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Principal’s Corner - Mr. Snow

Upcoming

Events

Mar 3 End of 2nd

Tri

Mar 6 Make Up

School Day

Mar 8 Report

Cards

Apr 1 Pizza Making

Apr 10-17 Easter

Break

Apr 26 Progress

Reports

Apr 29 Tree Sale

Pick up

May 12 Talent

Show/Awards

Night/Concert

May 14 Mother’s

Day Flower Sale

Most of you are aware of this week’s fire at the Quarry Street

apartments that left 4 families out of their homes. A St. John

parent has suggested that we conduct a food drive. That sounded

like a great idea. To that end we have a box in the front hall for you

to drop off any donations that you would like to contribute. I

encourage you to give generously. This is a great way to share the

love Jesus. That is what we are all about.

Our second pizza sale of the year is underway right now. If you

would like to participate in order to raise funds for your tuition

account or start saving for your child’s 8th grade class trip, please

request the order forms from the office.

We are also kicking off our annual tree sale and hanging flower

basket sale next week. We will have order forms ready to share

with family, friends, neighbors and coworkers. Trees will be ready

for pick-up on April 29. Flower baskets will be at the school for

pick-up on Mothers’ Day. These are good fundraisers for our PTL

who fund projects and upgrades around the school that are not

covered in the regular budget. Your participation will ensure the

success of these projects.

Basketball and cheerleader photos will be taken Monday. Please

make sure that you have received, filled out, and returned the

order form.

1st/2nd

Mrs. Fritsch

PS/K

Miss Linse

4K

Mrs. Snow

Literacy

On Tuesday we celebrated

4K’s 100th day of school.

We made headbands with

100 fingerprints on them.

We made trail mix counting

out 100 pieces of snack. We

sent home another book

from the literacy grant on

Tuesday. Each child was able

to make a selection from a

variety of books.

Jesus Time

We read the story of Jesus

visiting His friends Mary

and Martha. Mary and

Martha welcomed Jesus into

their home. Mary sat at

Jesus’ feet as He told of

God’s love. Martha continued

with cleaning and meal

preparat ions . Martha

complained to Jesus that

Mary was not helping her.

Jesus explained that Mary

chose what was important.

This week in 3K we began talking

about and identifying the first

letter of our name and things in

the classroom that start with

the same letter. We also

started learning about Dr Seuss,

because his birthday is

Thursday, March 2nd. Thursday

is National Read Across America

Day in honor of Dr. Seuss. Also,

next week is the start of a new

month so we will be learning a

new snack prayer to the tune of

the “Hokey Pokey”. The words

are "You send the blessings

down. We lift the praises up.

You send the blessings down, and

you spread ‘em all around. We

thank you, Lord, together ‘cuz

you’ve given us so much, and

that’s what it’s all about. Amen."

Next week is also the end of the

s e c o n d t r i m e s t e r . I n

Kindergarten, we are finishing

the letter Uu in our Superkids

and then we will be taking a

progress test before we begin

the next unit. Also, next week

we will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’

birthday on Thursday with some

fun Dr. Seuss themed activities.

We will also be using the new

snack/lunch prayer from above.

Friday in the end of the second

trimester and report cards will

be issued March 8th.

We began our Unit 6 in Religion

this week. Jesus healed the

paralyzed man and the ten

lepers. We created a fantastic

FAITH sign! Our faith in Jesus

is what saves us. Our Bible

verse this week is: Now faith is

the assurance of things hoped

for, the conviction of things not

seen. Hebrews 11:1. Second

grade is learning to add money

to the hundreds place, tell time

to five minutes, measure to the

half inch, and compare numbers

using >, <, and =. First grade is

adding money to the tens place,

telling time to the half hour,

making straight line segments,

learning how to make tally

marks, and identify half and one

fourth. First grade is also

learning long vowel sounds and

how to mark their sounds in

Superkids, adding ed and ing

endings to root words. Second

grade is learning words with

prefixes un and re. We are

finishing the first Readers in

both grades and taking

assessment tests this week and

next week. New spelling words

are in the folders, as well as a

new Memory Schedule. Have a

relaxing weekend!

7th/8th Grade

Mrs. GeRue

5th/6th Grade

Mr. Snow

3rd/4th Grade

Mrs. Schram

The girls made catapults

and had fun blasting

things off. We continue

to work on our zentangle

and Picasso art projects.

