Chatter 5.1.19

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OKLAHOMA DISTRICT LUTHERAN TRACK/ACADEMIC DAY FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 (schedule is tentative, and will be adjusted as events dictate)

REVISED

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Jeremy May, Pastor Sunday Services: 8:30, 11:00 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Church: 580-762-1111 www.flcspc.com

David Birnbaum, Principal School: 580-762-9950 website: flcspc.com On-line pay: http://flspc.org/resources.html E-mail: lutheransecretary@yahoo.com Child Care: 580-762-1124 FastDirect: fastdir.com/flcspc

Sola Gratia, Sola Fide,

Sola Scriptura

May 1, 2019

CARDINAL CHATTER 5/1 5/2 5/2 5/3

Last Chess Club Meeting until next year 3rd Grade to Vo-Tech, 9:00 a.m.

National Day of Prayer, 2:30, behind Youth House FLS Track Meet, st th 1 -8 Grades; Students may be dismissed early/at the end of afternoon events.

PLEASE CHECK OUT BEFORE LEAVING 5/6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week 5/6 PCPS Middle and High School Choir Concert, 7:00, @ the new Hutch 5/8 Pre-K to Lost Creek Safari

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PCPS M.S. Band Concert, 7:00, @ New Hutch ELE Musical, 5:30, Gym PCPS H.S. Orchestra Concerto Concert, 7:00, @ the new Hutch 5/13 School Open House Come & Go, 3:30 – 5:30 5/14 PCPS H.S. Band Concert, 7:00, @ New Hutch 5/15 2:00 FLS/St. Mary’s Band Concert @ FLS 5/16 6:00 FLS/St. Mary’s Band Concert, @ St. Mary’s 6/24-28 Vacation Bible School, 9-12; watch here for more details!

SUMMER DAYCARE is full for infants  3’s. If you have a student 4 or older, a few spots remain. Enrollment packets are available in Ms. Heidi’s office and the school office. If you need summer daycare for your 4 year old and up students, please contact us immediately!

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS TOMORROW!!!!!!– Mrs. Hanson: National Day of Prayer is tomorrow (5/2).

Please join us for a prayer rally outside in back of the youth house at 2:15. This is an awesome day for us to join voices with our brothers and sister across the nation.

TRACK MEET IS FRIDAY!!!!: The yearly track meet IS HERE! Each year we host other Lutheran Schools from Northern Oklahoma to OUR campus for a day of physical and academic competition and fellowship for students in 1st grade and up (younger students may come and watch, but not participate). This years’ track meet will be held on Friday, May 3, and activities will be held both at PoHi’s stadium across the street (morning events) and on our campus (afternoon events). We invite you to attend the track meet with your kids’, cheer on all of the students, and lend a hand as we host the other schools. Please contact the office or Coach Amanda if you can help out for an hour (or longer) by assisting with events, assisting with bee’s, writing winning names on ribbons, sorting ribbons by school, etc.

The order of events is attached to the front of this Chatter; please take a pic or cut it out and save it for Friday.

NOTE!!!, the kids will spend a lot of time outside, so be sure to send/bring sunscreen for the kids to apply/re-apply during the day, and send a jacket if it is a cool morning (with their name on it of course). Our 7th graders will be running a concession stand, with the proceeds going to fund their trip to Washington D.C. next year. Be sure to send money with your student if they wish to purchase lunch or drinks/snacks at the concession stand; if they choose school lunch, it will be PB&J. You are, of course, welcome to send a lunch in a disposable bag. If you need to pick up your student in the middle of events, please come early and prepared to help us search for them on the field. . Be aware that the office may not be staffed continuously through the day, as we will be at the track meet part of the day. Please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Student’s may be dismissed at the end of the days’ activities, so they may be looking for a ride home around 2:00ish. Daycare will be open after school is dismissed.

The ELEMENTARY MUSICAL is Friday, May 10, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. All elementary students Kindergarten – 5th grade are preparing for this production and can’t wait to share it with you! Children K-4th grade, please wear church -3-

clothes to the performance. 5th grade will be in costumes. If you could help us with props, costumes, scenery, etc, please send Mrs. Schelp a message through FastDirect or the school office.

