Up, Emily It’s Mother’s Day by Patricia Reilly Giff;  When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer;  Me Too! By Mercer Mayer; and I Was So Mad by Mercer Mayer.

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K-8 Parents!    If you haven’t done so already,  please take the “Thriving Schools Survey.”    Go to www.myschoolsurvey.com,   enter our school’s  PIN number-  580199, and then take the survey.   Thanks a bunch!!

Please do so by May 28^th.

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Presently it looks like we will be having a Kindergarten class of at least 17 students next school year.

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Congratulations to Joseph (6^th grade) for taking fourth place in the recent Martin County Soil and Water Conservation poster contest.  This year’s them was- “Trees, Rooted in Our Future.”

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Julie Liljenquist, our school secretary, has announced that this will be her last year serving as the school secretary.  We will recognize her for her years of service to our school at the coming Honors’ Night.  The School Board will begin a search for a new school secretary.   Anyone who is interested should contact the school so that a job description and application can be given to them.

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Please consider helping on this date-   We have a playground workday scheduled for August 28^th (9:30-11:30 AM) to add a piece of playground equipment and spread a load of woodchips.   Please contact the school office (anytime prior to that date) if you could help out on that morning (238-9492).  We could use someone with a skid loader for moving woodchips and someone who has a power auger for digging a hole for a post.

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Report cards  (K-8) will be available on Fast Direct on June 2^nd.  If you do not have Internet access to your site, let you child’s teacher know so that a paper copy can be sent home.

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Be sure to make plans to attend the PTL Honors’ Night this Thursday at 7:00 PM in the school gymnasium.  We will be recognizing some of our school staff for their years of service to Lutheran schools.  We will also be recognizing the many accomplishments of our students in things such as our Field Day, Spelling Bees, Geography Bee, Physical Fitness testing, attainment of the Honor Roll, school attendance awards, etc.  Our 8^th graders will receive items from the PTL and school as remembrances of their years of attendance at St. Paul Lutheran School.  We will also recognize and thank our many volunteers.  The 7^th & 8^th grade Tone Chime Choir will be performing prior to the 7:00 start time.  The kindergarten class and the 7^th & 8^th graders will also be sing some songs. We request that all parents and students remain for the entire event.   Thanks.

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Kindergarten “End of the Year” program at 1:45 in church basement on May 27.  Parents, grandparents, etc. are welcome to attend.

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*The 4 year old Pre-Kindergarten Closing programs will be on Wednesday, May 26^th at 10:30 and 2:00 and Thursday, May 27 at 10:30.  Parents, grandparents,  etc. are welcome to attend.  No class on Friday, May 28.

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*All Pre-K tuitions should be paid in full by May 15^th.

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*3 year old Pre-Kindergarten Closing programs will be Monday, May 24^th for the M/W sessions and Tuesday, May 25 for the T/Th sessions.  The programs will be held in the church basement  and will start at 10:30 AM.  Parents, grandparents, etc. are welcome to attend.   Last M/W session is May 26, last T/Th session is May 27.

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The last day of school for K-8 is May 28 which is a full day of school with lunch at noon at Gomsrud Park (weather permitting).  Parents are welcome to join us for the chapel service at 8:25 and the noon meal in the park.  Bring your own lunch or let us know on the form below if you prefer to buy one from the school.  Students in K-8 will be provided with lunch and their meal ticket will be marked as usual.  Adult  tickets will be sent home on Wednesday.  PLEASE RETURN THE SLIP BELOW IF YOU WISH TO PURCHASE A SCHOOL LUNCH FOR ANY MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY OTHER THAN THOSE IN GRADES K-8.  SLIPS MUST BE RETURNED ALONG WITH THE MONEY FOR LUNCHES BY TUESDAY, MAY 25^TH.  ONLY AS MANY LUNCHES AS ARE ORDERED BY THAT DATE WILL BE PREPARED.

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I would like to purchase _____  adult (9^th grade & up) lunches at $3.50 each and/or _____ children’s lunches (do NOT include your children in our school in grades K-8 on this form!) at $2.50 each.   Money for the meals must accompany this slip or tickets will not be issued.  Tickets will be sent home next week.

Name_____________________________________

(Please send tickets home with child in grade ___)

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The 8^th grade graduation service on May 25^th (7:00 PM)  at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Truman is an annual group graduation of 8^th graders from the Lutheran schools in Fairmont, Northrop, and Truman.  8^th graders should meet in the church basement at 6:45 that evening.

