PRINCIPAL - Mrs. Goll: First Lutheran Church & School’s Mission Statement: Growing up into Jesus, Reaching out with Jesus, Walking together in Jesus. With Open House Sunday and National Lutheran Schools’ Week this week we are particularly emphasizing the reaching out. Please help us by reaching out to an acquaintance and asking him/her to consider First Lutheran for his/her children’s education. We’re all enjoying our NLSW activities; ask your student about his chapel family scavenger hunt today. Our students will sing in church this Sunday at both the 8:30 and the 11:00 church service. We hope all our children will participate in the NLSW activity. Please sign and return the slip at the end of Starlights to let us know we can count on your child. We have just a little over one week of school before the end of the quarter. Encourage your child to finish the quarter strong.

CHAPEL OFFERING: March will continue our offering to Lutheran World Relief to help save lives in Haiti. Please also, pray for all the devastated people in Haiti.

  AUCTION: First Lutheran School’s 16^th Annual Auction will be held on April 10 and we are now collecting items for the silent and live auctions! This is our school’s biggest fundraiser so please consider donating goods or services to make this year’s auction a huge success!

Some donation ideas include:

Products or gift certificates from home-based businesses or favorite local businesses

Gift cards purchased through First Lutheran School Scrip program

Tickets to sporting events or other family activities

Gift baskets or crafts

Services such as handyman work or home cooked meal

Donations may be dropped off in the school office or please contact Michael Schlichting at (580) 716-7990 to arrange for pickup. Thank you in advance for your contribution

AUCTION MEETING: The auction is right around the corner so we will be having our next auction meeting on March 9th at 2:30pm in the library. Please join us if you would like to help!

CELEBRITY BASKETBALL GAME: The FLS Youth Group will be sponsoring a Celebrity basketball game to help raise money for the National Youth Gathering. The FLS 8^th grade basketball team will play against FLS Alumni and local celebrities. The date has been changed to March 23. The girls will play at 6:30 and the boys at 8:00. The 8^th grade team members need to be dressed in red.

PRE-KINDERGARTEN - Mrs. Kelly: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!! Pre-K celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday yesterday, we made hats, and decorated cookies for snack. Our trip for NLSW is tomorrow; if you haven't returned your permission slip and money, please send it tomorrow. I can't take your child on the bus without a signed permission slip. Our penny drive is over; thank you for helping our class collect pennies. Book orders are in backpacks today; they are due back to me by Wednesday March 10. Show and tell is Friday. Have a great week!

KINDERGARTEN – Ms. Miller: What a fun week this is with "National Lutheran School Week". It was great seeing so many parents and kids at the PTL skate night on Sunday. Thank you parents and kindergarten for all the money during the penny war; this will help Haiti! Next week on Friday, the 12^th, at 8:30 a.m. the kindergarten will sing during Chapel. This Friday, the 5^th, will be our show and tell day (in the morning). Our class is out of Baby Wipes and it would be wonderful if people would bring them to our room; thank you. The children are having a problem with dry hands and if you would like your child to bring lotion and keep it in their backpack that would be fine. Have a phenomenal week!

FIRST GRADE – Ms. Svajhart: Happy National Lutheran Schools week! There are so many wonderful things planned and I know the kids are super excited. We will be going to Skate World on Thursday and we will have a Coed Basketball game on Friday. On Friday the kids are able to bring a snack and a drink, the concession stand will also be open to buy food. This week: Memory: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. Colossians 3:16 Spelling: words for the March 1-5^th; Take Home Reader: No book for this week; Social Studies: vest are due on Friday, March 5th. If you have any questions about them please call me or come see me. I also want to thank all of you for sending pennies with your kids. They did a wonderful job and raised lots of money. Thank You! Have a wonderful week.

SECOND GRADE – Mrs. Powell: Happy National Lutheran Schools Week!  We’re having a great week celebrating us!  Thanks, Mrs. Goll, for all of the fun things planned for the week.  Hope to see ALL of the second graders at First Lutheran Church this Sunday.  We will all be singing during the worship services and we sound fabulous when all of us are there.  This is our chance to praise Jesus and to thank First Lutheran for providing our school.  Please, please, please plan to join us.  Congratulations to Trenton and Rylee for reaching their AR goals.  Keep reading!  Happy March birthday to Cooper!  God’s Blessings, Dear Friend.  Praise God for the sunshine!

THIRD GRADE – Mrs. Hunt: I believe March came in like a lamb, so we are probably not done with winter yet. We are singing in church THIS Sunday. I hope to see each of the students at one or both services to sing our praises to God and show our appreciation to the congregation for giving us this great school to attend. Biography report presentations begin March 27. Will your child be ready? Next week is our last week for us to reach our AR goal. Some of us need a little encouragement in that area. On Monday, your child brought home a cabbage plant that will grow a giant head of cabbage. Follow the instructions on the web site, take a picture of your child with their cabbage next Sept. and give me the photo to enter into a contest. Good luck! Remember to attend Lenten services this evening.

