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QLS Newsletter - October/November 2011
QUEENS LUTHERAN SCHOOL - NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2011
This Little Light Of Mine (School Theme)
Healthy Choices (Curriculum Theme)
O Give thanks to the Lord for He is good and his mercy endures forever
> NEWS AND DATES TO NOTE:
November 1: Tuition payment is due ($35 late fee if not received by the 10th of the month.)
November 4: School Closed-Staff development
November 16: PTA Meeting 6:00 p.m. (please note the change date)
November 11: 1st Marking Period Ends - Veterans Day - School Closed
November 18: School Closed Parent Teacher Conferences Report Cards issued
November 21: International Thanksgiving Luncheon 10:30 a.m. - All are welcome
November 24 & 25: School Closed Thanksgiving Holiday
> OTHER INFORMATION
Report Cards: Will be handed to the parent guardian at the Parent/Guardian/Teacher Conference on Friday, November 18. The children have no school on that day.
Lunch Forms: For December will be distributed the second or third week in November and are due back on Tuesday, November 22nd.
Chapel Offerings: Collected each Wednesday in Chapel. For the months of November and December offerings will be given to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Childrens Church: Every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Everyone is welcome.
Parking: Please do not park in the NO Standing Zone in the front of the school. This area is designated for our school buses and need to remain clear for the safety of all.
Illnesses: If your child is ill with a cough, cold, fever, etc., as a consideration to you child, to other children and staff please keep him/her home until hes/she's better. Thank you.
Uniform: November is here the girls may now wear their navy blue Marlou pants and the boys must wear their short or long sleeve dress shirt and tie. Polo shirts are no longer allowed, not until May.
> ON-GOING:
School Store.com: An online shopping mall with over 200 merchants including Sears, Target, Office Depot, Wal-Mart, Disney Store, Family Book Store and many more. When your family and friends make everyday online purchases from their favorite merchants, our school earns money. Information was sent home with your child on Monday.
Box Tops For Education: Box Tops for Education is an ongoing fundraiser with no extra cost to the participant. The Box Tops are sent into General Mills for compensation to the school. Please clip them from participating General Mills Products and send them in with you child. Thank you again for your support.
Ink And Toner Cartridges: Staples gives our school $2.00 back in Staples Rewards per cartridge. Ink Recycling Rewards are issued monthly. We use our rewards funds to purchase supplies for our school. Thank you parents/guardians for bringing them to us.
Stop & Shop: If you have a Stop & Shop Card, please register your card on line and select Queens Lutheran School for reward points.
Target: Target Take Charge of Education Program allows Target credit card holders to register their card. Eventually Target will make donations to the school of our choice. Our school is listed and there are 7 people already registered. So remember, if you shop at Target register your card and designate Queens Lutheran School to receive a percentage of your purchases. Thank you.
> 1ST AND 2ND GRADE - MS. GIGLER
October was a busy time in the first and second grade room. We've been putting our phonics skills to work and learning new vocabulary words. We used cubes, links, counting rods, and number lines to strengthen our math skills. Autumn changes was our Science topic.
We followed a recipe to make several batches of delicious pumpkin cookies. We found out theres a lot of measuring, mixing, and stirring to make cookies from scratch. We were glad to share our yummy goodies with everyone at the Fall Festival. A special thank you to all who brought in ingredients, and to Mr. Jung and Mr. Johnson who helped bake and keep the peace.
Mrs. Pegas enjoys joining us on Friday afternoons for our art class. She helped us make amazing masks and giant bookmarks.
> PASTOR KLOCKAU - CHOIR NOTES
Pastor James meets with Grades 1-6 every Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning for choir. We begin each session with vocal warm-up exercises, which help get our voices ready to sing and also help us to concentrate on deep breathing.
We are learning lots of songs, both secular and religious. Patriotic songs are important, so we are learning American the Beautiful, My County Tis of Thee, and The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Weve also learned lots of American folk songs and popular songs. Every once in a while we have fun with a song in a foreign language, like Ach, Du lieber Augustin and Frere Jacques. Finally, we learn hymns and songs that we will use in chapel and Childrens Church, and soon we will begin preparing for our International Thanksgiving Luncheon and our Christmas program.
Stay tuned for more choir notes. We may be splitting the choir in two and adding Kindergarten, so that we will have a junior and senior choir. Ask your children what they did in choir this week.
Pastor James Klockau
> MRS. LUCY PEGAS - ART
Art in an important subject for everyone! It teaches children to express themselves in a fun and creative way.
Our art classes are filled with crafty projects and the children have had lots of fun! We have made comic books, bookmarks, Halloween projects and lots more.
Our theme is recycling and the children have been learning to use recycled items to create fun things while learning to save our planet..
Please send in to our Art department: plastic bottles, caps, paper towel and toilet paper tubes for future projects. (Clean bottles only please!)
> MS. DARDEN
October is almost over and great things have been going on.
3rd and 4th graders.....
have learned the four types of sentences, subjects and predicates, conjunctives, simple and compound sentences. They are now learning the different kinds of nouns.
