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

“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10

PRINCIPAL’S CORNER Just about to May. A few more activities before we jump into the last month of the year. Tonight our 5th and 6th graders put on a performance at 7:00pm called Rumplestiltskin – Private Eye. Saturday morning is our first annual Viking March, 5K run and 1M walk at Cliff Cave Park. Then next week Friday, May 5th, is our annual Faith Family Field Day with an early dismissal. Some of our classes will be taking field trips in the next few weeks so please make sure you are checking calendars and with homeroom teachers about all of the details with these. Blessings to all as we enter this very busy time of the school year. Servant of Christ, Mr. Stephen F. Eggold, Principal

VIKING MARCH 5K AND ONE MILE FUN RUN QUICKLY APPROACHING It’s not too late! Our first Viking March 5K & 1M Fun Run at Cliff Cave Park is tomorrow, Saturday, April 29….Rain or shine! You may still register up until the day of the event or even AT the event prior to the race. (Race t-shirts not guaranteed though.) The 5K begins at 9:00am and the Fun Run begins at 9:45am. Join us for a REFIT® Revolution warmup, 8:30-8:45am, led by Terri Buckley. Attendance prizes will be given out after the Fun Run.

5K/Fun Run Packet Pickup: Friday, April 28 from 3-6pm at Green Park Lutheran School Saturday, April 29 from 7:30-8:45am at Cliff Cave Park

5th AND 6th GRADE PRESENT “RUMPELSTILTSKIN—PRIVATE EYE” In this witty play fairytale spoof, Fairytale Land has been hit by a crime wave. The Three Bears’ home was broken into. The Three Little Pigs’ homes were destroyed. Now Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother is missing. The crimes seem unrelated, at least if you listen to those shady Grimm brothers. But could an evil mastermind be behind them all? Something punny is going on! Only hard-boiled detective Rumpelstiltskin and his wise-cracking partner Ugly Duckling can solve this wacky case. Full of hilarious roles and snappy one-liners, this private eye parody is pure gold! The play was performed today, April 28, at 1:30pm. Another performance is this evening at 7:00pm in the gymnasium. Come join us in the fun!

ST. LOUIS SCIENCE FAIR RESULTS! This week the annual St. Louis Science Fair was held at Queeny Park. Green Park sent 28 projects to the fair and of those, there were 13 blue ribbons, 12 red ribbons, and 3 green ribbons! Also, three of the projects received special awards. Congratulations to the following students: Blue Ribbon Winners - Jacob Baese, Alex Hopfer, Caitlyn Jarzenbeck, Gordon Ko, Josh Stroups, Paige Werner, Addie Cunningham, Faith Duspiwa, Anna Kuschel, Ryan Stell, Lucas Tessereau, Lisa Bartz, Nathan Roberts, Kyle Toon, Ella Arbeiter, Haley Hinton, Annika Johnson. Red Ribbon Winners - Alex Buck, Matt Buck, Seth Seying, Amy Ceko, Katie Huster, Chris Lind, Olivia Rabbitt, Livi Roberts, Sarah Steinbach, Will Buck, Thomas Bugala, Luke Faulstich, Justine Kunderman, Dea Kuzhilla, Lizzie Meyer, Cecilia Palma, Adrianne Reim, Rudy Schmitt, Robert Shull, William Spies, Joah Tratar, Audrey Wolff, Malaina Wright. Green Ribbon Winners - Evan Sandt, Andy Hennen, Jack Bussen, Ian Furgeson, Zane Robertson. Special Awards - Caitlyn Jarzenbeck - Broadcom Masters Foundation Award; Paige Werner - Broadcom Masters Foundation Award; Anna Kuschel - Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics of St. Louis Award. Congratulations to all of the participants!

CAN PULL-TAB CONTEST Which classroom will collect the most can pull-tabs for the Ronald McDonald House? Our contest began Tuesday, April 18 and will end Friday, May 5. All pull-tabs should be brought in large Ziploc bags and turned in to your homeroom teacher. The class collecting the most pull tabs will win a special treat!

PTO NEWS End of year Box Tops! We will collect our final Box Tops for the year on May 5th. Make sure you have submitted your box tops for the year. A Box Top Collection sheet is attached to this email.

End of the year School Picnic! Have you marked your calendars for the end of year picnic on May 12th? There will be fun and activities for all! More details to follow.

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. Today, 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!

LUTHERAN ASSOCIATION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION (LASE) IS GROWING! We are seeking vibrant, collaborative, and versatile part-time certified special education teachers for the 2017-18 school year. Candidates should be individuals who love God, love children and have a passion for Lutheran education. Please send a cover letter and resume to info@lutheranspecialed.org.

