Joe Highley, Pastor
David Birnbaum, Principal
First Lutheran Church School: 580-762-9950
Sunday Services: 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. website: flcspc.com
Sunday School: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. lutheransecretary2022@gmail.com
Church: 580-762-1111
C A R D I N A L C H A T T E R
5/6-10-Teacher Appreciation Wk(see below)
5/10-11-7th Gr Zoo'scape/Lock-in OKC
5/10-1st Grade Picnic in the Park
5/15-Graduation -7pm
FastDirect: www.fastdir.com/flcspc
Child Care: 580-762-1124 www.flcspc.com
May 8, 2024
5/16-Last Day School-11:20 Dismissal
5/29- Report Cards ready for P/U(*)
6/3-5 Cheer Clinic 8-12 gym(see flyer)
6/10-6/14-VBS (see flyer)
FAREWELL cake-n-punch reception on Sunday, May 19 from 10:15 to 11:15
Teacher Appreciation
Week May 6-10, 2024
Help us to show our appreciation for all that our teachers do for our children. Thank you for all your encouragement to our staff throughout the past year and especially during this special week!
Thursday - Throw back, Thursday! Give a WORD of encouragement to your child's current or past teacher(s) letting them know how much you appreciate everything they have done for your child.
Friday - RELAX! Our teachers deserve it! Bring your teacher something to help them rest and relax once they go home! Fuzzy slippers, a book, a special coffee mug, or a gift certificate for some extra pampering are some possible ideas that your teacher would appreciate.
PTL- Parent/Teacher League (PTL) officers - The following have stepped up to lead our PTL in the new school year. If you would like one of those positions or a vacancy, please let the office now ASAP. We are planning a meeting for Tuesday - May 14 at 3:30 in our school library. PresidentAmanda Porter-Cain, VP - Emily Tamez, Secretary- Lori Kelly ,Treasurer - Sylvia Marlar, AthleticsSarah Troutman, Health - Neely Turner, VACANT Social/Publicity/Safety. All of our parents/guardians and faculty are encouraged to participate.
* Report Cards will be ready for pick up on May 29 – All financial obligations have to be taken care before receiving your child’s grade card and/or awards.
REGISTRATION papers are available, and the School Board set GREAT financial incentives for those who did not qualify for the Oklahoma School Vouchers. We even went down in registration fees since we went up in tuition. Contact Principal Birnbaum for more details.
Yearbook: Please send in photos of sporting events, class parties, and field trips!! yearbook@flcspc.com
Principal Mr. Birnbaum- LAST FULL WEEK of school and another year is in the books. We will have track ribbons and left behind clothing at the end of Chapel and a farewell Sidewalk Chalk Art competition with our Chapel families next Wednesday morning. Hope you can join us.
CARDINALCARE – Heidi Daley- Reminder that Cardinal Care will be closed on Friday May 17th and Monday May 20th. Summer daycare will open-up for those that have enrolled on Tuesday May 21st.
Please check the lost and found we have several jackets that have not been claimed. These will go to donation at the end of the year.
Summer enrollment is still open for the ones needing Care. Also, if you have not re-enrolled for the 2024-2025 school year please do so.
LIBRARY/Stem – Mrs. Manning: Happy Almost Summer! Students must return library books before summer report cards may be picked up. Classroom shelves, under beds, cars, lockers, home bookshelves, and desks are the usual hiding spots for missing books! The library is officially no longer checking out items to students for this school year. Have a wonderful week!
Religion Mrs. Brey- - Our final memory work is this week over Revelation 22:20-21. Our unit 8 test is coming up next week Tuesday! Students will receive a study guide at the end of this week and we will go through that study guide on Monday.
Music
Mrs.Brey- What a great concert done by the middle school students and Children's Choir! Well done! Both choirs will help sing for graduation on Wednesday May 15th. Look on Fast Direct for more details.
PRE-SCHOOL 3 – Mrs. Daine-Hello families! We have begun our unit on dinosaurs! We will look at dinosaurs as part of God’s wonderful creation! We will use dinosaurs for counting, matching, and art!
PRE-SCHOOL 4 – Mrs. Colvin I can't believe this is our last full week of school, wow! The children had a wonderful time watching the track meet last week and rooting for our cardinals! This week we are reviewing letters T through W. The last day of school will be next Thursday the 16th. It will be a half day with dismissal at 11:10. Have a super awesome week! Thank you to all the parents ad Grandparents that made this year Great! We truly appreciate you!!
PRE-KINDERGARTEN 5 Mrs. Kelly - Happy Mother's Day! Thank you all for making me feel so special with all of the Teacher Appreciation gifts! It has been a wonderful year with your students, thank you for sharing them with me! I know God has great plans for each of them! Final report cards will be available in the office starting on May 29th. Have a Blessed week and a wonderful summer! See you in kindergarten!
KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: I would like to thank all of the kindergarten parents for sharing your child with me this year. They are all very special! Also, I would like to thank all the kindergarten students and parents for making me feel very appreciated this week during "Teacher Appreciation Week" you are all wonderful! God blessed me with a marvelous class this year and many many other fabulous classes here at First Lutheran. I love our church and school. I hope everyone has a beautiful Summer!
FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum-Wow! I cannot believe how fast this year has gone! Thank you for choosing First Lutheran School for your child. It has been a blessing and joy to teach your children! Thank you also for the nice gifts this week - you make me feel very appreciated! Thank you to the parents that helped on Friday for our field day - your help was very appreciated! It was a fun day and the kids did great in their events! Memory for Friday will be the 10th Commandment, please be sure to work on it at home as well. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. This week is our last AR test and also spelling and reading tests! Spelling this week are words with the soft c and soft g sounds. In Social Studies we will finish our unit on Community Economics. In Science we will learn about the life cycle of the butterfly and of the frog. We are looking forward to our Park and Braums trip on Friday. Field trip forms were due today, please turn in tomorrow if you haven't done so yet. Happy birthday to Gunnar on June 17th! Have a wonderful week!
