November 12, 2015 - St. John`s Evangelical Lutheran Church

CRUSADER
Volume 13, Issue 12
CHRONICLE
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran School – Wauwatosa
November 12, 2015
St. John’s Mission Statement: We exist to prepare our children for a lifelong relationship with Christ,
proclaim the gospel message, and provide excellence in education in order to equip students for life
and eternity.
THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL
November 12 – 21, 2015
11/12
Th
11/13
Fri
11/14
Sa
11/15
Sun
11/16
Mon
11/17
Tue
11/18
Wed
11/19
Th
11/20
Fri
11/21
Sat
 Piano Lessons w/Mrs. Bauer
 Jr. Handbells w/Mrs. Handeland
 Guitar w/Mr. Krellwitz
 Band w/Mrs. Hohenstein
 7:40-8am Scrip/Gift Card Sales in School Commons
 “Tip Off” Basketball Tournament at Star of
Bethlehem – Boys A-Team and Girls A-Team
 “Tip Off” Basketball Tournament at Star of
Bethlehem – Boys A-Team and Girls A-Team
 5:30pm Worship w/Communion
 7:00pm Worship in Chinese
 8& 10:30 Worship w/Communion
Jr. Handbells & Jr. Choir (both services)
 9:15 Sunday School and Bible Class
 “Tip Off” Basketball Tournament at Star of
Bethlehem – Boys A-Team and Girls A-Team
 Piano Lessons w/ Mrs. Horton
 3-3:15 Scrip Sales in the School Commons
 Family Night Out at Chick-fil-A
(124th & Capital)
 Piano w/ Mrs. Horton
 6:30-8pm Lutheran Girl Pioneers Meet
 8:15am Children’s Chapel
 8:15 RIBS
 PICTURE RE-TAKE DAY (9:30am)
 Piano w/Mrs. Bauer
 Band w/Mr. Peterson
 Violin w/Mrs. Buschkopf
 Piano w/Mrs. Bauer
 Jr. Handbells w/Mrs. Handeland
 Guitar w/Mr. Krellwitz
 Band w/Ms. Hohenstein
 7:40-8am Scrip/Gift Card Sales in School Commons
 Noon-3pm Grade 1 to Betty Brinn Museum
 6-9pm Christmas Decorating at School
 LGP Bowling Night
 9am-noon Christmas Decorating at School
 5:30 Worship
 7:00 Worship in Chinese
In this week’s issue….
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Sunday Scripture Readings
Usher Assistants
Family Night out at Chick fil-A (Monday, Nov. 16th)
Picture Re-take Day (Nov. 18th)
Forensics Festival & Math Track Team Results
Childcare News
LGP
Illumine Mission Collection & Christmas Donations
Christmas Decorating (Nov. 20th)
Christmas Eve Service (Notify if students not attending)
From the Principal’s Desk
Greetings,
This time of the year is the time when we have students
competing academically and athletically in a variety of
settings allowing so many of the talents of our children to
be displayed. What a blessing!
Congratulations to our Girls’ A1Volleyball team for their
2nd place trophy in the State Volleyball Tournament. Great
Work!
Congratulations also to our 7th and 8th grade students who
participated in the Forensics Festival at WLHS. It’s great to
see you channeling your speaking ability in this way.
Congratulations to the students who represented St.
John’s in the Math Track Competition at St. Paul’s
Muskego. We sent Three teams of six students from grades
3-8. Thanks for your efforts!
Have you planned for a Chick-fin-A supper on Monday?
The restaurant is located in Brookfield at 125th and Capitol
Drive. You will be able to enjoy the company of other St.
John’s families for supper and CES will receive a portion
back as a fund-raiser if you buy your meal and drop the
receipt in a box on the counter. I hope to see you there.
Please continue to keep Miss Amanda Treder in your
prayers as she considers our call to teach 3rd grade and be
our Coordinator of School Music. Miss Treder teaches in a
multi-grade classroom in a small school in Crystal Lake, IL.
Her current classroom includes third grade. She is in her
15th year of teaching after graduating from Martin Luther
College, New Ulm in 2001. She has completed work on a
Master’s Degree in Music from Concordia University
Mequon, WI
Lord’s Blessings,
Mr. Uecker
Picture Re-take / Make-Up Day
Our picture retake/make-up day has been scheduled for
Wednesday, November 18th. If your child did not have their
picture taken in October, remember to send along the order
form and payment on this day. There are extra forms in the
school office if needed.
Parents, if you choose to have your child’s picture retaken,
you must send the original envelope of school pictures with
your child on November 18th. The packet must be complete
with no pictures removed. Any questions, please call the
school office.
