November 20th Newsletter

 

November 20, 2017

CONGRATULATIONS EISELE FAMILY
Mrs. Eisele welcomed Sadie Jo on November 18th, at 4:49 a.m.  Sadie weighed 8 pounds and 5 ounces. Both mom and baby are doing well.

CHAPEL OFFERINGS FOR NOVEMBER & DECEMBER- WARREN’S TABLE
In November and December, we will be collecting money for Warren’s Table. This outreach project at Christ Episcopal Church in Beatrice provides a free meal to the public each Tuesday evening. After we raise funds, we plan to prepare and serve a meal with our older students, and donate any extra funds raised. Our meal is scheduled for Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018, so mark your calendars!  The current total is $69.89.

UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS
The 1st Grade will visit the Homestead National Monument on November 21st. The 4th and 5th Grades will travel to SouthPointe Mall for the movie “Wonder” on November 21st.

MID-QUARTER REPORTS
Last week, November 17th brought us halfway through the 2nd quarter of the school year. Mid-quarter reports will be sent home tomorrow, Tuesday, November 21st with students in Kindergarten through 5th grade.

NO SCHOOL
There will be no school this Wednesday, November 22nd through Friday, November 24th for Thanksgiving vacation as we pause to give thanks to God for all the blessings that we have received from Him.

SCRIP CARDS
Giving Gift Cards for Christmas this year? Order your gift cards through our St. Paul’s Lutheran School “Scrip Card” program and our school automatically gets money in return at no extra cost to you!  Order forms are located in the narthex, church office, school office, and on the school’s website.  Orders will be placed November 27th and December 11th.  Order forms can be turned in to the church or school office.

LIGHTED CHRISTMAS PARADE
St. Paul’s will have a float entry in the Lighted Parade on December 2nd.  Children who wish to walk alongside the float are welcome to join us. If you have a battery operated candlestick, please bring that to carry. We will provide halos for them to wear.  There will be a limited amount of space on the float for younger children to sit and ride. We will assemble for the parade at 5 p.m., at Country Cookin Café. Please let Mrs. Duever know if you plan to join us!

RUNZA FUNDRAISER
Tuesday, December 5th from 5-8 p.m., the PTL will be hosting a Runza fundraiser night. A portion of all sales will be donated to St. Paul’s Lutheran School. Mark your calendars now and plan to eat out with us!

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM PRACTICE
Saturday, December 16th at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church is the only Saturday practice scheduled. It is very important for all children in Pre-School through 5th Grade who will be participating in the program to be at this rehearsal.  Please make every effort to have your child at church on time for the rehearsal and to pick up your child at the time rehearsal will be over.

Rehearsal times are:

Grades 1-5: 3:00 p.m. Program—Practice from 8:30-10:00 a.m.

Pre-School, Pre-Kindergarten, & Kindergarten: Both 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Programs—Practice from 10:00-10:30 a.m.

Grades 1-5: 5:00 p.m. Program—Practice from 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

AMAZON SMILE
Doing any online shopping? Log on to smile.amazon.com and set St. Paul Lutheran Church as your organization, and a portion of the sales will be donated to St. Paul’s. This is a free, easy way to support our school.

SUNMART RECEIPTS
SunMart cash register receipts update: our current total is $11,753.18. You can also collect Box Tops, Best Choice UPC labels (from Heartland Foods), Tyson Project A+ labels, and Our Family labels (UPC portion). We can turn in all of these labels to receive money for our school.

In Christ,

Amy Duever