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Walking in the Light
Prayer Cards –The four
students our staff will be praying for next week will be: Garrett Houser (1st),
Logan Dietel (Pre-K), Elizabeth Burke (7th), and Isaac Meyer (K)
Pandemic Preparedness –
This past Monday I heard more about the possibility of a Pandemic sometime in
our future. According to what I was told at the presentation it isn’t a matter
of if, but when. The Allen County Flu Task Force has put much of their
information on their web site –
www.fighttheflu.com. You might also try this web site if you would like to
gather more information
www.pandemicflu.gov.
WAL-MART Grant – Thanks
to the efforts on one of our volunteer librarians, Casey Sharrar, WLS has
received a $500 grant from WAL Mart. This grant money will help pay for the new
library computer system we put in over the summer.
Successful DC Trip – I
would like to thank all of our 7th and 8th grade student,
parents who went along on this year’s trip, and especially Mrs. Schlie and Mrs.
Schroeder on having such a successful class trip to Washington, DC. Everyone who
I heard from told me how well our students behaved, which is always something a
principal wants to hear. Going in the fall rather than the spring also proved to
be a benefit in shorter waiting lines and being able to see more sites than
normal during the crowded spring time. Our 5th and 6th
graders can now start planning for their class trip which will happen during the
2008-2009 school year when they are in the 7th and 8th
grades.
Basketball Tournament Help
Needed – We make most of our sports budget each year from running our
pre-season basketball tournament. We rotate between a boys and girls’
tournament. This year it will be the boys turn. We need volunteers to help in
four main areas. Those are concessions, gate receipts, monitoring hallways and
gym, and helping at the scorers table. There will only be 6 games during this
tournament. Parents, grandparents, past graduates, and friends of WLS can sign
up to help for one, two, or more games. Please contact Mr. Hoyer for times and
games you would like to help at. Those signing up for the final game should also
plan on helping to clean up. I would like to try to get enough volunteers to run
everything rather than just assigning everyone a job they will be responsible
for. The teams and the schedule of games is as follows:
Participating Teams: Woodburn Lutheran School - WLS
Bethlehem Lutheran School - BLS
Emmanuel-St. Michael School - ESM
St. Peter Lutheran School, Ft.
Wayne – SPL
Schedule of Games:
Saturday, Nov. 4th
AM Saturday, Nov. 4th PM Sunday, Nov. 5th
PM
9:00 – ESM vs. SPL 1:00 – BLS vs. ESM 1:30 – BLS vs.
SPL
10:30 – WLS vs. BLS 2:30 – WLS vs. SPL 3:00 – WLS vs.
ESM
President Fitness Awards
– After running the president’s fitness program in the gym class for grades 3 –
8, the following students will receive a patch for successfully attaining the
National Physical Fitness level. Congratulations on your effort.
4th Grade – Madison
Swanson
5th Grade - Sam
Hathaway
7th Grade – Logan
Buuck
7th Grade – Lily
Keller
8th Grade – Grace
Keller
8th Grade – Abby
Rekeweg
Varsity Volleyball
Tourney News The Varsity (7 & 8) Girls Volleyball Tournament will
begin tomorrow, October 14. The WLS team will play St. John (Fort Wayne) at
11:00 a.m. at Flatrock; if they win, they will then play St. John, Kendallville,
at 1:00 p.m. the second round of the tourney is on Wednesday, October 18 – our
girls will play at Wyneken if they win the second match on Saturday. Good Luck
Girls!!!
Important Basketball
Season Information All boys who are planning to play basketball
MUST HAVE THEIR PHYSICAL EXAM FORM ON FILE AND THE $20.00 BASKETBALL SPORTS
FEE PAID BEFORE THEIR FIRST PRACTICE. Many of the boys who said they
were going to play do not have these items taken care of. If you need a physical
exam form, please call the school office; also, you can check on your son’s
status regarding these two items by calling the school office.
Volleyball Stats
It was a tough week for volleyball. The Girls Varsity Team lost to
Bethlehem, 15-25 and 13-25. In their second match, they lost to Zion, Decatur,
13-25 and 14-25. The Junior Varsity Girls also had a tough week. They lost their
match to Bethlehem, 17-25 and 12-25 last Thursday. On Monday, they lost to St.
John, Flatrock, 20-25 and 14-25. Tournament for Varsity starts this Saturday, at
11:00 a.m. at St. John, Flatrock. The girls play St. John, Fort Wayne. Come out
and support your Lady Wildcats!
Chapel News Next
Wednesday’s Chapel Service (October 18), will be held at WLS, 8:10
a.m., with Mr. Staub leading. Our Chapel offerings for October and November
will go to “Operation Christmas Child”, the “Shoebox” mission for children
around the world – collect some shoeboxes and please read the information that
was sent home today. Chapel envelopes will be given to K-8 students next
Tuesday. The amount collected so far for Operation Christmas Child is $35.62.
Parents, Grandparents, Friends of WLS students – you are all welcome to join us
for any or all of our Chapel Services. Just read your weekly newsletter and your
WLS monthly calendars for chapel locations and times.
The following students and
teachers celebrated their October Baptism Birthdays in Wednesday’s Chapel
service: Carly Huth, Samuel Hathaway, Shawn Kitzmiller, Joshua Gerig,
Kyle Rice, Elizabeth Burke, Jacob Gerbers, Mr. Staub, and Mrs. Hoffschneider.