THE CHESS CLUB’s LAST DATE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS

TODAY MAY 1. We will resume meetings next

school year. Thanks to all who participated, and we look forward to more participants next school year!

BOXTOPS CONTEST UPDATE: Thank you for painstakingly cutting and saving Box Tops. Thanks to your efforts we were able to raise over $200. Congratulations to the fifth graders for bringing in the most Box Tops!

AS A WASHINGTON D.C. FUNDRAISER, middle schoolers are selling popcorn ($2/bag) and candy bars ($1). Track down a middle schooler to support their trip to Washington D.C. before or after school, to purchase these items.

THANKS! Graduation, Birthday, Disney, Amazon, WalMart, Teacher appreciation gifts needed? Get your gift cards from our office and earn money for the school. We have many on hand but can order specifically for you also. We want to place an order for more by Thursday - April 25 so they will be here by the 1st of May. Thank you for your support.

FREE DAYCARE! Leave your kids (4 years old to 6th Grade) with us on Sunday morning’s from 9:4510:45 in the basement under the First Lutheran Gym. You can have the hour to do shopping, have breakfast with friends, etc., and your kids will learn about the word of God! We want YOU(R) Kids! Please contact the church or school office with any questions.

Things that make me go hmmm… Too many people are ready to carry the piano bench when the piano needs moving. Anonymous

PRINCIPAL – Mr. Birnbaum: Track meet is this FRIDAY. We could use your help grading tests, raking the jump pit, or just pointing people in the right direction. Just contact me and we will get you involved. Thank you in advance for helping.

OFFICE – Ms. Connie: Thank you to everyone who remembered me on Secretary’s Day; I do feel appreciated, and I appreciate you ALL for making me feel loved and appreciated!

PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Colvin: Just a few weeks of school left, I can't believe summer is almost here! This week we will be reviewing ABC's, color shapes, and numbers. We will also be learning all about the ocean! Have a great week!

PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Kelly: We Did it! We filled our board with reading slips! Great job reading at home.

Don't stop now! Continue reading through the summer to prepare for next year. Our Last Book order is due to me or online by Friday. This is a great way to stock up on books for summer reading! The track meet is Friday, please remember to bring your snack money. We will do our last show and tell Friday morning before the track meet. Our Lost Creek Safari field trip is next Wednesday after chapel. Look for the note in folders today. Our chapel offering this quarter is going to Camp Lutherhoma. Thank you for sharing your blessings throughout the year for some great organizations that help people. Our Bible words this week are, Continue in what you have learned. 2 Timothy 3:14 We are continuing to review our letters and sounds. Have a Blessed Week!

PRE-KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Heitman: These last few weeks of school we have several things scheduled. First, this Friday is our school track meet. Although we don't participate, we will walk over to the track as a class and sit together to cheer on our older friends. Please send $3 for concession snacks. Next, our field trip to Lost Creek Safari is NEXT Wednesday, May 8. If your child does not have a permission slip turned in they will need to stay home for the day.

We do not have daycare available until after school hours. Finally, we've completed our Reading Challenge! We did a great job turning in slips! We will have an ice cream party in class to celebrate next Thursday. As we get ready to close out our school year we still need to be focused on our goals. For some of us that means going on to Kindergarten. Please continue to work on letters and sounds at home, and even try building words together!

This past Sunday we said farewell to Pastor May. We wish him blessings on his new journey in MO! Please pray for him and Becky as they begin this next chapter, and pray for our church and school as we venture on to find a new Pastor.

Our Bible words for this week are "Continue in what you have learned" 2 Timothy 3:14.

KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: We will have our last show and tell this Friday on the 3rd. Please bring something that will fit in your backpack. We would like to say Happy Birthday to Easton (5-2), Lorelei (5-3), and Everly (5-30). Our spring musical will be Friday, May 10th at 6:30 pm in the church. Wow, the days are going by so fast! Have a magnificent week!

