SPL Wednesday Notes

SPL CALENDAR - February 1 - February 22, 2012

Feb. 1st (Wed.) A-Team BB vs. Immanuel @ 4:30 p.m.

Feb. 3rd (Fri.) A-Team BB @ Faith @ 6:00 p.m.

Feb. 6-10 (M-F) Spirit Week! (See special days noted below.)

Feb. 7th (Tues.) SPL Chapel @ 8:15 a.m.

Feb. 8th (Wed.) A-Team BB vs. St. Lorenz @ 4:30 p.m.

Feb. 10th (Fri.) Pep Rally in gym @ 10:00/10:30

Feb. 10-11 (Fri. & Sat.) MLS Boys' BB Tournament

Feb. 12th (Sun.) Grades 5 & 6 sing in the 8:00 a.m. worship service

Lutheran Girl Pioneers @ 2:00 p.m.

Feb. 13th (Mon.) No School--Teacher Workshop

Feb. 15th (Wed.) A-Team BB @ St. Peter @ 4:30 p.m.

Feb. 17th (Fri.) A-Team BB @ Holy Cross @ 6:00 p.m.

Feb. 20th-21st (Mon. & Tues.) No School - Winter Break

Feb. 22nd (Wed.) Ash Wednesday Worship Services @ 3:30 & 6:30 p.m.

Sunday School sings in the 6:30 p.m. worship service

The students will be using their gifts to the Savior for a local mission. Michigan Lutheran Seminary, our WELS preparatory school here in Saginaw, will be the focus of the offerings for the next two months. The MLS handbook states, 'Under God, Michigan Lutheran Seminary prepares young people for a lifetime of service to the Lord Jesus Christ.' If you would like to learn more about MLS, please go to the website at www.mlsem.org. Professor Andrew Nauman from MLS will be speaking to the students after our monthly chapel service next Tuesday, February 7. You are invited to come to chapel and stay for the MLS presentation. Chapel begins at 8:15.

If you have not returned your child(ren)'s report card envelope, please return it tomorrow.

Account Registers are being sent home today with the oldest child in each family. All school bills are due on or before Monday, February 6th. If you have any questions, please call the school office.

The MLS Science and Fine Arts Fair will be held on Saturday, March 3rd. All applications must be filled out and returned by this Friday, February 3rd. (Mrs. Wiles will take care of filling out spelling forms.)

If any student still needs help finding instrumental music for the Fine Arts Fair, please talk to Mr. Needham by tomorrow, so we can see if we can find something for you!

Information about the upcoming Lutheran School Music Festival, held at Bethlehem-Saginaw on Friday, April 27th, will be coming home next week. If you’re interested in piano/instrumental/vocal solos and duets, start finding music! (Some students choose to play the same music which they played for the MLS Fine Arts Fair.) The registration forms will be due earlier than they ever have been--Friday, February 24th!

We are in need of help for our upcoming PTG Picnic with set up, clean up, ice cream serving and face painting. The picnic this year will be on Sunday, March 4th, at 12:30 p.m. Please contact Jennifer Martin (799-8523) for more information.

Please note on your calendars there will be no READ on Feb. 23rd due to league basketball games being played here at St. Paul's.

Spirit week is next week, Feb. 6-10. The dress-up days for spirit week will be: Monday: Favorite Sports Team Day, Tuesday Color Day (each class wears a specific color. K-pink, 1st-red, 2nd-orange, 3rd-yellow, 4th-green, 5th-blue, 6th-purple, 7th-black, 8th-white):, Wednesday: Slipper Day, Thursday:,Clash Day Friday: Blue and Gold Day and a Pep Rally!

Only one more practice remaining! We begin games on Feb. 11th, here at home. (No one has contacted me, so that means everyone has schedules, right?) Boys, you have the early practice one more time (9:00 - 10:30) and girls have the later one (10:30 - noon). See you Saturday!

The next two practice bees will have words from the MLS list that I gave you yesterday. Once you've learned all of YOUR words, start on the next highest level. (Eighth graders, you can drop down a level!)

Another submission will be sent in at the end of February. If you have box tops at home, please be sure to send them to school by February 15th. Thank you!

Last week went great, so I’d like to schedule one final pep band performance this year—next Wednesday, February 8. Band members should meet on stage by the beginning of the 4^th Quarter of the girls’ game (around 5:10 P.M.).

Please keep Mrs. Paulette McKinney in your prayers. Mrs. McKinney, who teaches woodwind lessons on Tuesdays at St. Paul’s, suffered a stroke last week at her home. As of last week, she was at Covenant in Saginaw. This week, students of Mrs. McKinney signed “Get Well” cards, which were mailed to her home. We pray that God would speed her recovery.

After asking around, I have found a replacement woodwinds instructor to take Mrs. McKinney’s place for the time being. Mr. Jim Hargett, a former band instructor at North and South Middle Schools, and who currently conducts the Saginaw Eddy Concert Band and plays in the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, will be giving lessons for the indefinite future. Mr. Hargett was already here yesterday to give lessons, and it seemed that both students and instructor were adjusting well to the new situation.

Thank you for having your child at church to sing last Sunday. January Book-It forms are due on Friday. February sheets are in the bags today. If you already have one, you may return it or keep it for March. There are still a few report card envelopes that have not been returned. Please send them to school tomorrow.

Thank you for having your child at church to sing last Sunday. Spelling for next week is a review unit. The words are; like, five, ride, nine, time, bike, make, came, take, name, gave, game, Bible. Challenge words are; from, would, were. January 'Book-It' sheets are due by this Friday. The February sheets are coming home today. We have several students who have competed all four months we have done so far. Good job! If you have not been participating and would like to, you can still read for Feb. and March. If you have not returned your student's report card envelope, please do it ASAP! Reading vocabulary words for next week are find, Luke, done, creation, after, old, terrific, work, used, new.

Thank you for having your child at church to sing last Sunday. Spelling for next week is; hand, end, sing, long, thank, and, king, bring, thing, think, blessing. Challenge words are; sandwich, belong, friend. Vocabulary for the next reading unit is; balance, deserted, freezes, imagine, saddest, wider. The February sheets are coming home today. We have several students who have competed all four months we have done so far. Good job! If you have not been participating and would like to, you can still read for February and March. If you have not returned your student's report card envelope, please do it ASAP!

Thank you, parents, for a wonderful turnout for our planetarium trip last week. I do believe a good time was had by all--even through the "roller coaster" ride! Book orders coming home this week will be due next week Friday, Feb. 10th. Children who wish to use their free book pick from Christmas ($4 or less) should give their order forms to ME, since I have the codes. Parents who wish to order online should use code GVMQ4. Only 1 more week until book reports are due. If your child hasn't finished his/her book yet, this is the week to do it! February Book It! sheets went home yesterday. January sheets are due this Friday.