Jeremy May, Pastor David Birnbaum, Principal Sunday Services: 8:30, 11:00 School: 580-762-9950 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. website: flspc.org Church: 580-762-1111 E-mail: lutheransecretary@yahoo.com www.flcspc.com Child Care: 580-762-1124 FastDirect: fastdir.com/flcspc

January 21, 2015

CARDINAL CHATTER 1/19-24 6th Grade Basketball Tournament 1/26-30 5th Grade Basketball Tournament 1/27 Regional Spelling Bee, 7:00 pm, FLC Sanctuary 1/30 100th Day of School 2/2-7 4th Grade Basketball Tournament 2/4 Mid Quarter Reports 2/5 Steven Fite Concert

2/6 Academic Bowl, Broken Arrow 2/12 2:30 Pep Rally & Mini-Cheer Performance 2/13-15 Topeka Tournament; Go Cardinals! 2/13 First Lutheran Church Salad Luncheon; $7 2/16 No School; Professional Development Day 2/20 Talent Show 2/27 Sock Hop

CHANGE IN SOCK HOP DATE: Due to basketball schedule and conflicts with gym access, the Sock Hop date will be changed to February 27th. If you would like to volunteer

to help, please contact Lori Shepherd at 363-8508. PRINCIPAL – Mr. Birnbaum: God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way.

Philippians 2:5 says "In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus" or the NIV says "In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus." Focus on Him. He is with you always even when people leave you. He is there for you. Seek Him.

DIMES FOR DOWNS COMPETITION: For our Chapel offering this week, Dimes for Downs collection cans will be located in each classroom, and we will have a competition to see which class can collect the most money to donate to Dimes for Downs. The competition begins today and runs through next Wednesday’s Chapel. To determine the winning class, loose coins will be counted at face value; the value of bills and rolls of coins donated will be doubled. The class that brings in the most money will get to eat lunch with our Spokesperson Kelli Chamberlin at a place of her choosing, and their picture with Kelli will be sent to the newspaper. Kelli is a member of the First Lutheran Church congregation and just turned 21. She is a Downs Syndrome child, and the daughter of Maureen & Jim Chamberlin.

MINI CHEER SIGN-UPS: Mini-Cheer practice will be the week of February 9 from 3:30 – 4:30 in the Cafeteria, and the performance will be at the 2:30 pep rally on Thursday, February 12. Sign-ups are due to the school office on or by Wednesday, January 28. The form to sign up is attached, and more are available in the school office.

LUNCH SCHEDULE CHANGE: - After picking up more children, and a great cook, and more students eating, we are needing to adjust our lunch schedule to accommodate these improvements. Starting yesterday, the PK-1st will be leaving for lunch ten minutes earlier, the 4th & 5th will go at 11:40, 2nd & 3rd at 11:50, and middle school at 12:25. Thank you for your patience with our lunch program.

REGIONAL SPELLING BEE: Next Tuesday, January 27, Jamison and Jaden will represent FLS at the regional spelling bee here at First Lutheran. Anyone is welcome to come watch that event.

ACADEMIC MEET: Teachers will be choosing Academic Teams to represent us in Broken Arrow on February 6. Teams are chosen based on student grades, behavior, willingness to be bold in answering questions in a quiz-like format, and other criteria. Please be watching for more information.

TALENT SHOW: Be bold all you talented FLS students! Our annual Talent Show will be held on February 20. Parents & Teachers, we’d love to see your talent as well. Talk to your child’s teacher about an application for the talent show. Applications are due by February 12.

TAX STATEMENTS: If you would like a printout of your payments to First Lutheran during 2014 for tax purposes, please stop by the office/send me a FastDirect-mail/or call the school at 762-9950. You can also print them off yourself by logging into your FastDirect account, scroll down to the bar that says “2007 Tax Year Printout”, change

the year to 2014, and click the box that has “Tax Year Printout” in it. (The statement also has our Tax ID # on it that you will need if you are able to write off any of your payments.) Remember that not all payments to FLS are tax deductible, and you should contact a tax advisor to find out what can be written off, and what cannot.

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH SALAD LUNCHEON: is scheduled for Friday, February 13, 2014 in the First Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults and $2.00 for pre-school or below, and are available in the church or school office. Proceeds will be used to sponsor church projects.

PRE-SCHOOL – Mrs. Herard: Wow, we have a lot to accomplish in a shorter week! This week we are learning about our amazing 5 senses and we will explore the special jobs they do. Our letter will be "N". Book orders are due by Friday. I will send the order in Monday. Although P/T conferences were Monday, if you have concerns or need to visit with me, please do not hesitate to contact me. God bless!

