UPCOMING EVENTS
5/23 Market Day Orders Due
5/23 6:00 Kindergarten Graduation (LAST DAY FOR KINDERGARTEN)
5/23 LITTLE LAMB LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
5/23 Last Day to order Danville Garden Gift Cards
5/26 NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
5/27 10:00 – 11:30 Kindergarten Juice and Donuts at Clark Park
5/27 Grades 5 and 6 go to Turkey Run
5/27 6:30 PTF meeting
5/28 8:30 – 10:00 or Kindergarten Screening (next year’s class)
10:30 – 12:00
5/28 1:15 – 3:00 Field Day for grades 5 – 8
5/28 Market Day pick-up
5/28 Scrip order pick-up
5/29 NO SCHOOL – Records Day
5/30 8:25 Chapel and Awards Ceremony
5/30 10:00 Early Dismissal – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
5/30 6:30 8th Grade Graduation
6/10 Scrip order due (see attached schedule for summer dates)
NO SCHOOLThere will be no school on Monday, May 26th for Memorial Day. There will also be no school on Thursday, May 29th for Records Day. The last day of school with early dismissal at 10:00 will be on Friday, May 30th.
GRADUATIONKindergarten Graduation is tonight at 6:00 p.m. in the gym. 8th Grade Graduation will be at 6:30 on Friday, May 30th in the sanctuary.
FAITH HOURSRemember to record all of your FAITH hours in the binder in the school office by the last day of school. During the first week of June, we will be sending statements to those families who have not fulfilled the required number of hours, at a rate of $20.00 per hour.
MEDICINEIf your child has medicine that has been kept at school, please come to the school office to pick it up by the last day of school.
SUMMER TUITION PAYMENTSSummer office hours are 9:00 – 11:00. You may make your summer tuition payments by stopping by the office during that time, using our drop box outside of the office doors or by mailing it to us at St. John Lutheran School Attn. Cindy
509 South Mattis
Champaign, IL 61821
TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT
This is the last reminder to come to the office to sign up for the transportation reimbursement if you live farther than 1 and ½ miles from school.
** LIBRARY NEWS ** LIBRARY NEWS ** LIBRARY NEWS ** LIBRARY NEWS **
Our school library is much too quiet now that students are not checking out books. Although most of our books and magazines have been returned, please continue to look for those that may still be out.
This week during Chapel we have celebrated the Baptismal Birthday of Damyan S.. What a great way to remember that special day! Several fine books have been donated to our library from Sara M. and Faye D., thank you both very much!
Ronda Craig
St. John librarian
LOST AND FOUND
Stop by our table outside of our office doors to see if you have lost anything. There are numerous lunch boxes, tennis shoes and articles of clothing. All unclaimed items will be taken to Goodwill.
TRINITY LUTHERAN VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
What: Vacation Bible School
When: June 9th – 13th 9:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Who: Ages 2 years thru 5th grade
Where: Trinity Lutheran Church
701 E. Florida Avenue Urbana
How: Call 367-8923, or visit Trinity online at www.trinity-urbana.org to register.
ST. JOHN LUTHERAN VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Ages 3 through children who have just completed 5th grade are welcome to come. St. John Lutheran Vacation Bible School begins on June 23rd – June 27th from 8:45 – 11:45 a.m. and will have its closing program on Sunday, June 29th at 9:30 a.m. There will be a family picnic at noon with a bounce house and a dunk tank and more! If you have any questions, please contact Deaconess Kim at 359-1123. Please register with the attached form no later than Sunday, June 8th.
THANK YOU FROM THE RELAY FOR LIFE TEAM
The St. John Relay for Life Team, IMSTJ would like to thank everyone who contributed in one way or another-monetary, food, drink, supplies, walking, etc. to our team. With the Thrivent donation of $500.00 our team raised approximately $5,500.00.
ATHLETICS
TURN IN TRACK UNIFORMS
We have one more week of school left. Please remember to turn in your clean, rented wind suits and/or uniforms. If you paid for them, they are yours to keep for next track season. If you are in 8th grade and feel that you will never wear your uniform that you bought again, you may donate it back to the school if you wish.
ST. JOHN PARENT TEACHER FELLOWHIP HAPPENINGS
Thank you to our PTF Board members
- For their year-long commitment to providing social events and fundraisers to the St. John’s School, thank you to the executive board of the Parent Teacher Foundation.
- Our co-presidents Renee Nagy and Karen Rohrer, we have valued your leadership and hope to draw from your experience in the coming year.
- Monica Taylor, vice president, (that’s me) for coordinating the newsletters and PTF website content.
- Tricia Morenz, secretary, for your monthly attention to the details of all the meetings and the time you have committed to composing the minutes.
- Linda Prom, treasurer, for your tireless devotion to tracking the finances and budget of PTF.
- Laurie McDonald, volunteer coordinator, WOW what a great amount of time you have spent to make sure that each and every event was staffed with volunteers.
- Past Presidents Faith Block and Lynn Marassa, thank you for your experience and guidance.
- Thank you to both of our teacher representatives, Faith Block and Julie Tappendorf, for adding to the depth of knowledge about the school’s needs.
- And finally, thank you Mr. Leffler, our principal, for guiding us in understanding how we can better benefit St. John’s School.
- We greatly appreciate ALL of your time and talents!
GET INVOLVED WITH PTF
The PTF is looking forward to the 2008-09 school year and we need your help! We have openings for volunteers to
- coordinate the sale of our Logo Items, and
- coordinate Teacher Appreciation Week
We are also looking for parents who are interested in being Room Representatives for
Anyone who is interested in volunteering for these positions, please contact Karen Rohrer at 359-0432.
SCRIP
Thank you for participating in St. John Scrip! Orders that were placed this week will be available for pick-up Wednesday, May 28th from 8 am – 3:15 pm. This is the last order during the 07-08 school year; however, Scrip WILL BE available during the summer. Orders will be placed once per month until school resumes in the fall. Then we will return to the regular bi-weekly schedule. Please see the attached summer and 08-09 School Year Scrip schedules.
St. John Scrip administrators are also looking into expanding the list of local retailers available for Scrip gift card purchasing. If you, a friend or family member owns or frequents a local business that you would like to see available for gift card purchases through St. John Scrip, please contact Laurie McDonald at 355-8511.
If you have not yet ordered Scrip or are not sure how Scrip can benefit you, summer is the perfect time to check it out. Go to www.shopwithscrip.com to find out how you can start earning $$$ off your 2008-2009 tuition today!
MARKET DAY
May Market Day pick up is next Wednesday, May 28 from 3-4pm in the Fellowship Hall. If you need F.A.I.T.H. hours and can help sort orders come to the Fellowship Hall at 2pm --- it’s fun, easy, and no experience needed! Contact Diane Pelafos if you can help!
DANVILLE GARDENS GIFT CARDS
Thank you to all who had ordered Danville Gardens Gift Cards through our Plant Sale event this year. Today was the last day to order. As of Monday, May 19th, we had sold 443 cards through our sale. Our goal is 500 cards for this event. Updated goal information will be posted on the St. John’s website next week. Thanks again for all of your support this year, and Happy Planting!
BOX TOPS
We are once again sending home baggies for you to collect your Box Tops for the summer. Please save as many neatly trimmed Box Tops as you can. Watch for information this Fall about when to return the baggies. Thank you!
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