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The 4^th grade will be playing recorders in chapel on May 28^th (starts at 8:25 AM) followed by a short concert in the 7^th grade classroom (about 8:45 AM).  Parents, grandparents, etc. are invited to attend.

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The attached school supply list is for next school year.

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Tentative plans are to have Grandparents’ Day next school year on Friday, October 8^th.   Invitation cards and more information will be handed out at home visits in August.

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Top Accelerated Reader students in each classroom this year were:  1^st grade- Isabella, 2^nd grade- Cayden, 3^rd grade- Christian, 4^th grade- McKenna, 5^th grade- Brian, 6^th grade- Josh, 7^th grade- Aleythia,  8^th grade- Tadd.  Top reader in the school with over 400 points was Christian (3^rd grade).  Total points accumulated this year by students was 8,727.4.

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Teachers will be making home visits (K-8) prior to the first day of school (August 30).  If you change your address or telephone number, places where your child should be dropped off at the end of the school day, etc., please inform the school office at 238-9492.

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SPORTS INFORMATION:  All students participating in after school sports at St. Paul Lutheran School (basketball & cheerleading- grades 4-8) or shared-time after school sports at the public school are required to have a doctor’s physical (updated every 3 years) on file in the school office.  Any 3^rd grader who plans to participated next school year and those who need to update theirs should get a physical this summer.  When you get your physical, please specify that a copy should be sent to St. Paul Lutheran School, Fairmont or bring it to the school office yourself.

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Martin Luther High School has just hired a new full time music teacher for next school year-  Amber Dermody.   She is a Lutheran teacher from Bend, Oregon with 7 years of experience in directing choirs and band.    She will head up the Lutheran Elementary School Band Program next school year as well as the Choral & Band program at MLHS.

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Martin Luther High School will have its senior class graduation at 2:00 on May 30^th.

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Coming soon: a new way to help St. Paul Lutheran School if you have insurance or investments in Thrivent Financial for Lutherans-  (Please share this info with friends or relatives who also might qualify) 

       As you may know, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is launching a new charitable grant program and benefit of membership called Thrivent Choice.   Choice Dollars  will be designated to some Thrivent Financial members when that portion of the program launches this summer. (Thrivent Financial member eligibility will be based on fraternal benefit society product ownership and Thrivent Financial volunteer leadership)      As always, St. Paul Lutheran School is grateful for your consideration when you make charitable giving plans. If you are a Thrivent Financial member who learns you will be eligible to direct Choice Dollars (watch your mail for details from Thrivent Financial this summer), we ask you to consider our school as you help direct Thrivent Financial’s charitable funds.  (The former Thrivent Giving Plus program ended in December of 2009).

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Coming next school year-  the Accelerated Reader Enterprise system.   We will be going online with our Accelerated Reader program next school year.   Students will have access to over 140,000 AR book tests (presently we have only approximately 6,000 tests).    Students will still take these test only at school but will have many more books that they can test on.   There will also be a personalized  AR Home Connect site on the Internet available to students and parents.  Students and parents can view at home results of AR quizzes, see progress toward reading goals, view number of books read, words, read, and quizzes passed, conduct book searches using AR Bookfinder, and much more.   We are excited to offer this enhanced Accelerated Reader program starting next school year!

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Catechetical Week #37

May24-28, 2010

VERSE:  Acts 14:22b – We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God. 

THE CATECHISM:

To Widows  

3^rd+         The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and ask God for help.   

4^th+         But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.                                               1 Timothy 5:5-6 

To Everyone 

1st+        The commandments…are summed up in this one rule:  “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

                                                                Romans 13:9 

2nd+       I urge…that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone.

                                                                1 Timothy 2:1         

HYMN OF THE WEEK:  LSB Hymn # 862 Vs.1)

Oh, blest the house, whate’er befall,

Where Jesus Christ is all in all!

A home that is not wholly His –

How sad and poor and dark it is!

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Girls’ summer basketball and volleyball camps hosted by Martin Luther High School.  Grades 4-8.  The basketball camp is June 7-11 (10:00 AM-noon) and the volleyball camp is June 14-18 (10:00 AM-noon).  Registration and $40 fee (which includes a T-shirt) are due to MLHS by May 21^st.  Registration forms are available in the SPL school office.

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