CRUSADER CHRONICLE Volume 28, Issue 23 St. John’s Ev. Lutheran School – Wauwatosa March 23, 2017

St. John’s Mission Statement: We exist to prepare our children for a lifelong relationship with Christ, proclaim the gospel message, and provide excellence in education to equip students for life and eternity.

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL March 23-April 6, 2017

3/23 Th Report Cards Issued

Piano w/ Mrs. Bortulin

Handbells w/ Mrs. Handeland

6-9:30pm Miller Park Training

3/24 Fr DISCOVERY DAY

8am-8pm Grades 7-8 to Chicago!

3/25 Sat 9am Wrestling tournament @ St. Paul’s Muskego

10am-1:30pm Miller Park Training

5:30 Worship

7:00 Chinese Worship

3/26 Sun 8 & 10:30 Worship

9:15 Sunday School & Bible Classes

10am-1:30pm Miller Park Training

Happy Birthday Mrs. Buske!

SPRING BREAK MARCH 27-31 Childcare open bring bag lunch

3/27 Mon Happy Birthday, Mrs. Henning!

6-9:30pm Miller Park Training

3/29 Wed 3:30 & 6:45 Lent Service 4:30 Lenten Meal

4/1 Sat 5:30 Evening Worship w/communion 7:00 Chinese Worship

4/2 Sun 8 & 10:30 Worship w/communion 9:15 Sunday School & Bible Classes

4/3 Mon 8:00 Classes Resume Piano w/ Mrs. Horton 1:10pm Miller Park Opportunity

4/4 Tue Piano w/ Mrs. Horton Guitar w/ Mr. Krellwitz 6:30 Girl Pioneers 6:40pm Miller Park Opportunity

4/5 Wed 8:15 Children’s Chapel Piano w/ Mrs. Bortulin 3:30 & 6:45 Lenten Services – Faculty Sings (3:30) 4:30 Lenten Meal

7:10pm Miller Park Opportunity

4/6 Th Piano w/ Mrs. Bortulin Handbells w/Mrs. Handeland Gr 5-7 Weather Day @ Miller Park 10am K4-Gr 3 Kohl’s Wild Theater @ St. John’s

12:40pm Miller Park Opportunity

From the Principal’s Desk

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE ON FACEBOOK FOR

OUR NEW VIDEO!!

Report Cards come home today! Please sign

and return the envelope tonight. With the break for next week we hope all families will return the envelopes tomorrow.

Discovery Day is tomorrow. Thank you to all the parents, especially the CES parents, who work so hard to make this day a success. A

great way to start a conversation about what happened in school might be to ask if there were special people in school today.

Mrs. Kelly Johnson will be leaving us as our Childcare Director. THANK YOU MRS. JOHNSON FOR YOUR DEDICATED WORK TO OUR

PROGRAM!!! We will be looking for a new Director. If you,

or someone you know, is interested please look on the church website for the job description and application process.

We need Miller Park volunteers! This is a great way to help our program and to use your time for the support of our program. We often

talk of using our time and talents, here’s an opportunity to put our faith into practice. The coordinators of this opportunity are honestly

evaluating the future of this effort. Help us out. Do you know anyone interested in K3 and K4 for next year? We have places left. Please

let us know to whom we might send information.

TRAVEL SAFELY DURING THE BREAK!

~Lord’s Blessings on your week~ ~Mr. Uecker~

2017 Spring Break - March 27-31 A reminder that spring break is March 27-31. St. John’s School Office will be closed during this week. Childcare will be open for those who have made reservations. Be sure to bring a bag lunch as the Hot Lunch Program will not be available. School resumes at 8am on Monday, April 3rd.