ECLIPSE 2017 On Monday, August 21, 2017, the St. Louis area will experience a total solar eclipse. Unless you want to pay big bucks to travel world-wide, this is truly a once in a lifetime experience. We would like to have all our students experience this here at GPLS as this will be a school day. We need parent volunteers for each homeroom class to help our students safely view this amazing event with special eclipse proof goggles. We need people to pray for “clear sunny” weather. The news sources are predicting this to be the most “asked off” for day in US history as the entire eclipse will happen over the United States. Unlike a lunar eclipse, this is only viewable by a specific path the shadow of the moon across the US. Questions and interest should be directed to Mrs. Ann Ryherd as she will begin the compiling volunteers.

GREEN PARK ALUMNUS EVAN SANFT TO DIRECT CONCERT The choir and band from Martin Luther High School in Northrop, Minnesota, directed by Green Park Alumnus Evan Sanft, will be presenting a concert THIS Saturday, April 29, at 6:30pm, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Fenton, located at 1500 San Simeon Way, Fenton, MO 63026. They will also sing for the 8am service and possibly preservice of the 10:30am service this Sunday. Please tell others about this event and please attend!

FAITH FAMILY FIELD DAY 2017 - FRIDAY, MAY 5 Faith Family Field Day is the perfect spring celebration as we cap off another great year and recognize our 8th grade Faith Family Leaders. The day is spent in friendly competition complete with a can castle competition, games and snacks. A reminder that school will dismiss at 12:00pm. No after school care. Parent volunteers will be needed on that day. An email was sent home recently with a link to sign up. If all the spots are filled, you can still join us. We always have room for more helpers! We hope you can join us on this fun day!

CANNED FOOD DRIVE: FEED MY PEOPLE Field Day tradition begins with a can castle pyramid competition. Proceeds will go to our friends at Feed My People. Please be sure to send in your canned goods on field day. No glass items, please.

Green Sheet Green Park Lutheran School ~ April 28, 2017 ~ Volume 56 ~ Number 35

SCHOOL CALENDAR 4/28 1:30 & 7:00pm 5th and 6th Grade Play 3:00pm 5K/Fun Run Packet Pickup 4/29 7:30am 5K/Fun Run Packet Pickup @ Cliff Cave 9:00am Viking March—5K/Fun Run @ Cliff Cave 4/30 2:00pm National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony 5/1 2:30pm Uniform fitting with Dot the I Embroidery 5/2 7:00pm 5th Grade Combined Band Practice—LHSS 7:00pm PTO Meeting 5/3 7:30pm 5th Grade Combined Band Concert—LHSS 5/5 8:15am Faith Family Field Day 12:00pm Early Dismissal (No lunch or Aftercare) 4:00pm City Track Meet 7:30pm Spring Band Concert—Concordia, Kirkwood 5/7 Happy Birthday, Mrs. Ryherd!

GREEN PARK ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

Track 4/29 Southside Regional Meet LHSS 8:00am 5/2 Practice Green Park 3:30-5:00pm 5/4 Practice Green Park 3:30-5:00pm 5/5 City Meet Lutheran-St. Charles 4:30pm

LUTHERAN SOUTH SPRING BAND AND CHOIR CONCERTS The music department at Lutheran High School South announces its annual spring band concerts. This is a great opportunity to hear terrific music performed by some excellent young musicians. All Lutheran South band alumni and former students of Mr. and Mrs. Miller are especially invited. This will be your last chance to see Mr. and Mrs. Miller conduct before their retirement at the end of this school year.

Friday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. is the annual Jazz Band Concert featuring the high school Jazz Band. This popular concert will be held in the Kuhlmann Center at Lutheran South where the audience members are seated informally around tables. Please bring your own snacks and beverages and relax in a nightclub setting as you listen to some great jazz.

Friday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. is the annual Spring Band Concert. This event features Lutheran South’s well-known Wind Symphony in addition to the high school Concert Band. Also included will be the Junior Winds, a select band of the best Lutheran elementary school band members in the area. This concert will be held in the Concordia Center at Concordia Lutheran Church in Kirkwood.

Mark your May calendar for the Spring Choir Concert. All four LHSS Choirs will perform on Sunday evening, May 14, at 7:30 pm in the Kuhlmann Center at the school on Tesson Ferry Road. Highlights of the evening will be selections by state-level singers, the varsity Lancer Singers, and the middle school Junior Singers. The Lancer Singers include former Green Park students Lindsay Miller, Anna Renner, Jennifer Stroups, Abby Welker, and Grace Wilkinson. An offering will be received, and a cookie reception will follow the concert.

