Faith, Hope, and Love…
If
this is your first year at Faith Lutheran, welcome to our school family! If you
are a returning student family, then welcome back! We hope and trust that you
had a summer full of God’s grace in difficult times and in joyful times.
Our theme for this school year comes from
1
Corinthians 13:13 “and now these three
remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” One way to understand these qualities or “attitudes” is
to consider the actions that they lead to.
What is faith?
It is a confidence that what God promises us is true. Faith rests assured that
our sins are forgiven not by any work of ours, but by the work of Christ alone.
Faith looks to the cross and sees our Savior.
While faith looks to the cross, hope takes us further to the empty tomb.
Our hope is not just what we want, but what a confidence in what we already possess
and what we have to look forward to. Hope clings to Christ’s promise that,
because He lives, we also will live. An eternity in heaven is ours by God’s
grace. Our hope is a sure and certain hope.
As faith focuses us on the cross, and hope on
the empty tomb, love then turns our
focus to those around us. The love that Jesus displayed in his work of
salvation for us naturally overflows from us to those around us. Jesus says in John
13:34-35 “As I have loved you, so you
must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if
you love one another.” Love urges us on in deeds of kindness, so that those
who are impacted by our love come to know the Savior’s love for them.
May God bless our students, staff and school
family with faith, hope, and love as we begin another year preparing Jesus’
lambs and sheep for this life and for eternity!
We
welcome Miss Melissa Mittelstadt to our Faith Lutheran family.
Miss Mittelstadt is serving as Early Childhood Director and teacher in our
Faith Lutheran Preschool. We thank God for blessing us with her gifts and
ministry!
Open
Classroom Night
OPEN CLASSROOM NIGHT is Monday, August 17th
from 5:00 to 6:45 p.m. Students and families can come in to see the classrooms,
meet the teachers, pick their desks, sign up for activities, and join the
school family for fellowship and ice cream. Come join us!
First
Day of School
Our
first day of school classes is Wednesday, August 19th. We will begin our day and our school year with
a school chapel service at 8:30 a.m. Parents and families are invited to join
us as we ask God’s blessing on our school year.
School
Uniforms
A reminder that school
uniforms are worn Monday through Thursday. The uniform is either a blue or
black uniform polo along with khaki (light brown/beige) pants or skirt. Fridays
are casual days – students may wear “regular clothes”. Please remember that our
dress code does still apply with regard to footwear, etc. Please refer to the
school handbook for details.
Need extra uniform
shirts? We still have some polos available for sale. Check in with Mr. Schneck
at open classroom night. If we don’t have the size or style you are looking for
you will soon be able to place an order directly through our school catalog
page at www.frenchtoast .com. We are currently
having issues with our catalog order page, but will share the link and more
information with our school families as soon as everything is ready to go.
Do you have a school
uniform shirt that is in good condition but no longer fits your child? Would
you be willing to donate it to another school family? Bring it to the school at
Open Classroom Night or any time after. We will have a table to make “gently
used” uniforms available to others. Thanks!
Mandatory
Parent Meeting
We will be having a
mandatory parent meeting on Wednesday,
August 26h from 6 to 7 p.m. to discuss school policies and procedures,
and the year in general. The meeting will be limited to one hour.
Chapel
Services
Our school chapel
services are held every Thursday this school year, starting next
Thursday, August 27th, from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. Parents and friends are welcome!
Our first mission project
this year will help support Jesus Cares
Ministries, which assists
congregations in reaching out to people with intellectual and developmental
disabilities, their families and communities. Please look for more information on this effort in the weeks to come.
Our mission offering is collected at every Thursday
chapel service. Mission offering envelopes are provided with the Monday note.
Pick Up- Drop Off
Please
be aware of children, your own and others, when dropping off and picking up
before and after school. Be aware of traffic flow in the parking lot. If you
wish to just drop off your child, please drop them off at the CHURCH entrance
and have them walk back to the school entrance in order to keep the corner
clear, or park in the lot and walk your children in, especially if you have
little ones. Please also maintain control of your children in the lot, and
BUCKLE LITTLE ONES IN before you take a minute to visit with other parents.
Let’s all work together to avoid accidents and keep our children safe!
Playground Improvements
You
may notice something missing near our playground! The parsonage has been
removed, and the preschool playground moved and expanded. Our current plan is
to use the foundation of the former parsonage as a basketball court until the
area is further developed. Many thanks to the congregation members and school
families who donated their time and energy to this project over the summer.
Before School Care
Families
using Before Care, please note that Before Care students should enter the
building through the ramp door (playground side). This will help us maintain a
secure facility. After 8:10 a.m. students should enter the building through the
regular school entrance.
The
ramp door will be open for those children being dropped off between 7:30 and
8:10 a.m. in the morning. Those being dropped off at this time should go
directly to the fellowship hall for Before Care. Mrs. Koenig will excuse the children to their
classrooms at the appropriate time.
After School Care
Children
who have not been picked up by a parent or designated adult by 3:45 p.m. will
be sent to aftercare (3:45 until 5:30 p.m.).
Please remember that you will need to go in to aftercare to sign your
child out. Students will be in the
fellowship hall with the aftercare supervisor. Please use the ramp
entrance.
Absences/Tardiness
Please
call or send a note with your child to school to let us know if your child will
be absent or tardy. If you plan to pick
up your child early for an appointment, please let the school know ahead of
time to give the teachers proper time to prepare work for that student’s
absence.
Hand
Chime Choir and Junior Choir
Sign-up sheets will be
available at Open Classroom Night in the downstairs hall:
Students in Hand Chime Choir must be in the 4th
through 8th grades. 10 students minimum are needed to have Hand
Chime Choir! Hand Chime Choir meets during Thursday noon recess. Please contact
Mrs. Zarnstorff for more information.
Students in the 3rd
through 8th grades are eligible for Junior Choir. Junior Choir meets during the Wednesday noon recess.
Speak to Mrs. Schneck for more information.
Sports
Sign-up sheets for all
sports (Cross-Country, Basketball, Volleyball, Indoor Soccer, and Track) will
be available at Open Classroom Night in the downstairs hall.
Faith will again be
participating in cross-country running.
The season is limited to just a few weeks. Anyone interested in helping us out
are asked to speak to Mr. Zarnstorff. Students, boys and girls, must be in the 5th
through 8th grades for Cross-Country. Mr. Zarnstorff will send
permission slips home with those students who are interested in participating
in cross-country running on Wednesday.
Parent
Connection
The Parent Connection Newsletter is our regular means of
communication with families. Please look for a weekly newsletter to come home
with your child every week, typically on Monday! Monday notes are also sent out
via email and are available on our Parent Connection blog
If you are not
receiving them via email but would like to, please contact the school office.
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