SECOND GRADE – Ms. Felton: Thank you for the gifts during teacher appreciation! Thank you for coming to chapel today to watch your child and thank you to those of you who were able to
chaperone our field trip to the Gathering Place! The 2nd graders had a blast with Grandpa Dave and Grandma Shirley on our field trip to their house, and they acted like very mature guests. I am so proud of them and you should be, too! Last spelling and memory tests are this week! PARTY! Next Thursday, May 16, is going to be our end of the year party here at school! BOOK EXCHANGE! Buy a new chapter book and wrap it for our book exchange on May 16! Aim for a book your child would like that is around a 3rd grade level. Check it to make sure the content is appropriate please :)
THIRD GRADE – Mrs. Steichen: Well, we made it!! This last push has been crazy busy with all the projects, and field trips going on. Thank you, parents, for all you did these past couple week. I truly appreciate each and every one of you. This week: Reading, Spelling, Math fact test, and Language test on Friday. These are the last test of the year. Next week we will be doing fun end of the year activities. Teacher Appreciation: THANK YOU for all the love this week. I am so blessed to have your children in class everyday. They are wonderful children and I have enjoyed by year with them. THANK YOU!! Have a wonderful rest of the week!
FOURTH GRADE – Mrs. Sibley: Thanks, you SO much thinking of me during teacher appreciation week! I am so blessed to be your child’s teacher this year. It has truly been an honor to serve your families, and students as they learn about their Lord and Savior. Thank you to our drivers who drove to Tulsa today so that we may celebrate making their AR goals and end of the school year at the Gathering Place. The end of the year is right around the corner; please help the kids to be the best they can be to finish the year up strong as we are definitely 5th graders in training! Some are taking to this challenge very well. Make sure we are not going to summer break too early. I am always here for a conversation for student success. Blessing as we focus on Christ and the blessings He has given to us.
FIFTH GRADE – Mrs. Harbeson:- - We made it! This year seems to have flown by and now your 5th grader will soon be in middle school. It's a time of great excitement! I want to thank all of you for allowing me to be your child's teacher this year. I really missed being in the classroom, and I'm so grateful that I got to come back this year. Each one of my students has been a blessing to me, and I look forward to watching them grow in spirit and maturity. Thank you also for all the gifts that you gave me during this Teacher Appreciation Week. You've made me feel very special and loved. I pray that you all have a wonderful summer, and I will see you all next year!
MIDDLE SCHOOL
7th-8th Grade Math Mrs. Stewart- 8th Grade (Adv): We took a test over Chapter 8 on Tuesday. We will finish up corrections on Thursday. We will spend the rest of our class time reviewing what we have learned this year.
8th Grade (Reg): We started our last lesson over solving linear systems on Tuesday. We will finish this lesson this week, quiz, and take a test early next week. We will spend the rest of our class time reviewing what we have learned this year.
7th Grade (Adv): We have finished our last lesson over solving linear systems. We will review and quiz this week and take a test early next week. We will spend the rest of our class time reviewing what we have learned this year.
7th Grade (Reg): We finished our last lesson over the percent equation on Tuesday. We will review and take a quiz over lessons 9.1-9.4 this week. We will spend the rest of our class time reviewing what we have learned this year.
LANGUAGE – Ms. Kester: After tomorrow, all tests and assignments are done! As you can imagine, end-of-the-year chatter is on the lips of every ELA student as classes "gear up" for next week's movie days where I showcase the films that correspond to their last class novels. Other than that, eighth graders will engage with some final literary terms, seventh graders will do a final sweep of this year's overarching grammar concepts, and sixth graders will wrap things up with some adjective games. BUT BEFORE THAT, ��seventh graders are headed to OKC with me and another fab five for some fieldtrip fun, and ��sixth graders will celebrate the end of the year with a homeroom party. Also, ��the graduation servers and committee are gonna' make the graduation
dinner area look like the bomb.com. OK, so I'm exaggerating, but it's gonna' look gooooooood. Those involved with the committee and fieldtrip will receive information via e-mail tomorrow.
SCIENCE – Mrs. Porter-Cain: How is it possible that there is only 7 SCHOOL DAYS LEFT!? Science is still trucking along!
6th grade- we are in our last section of the year- The Nervous System!
7th Grade- we are in the last chapter for this class- Fossils!
8th Grade- we are discussing the eye and the functions and the process of seeing. We are also discussing involuntary actions of the human body!
In PE the classes are knocking off some of the students wish lists of the year! I can not tell you how thankful we are that your students are with us this year! I hope you all have seen the growth in them like we have!
DATE REMINDERS:
5/6/24 all library materials were due back. Please remind your kids or you will be financially responsible for lost items.
5/14/24 6th-8th will be testing in Science. End of year test
5/15/24 Middle School Science book return (7th and 8th)
5/15/24 All basketball uniforms and bags need to be returned. Varsity parents- contact me for clarification.
SOCIAL STUDIES – Mr. Brey-- 6/8: Students are learning about entrepreneurship and personal finance for the rest of the year.
7th: Students are finishing our Westward Expansion unit. We will have our last test of the year on May 14th.
Basketball- We are still looking for donors for new basketballs! If you or your business would like to make a donation- please let me know!! The balls cost right around $100 each!
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