Usher Assistant Schedule
Date
8:00 AM
10:30 AM
November 15
Zach Baltutis
Kaylie McEvoy
Alyssa Ebeling
Silas Ebeling
Olivia Close
GraceMarie Theesfeld
Lindsey Lampe
Marie Beckman
Marlie Campbell
Chloe Campbell
Lilly Gantner
Daniel Brown
November 22
November 29
After-school Behavior
Parents, there hare a number of times after school
when students are waiting for a sport to begin or for a
sibling to get out of a practice. When his happens,
please make sure our child is waiting quietly. The
behavior after school should be similar to thae behavior
during school: no running, ball bouncing/throwing, etc.
Please help set the tone by closely supervising your child.
Thanks.
Forensics Festival
On Saturday, November 7th, 17 of our seventh and eighth
grade students participated in a forensics competition at
Wisconsin Lutheran High School. The students worked
extremely hard during the past two months writing
introductions, memorizing scripts, and utilizing the public
speaking skills that they have learned in language arts
class. We are very proud of these confident young people
who used their God-given abilities this past weekend.
Gold Medal
Zoe Buske
Silver Medal
Isa Lentz
Katie Krause
Ashley Rouse
Blue Ribbon
Elli Collyard
Joey Lindert
Nathanael Gaub
Kenzie Schmidt
Blue Ribbon (con’t)
Gaby Verduzco
Bryce Pagel
Ben Haakenson
Emma Siegmund
Megan Strautmann
Ethan Chasco
Ian Beck
Red Ribbon
Zach Baltutis
Jared Henning
A special thank you to Mrs. Henning, Mrs.
Gaub, and Mrs. Morin for helping to prepare the
students for their performances.
Metro Milwaukee Math Meet
Congratulations to the following students who
representing St. John’s at the Metro Milwaukee Math Meet
which was held at St. Paul’s, Muskego this past Tuesday:
Grade 3: Ben Langebartels, Cavanaugh Sipe and
Sydney Vitangcol
Grade 4: Kon Knueppel, Emma Lindert, and
Nathaniel Crowder
Grade 5: Jacob Alejandro, Silas Ebeling and
Kaylie McEvoy
Grade 6: Madison Sipe, Lauren Beck, and Miaya
Chesterman
Grade 7: Alyssa Ebeling Elli Collyard and Ben
Haakenson
Grade 8: Hailey Rhyner, Megan Strautmann and Julia
Treichel
A special Congratulations to Sydney
Vitangcol who tied for 1st Place, 3rd Grade
individual score.
Lutheran Girl Pioneers
LGP will meet on Tuesday, November 17th, from 6:308pm. We will also be having an LGP Bowling Night on
Friday, November 20th. Watch for a note to go home on
Monday.
Childcare News
Crusader Athletics
Families who currently use Childcare were emailed a link to
a survey form for days off during our school’s Christmas
break. In order to have adequate staffing for these days it is
important that you submit the survey. Childcare may not be
available on any of these days if there is not enough interest.
If you have not received the email and are in need of childcare
here is the link to submit your childcare needs:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z8NYWR9
The deadline for submitting the survey is Wednesday,
November 25th. Reservation Dates:
 Wednesday, December 23rd (11:45am dismissal)
 Monday, December 28th
 Tuesday, December 29th
 Wednesday, December 30th
Go to www.sjtosaathletics.org to view updated
schedules for all Crusader sports (practices, games &
tournaments).
Volunteers will be needed at upcoming home games and
tournaments. There are even a few tutorials for some of the
volunteer spots (score book & score clock). The volunteer
sign-up links for the basketball season will soon be
available.
Any questions please see Mrs. Johnson or Mrs.
Courtier in the childcare office.
Tournament at Star of Bethlehem in New Berlin this week
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The first game for the
Crusader Boys is at 6:30pm on Friday followed by the
Crusader Girls’ first game at 7:20pm. It would be great to
fill the stands with Crusader fans for their first games of the
season, especially since they are conveniently back-to-back.
(Complete tournament brackets can be found on the
Crusader Website.) Go Crusaders!!
Gift Cards Available through
St. John’s Scrip Program
Kohl’s Department Store, Meijer and Roundy’s (Pick N
Save) gift cards, along with many (about 700) others such as
Speedway, Starbucks, iTunes, Bath & Body Works,
restaurants, etc. are available through the school office.
School receives a percentage of the face value of the cards.
We keep a limited number of gift cards in stock, available to
purchase before school Fridays 7:40 – 8am and Monday
afternoons 3-3:15pm in the school Commons. Please visit
www.shopwithscrip.com for a complete listing of gift cards
available to order. Please keep in mind that the Kohl’s Gift
Cards that are purchased through the scrip program (Kohl’s
Cares for Kid’s Gift Cards – these are different than the gift
cards purchased at the store) can also be used to pay your
Kohl’s Charge Card.