Scripture Readings

The scripture readings for March 25 & 26 The First Lesson: Genesis 37:1-11

Psalm: 42-43 The Second Lesson: Romans 8:1-10

The Gospel Lesson: Matthew 20:17-28 Sermon theme: Victory over Selfishness

Usher Assistants SUNDAY SERVICES

8:00 AM 10:30 AM

March 26 Eva Kuehn

one more needed

Joey Lindert

Emma Lindert

March 29 3:30pm Lenten Service

Joey Lindert Tony Jones

John Handeland Micah Buske April 2 Rhiannon Gantner

one more needed

Tony Jones

Emma Lindert

April 5 3:30pm Lenten Service

Mason Ruh Josh Knueppel

Quinn Taylor Caleb Pollesch Palm Sunday

April 9 Kenzie Schmidt

Gaby Verduzco

Alyssa Ebeling

Silas Ebeling

Singing/Jr. Handbell Schedule April 5th : Faculty sings 3:30 April 9th: Jr Choir & K5 sing (8 & 10:30am) April 23rd: Grade 3 sings 8am, Grade 4 sings 10:30, Handbells 10:30

April 29th: Faculty sings for Confirmation

Lutheran Boy Pioneers

Boy Pioneers meet:

April 10th, 6:30-8:30pm

April 22nd, Archery

Lutheran Girl Pioneers Girl Pioneers meet:

April 4th, 6:30-8pm April 18th, 6:30-8pm

April Food Pantry Donation Don't forget that St. John's kids are also supporting local mission work through non-perishable food donations to our food pantry. Mrs. Festerling’s and Mrs. Campbell’s 1st and 2nd grades are the featured classrooms next month. Please send your donation to school. Thank you! Thank you to all who contributed in March.

Parents’ Preview The Parents’ Preview highlights an aspect of next week’s service: a liturgical song, a Psalm refrain, or a hymn stanza. Our hope and prayer is that parents will teach this portion of the service to their children at home during the week so that children can participate more fully in the worship service. Parents’ Preview for March 26th

“Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us” (stanza 1)

Christian Worship 486

Parents’ Preview for April 2nd:

Psalm 116 Refrain

Attn: 8th Grade Parents

Baby Pictures due by April 15th Just wanted to give the dreaded tax date a whole new meaning... … something to “oooo” and “aahhh” over! If you have not already done so, please submit a baby picture to the school office for the “Who’s Who” Board that is displayed at the 8th Grade Graduation Reception. Please email or bring to the office by April 15th. A color copy can be made in the school office so you don’t have to worry about losing or damaging your originals. Or simply email a picture to school@sjtosa.org. Thank you!

Second Semester Mission Project St. John's Lends a Hand! St. John’s students have partnered with students at Wisconsin Lutheran High School to raise money to set up an aquaponics system in Zambia, Africa. This program is aimed at bringing a new way to grow vegetables and at the same time bring fresh fish to the dinner table to villages in Africa. Dr. Anderson of Wisconsin Lutheran College and his team of students have developed a method to raise Tilapia, a fish when full grown get to be about the size of a bass, and using the fish waste products to grow plants hydroponically. These systems use the resources of the area to connect pipes, pumps, fish tanks to the grow beds where the plants live. The money we collect will be used to set up a system at each of the schools and then have a reserve bank account for villages to draw from to help them set up their own systems. Through this, our schools and pastors can once again share the real bread of life to the villages of Zambia. To date we have raised $462.00 for this mission. Please consider making a donation in the envelope sent home today. This is a great way to welcome your student back to school after our spring break and support our efforts in this mission project.

Childcare News Childcare will be closed Good Friday April 14th and Monday April 17th in observation of the Easter Holiday.

Summer Childcare We will be celebrating all the seasons in St. John’s Summer Childcare with our theme: “Joy, Fun, Seasons in the Sun”. We offer our summer childcare to ages 2 yrs. (potty-trained) through 3rd grade. Follow the link below to receive more information about St. John’s Summer Childcare.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KHJY7MP

Piano Lessons with Mrs. Bortulin Safe travels to many students who are vacationing during Spring Break. Assignments were given according to how much students said they might be around home the next 2 weeks. Keep working on those recital songs! The Spring recital will be Tuesday, May 16th at 5:30pm.

