4248 Green Park Road • St. Louis, Missouri 63125 • 314.544.4248 • greenparklutheranschool.org

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast .” Ephesians 2:8-9

PRINCIPAL’S CORNER Can you believe that we are at the end of the school year? It has gone by very fast. As I watch all the practices for closing services and graduation, I see students that have grown not only in size but also in learning and spiritual desire. It does my heart warm to see this and reminds me again why we have the school we have. Blessings to all as you head into summer plans and activities. For grades K–7, you hopefully see an envelope containing your child’s achievement test results. Those are being sent home via “backpack” today. Please ask your child about it when they come home. As you look at the results, please keep in mind that these scores are a snapshot of your child’s abilities as they took the test in April. They are not the end-all of the abilities that your child possesses. Use them in conjunction with their daily work, tests, quizzes and quarterly report cards. If you have any questions about the results, please contact your child’s teacher for more details.

Servant of Christ, Mr. Stephen F. Eggold, Principal

RETIREMENT CELEBRATION FOR MR. HESSE After 41 years of service to God in the classrooms at Green Park, we will be celebrating the retirement of Mr. Hesse on June 10 from 2pm – 5pm at Green Park, in the gymnasium. Open house style. Finger food/appetizers will be provided, along with drinks. We are requesting no gifts for Mr. Hesse, but if someone is so inclined, we request that gifts be given to the Fulfilling His Vision campaign to purchase technology equipment for the 8th grade classroom. We hope you can join us!

CONGRATULATIONS ANNA KUSCHEL We are pleased to announce that Anna Kuschel will be receiving this year’s Arthur and Ruby Baisch Memorial Music Scholarship from Lutheran South. This scholarship is a $500 renewable award for excellence in instrumental music. We also congratulate Anna, along with Addie Cunningham, for their recent selection into the Lutheran High School South Wind Symphony as incoming freshmen.

GOLF SCRAMBLE—FALL 2018—PLANNING NOW Do you have any connections to a Sam’s Club or Costco or a beverage/snack distributor? Are you willing to get some advertising and put your company name/logo on a Green Park Polo? We are looking for snack and beverage donations for our Golf Scramble in September. If you have a connection to a person or company that could help us out, please let Laura Reis know and she will be happy to work with you and/or them! We are also considering a golf polo as this year’s giveaway. We would love to have a sponsor help with the cost of these, and, as a result, that company’s logo/name will be printed on the shirt. If you know of someone willing to help in this way, please let Laura know. Thank you, and we hope you SAVE THE DATE for Sunday, September 16, for our 4th annual event at Acorns Golf Links. Laura Reis - laura.reis@greenparklutheranschool.org.

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS & EARLY FALL DATES School office hours during the months of June and July are Monday through Thursday, from 9:00am-1:00pm. Our first day of school for the 2018-2019 school year will be Wednesday, August 15, for grades 1-8 and Thursday, August 16, for Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten.

BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL CARE FOR LAST DAY OF SCHOOL The last day of school for grades 1-7 is Friday, May 25. This is an 11:30am Early Dismissal. Before School Care will be open the last day of school from 6:30-7:55am. After School Care will not be available. Please be sure to make arrangements for your child to be picked up at 11:30am. Thank you for sharing your children with us this year! We look forward to seeing everyone back next fall.

YEARBOOK DELIVERY Yearbooks will be distributed Monday, May 21, to students in JK-7. Just a reminder that everyone will receive a yearbook as this fee was included in your yearly convenience fee. Please check your child’s backpack.

Green Sheet Green Park Lutheran School ~ May 18, 2018 ~ Volume 57 ~ Number 38

PTO NEWS AND NOTES The last Eat-n-Earn of the school year will be at FroYo South County (95 Concord Plaza Shopping Center, St. Louis, MO 63128) from 5-8pm on May 21. It should be the perfect weather for getting some cool frozen yogurt on a May evening! We welcome the new PTO Board: President-Heather McCarty; Vice President-Michelle Schade; Secretary-Tonya Pacino; Treasurer-Mike Bodnar; Fundraising- Heather Prewitt. They are looking forward to the upcoming events for 2018-19!

BOX TOP COLLECTION RESULTS ARE IN Our Box top collection was a great success! The winning classroom was Sixth Grade with a total of 1,713 box tops! Second place classroom was 1st grade with 1,110. Total box tops collected by all of the classes was 5,527, meaning Green Park will receive $552.70! Thanks so much for helping out Green Park in this way!

GREEN PARK PROFESSIONAL DATABASE Green Park families – Laura Reis is working to put together a Professional Database for Green Park families to utilize for their personal use. This can be a tool our families can use as a resource for their needs. If you have a business you would like to include, feel free. Other Green Park families can then refer to this database/list for their service/personal needs. Please complete the form attached to the Green Sheet and return to the school office. Forms were also sent home last week with the students in each classroom. You can also email the form to Laura Reis at laura.reis@greenparklutheranschool.org.