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FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: Memory verse for Thursday, May 2 is the 9th Commandment - You shall not covet your neighbor's house. We are excited for the Track Meet on Friday! Please remember to turn in your blue form to let me know of your child's plans for the day. The Spring Musical is on Friday, May 10 at 5:30pm. One more date to mark your calendar - Thursday, May 16 we will have a 1st grade end of school celebration! We will go to 5th Street Park for a picnic and to play, and then to Braum’s for Ice Cream. Field Trip forms will go out next week. Have a great week and I look forward to seeing you for a fun day on Friday!

SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: Happy May Day! We seem to be flying to the finish. Help your second grader continue to complete home work, memory work, study spelling, and read for AR. Several of us are a bit behind. Friday is Track Meet day. Please plan to join us if you are able. Sunscreen your child in the morning and send concession money for lunch and water. Blessings!

THIRD GRADE – Mrs. Steichen: Rain, Rain go away, come back after this week! Don't get me wrong this rain is great, but not when it threatens the track meet. We are praying that it is nice weather on Friday. Please bring appropriate clothes, sunscreen, a sack lunch or money for the concession stand. This week: Memory: Psalms 23, due on Thursday. Spelling Test Friday morning, over Unit 5 review words. Reading: We are half way through Ivan. The kids are really enjoying it. Math: Test yesterday, with 4X facts due next week. Book Report: I will be signing kids up for their dates for their reports. I am going to break them up into different dates to get them done. On Friday we will host the wax museum with costumes and posters in the cafeteria from 11 -11:15. For their presentation all they need is the written report and poster. Costumes only on Friday. Please let me know if you have any questions. Field Trip: Thank you to the Lindsey Family for driving us to our Third Grade Career Day. FOURTH GRADE – Mrs. Sibley: We now have some chicks, ask the kids what the status is. Permission slips for chicks are on a first come basis. Take home day will be late this week or early next week. Track day is this Friday. Put your sunscreen on before you come to school. Remember to have your concession money for lunch also. We will take our spelling, & reading test on Thursday, memory will be on Friday before Track Day. Cardinal bucks continue to be earned. Our classroom auction will happen at the end of the year, so please continue to be on the hunt for treasures at the store. Some are really on the move for AR to go to Sun & Fun the last week of school! WAY TO GO. Remember that signed Mid-Quarter reports were due back Monday. Continue to working on being a fifth grader to prepare for next year. Blessings on your week.

FIFTH GRADE – Mrs. Schatte: I hope everyone is reading diligently to meet their AR goal this quarter. Every fifth grader must meet the goal for our class to participate in the activity at the end of the quarter. Since we read for AR 30 minutes every day this should not be a problem for anyone. Please stay in touch with your child's grades on Fast Direct.

Some of us seem to have given up, and grades definitely reflect this. We just need to hang in there and do our best for several more weeks. Blessings on your week.

MIDDLE SCHOOL MathCounts: Wednesday’s, 3:30 – 4:30, & Friday’s during study hall

Youth night in the gym!: Wednesday’s, 5:30 – 7:00, (details below)

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5/7 5/9 5/14

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National Day of Prayer 8th Grade Skip Day Po-Hi Color Guard Tryouts, 3:30 – 5:30, East Middle School Gym FLC&S Track Meet!

5/16

9th Grade Volleyball Tryouts, Po-Hi Gym, 3:30 Po-Hi JV/V Volleyball Tryouts, Po-Hi Gym, 3:30+ 2019 GIRLS PCPS All-Sports Physicals, 5:30-7, Robson Fieldhouse, $20 Last Day for Middle School Tutoring

"FLY" NIGHT TONIGHT! in the gym! Students 6th grade and up: Join us for food, fun, and fellowship! During the Lent season our FLY activities will last 5-8 pm.

CHEER: We will begin practicing next Monday, May 6th, from 3:30-5 in the gym. We will practice Mondays and Wednesdays through the remainder of the school year 3:30-5 (excluding the last day of school). Please be sure you have joined our "BAND" group, and turn on notifications. This is where all our information will be posted for the season. Camp deposit is due May 15.

