Joe Highley, Pastor
David Birnbaum, Principal
First Lutheran Church School: 580-762-9950
Sunday Services: 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
website: flcspc.com
E-mail: lutheransecretary2022@gmail.com
Church: 580-762-1111
FastDirect: www.fastdir.com/flcspc
Child Care: 580-762-1124 www.flcspc.com
3/31 Golf Tournament @Wentz 8:45 A.M.
3/31-Christian Comedy@Poncan 7:00 P.M.
4/1-Basketball Games (Varsity Vs. Alumni) See attached Schedule
4/1-Dinner-Auction-Dance @ Osage Casino -see attached Schedule
4/2-Palm Sunday -Middle School Choir Singing
4/5 Chapel will be on Thursday (4/6) this week for Maundy Thursday
4/6 Chapel -Maundy Thursday- ½ day Dismissal 11:20
4/7 No School -Good Friday/ Daycare closed
4/9-Easter
4/10- Easter Monday – No School/ Daycare closed
4/19 Mid Quarter Reports
4/17-4/21 ITBS Testing 2nd grade through 8th grade mornings
4/24-4/28 8th grade Washington DC Trip
March 29, 2023
988 Saves Lives - Anyone can now call or text 988 to reach the national suicide prevention lifeline. The hope is that the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline becomes synonymous with mental health care, just as 911 is with public safety. (Texas Co-op Power magazine, February 2023, p. 5)
APRIL17-21- ITBSTESTING: 2nd – 8thGrade! Pleasebesureyourstudentisontime,doesn’t haveanymorningdoctorappointments,andeatsahealthybreakfasttostarttheirdayright! (Seeattachedflyerformoreinformation.)
SHOUT OUT to Dr. Kelly & Chris Campbell for sponsoring our comedian Dave May here at 2:15 on Friday March 31.
Palm Sunday is April 2 and the middle school choir is singing so mark your calendars and worship with us. We would love all the children to help carry Palm Branches during the first song.
Several Auction Items can be viewed on our facebook page and/or in our office. If you would like to place a bid on any of these items, please message Principal Birnbaum ASAP and he will bid for you Saturday night.
TRANSPORTATION in PONCA CITY - Cimarron offers Uber rides for $3 for anyone and everyone from 5 p.m. to 10 pm. Monday through Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. but it has to be in Ponca City and during those times. Need a ride to bible study, grocery store, out to eat, someone's house, or just home? Just call 855-735-2826 or go to the website www.okpicktransportation.com or download the Uber app and select PICK transportation. Preferably pay online or pay exactly $3 cash.
Mr. Birnbaum: March is coming to an end with the GOLF tournament this weekend and reunion this Saturday. If you don't have plans for Easter Sunday, join us for worship at 6:30 a.m. or 9 a.m. with free-will donation breakfast after both services. We will also have a potluck lunch at 1:30 for anyone wanting to join us.
Chess Club is now available to 2-5 graders in the middle school on Mondays and Tuesdays from 3:15-4. We will have it divided up between those who are brand new to chess and those who have an idea of what they're doing. If you have any questions, please let me know! Mr. Brey
The SCHATTE MEMORIAL COOKOFF: May 7th we will be hosting our 4th annual Schatte Memorial Cookoff! If you’re interested in signing up as a vendor or Cookoff team, contact Jennifer Heitman at flcsnextgen@gmail.com . (Flyer attached to chatter)
Library- Mrs. Manning- Please get your yearbook photos into Mrs. Manning at Yearbook@flcspc.com
CARDINAL CARE – Mrs. Becker: Summer sign-ups for all ages will be taken down today. Infants, ones and two-year-olds will need to sign up as well. Daycare will be closed for Good Friday and Easter Monday. Please remember if your child's class is going on the Egg Hunt, there will not be daycare available to them except before and after school care. Have a blessed week!
MUSIC – Mrs. Brey: Kindergarten and first grade have been writing their own rhythms and figuring out what food words match with the rhythms we're doing. Second, third, and fourth grade have been learning their songs for the musical (DATE CHANGE: Wednesday May 10th!). Fifth grade has been memorizing their lines for the musical and they are doing a great job! Middle school has been talking about Hildegard von Bingen and medieval music. These students have also started learning how-to sight-read music - this is a hard skill but with time we'll be rocking it!
PRE-SCHOOL Mrs. Daine: We are learning so much about Spring! Our letter this week is’G’, number 4, shape rectangle, and we are learning about Spring gardens! Have a blessed rest of the week!
PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Colvin: We are reviewing the alphabet this week along with name writing practice. Our Easter Egg Hunt will be on Wednesday, April 5th. at New Life Trails. The permission slips along with 4.00 per child is due today. Parents are no charge. You will need to bring a throw away sack lunch, we will be eating lunch there. Also, each student needs to bring 12 plastic eggs stuffed with candy or a small toy by no later than Tuesday, April 4th. The Bible Words this week are: [Jesus said,] "Love one another as I have loved you." John 15:12
PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Kelly New Life Trails permission slip was due today. Please return yours tomorrow with the $4.00 if you have not.
Signed report cards were also due today. Please return yours and I will send a copy for you to keep. March Book It reading calendars are due to me by Wednesday, April 5th. The permission slip for Moana is in folders today. Please sign and return to me by Wednesday, April 5th. Thank you to those who sent items for our auction basket, and to April and Laci for getting it together. I hope you have made plans to join us for the reunion/auction. It is always a fun event. Our Bible words this week are, Jesus said, "Love one another as I have loved you." John 15:12 We are reviewing the letters Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh and the number 20. Have a Blessed week!
KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: Today was the deadline for the New Life Trails Field Trip money and form. Tomorrow is the deadline for the Cowley College play Field Trip money and form. If you have not turned this in, please do both tomorrow! Thank you. Also, if you have not signed and returned your child's report card, please do this Thursday. I will give you another copy and with the signed card I will know that you got it. This will be a big weekend with the school auction and the Poncan comedian and the golf tournament. I hope everyone has a great week and weekend!
FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: Happy 70th year anniversary to our school! Hope you can join us in some of the celebrations this weekend! Offerings for the 4th quarter are going to Camp Lutherhoma. Both field trip forms and money are due this week (Cowley College and New Life Trails) and a dozen stuffed eggs need to be brought by Tuesday of next week. We are very
excited for our field trip to New Life Trails! March Reading Logs can be turned in on Friday or by early next week for your final Pizza Hut certificate. Friday is show and tell. The theme is to bring something that starts with the first letter of your name. We are eagerly awaiting for our published books to get here! Should be soon! Sunday is Palm Sunday and you are invited to join us at church. All Children can help carry in Palm Branches! Have a wonderful week!
SECOND GRADE – Ms. Felton-Hello all! Thank you for the auction donations - that is this Saturday, along with all of the other exciting alumni weekend activities! Memory is the 10th Commandment, and next week the 10th Commandment’s Meaning will be due on WEDNESDAY, but your child can say it any time before that if they are prepared then. We have a half day on Thursday with Chapel for Maundy Thursday (no chapel Wednesday). Check the calendar for Good Friday and Easter Monday’s days off. Field Trip Forms/Money and Chapter Book Playlist Projects are due on Tuesday, so make sure that your child has read and understood their chapter book to present their project and take an AR test on their book. We have learned twodigit subtraction with regrouping (we call it trading) and will test on that and assess economics understanding next Wednesday. There is no spelling or vocabulary next week.
THIRD GRADE – Mrs. Steichen: Sounds like sports are back in full swing. Please remember to read, doing all homework, and practice spelling words each night. This quarter is known to usually not have many grades in the grade book. Grades are currently all up to date in the grade book, some are not off to a very strong start. Please let me know if you have any questions. This week: Memory - Proverbs 3:5-6. Test - Reading, Spelling, Language, 6x Facts, and a cloud pop quiz. Social Studies: We just finished a unit on rights and responsibilities, test over this unit is tomorrow. A review was sent home on Tuesday. Science: We are just about to finish up our unit over weather - look for a test next week before break. Spelling: We will have words for the next two weeks, remember these are short week. We will NOT have anything the week of IOWA test. Testing Week: Please be on the lookout for a signup sheet for snacks during testing week. Thank you for telling with this. Notes: Also, I ask that you all write a letter of encouragement to your child. Send it to me and I will have it on their desk the Monday of Testing week. If you have any questions about this week please let me know. Auction: Reminder that the school auction is this weekend. A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to the Troutman Family and the McClaskey Family for all their work on our auction project. Have a wonderful week!