In Reading they are learning how to find the topic sentence, how to locate details and main ideas. They are learning to use graphic organizers to organize their thoughts. They are writing narrative paragraphs and learning the skill of comparing and contrasting the stories they are reading.
5th and 6th graders.....
Are working on Unit 2 - Nouns. They are learning plural and singular nouns, collective and compound nouns, and possessive nouns.
In Reading they are learning the comprehension skills of character, setting and plot. Cause and effect relationships, making inferences and analyzing what they read.
In Social Studies we are learning about the early History of America, the importance of oral traditions and how it was passed down. We are also learning the importance of Time Lines.
In Religion we will be using a new book, Voyages Exploring Gods Word.
The students are happy that the Terra Nova testing is over and are looking forward to find out the results.
All my students had a wonderful time at the Fall Festival and the Halloween Party.
> NOVEMBER 2011 - COMPUTER NEWS - JO ANN RASPANTINI
Below is a brief summary of what we have been doing in computer class.
6th Grade - The students have completed their Personal Possessions PowerPoint slide show and presented it to the class. They have included on this assignment clip art, sounds, and animation schemes.
6th Grade Halloween flyers are now on display outside the computer room and on the lower level.
A Halloween presentation which tells the story of Halloween is in the works telling about its beginnings, customs, and how we celebrate today.
5th Grade - The students have completed their Ancient Empires PowerPoint slide show and presented it to the class. They also have included on this assignment clip art, sounds, and animation schemes.
5th Grade Halloween flyers are now on display outside the computer room and on the lower level.
A Halloween presentation which tells the story of Halloween is in the works telling about its beginnings, customs, and how we celebrate today.
3rd/4th Grade - Keyboarding, Levels 2 4. Each student is working at his/her own pace and some are more advanced than others.
1st/2nd Grade - The 1st and 2nd graders are continuing to enjoy their time at computers. They are becoming more comfortable with using and understanding the ins and outs of the world of technology.
> MS. COSTANZO
My 3rd and 4th graders are happy that Terra Nova Standardized testing are complete and we can now get back to our usual business.
We had a great time during the month of October. We learned so many new things and had a lot of fun at the special events that took place at school. We are looking forward too see what November will bring.
I hope you'll enjoy reading the notes below from the 3rd and 4th graders, in their own words, spelling and punctuation of course, with minimal corrections from me, about whats going on at our school
- The Fall Festival by Daniel Grade 3
The Fall Festival was very fun. They had donuts and muffins. One of their activities was you make a spider out of snacks and then eat it. The Fall Festival had pumpkin picking. They had face painting, but you dont have to get it on your face. Some of the designs for face painting were scars, bats, ghosts and you can get it in any color.
- Fall Festival by Peter Grade 3
The Fall Festival was great! They had apple cider, marsh mellow spider making, face painting, pumpkin picking, and pumpkin decorating. It was drizzling. It was a little wet. The Fall Festival was great!
- The Party by Max Grade 3
I had a really good time with Matthew. We invited the whole class. The presents I got were cool too. I got a Mechno Godzila toy from my Nana. I got regular Godzila toys from Daniel. I got the bridge of the Enterprise from my mom. I got 2 lego hero factory men from Alejandro and I got Blokus from Meredith. Lucas gave me a Web shooter, and of course the cake tasted good.
- Fall Festival by Lucas Grade 3
At the Fall Festival I made a spider and had a good time it was great it was a great day. I wonder when the next fall festival is here. I cant wait for it. I had a good time at this Fall Festival. I didnt want my face painted this time.
- Fall Festival and Terra Nova by Alejandro Grade 3
We had Terra Nova Tests in October. It was hard work. I think we did well. We had a Fall Festival and we went pumpkin picking and we got to decorate the pumpkins too. I got my face painted. I made a spider out of pretzels, marshmallows and candy glue.
- Terra Nova Tests by Matthew Grade 3
The 3rd and 4th grade students and I had a Terra Nova Test. Dont know if I got some answers wrong. I know I got a lot correct. I had a great time during the tera nova test. I dont know how good I did on the test. I learned some things at the test. Some questions were hard some were easy. I had a small test after that. It was another Terra Nova Test, but it was shorter. It had different things on it.
- Halloween and Halloween Party Meredith Grade 3
On October 28, 2011 we will have a Halloween party. Im going to bring Halloween cookies. I am also going to dress up like a cat. The cookies will be brought in on Monday for 3rd and 4th grades. (I included the office and Mrs. Darden.) There will be cookie decorating and sweets.
- Fall Festival - by Alex Grade 4
I liked the fall festival because there was plenty of things like making marsh mellow spiders and designing your own pumpkin and there was plenty to eat. There was face painting and that is why I like the Fall Festival
- Fall Festival by T. J. Grade 3
The Fall Festival was awesome. I got to make spider webs. I got to make a spider and it had marshmallows and pretzels. I got my face painted. I got to decorate my pumpkin. We all had a lot of fun.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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