FOURTH GRADE – Mrs. Klein: Welcome to National Lutheran School Week and a lot of fun activities. I really appreciate all of the students that have been dressing up and showing school spirit. Thursday is our skating event. A few students still need to turn in their $5 and permission slip. A number of our students already have their enrollment in for the coming school year. Please pray for our school as we do this planning for next year. We would also like for you to advertise to your friends that we are now taking enrollments. With all of these activities, we are still getting a lot of work accomplished. SE states and capitals test is on Thursday. Friday is a math test and the regular spelling test. After this week there is only one more week to read for the third quarter AR goals. The Lord is our ROCK...

FIFTH GRADE – Mrs. Schatte: What a fun time we're having during National Lutheran School's Week! Thanks, Mrs. Goll, for all you do to make this happen for us. Remember, rough drafts for the state report are due this Friday, and the final copy is due next Friday. Tests this week include language on Thursday and spelling and reading on Friday. We took a social studies test on Tuesday and a math test today. Blessings on your week!

BASKETBALL PARTY: March 8 at 6:00 in the cafeteria is the FLS basketball party. 6-8 grade girls, 7-8 grade boys and all cheerleaders are invited. We will provide pizza and drinks and are asking the parents to pay a small amount to help cover the cost.

Mrs. Ramsey: We are having a great NLSW! The kids (and teachers) are dressing up, we had a good time with our chapel families and we are looking forward to bowling tomorrow. We also had a great time skating on Sunday. If you missed it this year, be sure to come next year. Remember, the students are singing for the FLC worship services this Sunday. The services are at 8:30 and 11:00. We would like everyone to be able to participate in one or both services as a thank you to the FLC congregation for their huge support of our school. Friday we have our co-ed 8th grade basketball game. Students may bring a candy and pop, or money to purchase a snack from the concession stand. Next week is the Invention Convention...be sure to drop by and see the creativity of our kids. As next week is also the end of the 3rd quarter, all classes will have chapter tests (except Algebra). Pre-algebra and algebra notebooks are due Friday, March 12. In His service...

Mrs. Harbeson: We're coming in to the home stretch! Thanks to StuCo, Mrs. Belzer, and Mrs. Goll for our fun National Lutheran School Week activities! We have a lot of due dates coming up: 6th and 7th have noun unit tests on Friday. 7th grade folders are due Friday. 8th grade's noun test will be Monday. 6th and 8th grade Olympic themes and essays are due Monday. All grades will have a unit test next Tuesday on their literature books. 6th and 8th grade folders are due next Wednesday. 7th grade bloom balls are due Friday, March 12. Stay on top of all your assignments...Spring Break will be here before you know it! Blessings!

Mrs. Belzer: The Invention Convention is this Monday. If you want the extra credit, please get it in this Friday. Please do not bring them early. Too many students like to see them and mess with them. I really do not want them until Friday and I will be sure to guard them from that point on. If the invention is extra large, simply drop it off in the old building before school. We will set up during their science class. I would like for them to do the set up. Their presentations will be next Wed.-Fri. They are allowed to use note cards if necessary. We will announce the winners of the penny war this Friday in Chapel. Remember your child needs to be here on Sunday to sing at one of the services for National Lutheran Schools week. We look forward to seeing them here. It is a chance to give back to the church for supporting the school. God's Blessings!!

Mr. Watters: We are in the middle of National Lutheran Schools Week and it is an excellent time to reflect on the values of a Christian education. I truly believe in what we teach and yes, what we preach. Love for our Lord and love for our fellow man should permeate our every thought. Seventh grade and eighth grade have essays due on Thursday. Please ask students if they have finished their essays. Seventh grade will have a test on Thursday over Chapter 17, while 8^th grade will have a test on Chapters 20 and 21 on Friday. Sixth grade test has been moved to next Wednesday, March 10. Most of our kids are looking forward to the coed basketball game on Friday. This will begin at 2:00, so if you want to see your kids put on the Cardinal red and white, please come out. We will also be having a pizza party on Monday to honor our basketball players and cheerleaders. Again, thank you for your support throughout the year.

Yes ________________________ (student names) will be at the 8:30, 11:00 (circle one or both) service on Sunday morning, March 7, at FLCS.

Parent signature:___________________________________________________________________

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The First Lutheran School annual auction is fast approaching! April 10, 2010 is the date we have set aside. We would love to have each family look at the list below and contact at least one business. Before you contact please follow the instructions listed:

Contact Michael Schlichting via e-mail mschlichting@opcenterok.org or call him at 580-716-7990. Please make sure you don’t contact the business first in order to avoid double contacting businesses.

You may at this point contact the business, we prefer a personal visit. If you would like a letter to present to the business you may stop by the office and pick one up.

Once you get the donated item, please contact Michael again and provide him with a description of the item(s).

You may then bring the item to the school office.

Thank you for your help with the auction. This is First Lutheran School’s only fundraiser. We hope you are able to join us on April 10!

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