Third grade is in 14th

place and fourth grade

is in 25th place in the

National AR contest, so

we have our work cut out

for us. Our class goes on

a field trip, Tuesday,

February 28th. We will

be heading to Heckrodt

Nature Preserve. Please

pack cold lunch and warm

clothes.

We had a great trip to

CWES in Amherst Junction

for outdoor education last

week. We did some

snowshoeing, learned about

winter survival skills,

s t u d i e d a s t r o n o m y ,

identified animal skulls, did

lake a study, and played

educational games. We had

good weather and a great

time learning about God’s

wonderful creation.

This week we finished our

latest book in reading class,

The Secret of the Indian.

We have taken the Reading

Practice test in Accelerated

Reader. We also did some

vocabulary work to prepare

for that test.

We are set to take a math

test on Monday.

Have a great weekend

W e s t a r t e d a

grammar unit about

p r o n o u n s t h i s

week. We are

continuing our study

on Central America

and the Caribbean

Islands. In science

we are continuing our

chapter on birds.

8th Grade CIMI trip

payment is needed

immediately. Please

get a check to the

office ASAP!

Some students are no

where near their goals

for AR points for this

trimester. They need

to be reading and

taking AR tests.

Basketball & Cheer

Pictures Monday, February 27 1:00pm

Please bring all uniform items (WASHED and NICELY FOLDED) so

they can be returned to Miss. Linse after pictures are taken.

Cheerleaders please wear your hair up with your fun cheer hair ties

for our squad picture.

Music Thank you to the Handbells for their participation in Worship last Sunday. Thank you to

Violet Lueck, Ella Resop, April Ryckman, Isaac Dament, Andy Ryckman, Jadon Vergin, Ryan

Henley, Kyle Verch, and to Autumn Hartzke, Kaylee Vergin, Melanie Resop, Trinity Abitz,

Chasity Abitz, Corrin Ewald, Kasten Ewald, and Isaac Lueck who shared their voices to sing

our Lutheran Schools Week song, Christ Is Our Rock.

Sunday School Choir

Sunday School students will sing at the 8am service on March 5th. Please

bring your children to Sunday School to learn the songs.

Food Drive for Fire Victims

St. John Lutheran School is having a food drive for the families/

victims of the Quarry Street Apt fire. You can drop off your

donation during school hours. 8:00am - 3:00pm. Thank you!

PTL Soup Supper

Wednesday, March 15th. Plan to help an make food. You will be

contacted. ~Mrs. Wallner~

Monday Feb 27

Hot Turkey Sandwiches

Tuesday Feb 28

Chicken Fajitas

Wednesday Mar 1

Chicken Nuggets

Thursday Mar 2

Tator Tot Casserole

Friday Mar 3

Breakfast

Hot Lunch Next Week

Lunch Tickets

Grades K – 5: 5 tickets = $12.50 (1 meal $2.50) Grades 6 – 8: 5 tickets = $13.75 (1 meal $2.75

Adult Meals: $4.00 per lunch

FAMILY NAME:

Student No. of Tickets @ $ =

Student No. of Tickets @ $

=

Student No. of Tickets @ $

=

Milk Tickets No. of Milk

@ $7 per 20 = $

TOTAL:

REMEMBER, YOU CAN CHECK YOUR

TUITION AND LUNCH BALANCES

ON PRAXI!

TAX DEDUCTION FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION

Tax Day is coming up on April 18, 2017. Don't forget to claim your private school

tuition tax deduction!

There is a silver lining to this dreaded deadline for private school parents.

Thanks to advocacy by WCRIS, state law allows Wisconsin parents to deduct

private school tuition on their taxes.

This is the third year the private school tuition tax deduction has been available,

so don't forget to remind parents and tax professionals of this enormous

opportunity. Please help spread the word to your families so that they can take

advantage of this financial benefit.

In total, the deduction has the potential to provide up to $30 million in tax relief

for taxpayers with children in private schools. In 2014 alone, the first year of

the deduction, parents saved $11.2 million, according to DOR reports analyzed by

the Wisconsin Tax Payers Alliance (WisTax).

