Joe Highley, Pastor
Sunday Services: 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Church: 580-762-1111
www.flcspc.com
David Birnbaum, Principal
First Lutheran Church School: 580-762-9950
website: flcspc.com
lutheransecretary2022@gmail.com
Child Care: 580-762-1124
FastDirect: www.fastdir.com/flcspc
April 17, 2024
4/22-26-8th Gr. Washington D.C. Trip
4/24-4/26- Cheer tryouts 3:30-5:00 Gym
4/26 -ECE-New Life Trails Field trip
5/1-Middle School Concert
6:30 P.M
5/2-National Day of Prayer
5/3-FLS FIELD DAY
5/6-10-Teacher Appreciation Week(see below)
5/10-11-7th Gr Zoo'scape/Lock-in OKC
5/10-1st Grade Picnic in the Park
5/15-Graduation -7pm
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)
Shout Out to: Micah Self for being baptized this past Sunday - April 14 at First Free Will Baptist. We praise God for enlarging our heavenly family.
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!
Monday - Our students are BLOOMING because of you! Pick some flowers and bring them to your teacher. Each unique flower represents each unique student in his or her class.
Tuesday - It is a TREAT to have you as a teacher! Bring a gift card (in whatever denomination) for your teacher. Your treat might be for a drink, a bite to eat, or for something else! Whatever you give will be appreciated!
Wednesday - Take a BREAK, FAST! Bring a breakfast or brunch item to join the other items for our teacher and volunteer appreciation luncheon. The brunch is on Wednesday, May 8, after chapel. You may bring your item to the school office and drop it off there. Please be sure to either bring your item in something that we can throw-away or be sure to write your name on your container.
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.
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.
Cheer tryouts will be April 24-26! Any First Lutheran student going into 6th through 8th grade is welcome to attend. Try outs will consist of a cheer and dance that will be taught by a former cheerleader. Friday try outs will be closed, but after try outs we will have a Parent Meeting. They will need red shorts and a white plain t-shirt for try outs. If you have any questions please contact Cheer Coach Paige Winslow at Paige@poncaaplus.com Thank you!
Yearbook: Please send in photos of sporting events, class parties, and field trips!! yearbook@flcspc.com
Principal--Mr. Birnbaum- Thank you to those who have supported our Trike-A-Thon for St. Jude Children's Hospital. This ministry was dear to our sister in Christ - Connie Erickson. The fundraiser to St. Jude is open until Wed. May 1
Thank you to the MANY of you that have supported our Chapel offering over the year(s). We are able to help so many other worthy Christian Ministries. This last quarter goes to Camp Lutherhoma.
CARDINALCARE – Heidi Daley- Summer Enrollment packets are available in the Cardinal Care office. If you would like to enroll for summer please pick up a packet. Please make sure you send children in shoes that they are able to keep on while outside playing.
LIBRARY/Stem – Mrs. Manning: Congratulations to my middle school students on their ingenuity and creativeness. Mini Golf Best in Show belong to Nathan Stewart, Gavin Terrell, Zac Rodriguez, Rose Ware, Krystal Keith, Tripp Johnson, Alyzabeth Engle, Elizabeth Marshall, Caleb Wilson, Kirra Wells, and Brynn Rutz, Brayden Weatherly! Our teachers and staff have been evaluating the middle school mini golf projects over the past week. 2&3rd grade made bird feeders last week in STEM! Last Day to check out items from the library is MAY 6. Missing library books must be returned, replaced, or paid for before summer report cards may be picked up. The best places to check for missing books are: classroom shelves, under car seats, home bookshelves, under beds, and in lockers! Prayers for safe travel for our 8th graders, parents, and teachers next week as they journey to D.C.!
Religion Mrs. Brey- - We are in our last unit of the year! Memory work for this Friday is Romans 8:38-39.
Music Mrs. Brey- The Middle School concert is on May 1st at 6:30pm!
PRE-SCHOOL 3 – Mrs. Daine-Hello families! We are learning about farm animals and crops, rain, matching upper and lower case letters, and reviewing colors, shapes, and numbers. Have a blessed rest of the week!