PRE-KINDERGARTEN - Mrs. Kelly: I hope you enjoyed your long weekend, and the sunshine! We were so glad to get outside. Our 100th day of school will be on Friday, January 30th. I sent a note asking for items to make a trail mix. You may send that any day before next Friday. Our Stephen Fite concert will be Thursday, February 5th; look for the reminder note with information next Wednesday. We will have our Valentine party on Friday, February 13th. I will send a note about the party next week. Our Bible words are, [Jesus said,] "I am the light of the world." John 9:5 We are learning the letter "K" and the number "12" this week. Have a blessed week!

KINDERGARTEN - Ms. Miller: Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. day, which was Monday! I hope everyone had a great day off. We now have a new lunch time! We will leave our room at 11:05 and be in the cafeteria by 11:10. If you pick your child up at lunch to take them out to eat you will need to be here at 11:05 or before. Please, get your child at the front door of our school as we go out. Thank you so much and have a wonderful day!

FIRST GRADE – Mrs. Birnbaum: Memory work for Friday - (Jesus said) "Let the children come to Me; do not hinder them, for such belongs the Kingdom of God." Mark 10:14. Next Thursday, January 29 is our 100th day of school. We will be making a trail mix. Each child can bring 100 food items for our mix (any kind of cereal, marshmallows, M&M's, raisins, pretzels, anything you can think of). Please do not bring the food until next Thursday. I need each child to bring a shoe box - we will decorate these for our valentine boxes. You may start bringing at any time. Happy birthday to Lottie on Saturday the 24th and to Tyler on Sunday the 25th. Have a great rest of the week!

SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: Hope you enjoyed your extra long weekend! The weather has been perfect. Remember that we are reciting memory work on Thursday mornings. Thanks for helping your child succeed! Blessings. . .

THIRD GRADE - Mrs. Steichen: I hope everyone enjoyed their three day weekend, especially the warmer weather. This week: Memory: 10th Commandment, due on Friday. Reading and Spelling Test: A Man who Invented Basketball, test on Friday. Math: Test also on Friday. Book Reports: Due on February 5th, please let me know if you have any questions. Valentine's Day: I would love for everyone to make a box for the party, they are able to decorate it anyway they want (school appropriate). Have a great week!

FOURTH GRADE - Mrs. Sibley: Congratulations to Aliyah, Trinity, and Bryant for making their Book IT! goal for January. Keep up the good work. Reading for AR & Book It is very rewarding when you make your goal. Please see the Friday Letter about our Valentine’s Day Box Decorating Contest. You don’t want to miss out on great prizes. Congratulations to Trinity, Haley, and Johnathan for participating in the Geography Bee today. We are very proud of you, and your effort. Remember to stay on top of nightly work, and to have it checked for simple mistakes. Blessings!

FIFTH GRADE - Mrs. Schatte: Tests this week include(d) social studies today and spelling and reading on Friday. Memory due tomorrow is the Third Commandment with meaning. Blessings!

MIDDLE SCHOOL 2/2 FLS @ Saints; 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 2/5 Tonkawa @ FLS; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

2/12 FLS @ Glencoe; 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30

Mrs. Harbeson: Have you been able to enjoy this beautiful weather? I hope so! God is sure giving us a

wonderful gift in the middle of winter! We have a lot going on at school right now. As you read this, the FLS 6th grade basketball tournament is in full swing. All basketball and cheer families are asked to sign up to help run this tournament. Some families have been pulling double and even triple duty when it comes to helping out. If you have a basketball player or cheerleader and haven't signed up to help with a time for the gate, concessions, clock, or book, please call Tomi Faulkner or FastDirect me, and I will help you get signed up. It takes everyone to run a successful

tournament and not burn out families who are doing more than their fair share! Speaking of Tomi, thank you for all your hard work during this busy time. Your efforts are MUCH appreciated! Parents and Students, please be sure to stay up with your assignments in every class. It is really important to hand in every assignment "on time every time." With all sorts of illnesses and "yuck" going around, make sure that you make up all work if you happen to miss school. That's it for now. Blessings on the rest of your week!

Mrs. Hanson: Mini cheer clinic is February 9-12 after school from 3:30-4:30 in the cafeteria. Please see the attached sign up form for more information.

This is also our next spirit week to get pepped up for our Topeka tournament. We will be announcing dress up days soon.

Next week the 7th Grade class is hosting the FLS 6th Grade Basketball tournament as a fundraiser for D.C. If you would like to work the concessions, run the clock, man the gate to raise money for your D.C. trip next year, please sign up on the spreadsheet on my website.

The deadline for reserving a hotel room for the Topeka tournament is quickly approaching so please make sure you do so. Again, information is on my website.

Mr. Covert: Hello and welcome to the third week of the third quarter here at FLS! Things are moving right along after the long weekend. In 8th grade, we’re going to start discussing the Jefferson Era, beginning around 1801. In 7th grade, we’re going to take a short break from the book and do some work on states and capitals for a little bit. And 6th grade is just about to the transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire.