Regardless of income, parents and legal guardians are eligible for a maximum

deduction of $4,000 per child in grades K-8 and $10,000 per child in grades 9-12.

Students transitioning from eighth to ninth grade are eligible for both

deductions.

You can pick up your 2016 Tuition Statement in the office—or call Mrs. Reeves to

have it sent home with your child, or emailed.

Easy Money for our School!

Did you know that by shopping on Amazon, they will donate 5% of your

purchase to our school?

It’s simple, go to https://smile.amazon.com/ and search for St. John

Lutheran Church Berlin.

Once you select it, every purchase you make will help the school out!

Youth Group Activities

All youth 6th thru 12th grade are welcome and encouraged to attend.

The more that attend the more fun we can have!

Youth group outing will be Sunday, March 12th meet at school at

2pm and we can car pool to LuWiSoMo.

We will again be hosting an egg hunt for the younger kids so we are

looking for donations of candy (to fit in smaller eggs) or funds to

purchase some. We are planning a fill day for Sunday, April 2nd

and can come up with another time after that if need be.

Soup supper will be Wednesday, April 5th; we need sandwiches,

desserts and help in the kitchen.

Easter breakfast will be Sunday, April 16th; we need help Saturday

morning prepping and Sunday morning in the kitchen.

Youth group service project will be Saturday, April 29th; we will be

helping at LuWiSoMo during their work weekend.

Higher Things is a youth conference confirmed kids have attended

in the past. This year's conferences are June 27-30 in San

Antonio, TX, July 4-7 in Mars Hill, NC, July 18-21 in Bozeman, MT,

or July 25-28 in Valparaiso, IN. Please let me know ASAP if you

want more information or are interested in attending.

Contact me if you have any questions or would like further info at

920-229-2496 or jerrodl@charter.net.

April Lueck

https://apps4.dpi.wi.gov/ChoiceParent/

How does someone qualify for the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program (WPCP)? A student

qualifies for the WPCP on the basis of their residency and their family income, if applicable.

Students must reside in a Wisconsin school district, other than in the city of Milwaukee and Racine

Unified School District. Additionally, students in the WPCP must meet at least one of the prior

year school attendance requirements: (1) been enrolled in a public school in Wisconsin in the 2016-

17 school year, (2) have not been enrolled in school in the 2016-17 school year, (3) be applying for

kindergarten, first or ninth grade at the private school in the 2017-18 school year or (4)

participated in the WPCP in the 2016-17 school year. For the 2017-18 school year, a new student

must have a family income at or below the amount listed in Table 3. Students who participated in

the WPCP in 2016-17 or were on the DPI’s waiting list in 2016-17 are not required to prove that

they are income eligible. Family income includes the income of the student’s parent(s) or legal

guardian(s) that reside in the same household as the student applicant. If the student’s

parents/legal guardians are married their income is reduced by $7,000 when determining income

eligibility for the program. Family size includes parents/guardians and their children by birth,

marriage or adoption that reside in the same household as the student applicant.

WPCP 185% of the Federal Poverty Level for 2017-18 Family Size Maximum Yearly Income 1

$21,978 2 $29,637 3 $37,296 4 $44,955 5 $52,614 6 $60,273 7 $67,951 8 $75,647 For each

additional member add $7,696

How does a student apply for the WPCP? The application period for the 2017-18 school year is

from February 1 – April 20. Parents must complete the online student application available through

the following webpage: http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/choiceprograms/student-applications. Parents must

provide residency documentation and income documentation, if applicable to the school(s) they

apply to during the application period or the application is ineligible. Additionally, applicants for the

WPCP will have to indicate which of the prior year school attendance requirements they meet.

Parents/guardians may either: (a) provide their social security numbers or taxpayer identification

number to the school and have the Department of Revenue determine whether the student is

income eligible for the program; or (b) use the Department of Public Instruction’s income

determination method by answering a series of income questions in the on-line application and

providing paper income documentation to the school(s) as directed in the application during the

open application period. The school will verify that the student meets the income Page 5 of 8

requirements. Applicants must also provide proof of residency directly to the schools during the

open application period. A student can apply to the Choice program at one or more schools during

the open application period.

Please Help Spread the Word!

St. John

Lutheran School

146 Mound Street

Berlin, WI 54923

920-361-0555

920-361-0575 fax

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