Spring Band Concert - March 23 Everyone is invited to the Spring Band Concert this Thursday, March 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium at Wisconsin Lutheran High School. The WLHS band will debut a newly commissioned piece of music, Seeds of Glass. 8th grade members of the Jr. Viking Band will also perform with the high school. Admission is free.

5th and 6th Grade Forensics Festival Results Congratulations to the 5th and 6th graders for their efforts in preparing their forensics selections! Thank you to the parents who encouraged them and brought them to the Festival, to the St. John’s volunteer judges (Mrs. Morin, Mrs. Handeland, and Mrs. Lamas) , and to the coaches (Mrs. Handeland, Mrs. Eft, Mr. Hackbarth, Mrs. Lindert, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Goede, and Ms. Mary Rindfleisch). The following students participated in the Forensics Festival this past Saturday in the categories listed:

6th Grade Interpretive Prose – John Handeland, Annika Laufer, Elsa Gregory, Nora Gregory, Micah Buske, Chloe Campbell, Kaylie McEvoy, Lexi Siegmund

6th Grade Humorous Declamation – Clara Kammholz, Jacob Alejandro, Evan Starkey

6th Grade Storytelling – Madysen Lueck, Olivia Close, Erin Welcenbach, Noel Greene

As a group, the 6th graders were blessed to be awarded 10 blue ribbons, 4 red ribbons, and 1 white ribbon.

5th Grade Humorous Declamation – Annabelle Nault

5th Grade Interpretive Prose – Emma Lindert, Madalyn Morin, Ava Collyard, Kon Knueppel, Emily Leyrer, Sarah Laufer

5th Grade Storytelling – Eva Kuehn As a group, the 5th graders were blessed to be awarded 4 blue ribbons and 4 red ribbons. The 5th and 6th grade students listed above represented themselves, St. John’s, and their Lord by using their God-given talents to the best of their ability! Thanks and congratulations!

Mrs. Henning and Mrs. Rindfleisch

Crusader Athletics

Go to www.sjtosaathletics.org to view updated schedules for all Crusader sports (practices, games & tournaments). Crusader Wrestling: St. John's Tosa had a great showing at the Lakeshore Tournament this past Saturday. Some of our team were able to achieve their first pin of the season, and others demonstrated new skills on the mat. Way to go St. John's Tosa! On Sunday, March 19th we had 28 wrestlers participate in the Little Man Tournament hosted right here at St. Johns. Five of our own wrestlers competed in this no tears event: Sawyer Festerling, Jacob Lindert, Sammy Moll, Jacob Nault, and Jacob Zimmer. Way to represent our school! A special thanks to all who helped volunteer for this event to help it run smoothly. Our final wrestling tournament of the year will be held this Saturday, March 25th at St. Paul's Muskego. Wrestling will begin shortly after 9:00 AM. Let's finish with a great season and leave it all on the mat!

Go Crusaders!

Little Vikings Volleyball Clinic April 22 & 29 The program is designed for girls in 2nd thru 6th grade, to introduce volleyball to those new to the sport and further develop the skills of girls who have already discovered the fun of volleyball. Registration Deadline is April 15th. Go to: http://jvvc.org/little-vikings/ to register. Wisco Jr. Viking Football Wisco Jr. Viking Football program is still taking registrations for 2017 fall football season. Registration is taken on a first come, first served basis. Deadline for registration is April 1, but please note that they are limited 30 participants per grade. Be advised that the

registration fee is $150 if turned in by April 1, and the fee

goes up to $200 if turned in after April 1. Forms can be

downloaded at www.wiscofootball.com.

New Member Welcome Sunday, March 26 You are welcome to attend St. John’s New Member Meet and Greet in the fellowship hall on the lower level of church

following the 10:30 am service on Sunday, March 26. Enjoy some refreshments provided by Cranky Al’s Donuts and Colectivo Coffee. You will have the opportunity to meet some of our newer members as we welcome them to our congregation.