Lunch Menus for Next Week
Monday, October 16 –
Crispito, Corn, Strawberry Shortcake, Bread & Butter, Milk
Tuesday, October 17 –
Beef and Noodles, Mashed Potatoes, Oranges, Dinner Roll, Rice Pudding, Milk
Wednesday, October 18 –
Taco Salad, Peaches, Cake, Bread & Butter, Milk
Thursday, October 19 –
Macaroni and Cheese, Peas, Pineapple Tidbits, Cookie, Milk
Friday, October 20 –
Chicken Nuggets, Carrots and Celery, ½ Apple, Bread & Butter, Milk
Candlelighters for Christ
and Zion Churches: Christ, Sunday, October 15, 8:00 a.m.. –
Andrew Meyer, 10:30 a.m. – Derek Gerig, Wednesday, October 18, 7:00 p.m. –
Kristen Gerig; Zion, Sunday, October 15, 9:00 a.m. – Jared Huth.
The Preschoolers will
sing at Christ Lutheran Church, Sunday, October 15, at the 10:30 service.
Thank You Note
“Our 7th and 8th grade students and many of their parents
journeyed to Washington, D.C. during the first week of October. We were very
proud of the students as they displayed excellent behavior and represented
Woodburn Lutheran School and our Woodburn community in a wonderful way. During
the journey to and from Washington, we were engaged in a Euchre tournament. This
was a double elimination tournament and Tiffany Heckley and her daughter,
Taylor, were our champions!! We had over 28 people participating in that rousing
festival of Euchre prowess. In two and a half days, we visited 16 different
historic sites. That required a pretty diligent pace! God watched over us the
entire time, granting us a safe bus ride and no problems along the way. Mrs.
Schlie and Mrs. Schroeder would like to thank the students and parents for being
so awesome!”
Speaking of Euchre – Zion
Lutheran Church is sponsoring a Dinner and Euchre Party for adults on
Saturday, November 11, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The cost per person is
$10.00 – this includes your meal and 10 rounds of euchre games. Many door prizes
will be given out. Please call Ruth (Mrs. Virgil) Woebbeking at 632-4378 for
reservations.
Grade Two Grandparent
Reading begins next Tuesday, October 17 – many thanks to all of the grandparents
who have volunteered to come in to WLS each week!
Looking ahead to
Christmas! As it gets closer to the Christmas season and you begin
checking out your holiday wrapping supplies, please keep the WLS PTL Christmas
Shop in mind. We accept any extra bags, paper, tape, tags, ribbon, or bows you
would be willing to donate. Please bring any donations in to the school office –
mark it for the “Christmas Shop”. Thank you for all your great support for a
great school! (The PTL Christmas Shop Committee)
Kleinhenn Sales News
The orders were received on Wednesday and are ready for pick-up by
participating families. October 28 is the last day for your money to be
turned in to the school office. If you have any problems with your
order, please call Linda Gerig at 632-5986.
There are some Christmas
items, cards, paper, and gifts for sale in the school office – stop in to check
these Kleinhenn samples out. A catalog is available for you to check the price
on each item.
Thank you note:
“Jared Huth would like to thank everyone for their donations to the diabetes
walk held last weekend. It is people like you that help keep his dream of living
without diabetes a little bit closer to reality. The total in donations was
$110.00. Thank you so much!”
Zion Lutheran Church’s
“Little Blessings Daycare” will have Open Registration tomorrow, October 14, 9
a.m. to noon, and on Monday, October 16, 6-8 p.m. For more information, please
call (260) 632-4679, ext. 103.
Looking ahead –
The WLS Annual Fall “All You Can Eat” Fish and Chicken Strip Dinner will be held
on Friday, November 10, 4:30-8:00 p.m. Presale Tickets packs will be sent home
with each WLS family soon.
Youth Basketball Help is
Still Needed Scorekeeper and referees are needed for the league, which
begins on Wednesday, October 25. Sessions begin at 6:00 & 7:00 p.m., with games
at 6:30 and 7:30. Contact Kelly Moore at
rexandkelly@cs.com or at 632-5424. 7th and 8th
graders, high school students, grandparents – all of you can help!
Recycling Information
Each 5-8 student will receive an October-May Recycling Worker Schedule
either today or next Monday. Recycling is next Saturday, October 21 –
participation forms will be sent home on Monday, October 16.
Monthly Tuition is Due –
Monday, October 16 – for those families NOT participating in the “Joyful
Response” free electronic tuition payment program. “Joyful Response”
applications for electronic tuition payments are available in the school office.
CALENDAR
OCTOBER 14 – VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TOURNEY BEGINS
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– WLS MONTHLY TUITION DUE
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– JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL, HOME, 5:00 VS. ADAMS CENT
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– KINDERGARTEN CLASS TO KURTZ PUMPKIN PATCH, 9
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– GRADE 2 GRANDPARENT READING BEGINS, 9:45
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– GRADES 7 & 8 TO “FOCUS ON HEALTH”, 9-10 A.M.
18 – ½ HOUR EARLY DISMISSAL, 2:15 P.M.
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– VISION SCREENING, GRADES K, 1, 3, 5 & 8, PLUS NEW STUDENTS
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- RECYCLING, 9-12
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–BROWNIES AT CAMP LOGAN
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