Our Mission is Fishin’ 

Our Mission is Fishin’ Matthew 4:19 – “Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

Our new school theme this year is “Our Mission is Fishin’”. Everyone can expect to see many fish posters and bulletin boards about fish this year. We want our students to understand their part in helping to spread the Good News to others – To be fishers of men.

Chapel Invitation – I would like to let everyone know that they are always welcome to come and visit school on  Wednesday mornings for chapel services. We alternate between our gym and walking to Christ Lutheran Church like we did this week. The services usually begin after the bus arrives and the classrooms get organized or about 8:10. Check the weekly Paw Prints and check the location and the speaker, then come and join your child for the service.  Next Wednesday, August 27^th, Dave and Bev Hoeppner will be guest speakers talking about their mission work in India. That chapel service will be in our gym beginning about 8:10.

Volunteer Forms – Remember that all volunteers this year need to fill out the new volunteer form to be allowed to work with our students. Everyone received these forms at registration last week. Please fill these out and get them into the school office so that when it comes time to volunteer, all the paperwork will already be taken care of.

2008 – 2009 Teaching Staff – We are blessed this year to have the same teaching staff as we did last year. That staff includes:

Principal – Dexter Hoyer

Pre-School - Emma Hockemeyer

Kindergarten – Arlys Staub

1st Grade – Linda Schlie

2nd Grade – Bonnie Hoffschneider

3^rd and 4^th Grades – Karen Hoeppner

5^th and 6^th Grades – Ruth Schroeder

7^th and 8^th Grades – Scott Staub

P.M. Part Time – Wendy Singer

We do welcome our new school secretary, Rachel Trygg, to the WLS office. Stop in and introduce yourselves to her so that she can get to know all of our school families.

Harlan Parade – Many thanks to all of the students and parents who marched with us in the Harlan Days’ Parade the beginning of this month. We had a great day marching and handing out fliers and candy. It is good to let others in our communities know more about WLS.

Zion Lutheran Church 2^nd Annual Picnic & Carnival – Come join the fun tomorrow, Saturday, August 23, from 3-7 p.m.  This FREE picnic and carnival held at Zion Lutheran Church on Bull Rapids will have plenty of carnival games, face painting, moon walk, and even the dunk tank.  There will be plenty of delicious food: famous taco salad, nachos, sloppy joes, and cotton candy. Games for all ages and door prizes!! Come to this great event and bring a friend.  There will also be delicious baked goods auctioned off at 6 P.M.

Scrip News  -  Hello to everyone from the Scrip Crew!  We are very excited to begin a new year of scrip selling.  We are trying to get a few new scrips for this year so we will let you know when the new forms are out.  Don’t forget to stop in and see The Jennys in the kitchen in the morning to get your scrip orders filled.  This really is a great fundraiser for the school and it helps you with tuition costs for the 2009-10 school year.   We would like to thank Heather Pyle for helping with the scrip program for the last year.  It really helped to have another person on the Crew.  If there are any questions about the scrip program just ask Jenny Osborn or Jenny Swanson in the kitchen at the school.

Paw Prints will be composed and printed each Wednesday.  If you have information you would like to include, please give it to the school secretary by Wednesday morning.  You can also e-mail the information to   woodburnlutheran@comcast.net

If you would like a copy of the Paw Prints e-mailed to you weekly, send us your e-mail address and we will add you to the list.

On behalf of the Golf Outing Committee, THANK YOU to EVERYONE that participated as a golfer or as a hole sponsor in the 6^th Annual WLS Golf Outing that was held in July.  It was another great day for the outing, and it was, again, a successful fundraiser.  If you haven’t participated in the past, we strongly urge you to consider doing so next summer.  Even if you aren’t a golf pro, we can guarantee you’ll have a great time.

Thank you to Mark Fuller, Scott & Nicole Kammeyer, Joel Buuck, Clarence Reichhart, Dexter Hoyer, Scott Staub, Tom Keller, and Aury Keller for helping on work days.  A special thank you to Clarence for many extra hours tracking down supplies and completing several tasks.    WLS School Board

WEEKLY

CALENDAR

AUGUST

25- 3 & 4-day Preschool begins

       Volleyball practice 3:15-4:30

26- 2-day Preschool begins

       Volleyball practice 3:15-4:30

27- NO ½ hour early dismissal

28-  Volleyball practice 3:15-4:30