BETHEL SCHOOL WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

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Edition #34        BETHEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL’S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER                                    May 24, 2012

CHURCH & SCHOOL INFORMATION:                                announcement of events and help us get the
Church Phone:          989-892-4252                         appropriate children in the right place at the right
School Phone:          989-892-4508                         time. Thanks! Go Bobcats!
E-MAIL:
Pastor:          Mark Luetzow                               CHURCH PICNIC: There is a sign up sheet in
                 pastorluetzow@gmail.com                    the front school hall for food, needed supplies, and
Principal & 6-8: Douglas Dast                               servers for our annual church picnic on Sunday,
                 DougDast@charter.net                       June 3rd. The picnic committee needs help and
Grades 3-5:      Steven Thies                               donations, so please consider signing up.
                 sjthies7@gmail.com
Grades 1-2:      Shirley Dast                               MEMORIAL DAY: There will be no school on
                ShirleyDast@charter.net                     Monday, May 28th. Please respect those who
Kindergarten: Sandy Mayhew                                  served in the armed forces by attending with your
                 mayhewsl89@gmail.com                       family one of the many memorial services held
Preschool:       Jodi Virant                                throughout our community.
                 Jlrabe85@juno.com
School:          bethelschool@bethellutheranbc.org          VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: Spread the
CHURCH & SCHOOL WEBSITE:                                    word, VBS is taking place June 25 – 28, with a
                www.bethellutherbc.org                      closing service that evening at 6:30. Come and
                                                            see as we travel, “Back to Jerusalem.” Our
SUNDAY SCHOOL: No more Sunday school                        program thrives on you as parents and students to
for this year. Thanks to our teachers, Mrs. Sherri          spread the word. Invite your friends, neighbors,
Willard, Mrs. Megan Anderson and Mr. Mark                   and other family members to send their children to
Knapp.      Also, thank you to everyone who                 hear His message. So please, take the time to sign
provided snacks each Sunday. The children                   up your loved ones on our website, so that they
enjoyed having a snack each Sunday.                         might hear of God's Great Love.

CHAPEL: Our chapel offerings for the fourth                 RECORDS DAY: There will be a half day of
quarter will go to the Pregnancy Counseling                 school on Thursday, May 31st. Your staff will
Center in Saginaw. This organization works to               use the afternoon to work on school records.
prevent abortions. This past week we collected
$44.00. Our total for the quarter is now $397.43.           LAST DAY: The last day of school will be
                                                            Friday, June 1st. It will be a half day. In addition
GIFTS/DONATIONS: There is nothing to report                 to some instruction, the children will assist in
for this week.                                              cleaning their rooms and various other such
                                                            things. Report cards will be handed out and there
BIRTHDAYS: Happy birthday to:                               will be a special closing service to which all of
Brielle Bailey  5/27          Pre.                          you are invited. School will close for the year at
                                                            12:00 noon.
BALL TRACK MEET: The annual BALL track
meet will be held tomorrow Friday, May 25th.                 SCHOOL YEAR CLOSING SERVICE: There
Starting time is 9:00 AM. There will be no school            will be a special closing for the school year church
for the day. If we are rained out, there will still be       service on Friday, June 1st at 11:30 AM. The
no school. There is no make up date for the track            congregation is invited.
meet. A copy of all entrants is being sent home
with this newsletter.       Please listen for the
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AWARDS PRESENTATION:                    All extra        MLS TRACK MEET: Students in grades 5-8
curricular awards will be presented after the            have been entered. I will send home a print out of
church service on Sunday, June 3rd. We ask that          that information next week. The MLS meet is on
all parents and their children remain after the          Wednesday May 30th, starting at 12:00 noon.
service for the presentation of awards. The annual       Those students participating will be excused at
church picnic will follow starting at about 12:00        11:00 AM. Those not attending will continue on
noon.                                                    with the school day.