PRE-SCHOOL 4 – Mrs. Colvin-- This week we will be reviewing the letters H, I, J and K. We will also be learning all about the earth and how to take care of it. The St. Jude's trike-A-Thon was today. The Kids had a blast! Thank you parents for bringing the children's bikes to school! Have a great week!
PRE-KINDERGARTEN 5 Mrs. Kelly - What a fun time we had riding for St. Jude! Thank you to all that donated! Donations will stay open until May 1st. You must enter your cash donations on your child's online account to be eligible for the prizes before turning them into me. Our Bible words this week are. You will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38 and He will command His angels to guard you in all your ways. Psalm 91:11 We are having fun with our ABC Countdown to summer activities and reviewing our alphabet. Keep practicing the letters and sound for fluency, I know we are all going to be Letter Masters soon! Have a Blessed week!
KINDERGARTEN – Mrs. Miller: It was great seeing parents at the St. Jude Trike-A-Thon today (Wednesday)! The kids had a wonderful time! The fundraising is open online until Wednesday, May 1st. We will have our ECE New Life Trails Field trip on April 26th (12:30 to 2:30). Please sign the field trip permission slip and return the form to your child's teacher with $4.00 by Friday, April 19th. Thank you and have a remarkable week!
FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum-We are at mid-quarter already and very close to becoming 2nd graders! Memory for Friday is the 8th Commandment - You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. Spelling words this week are words with final blends. In Social Studies we will learn about goods and services and also about natural resources. In Science we will learn about the parts of a plant. The Trike-A-Thon was a lot of fun and remember that the fundraising will be open until Wednesday, May 1st. Next up will be our field trip to New Life Trails on the afternoon of April 26. Please get your permission form and money turned in by this Friday! Field Day is on Friday, May 3. Parents are welcome to join us for the day! This event starts at 9:00 in the gym. I will have more information for you as we get closer to the time. Mark your calendars for our 1st grade end
of the school year picnic on the afternoon of Friday, May 10. More information to come later! I am sending out one final book order. And remember that there are a lot more choices of books when you go online. Think about getting books for summer reading! We will have one final show and tell on Friday. Your child may share something funny or share a special talent. Have a wonderful week!
SECOND GRADE – Ms. Felton: One month left of school and so much learning is happening still! Memory this week is Luther’s Morning Prayer, which can be recorded and sent to me or said this Friday. Next week's memory is the lyrics to verse 1 of the song "I am Jesus' Little Lamb." Spelling test this Friday is week 8 words (ph, gh, ck, ng). Spelling and memory will continue like normal through the rest of the year. READING FOLDERS will be going out after biography projects are due - make sure your folders are back so I can put your child’s individualized practice in it! MATH ASSIGNMENTS will begin to be sent home via red folder, NOT weekly homework folder. Starting this week, check red folders every night as math assignments will come home a couple nights each week. Our Wichita Zoo field trip is Friday, April 26. I need $6 per person who is attending! AR field trip to the Gathering Place will be May 8.
THIRD GRADE – Mrs. Steichen: Testing week is over, the kids did GREAT! Thank you for all the prayers, well wishes, and snacks. You will be getting the results with your child’s report card in May. Book Report: We are only a few short weeks away from our projects. The kids are getting excited about them, please let me know if you have any questions. I will send home more information about the Wax Museum next week. This week: Memory Matthew 28:19-20 : “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Test: Spelling, Reading, Comprehension, and 7X Fact Quiz on Friday. This week we will also have a Social Studies Test on Friday, a review should have come home today. Please let me know if you have any questions. Science: Look for a review to come home on Friday, for a test next Tuesday. Reading: We will start our last chapter book of the school year next week, How to Eat Fried Worms. This is a favorite of many, so we will not have a story test each week. We will still do the comprehension quizzes. Have a wonderful week, 4 more weeks to go!
