UPCOMING EVENTS
10/24 End of First Quarter
10/30 2:00 Kindergarten Classes walk to Round Barn Manor
10/30 & 10/31 Little Lamb Halloween Parties
10/31 Report cards sent home with students
10/31 11:30 – 2:30 Kindergarten – Hardy’s Reindeer Ranch
10/31 9:30 – 2:30 1st & 2nd - The Great Pumpkin Patch, Arthur, IL
11/2 Daylight Saving Time ends (fall back)
11/6 Teacher Conferences Early Dismissal 11:30
11/7 Teacher Conferences No School
TUITION PAYMENTSThanks to all the families who have been faithful in submitting their monthly tuition payments on time each month. Tuition payments are due by the 15th of every month.
Statements will be going out next week to those families who are behind in their payments. Please be diligent in meeting your financial obligations to the school. Like your family income that helps pay your personal bills, prompt tuition payments are necessary for us to pay our bills on time also.
BAND PAYMENTSA reminder—Quarterly band payments of $50 are due this Monday, October 27.
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCESParent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for November 6th and 7th. Conference sheets are on the table outside the office doors. Childcare is available during Parent Teacher Conference on Thursday, November 6, 2008 from 5-8 pm. Bring your child to the Church Nursery while you visit with your child's teacher.
CHAPEL OFFERING UPDATEThank you, students and families, for all of the contributions for our Global Care bags. The next four weeks we will be collecting monetary offerings to pay for the shipping of the bags to various locations all over the world. We are still in need of 46 toy items, 22 rulers, 31 pairs of scissors, 45 coloring books and 25 boxes of colored pencils. Thank you for helping us reach our goal of 125 bags. It would be great if we could assemble them before Thanksgiving.
DENTAL EXAMSKindergarten, Second and Sixth grade students are required to have dental exams. There are still a number of students who have not turned theirs in. Please schedule your appointments now. If you are unsure if you have turned one in for your child, please call the school office.
TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENTTransportation Reimbursement forms are in the office. Any K-8 family who lives farther than 1 ½ miles from school is encouraged to sign up.
DOES YOUR CHILD NEED EXTRA SPANISH HELP?If your child needs help or has questions about his/her Spanish assignments, I will be available in the Spanish Classroom/Library every Wednesday after school from 3:15 – 4:00.
Martina Miranda-Lugo
Spanish Teacher
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
ALL YOU CAN EAT-St. John athletics will be holding a pancake breakfast on Nov. 15th from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The proceeds from this event will help offset the cost of new padding in the gym. This event would be a great time for the parents of athletes to get in some FAITH hours. There will be sign up sheets on the athletic board in the gym wing and on the table outside the school office. Tickets will be sent home with the athletes on Monday 10/27 for them to sell.
Ticket price: ADULTS - $6.00, STUDENTS - 1st-5th - $4.00, KIDS 5 AND UNDER - EAT FREE
Phyllis Martin and Joy Lou Walker will have tickets for sale in both offices.
ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT CHIP GARTH @530-1125.
CHANGE FOR CHANGE 2008
The Eastern Illinois Food Bank and the St. John Student Council will be collecting money from Tuesday, October 21 – Monday, November 3 to buy food for families in need. Please bring money (change, dollars, or checks made payable to the Eastern Illinois Food Bank) to help support this great cause!
To add some fun to our change drive, we will be competing with other schools to raise the most money. Watch “What’s Happening” on the Channel 3 Morning Show to find out how our school is doing! Last year we got 1st place!!
SUPPORT ST. JOHN LUTHERAN SCHOOL
Pages For All Ages will be hosting a Bookfair for St. John’s Lutheran School. The Bookfair will be held in the store from Saturday, October 25th, and will continue through Sunday, November 2nd.
Visit the store and choose from their entire inventory of books, magazines, gifts and stationery items, greeting cards, and music. While you are at Pages, stop at the Steep and Brew café to enjoy some delicious pastries and beverages.
Mention St. John Lutheran School when checking out and Pages For All Ages will donate up to 15% of your purchase to our school.
Pages For All Ages is located on S. Neil and Curtis road just south of the Savoy 16 Theater. Hours are Monday through Thursday 9:00 A.M to 10:00 P.M, Friday and Saturday from 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M., and Sunday from 10:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Hope to see you there!
ATHLETICS
FALL SPORTS AWARDS NIGHT
Fall sports awards night will be Monday, November 10th at 6:30 p.m.
RETURN SOCCER AND VOLLEYBALL UNIFORMS
Please return your clean soccer and volleyball uniforms to the school office. Please label with your name.
SIGN UP FOR BASKETBALL NOW
Come to the school office to sign up for basketball. The cost is just $60.00 for the season. Bring your calendar along so you can see which dates work best for you to sign up to work in the concession stand. We need two workers per shift. If you do not sign up, shifts will be assigned to you.
SPORTS PHYSICALS
If students are going out for basketball, they are required to have a sports physical on file before they begin practice. Please turn it in to the school office.
VLLEYBALL SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK
10/24-10/25 TBA 5/6 Our Savior Springfield Tournament
10/24-10/25 TBA 7/8 Trinity Springfield Tournament
PARENT TEACHER FELLOSHIP HAPPENINGS
NEED FAITH HOURS?
Volunteers are still needed for Parent Teacher Conference Childcare on November 6, 2008 from 5-8pm.
Sign up to volunteer outside the school office. Now’s your chance to earn those FAITH HOURS.
THANK YOU!
The PTF would like to thank The Zeedyk/Pitcher Family who provided the treats for the October
Staff Birthdays. YUM!
SCHOOL POP NEWS
Schoolpop Is Now OneCause.com
Schoolpop and OneCause have joined forces to form one larger community. You still support St. John
in all the same ways that you did before, earn more contributions when shopping at Online Merchants,
Neighborhood Merchants or with the Schoolpop/OneCause Visa(R) Platinum, and benefit from the new
online community!
In order to access your information, use your Schoolpop email address and password to login
at www.onecause.com/signin . You will see your My Home page where you can view your total
transactions, contribution reports and much more! All of the information you had in your Schoolpop
account or reports at Schoolpop.com will appear exactly the same at OneCause.com . All of your
purchases made previously through Schoolpop, regardless of their status, will be in your new OneCause
account. The same Tuition Crediting program is available at OneCause.com , just with a new name!
You'll now find it at your My Home page under "Supporter Crediting." St. John’s organization ID is also
the same at OneCause.com . All current Schoolpop/OneCause supporters will be contacted within the
next week concerning these changes. Contact Mary Slack at 356-3127 or
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