LBC/LGC: Sorry, no time left to put in a last            CLASSROOM NEWS:
activity. Hope you had fun through the year and
enjoyed the meetings and activities that you were        Preschool: I can’t believe how fast the year has
able to attend.                                          gone. We have just completed our final week of
                                                         preschool. Our Bible lesson this week was Saul
YEARBOOK: An order form for a 2011-2012                  Becomes Jesus’ Friend. We learned how God
year book was sent home. If you are interested in        changed Saul from an enemy into a friend. Our
purchasing one, please return the form and a check       memory treasure was Mark 16:15: Go into all the
to Mrs. Dast before Friday, June 1st. If we do not       world and preach the good news. The three day
get enough orders (25 or more) your check will be        class concluded their theme: Meet Me at the Pond.
returned to you. Checks should be made out to            They reviewed the letters K, F, P and the numbers
"Bethel Lutheran School." We will need pictures          9 and 19. The two day class concluded their
of activities, so if you have some of preschool and      theme: Ladybugs. The letter was Z and the
school activities that we could use, please put          number was 10. Each class ended the year with a
them on a CD and hand them in to Mrs. Dast. Put          closing devotion and farewell program. Thank
your name on anything you would like returned to         you to all the parents and family members who
you.                                                     attended the farewell programs. It really made the
                                                         day very special for the children. Have a
BLOOD DRIVES: The sign up sheet is up for our            wonderful summer.
first blood drive which will be held on Tuesday,
June 5th. Please help us reach a goal of 25 pints.       Kindergarten: Only one more week to go! As
There will also be a sign up to provide bars or          our school year is coming to an end, the children
cookies. The air conditioned bus will be here for        have been finishing up many of their books. In
both of the blood drives this summer. Thanks to          Word of God they have been learning about Peter,
those who have already signed up. Please check in        Philip, Paul and the early Christian Church. They
with your friends, relatives, and neighbors so that      have been working hard finishing up their last
we can have a successful blood drive. There is a         Letter Book. In it they got to read a story about a
flyer attached to this newsletter with more              big dragon. In math they have been reviewing
information. Please take the time to read it.            simple addition and subtraction facts and learning
                                                         about telling time to the hour and half hour. They
GRADUATION: Our eighth graders will                      have also been practicing how to spell simple
graduate as part of the regular Sunday morning           words. A BIG THANK YOU to Mr. Szostek for
service on Sunday, June 3rd. K-7 will sing for           driving for our field trip to the children’s museum
this service and it will be followed by our annual       in Saginaw. The children had a fun time playing
presentation of extracurricular awards. Please           in all of the centers. Please remember, there is no
make plans to attend this special service and the        school for the Kindergarten on Friday, May 25 or
congregational       picnic       that    follows.       Monday, May 28. Have a great long weekend!
Congratulations to Bethel's 2012 graduates!
Annette Cook                                             Grades 1-2: This week flew right by. Everyone is
Hunter Miller                                            looking forward to the track met. I hope everyone
Jessica Sebastian                                        does their very best! Don't forget our trip to
Andrew Szostek                                           entertain at Brookdale is on Tuesday, May 29th.
                                                         Remember to wear red white and blue if you have
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something. We will try to picnic at the park for           SINGING:
one last time next Wednesday, May 30th. Thanks             6/3  - K-7 - Graduation
to Heidi Shaw, Isabella's mom, for going with us
to the park each time we were able to go. I really         COMING UP:
appreciate her help.                                       5/28 - Memorial Day - No School
Memory Work:                                               5/29 - 6-8 Class Trip
Monday         None                                        5/30 - MLS Track meet for grades 5-8
Tuesday        3rd Commandment                             5/31 - Records Day - ½ day
Wednesday 2nd Commandment                                  6/1  - Last day - ½ day
Thursday       1st Commandment                             6/3  - Grad. Sunday/Awards/Cong. Picnic
Friday         Review our song "Closing Prayer"

Grades 3-5: Only one week left! This next week
wraps up our last week of school. We will have
quite a few finishing touches in our classes. I will
be making all of our tests open book tests so that
the students can try to get that one last “A” for the
year. I want to wish all the students good luck on
the track meet this Friday and also on Wednesday
for our 5th graders. I want to thank all the
chaperones for driving Thursday to the zoo. I
know that it was an enjoyable time.
Tests:
Tuesday:       3: Chapter 13 Science
               4: Chapter 15 Math
               5: Chapter 15 Math
Wednesday: 3: Chapter 15 Math
               4 - 5: Chapter 13 Social
               5: Unit 7 English
Memory Work:
Tuesday:       None
Wednesday: Page 42 # 254
Thursday:      None
Friday:        None

Grades 6-8: We are all set to go. Our class trip
will be this coming Tuesday, May 29th. We will
leave school at 6:00 AM sharp. The school will
not be open until 5:45. Everyone has paid, and we
have drivers. Please check out the original
information letter for more details. During the last
week of school there will be final tests in social
studies, science and Bible history. Unfortunately
because of the class trip, Memorial Day, the MLS
track meet, and other such things, the weekend
will be needed to prepare for some of these tests.
All book reports are now in and we are right on
target with all subjects. I hope everyone finishes
strong.


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