THE WHOLE-BRAIN CHILD Did you know that when we undergo an experience-our brain becomes active, or fires? The brain has 100 billion neurons, which are also referred to as brain cells. Each of our neurons has 10,000 connections which are always changing. When neurons fire together they grow new connections between them. Over time, the connections that result from firing lead to this rewiring and change the brain. This means we aren’t held captive for the rest of our lives by the way our brain works at this moment. We can actually, and in fact, do actually rewire it constantly. This wire and rewiring is what can be called INTEGRATION. If you have questions, please contact Sandi Loduca at sandi.loduca@greenparklutheranschool.org.

LUTHERAN SOUTH OR NORTH ALUM AND SUPPORTERS Join our President, Dr. Alan Runge, and Jonathan Schultz, Chair of the Board of Trustees, for an evening of discussion about our schools’ promising future. Topics will include facility and operational improvements, increasing enrollment and enhanced curriculum. Meeting times are as follows: Monday, May 21 6:30pm—Lutheran North Cafeteria Tuesday, May 22 6:30pm—Lutheran South Jubel Center There will be a brief presentation followed by open discussion. RSVP to kschelp@lhsastl.org.

PULL TAB WINNERS—8TH GRADE! Congratulations to Mr. Hesse’s 8th grade class for collecting the most pull tabs! They will be given a special treat before the year ends. Great job, 8th grade!

FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY FOR GREEN PARK Beginning in June, every Schnucks Giving Bag sold at the Schnucks location on Gravois Road (by Lutheran South) will generate a $1 donation to Green Park! The bags are on the dedicated reusable bag rack at their store. It is an easy way to support Green Park!

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH Can’t Find Your Menu? The Lunch Menu is on our website.

MON-5/21 A-Hot Dogs B-Chicken Nuggets C-Hamburger D-SBJ Sandwich E-Salad Bar

TUE-5/22

A-Toasted Ravioli B-Chicken Nuggets C-Hamburger D-SBJ Sandwich E-Salad Bar

WED-5/23

A-Tony’s Cheese Pizza (K-4) BBQ Rib (5-8) B-Chicken Nuggets C-Hamburger D-SBJ Sandwich E-Salad Bar

THU-5/24 A-Chicken Patty on a Bun B-Chicken Nuggets C-Hamburger D-SBJ Sandwich E-Salad Bar

FRI-5/25

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

EARLY DISMISSAL

NO HOT LUNCH SERVED

SCHOOL CALENDAR 5/19 Happy Birthday, Mrs. Pfund! 5/20 Happy Birthday, Mrs. Daniels! 5/22 Last Day of School for Junior Kindergarten 7:00pm Closing Program for Junior Kindergarten 5/23 Last Day of School for Kindergarten 3:45pm Faculty Meeting 7:00pm Closing Program for Kindergarten 5/24 7:00pm 8th Grade Graduation 5/25 Last Day of School for 1st-7th Grades End of Quarter 4 10:30am Closing Chapel 11:30am Early Dismissal 5/31 Happy Birthday, Mr. Eggold! 6/10 2:00pm-5:00pm Retirement celebration for Mr. Hesse 6/6 Happy Birthday, Miss Kelley! 6/16 Happy Birthday, Mrs. Truemper! 7/1 Happy Birthday, Mrs. Meyer! 7/17 Happy Birthday, Mrs. Loduca! 7/26 Happy Birthday, Mr. Hesse!

GREEN PARK ACTIVITY SCHEDULE Track 5/19 Pentathlon @ Lutheran High St. Charles

Cub Scout Pack (1st-4th Grade) / Boy Scout Troop (5th-12th Grade) Scouting has open enrollment, you are welcome to join at any time. 5/24- Flag Placement at Trinity Cemetery 5/27- JB Good Turn 5/31- Troop Meeting- 7PM @ CM 6/7- Troop Meeting- 7PM @ CM 6/10-16- Summer Camp @ Roy C Manchester, KY 6/21- Flag Retirement Ceremony @ Peace Questions or for more information? Call Alexia Arensmeier 636-282-0027 Lutheran Rangers Events: Meetings Mondays at 7pm at LCR 5/19 Kid's fishing day at Meramec Springs Please call Erich Faulstich with questions 314-779-6494

ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY OFFERING READING PROGRAMS THIS SUMMER St. Louis University offers reading skills and speed reading programs for children and adults. Classes are offered this summer in Arnold, Chesterfield, and Creve Coeur. Programs offered are for 4-year-olds and entering Kindergarteners, students entering 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th-8th grade, 9th-11th grade, and adults or entering 12th graders and college students. These popular summer classes are designed and taught by instructors from the Institute of Reading Development. To register or receive more information, please call (800) 834-3693, Monday-Friday 7am – 9pm, Saturday 7am – 6pm, and Sunday 9am – 5pm or visit www.slu.readingprograms.org. Enroll early, as class size is limited. All programs meet once a week.