Po-Hi Girls All Sports Physicals: The Lady Cat Softball Diamond Club is offering an easy and cheap way for girls to get their physicals for the 19/20 school year. Tuesday, May 14, from 5:30 – 7:00 at the Robson Fieldhouse they will have doctor’s and forms on site for $20 physicals. FYI, If your child is participating in a PCPS sport next year (like tennis, golf, -5-

volleyball, etc), they MUST have a physical done in the last year. Please contact Holly at 972-971-0751 with questions regarding this opportunity.

Mrs. Harbeson: Hello, Everyone! I hope you all are doing well! We have lots going on in middle school as we wrap up the school year! The 8th graders and I had a super time touring OSU! (We might have even played a little football on the OSU field...) Thank you, Mrs. Strange, for going with us! On Friday, we get to see some old friends at our track meet! Just a few reminders...wear sunscreen, bring money for snacks/drinks/lunch at the concession stand, wear your track shirt, and know what events you're participating in!

In language, all classes are continuing to work on spelling/vocabulary and grammar. For 8th grade, the written college report is due next Wednesday, May 8. PowerPoint presentations will begin Monday, May 13. That's all I have for now! Blessings on the rest of your week!

Mrs. Hanson: please make sure you know which times you have signed up to work concession and bring your donation if you have not already done so. Thank you for doing that by the way, it's much appreciated.

6th grade is knocking out forces this week, 7th grade is learning about weather fronts during the most perfect time of year, and 8th grade is preparing to teach plant and animal lessons.

Ms. Pacey: Happy Wednesday! We almost have another short week this week with the track meet on Friday.

Algebra 2…their test and corrections were due today unless the student talked to me about having more time to finish them. PreAlgebra is graphing linear equations. Course 2 has just finished an investigation of how slope is used in the oil and natural gas industry. Course 1 is working with ratios, rates, and proportions. Have a great week!

Mr. Covert: We’ve made it to May! We’re getting closer to the end of the year, and I hope everybody is locked in for this stretch run!

Classes are going to keep going as we have been. In 8th grade, we’re going to be looking at America following World War I, and the changes that were taking place as America moved into the Roaring Twenties. 7th grade is going to be finishing up our chapter on South Asia this week. As for 6th grade, we’re working through the worldwide Revolutionary Era, beginning with the United States Revolution and moving onto the French Revolution.

Alleluia, Christ is risen! I pray that God continues to bless our school family as we continue to thank and praise Him for the gift of His Son and our Savior’s death and resurrection. Blessings on your week!

First Lutheran Church & School—Growing up into Jesus, Reaching out with Jesus, Walking together in Jesus

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Business Owners/Parents/Grandparents/etc…

Buy an Ad in our Yearbook!

Imagine the surprise on your student’s face as they are flipping through the yearbook and find their picture with a personal message from you!

You can use this space to congratulate them on their first school year, graduation, an individual achievement, missing tooth, 2-digit birthday, or anything that you want to celebrate!

Business Owners: Our enrollment is over 230 students. We can help you reach these families by advertising in our yearbook.

We have a variety of advertising options for you.

Parents and business owners: Pictures are included in your ad space at no additional charge! Please email them to jessica.steichen@cune.org, or call the office at 580-762-9950 for more details.

Deadline for Ads is May 24, 2019, so return the order form below to the office today with your check to First Lutheran School.

FullPage Ad $300

Half-Page Ad $150

QuarterPage Ad $75

BusinessCard Ad $40

Or sponsor a page for $20; this is your sentence at the bottom of the page such as…”3rd Grade class pictures page sponsored by the Jane Smith family”

Business Ad or Personal Ad (circle one) Business & Contact Name or Parent Name: Address (if business): Phone Number: I would like to sponsor this page(s): (example pages to sponsor are class pages, sports, middle school dance, graduation, musical, band, family fun night, etc.)

Ad Content:

Payment Enclosed $___________ Cash or Check #_______ (make checks out to First Lutheran School)

Deadline for Ads: May 24, 2019

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