Blessings on the rest of your week! Mrs. Goll: We are testing in all math classes this week. We have been covering a lot of new material lately;

most is not terribly difficult IF students learn the steps to solving the problems and follow them. All those steps stick in the brain better when students show their work. They also stick better when students do at least a few minutes of review each day outside of class. I’ve put an extra credit opportunity on my FastDirect Bulletin Board. Ask your student if he/she took advantage of that opportunity. Please ask your student to bring his textbook home this week and share with you what our new chapter will be covering. Blessings on your week.

Mr. Redwine – Athletics: Lutheran 5th grade tournament Jan 26th-31st 5th Grade Lutheran Girls Jan 26th VS McCord Monday at 5:30 @ FLS Jan 27th VS St. Mary’s Tuesday at 7:30 @FLS Jan 30th TBD Jan 31st TBD

5th Grade Lutheran Boys Jan 27th VS McCord Tuesday at 5:30 @ FLS Jan 29th VS DCLA Thursday at 7:00 @ FLS Jan 30th TBD Jan 31st TBD

Busy week of Basketball! Varsity Boys upcoming Schedule Jan 26th @ 8:30pm VS Tonkawa B in the first round of the Blackwell tournament @ Blackwell HS Jan 29th TBD (2nd round of the Blackwell Tournament) Jan 31st TBD (3rd round of the Blackwell Tournament) Varsity Girls upcoming Schedule Jan 26th @ 5:00pm VS Chisholm in the first round of the Blackwell tournament @ Blackwell HS Jan 29th TBD (2nd round of the Blackwell Tournament) Jan 31st TBD (3rd round of the Blackwell Tournament) Also, our 6th grade teams have their 2nd round of the FLS tournament on Thursday of this week. Jan 22nd The boys play at 5:00 and the girls play at 6:00. Jan 24th TBD The 6th boys and Girls will play their final game of the FLS tournament. Notice: The Varsity games VS Ponca West Scheduled on Jan 29th has been canceled.

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

Jesus, Walking together in Jesus

SNOW DAY NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: In the event that school may be cancelled due to inclement weather, we will again follow Ponca City Public Schools schedule. Listen to your radio during the cancellation announcements, and if Ponca City Schools are cancelled, First Lutheran will be out, also; however, there will NOT be a separate announcement for First Lutheran. If you have any questions, please contact the office prior to the snow day event.

FASTDIRECT NOTIFICATIONS VIA EMAIL: If you would like to have your FastDirect communications

forwarded to your personal email account, log in to your parent account on FastDirect, click the button at the top that says “Display Parent Data”, and then scroll down to the box that says “Allow Email forwarding of FDmail to “. If your email address is listed there, then click the box to the left to enable the forwarding of your messages. If your personal email address is not listed, scroll up a few lines, and enter it in the box above, and then scroll back down to click & enable the email forwarding. After all of that, be sure to click on the yellow “change data as shown above” button, or nothing will be changed. .On this same page, you can also click a choice to enable text message notifications to be sent to your cell phone when you receive a message on FastDirect, just be sure to save after you make any changes. If you don’t know what your FastDirect login i.d. or password is, or need to have them changed to something more memorable for you, you can change it in there as well, or call the office and we can change it for you. As always, please contact the office if you have any questions.

Recycle ink & toner cartridges, cell phones, etc.: First Lutheran School collects, and benefits from, donations

of used/empty ink/toner cartridges, old cell phones, BoxTops for Education, Campbell’s soup labels, and Coke points! Do you throw away ink or toner cartridges @ work? Do the kids on your child’s team drink Powerade’s or Dasani water (with Coke points under the lid)? Possibly your youth group had a lock-in and served cans of Coke, Sprite, Minute Maid or Fanta, (with Coke points on the inside flap of the box they came in?) Those ring binders that your office uses may have BoxTops points on the labels! Please send all of these items to school with your child or drop them off at the school office, and your school will benefit from it! We can use the proceeds/points from these companies to purchase playground balls, classroom and office supplies, and discounts on our toner/ink needs, which all helps to keep your costs down! THANKS for your help!

MINI- CHEER

IS HERE! Practice Nights will be February 9th – 11th, 2015,

3:30 – 4:30 in the cafeteria

The performance will be Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the

2:30 pep rally.

The cost for this years’ mini-cheer is $35 per participant.

Attendee’s will receive a mini-cheer t-shirt and pom’s. To sign

up, please complete the form below and return to the office by

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 with your payment.

Student name(s):_______________________________________ Grade(s):_______

Shirt Size (circle one); Youth: xs, s, m, l, xl Adult: s, m, l, xl

Student name(s):_______________________________________ Grade(s):_______

Shirt Size (circle one); Youth: xs, s, m, l, xl Adult: s, m, l, xl

Parent’s name:_____________________________ Contact number:______________

]______ # of participants x $35= ________Total due ( ___check or ___cash attached)