FOURTH GRADE – Mrs. Sibley: Midterms have came home today for the final quarter of the year. There is still time before the end of quarter to change what is not wanted before report cards are finalized. Make sure you sign the half-slip of paper and return in two days. Effort is the best tool to use every day of the week! We are on day 8 of chick incubation. The kids love learning about chick development. There are 15 school days left to make AR goals. Make sure books are going home at night. We will be finished with our four point book very soon. Blessings as we rest and prepare for the week ahead – When we are weak the Lord is our STRENGTH!
FIFTH GRADE – Mrs. Harbeson:- - Happy Wednesday, Friends! I hope your week has been spectacular! I can't get enough of this beautiful weather!! We are quickly coming to the end of our final quarter of school for the year. Today is mid-quarter and your 5th grade student is bringing home a mid-quarter report. (These do not need to be returned.) I do, however, have a few students who have not returned their 3rd quarter report cards with a parent signature. This is an assignment for memory, so please get this done ASAP. I will return them. This week we will be having a quiz over chapters 11-15 in Hatchet and a spelling test on Friday. Also due on Friday is the 8th commandment. Blessings on the rest of your week!
MIDDLE SCHOOL
7th-8th Grade Math—Mrs. Stewart- 8th Grade (Adv): We have been learning about properties of exponents and how to multiply and divide powers with positive and negative exponents. We took a quiz over Lessons 8.1-8.3 on Monday. We reviewed scientific notation on Tuesday and will be learning about exponential growth next.
8th Grade (Reg): We learned about x and y intercepts earlier this week. We will be going over slope and slope-intercept form next. We will have a quiz on Friday.
7th Grade (Adv): We have been learning about slope this week and will learn about slope-intercept form next. We will have a quiz on Thursday.
7th Grade (Reg): We have been learning about ratios. We took a quiz over Lessons 8.1-8.3 on Tuesday. We will be learning how to write and solve proportions next.
LANGUAGE – Ms. Kester: ELA classes are working on their Vocabulary lessons this week.
SCIENCE – Mrs. Porter-Cain: Hello Cardinals! Can you believe there is 21 school days left? The year has absolutely FLOWN BY!! I hope your kids have learned a ton, made great friends and enjoyed the year as much as I have! THANK YOU for bringing your children to FLS! I cannot wait to start new classes with the kids next year!!
While we are on the downhill slide of the year, we are still working away!
6th Grade- we are currently working our way through Chapters 10 and 11- Stars and Solar System.
We will revisit energy in motion and machines to finish off the year. Each student will be assigned a group, and that group will build a machine that operates on a power source.
7th Grade- We will test on Friday over Mountains and Hills. We will finish the year out learning about fossils in different areas of the world. Each student will be assigned to a group and that group will be responsible for a project over fossils.
8th Grade- We are in the best time of the year! DISSECTION!! We will start dissecting THIS WEEK! We will dissect each week that we have left this year!!
I will be gone next week with 8th grade- 6th and 7th will have subs. Please encourage your child to do their work while I am gone. Yes, they will still have assignments- they did not approve of this, but such is life. HAHA!
7th GRADE PARENTS!! I will send out info about working the concession of our track meet as a DC fundraiser and 8th grade graduation which your student has to serve at the dinner!
I appreciate you parents and your support for this year!
ATHLETICS-CHEER TRYOUTS are NEXT WEEK! April 24-26! 3:30-5:00!! I ENCOURAGE ALL THE 6TH -8TH GRADERS (for the 2024-2025 school year) TO TRY OUT!! It is a great program for our school. Coach Paige is awesome and would love to have your student try out!! Let's build this squad!
SOCIAL STUDIES – Mr. Brey 6th grade is learning about advertising and techniques businesses use to get customers to buy products. Students will demonstrate those techniques through a commercial they will make with a partner.
7th: Students have started their Westward Expansion unit! This will be the last unit of the school year as we are wrapping up the school year.
8th: Students will be learning about the world wars as soon as we get back from D.C. Basketball- If your child (5th-8th girls and boys for the 2024-2025 school year) is interested in basketball- please let me know!! 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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