FOURTH GRADE – Mrs. Sibley: Happy Wednesday! We have a couple short weeks with a half day on Maunday Thursday at 11:20, no school on Good Friday; and no school on Easter Monday. We take this time to reflect upon our sinful nature and what Christ has done for us with His Love. Please review the email from last week I sent about ITBS. PLEASE do NOT forget about the ITBS Note. Thank you for sending in the donations for the Humane Society for the Student Council. Chapel offering is going for Oklahoma Lutheran Camps to spread the Gospel. Make sure to look at grades to NOT have any unwanted grades this early in the last quarter of school year. Effort is the best tool to use every day of the week! See you this weekend at the anniversary events! Blessings as we rest and prepare for the week ahead – When we are weak the Lord is our STRENGTH!
5th GRADE– Mrs. Sibley-Happy Spring Days to you! (Are some of those days a bit chilly??!!) We are gathering needed items for the Humane Society as a Student Council project! The class that gathers the most items wins an ice cream sundae party!! We would love to win this party!! In reading we read about "The Truth About Austin's Bats." Language has us diagraming subjects and predicates as well as compound subjects! We are studying "weathering" in science. Our memory work in Religion is Luther's Morning Prayer! In Religion class we will be studying John the Baptist and the Temptation of Jesus. Have a great week! God's Blessings!
RELIGION – Mrs. Brey: Sixth grade has been learning about Daniel, chapters 1-6. We talked about the more common stories, like the lion's den and the fiery furnace, and we also talked about
things that were unfamiliar to the kids, such as the writing on the wall and king Nebuchadnezzar's dreams. On Thursday we will start learning about Queen Esther.
MATH – Mr. McKinley5th-This week we will review and test on chapter one. Then we will start chapter 2 and learn about words and math and variables and expressions.
6th-This week we will review and test on chapter 8.
7th-This week we will keep working in chapter 9 and be looking at finding line distances and midpoints. in addition, we will also look at special right angles, tangent, sine and cosine ratios. Math—8th grade-Mr. Birnbaum-For this last quarter of Mr. Birnbaum's 8th grade advance math, he is going to do a FLIP CLASSROOM. The students know that the Chapter 10 test (plynomials) is next Wednesday. They are to study a lesson or two each day and then come to class the next day to get help understanding any section. They will not be given homework. The answers are in back of the book for the odd problems. Only test grades will be used to determine their report card grade.
SCIENCE – Mrs. Porter-Cain: Hey Cardinals! 4th quarter is in full swing! 6th grade science is working on climate and climate regions! 7th grade science is talking igneous rocks!!! 8th grade science is learning all things bacteria vs virus! PE- 4th quarter means prepping for our track meet that is on May 5th!! Please make sure your child is here that day if possible! We will still squeeze in blitz ball, kick ball, two hand touch football and some other fun outdoor games!
7TH GRADE PARENTS- track meet means a fundraiser opportunity for your child’s
8th grade DC trip! Get with me to volunteer test or donate items! DC trip parents- please be watching for a DC trip meeting! Will set a date soon!!
GO CARDS!!
LANGUAGE – Ms. Kester: THURSDAY, 3/30 - Memory Test, REL (Psalm 23 ESV)
MONDAY, 4/3 - Commas Test, ELA (includes adjectives & conjunctions)
WEDNESDAY, 4/5 - Synoptic Gospels & Parables Test, REL (Matthew - Luke)
SOCIAL STUDIES – Mr. Brey: 5th: Students are doing some review and then moving on to the wild west.
6th: Students are learning about the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Students will be exploring why this happened and the consequences of the fall.
7th: Students are learning about explorers and colonization.
8th: Students are exploring the Scramble for Africa and then the causes of WWI.
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April 17-21, is ITBS Testing Week for Grades 2-8 in the mornings! What can you do to help your student be ready for testing week?
Plenty!
Testing starts at 8:30 a.m. sharp, so please be sure your student is on time. As a reminder, classroom doors open at 8:10 a.m. each morning, and school begins/attendance is taken at 8:20 a.m. A tardy student is a distraction to a whole class of testing students, so students who arrive tardy will be admitted to their classrooms AFTER the current round of testing is finished. Any missed tests will need to be made up at a later time.
Please avoid any doctor/dentist/etc. appointments during the morning hours. It is a tremendous distraction to your student, as well as the others in the class, to have students pulled out during the middle of a test.
Make sure your student has a healthy breakfast! It’s hard to do your best thinking when your tummy is growling! Remember, we offer nutritious breakfasts in the cafeteria each morning between 7:45 – 8:05 a.m.
They should have 5 sharpened pencils with an eraser (not mechanical).