LUTHERAN SOUTH WELCOMES NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Lutheran South welcomes Coach Derrick Colquitt as its new Head Football Coach! Coach Colquitt led the Lancer offense last year to a state Final Four appearance. He is a graduate of University City High School and Lindenwood University, where he played football for three years. Prior to joining Lutheran South, Colquitt held various assistant coaching positions at Normandy High School, McCluer North, Chaminade, Washington University, and most recently University City High School. Join Coach Colquitt for South's Football Camp June 4 - 7 from 9am to 11am at Lutheran South. This is a non-contact camp designed to improve fundamental skills to become better football players. Registration is open for boys grades 5 - 8. Register at lhssstl.org/lutheran-south-summer-camps

4248 Green Park Road • St. Louis, Missouri 63125 • 314.544.4248 • greenparklutheranschool.org

SCRIP NEWS Please note, no Scrip Orders will be placed over the summer.

Dierbergs and Shop ‘n Save gift cards are available for purchase in the school office. The cards can be purchased in denominations of $25 or $100. These cards are available all summer long from the office.

If you have any questions, please contact our Scrip Coordinator, Sara Hopfer, at sara.hopfer@greenparklutheranschool.org.

CHAPEL OFFERINGS TO BENEFIT FEED MY PEOPLE Our chapel offerings for the rest of the year will be going to Feed My People. Feed My People was started in 1982 as a way to help people in the South County area needing food. Today, Feed My People has over 25 programs, including a Thrift Store at each location as primarily a service to their clients, but also open to the public. This organization serves 16 different zip codes in the St. Louis area and helps over 80,000 people each year. Feed My People is supported by donations from individuals, schools, churches, businesses, foundations and community groups. Please help us support their service to our community!

PEACE LUTHERAN OFFERING SUMMER CAMP The Peace Early Childhood Department is again offering a Summer Camp for kids ages 5 - 12. Monday through Friday, from 6:00am-6:00pm. Enjoy sports, crafts, games, field trips and more. Meals are included. For more details, contact Sue Velten at (314)892-8844 or earlychildhood@peacelutheranstl.org.

SUMMER CAMP AVAILABLE AT CHRIST MEMORIAL The Christ Memorial Childcare Center is offering a Summer Camp for kids ages 4-9. Monday through Friday, from 6:30am-6:00pm. Enjoy daily indoor activities, daily outdoor activities, field trips, special activities and more. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are provided. Contact Missy Meyer at (314)631-0992, visit www.cmchildcare.org.

KNOW OF SOMEONE LOOKING FOR A GREAT SCHOOL? Schedule a private tour: Visitors are welcome to tour the Green Park campus anytime. Contact: Katy Schmitt, Admissions, katy.schmitt@greenparklutheranschool.org

CHRIST MEMORIAL PRODUCTIONS TO OFFER SUMMER THEATER CAMP Christ Memorial Productions will offer a Summer Theater Camp for ages 6 to 12, July 16 – 20, 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Campers will embark on a fun, dramatic journey. Cost is $90.00 per child; advance payment is required and space is limited. Register at CMPShows.org. Contact us at CMP@CMPShows.org with any questions.

GOLF PROGRAM FOR LUTHERAN GRADE SCHOOLS TO BEGIN A new Golf Program is being developed for Lutheran Grade Schools. Clinic Days, Practice Rounds, and a Tournament will be held over the summer at Sunset Hills Golf Course. A golf camp will be held from May 29—June 1 at Lutheran South. A flyer is attached with more information. If you have questions, please contact Ben Ealick at coachealick@gmail.com or (314)276-3842.

GRASP SUMMER PROGRAM GRASP is a nine week (optional) correspondence program for grades K-8 that helps students maintain their reading and math skills over the summer months. The cost for one subject is $38 and two subjects is $63. For more information on this beneficial program, and to register independently, please visit their website at www.grps.org/grasp.

STUDENT PHYSICALS NEEDED As summer quickly approaches, please remember to schedule your physical appointments for the new school year. All kindergarten, 4th and 7th grade, and new students registered for the 2018-2019 school year must have a physical on file before the first day of school. This is a comprehensive physical which includes an updated vaccination history. Physicals are due to the school office by August 15, 2018.

Students participating in Green Park Athletics next year will need an Athletic Permission and Physical form on file before they can begin practice. Both physical forms are available to download on our school website under the “Admissions” tab, or by logging into your TADS account.