2017 Historical Site Art Contest

The Wauwatosa Historical Society sponsors this contest to promote appreciation for the unique historic buildings in our community. This project honors the work early Wauwatosa citizens did to create these buildings, and develops an understanding of preservation. All Wauwatosa students in K4 through fifth grade are invited to submit entries. Please see attachment for details. A great spring break project for young art enthusiasts.

JA Volunteer Needed (3rd Grade) Thank you to all who have volunteered, we are still in need of a volunteer to teach five mini business lessons to the 3rd grade students. The lessons are scripted and all materials will be provided for you by our Junior Achievement representative. Teaching the JA curriculum is a very rewarding experience and is not much of a time commitment. Here is the link if you would like more information about the program, http://wisconsin.ja.org/metro-milwaukee. Please email Dan Peterson at drp41980@gmail.com if you are willing to help, or give him a call at 414-719-4873 if you would like to discuss what it entails. He needs to get the volunteer list to our JA representative as soon as possible. Thank you!

Summer 2017 Camps and Activities

Wisco Viking Explorer Academic & Athletic Camps: at Wisconsin Lutheran High School. Schedule and registration available at: Wisco Summer Camps. Paper schedules were sent home with students this week. Luther Prep School (Watertown) Summer Camps: Go to: LPS Summer Sports Camps Camp Phillip (Wautoma, WI): 2017 summer program brochures were sent home. See poster on the bulletin board for camp listings or go to: Camp Phillip Camp Bird for Lutherans – a youth camp for children in grades 5-8, located near Crivitz in Marinette County on Sand Lake. For more information visit www.campbird.org 2017 Summer Band Camp at WLHS – Let’s Celebrate June 18-23. Contact Karen Mary Lippert at Karen.lippert@wlhslorg or (262) 844-7370. .

K3 News The warm weather has been such a blessing this winter! We have been able to go outside to play in February and March – unbelievable!! We are welcoming spring with our study of many animals that have been hibernating through the winter. The children have been counting and studying color with fun stories about a snake (The Greedy Python), a frog (The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog), and a chameleon (The Mixed-Up Chameleon). Unfortunately, the firefighter visit has been canceled for this week. It will be rescheduled. The children have been enjoying our firefighter theme corner. We have a truck, coats, helmets, a walkie talkie, a badge, a hose, and pretend fire to put out. In out Bible lesson, we heard how a crowd of people waved palm branches and praised Jesus as He rode into Jerusalem. We know that Jesus is our Savior and King. We also praise him with our songs, prayers, and loving words and actions.

~Mrs. Henning

Seminary Scurry 2017 Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary invites you to join them for their annual Seminary Scurry

on April 29. This is a fun family event. Come explore the beautiful WLS campus in a 5K run/walk and Kid’s Dash. Stay afterwards for a FREE cookout lunch and tour of the campus. Weather permitting, a free bounce house and face painting will be available for children. Click here to register online by Thursday, April 27, to guarantee an event T-shirt. Participants may also register on the day of the event. Read More

Rooted & Mowing Landscape Work Days The Rooted & Mowing crew will be pruning shrubs and shrub roses at church and school on Saturday, April 1, from 9:00 a.m.-noon and Sunday, April 2, from 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Please bring gloves, pruners, and safety glasses or sunglasses for eye protection. If you would like to help, please contact Kurt and Kelly Kramer at kkramer9@att.net or 414-475-9071.

Viking Explorer Summer Program

Parents, don't let summer waste away! Register your grade school child(ren) for the Viking Explorer Summer

Program. Offerings are designed to give grade school students a chance to grow and experience a wide variety of activities and interests in a Christian setting. There are many camps available including: basketball, chess, robotics, sewing, drama, cheerleading, volleyball, wrestling, art and more. For more information about camps and to register, visit the Viking Explorer web site here Paper copies of this summer schedule were sent home this week with all K5-8th grade students, as well as the girls in K4. (The only camp available to this year’s K4 students is Cheer Camp, listed as K-9.) As you are looking through the summer schedule for your children, please make note that the grades listed are their 2017-18 grades.