MON-5/1 A-Salisbury Steak B-Chicken Nuggets C-Hamburger D-SBJ Sandwich E-Salad Bar

TUE-5/2 A-Chicken Rings B-Chicken Nuggets C-Hamburger D-SBJ Sandwich E-Salad Bar

WED-5/3 A-Pancakes & Sausage B-Chicken Nuggets C-Hamburger D-SBJ Sandwich E-Salad Bar

THU-5/4 A-Taco Bell B-Chicken Nuggets C-Hamburger D-SBJ Sandwich E-Salad Bar

FRI-5/5 Faith Family Field Day—Early Dismissal—No Lunch Served

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

SCRIP NEWS The next (and final) Scrip Order will be entered on Friday, May 5, with a delivery date of Friday, May 12.

Please remember, 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. They earn profits of 5%, and of those profits, 75% goes to you. So, for instance, if you purchase $100 worth of cards, you earn $3.75. That means that for every $1,000 you make in purchases, you earn $37.50 in Scrip credits! Those Scrip credits can then be used for any of your TADS invoices.

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

LUTHERAN DAY AT BUSCH STADIUM Baseball fever is in the air! Join us for the 2017 Lutheran Day at Busch Stadium on Sunday, April 30, for the 1:15pm game against the Cincinnati Reds. Following the Cardinals game, the Lutheran High School North and Lutheran High School South Varsity Baseball teams will play on the field. Stay and cheer on the teams! The Lutheran High School Association is offering discounted tickets. They are $30 each and are available on a first come/first served basis. You may obtain your tickets from baseball players at LHSN or LHSS, from the LHSN or LHSS school offices, or go online to lhsastl.org/cardinals. Help them sell all 1,600 tickets to raise $20,000 for the schools!

UNIFORM FITTING DAYS We have one more remaining uniform fitting day. Monday, May 1, 2:30-5:30pm, in Room 305, Dot the I Embroidery will be here. Dot the I Embroidery specializes in our uniform shirts, sweatshirts, and fun Green Park Spirit Wear items. If you have any questions regarding uniforms, please contact Mrs. Pfund in the school office.

LUTHERAN SOUTH OFFERING SUMMER CAMPS Lutheran High School South is once again offering summer camps. The 2017 Lancer Summer Camps are now online, and registration is open. Extended care options are available in the morning and afternoon. Check out the list of camps, camp descriptions, and the registration form today at lhssstl.org/lancer-summer-camps. Questions? Contact Debbie Weltmer at 314-833-1067 or dweltmer@lhssstl.org.

SUMMER SPORTS CAMP Basketball and Volleyball! St. Paul Lutheran School in Des Peres is running camps this summer to improve skills in both sports. Mr. Rusert recommends the basketball camps! See Mr. Rusert for a brochure about these camps for first-eighth graders for basketball and third-eighth graders in volleyball. You can also look online and register at www.stplutheranschool.org. (“About”-“Summer Camp”).

THE BUD DOME – MIDDLE SCHOOL MIXER Calling all 2017-2018 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students. The Bud Dome invites you to join us on Friday, May 5, 6:00-9:00pm at the Bud Dome’s Middle School Mixer. There will be a DJ, basketball, kickball, dodgeball and a home run derby. Cost is $10 per student. Food and drink will be available for purchase. The Bud Dome is located at 9711 Green Park Industrial Drive, St. Louis, 63123. Click this link to register now: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07edy5dgdn88588507&oseq=&c=b6c93ff0-f587-11e4-bb00-d4ae52a45a09&ch=b7013fe0-f587-11e4-bb16-d4ae52a45a09 For questions or more information, please contact Cindy at cmallinckrodt@buddome.com. We hope you will join us for an evening of fun.

CUB SCOUT PACK (1st-4th Grade) / BOY SCOUT TROOP (5th-12th Grade) Scouting has open enrollment, you are welcome to join at any time.

5/1- Den Meetings- Peace lower level @ 6:30 5/4- Troop Meeting- CM @ 7:00 5/11- Troop Meeting- CM @ 7:00 TBA- Pack Meeting/Crossover 5/18- Troop Meeting- CM @ 7:00 5/25- Pack and Troop-annual placement of flags on veterans graves at St. Trinity Cemetery sponsored by Troop 584 5/27- STBSA Memorial Day Service Project @ JB Cemetery

Questions or for more information? Call Alexia Arensmeier 636-282-0027 for Cub Scouts or Ralph Truemper 314-609-5829 for Boy Scouts.

LUTHERAN RANGERS May, fishing day at Wirz Camp June, FMP food drive

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