Gift cards may be ordered in many ways:
 use the attached order form and submit to the school
office
 stop by the school Commons at one of the above listed
times
 order online through the Scrip website
www.shopwithscrip.com, using St. John's Enrollment
Code: C5FB311729461
 email your order to scrip@sjtosa.org
For additional questions and information contact Stephanie
Heffelfinger at scrip@sjtosa.org or visit the Scrip website at
www.shopwithscrip.com. Thank you for your support!
Basketball News:
The Girls’ A-Team (grades 7 & 8, coached by Brent
Siegmund and Greg Collyard) and the Boys’ A-Team
(grades 7 & 8, coached by Mark Rindfleisch and Dave
Leyrer) will be participating at the Star “Tip-Off”
Deck the Halls…….
Volunteers Needed for Decorating
The CES committee is recruiting volunteers to prepare
our school for the coming Advent and Christmas season.
This includes decorating trees and hanging garland and
wreaths. If you are willing to lend a hand, here are the dates
and times where volunteers would still be appreciated:
Friday, November 21, 6-9pm
If you have questions, or to sign-up to volunteer, please
contact Mary Gaub at mgaub@earthlink.net (414-3123801) OR sign-up on the CES bulletin board in the school
lobby.
Christmas Eve Service
All Students in Grades 1-8 Sing
St. John’s Christmas Eve Service will take place at
4:00pm, December 24th in the school gymnasium. All St.
John’s students in grades 1-8 will be participating. If you
know that your students will not be in our St. John’s
Christmas Eve Service, please send an email to our child’s
classroom teacher as soon as possible. The teachers are
beginning to work on the logistics of the Christmas Eve
seating and preparations and would greatly appreciate
knowing who WILL NOT be at the service here at St.
John’s
Illumine Mission Collection
For our first semester mission collection the student's
offerings will be going to Illumine Church in Rock Hill, South
Carolina. This is the mission church some of our teens from
the youth group helped on a mission trip this past summer.
We are collecting our money to help them buy Bibles as well
as book shelves for their church library. As of November 8th,
St. John’s has collected $833.54 for the Illumine Mission. As
we get closer to Christmas we will collect items for their
Mornings with Mommy ministry. (See information above.)
If you would like to make an additional contribution please
contact Terry Buske or Naomi Stein.
K3 News
Woodland animals have continued to be our focus in K3.
The children enjoyed playing with the forest habitat we made
for our beautiful collection of Woodland animals. Our
woodland animal puppets and stuffed animals were added this
week and were also popular. The children built homes for
them with our blocks and used their imagination to come up
with some silly stories! We enjoyed some great books, Boris
Beaver , Sassafras, and Secrets of the Apple Tree were a few.
Our Bible lesson was “God Leads His People through the
Red Sea”. It was about how God led Moses and the Israelites
out of Egypt and across the Red Sea in an amazing way. God
watched over Moses and the Israelites and protected them
when Pharaoh meant to harm them. God watches over us too
and has the power to help us in any kind of trouble. It
pleases our Lord when we call upon Him in troubling times of
our life. When we do this, it shows we trust God and believe
that he can help us. We can feel safe in God’s almighty arms
and thank and praise him for always taking care of us.
~Mrs. Henning
Illumine Mission Project
“Mornings with Mommy”
Christmas is quickly approaching. Many of us have
already started our shopping along with other preparations.
During this time we especially remember the real reason for
the Christmas season. We rejoice in receiving the greatest
gift ever given—our Savior! Our love for him compels us to
share some of our abundant blessings. As you prepare your
hearts and homes for the Christmas season, would you
consider also helping out our school mission project for this
semester?
For the past several years St. John’s students in grades
K5-8 have bought a gift for our mission project instead of
doing a gift exchange in their classrooms. We would like to
do this same thing again for our adopted mission church –
Illumine Church in North Carolina. Students in K3 and K4
are welcome to join us in this as well. They have a
“Mornings with Mommy” program. This is an outreach
program they are doing to bring moms and their young
children from the community into contact with Jesus. They
could use our support with the items listed below:
• Cotton balls
• Straws
• Colored cardstock
• Construction paper
• Glue sticks
• Thick size masking tape
• Do-a-dot primary markers
• Washable paint, all colors
• Washable colors and markers
• Baby wipes
• Infant toys (new or very gently used)
Please bring your gifts to school anytime between now
and Christmas and place them in the bins located near the
school and childcare offices. Please put any monetary
donations in an envelope marked “Illumine Church” and
put them in the box in the office, or give them to your
child’s teacher. The monetary donations will be used to
purchase additional supplies and some larger items on their
“wishlist”, such as a bulletin board or “colorful 8’x10’ round
carpet”. A complete listing of items needed can be found
by the collection bins on the main and lower levels of
school. For more information, please contact Mrs. Buske
(grade 1) or Mrs. Stein (K4).