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Friday Note 02/17/12
Friday Note
February 17, 2012
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
We have a lot going on next week. On Tuesday, February 21, the teachers will be having their annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. Pancakes will be served from 5:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. We hope to see you there. Also, we will be traveling to First Lutheran Church on Wednesday, February 22, for Ash Wednesday service. We will be leaving school so please sign a permission slip for your child. If you would be willing to drive, please let your child’s teacher know. And on Saturday, February 25, PALS will be hosting a Daddy/Daughter Dance at school. It is always a fun event. We hope you will be able to attend.
We are still looking for volunteers to help scan bottles. We have a few people helping to scan these bottles, but we could use a few more. If you would be willing to help out, please contact the school office.
Starting the week of March 4th we will be celebrating National Lutheran Schools Week (NLSW). The theme for NLSW this year is “Securing Each Child’s Future – Equipped” and is based on 2 Timothy 3:16-17 – “16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of Godmay be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” We will have several activities going on this week. Please check the Friday Note and your child’s backpacks for information about this week.
WHAT IS ASH WEDNESDAY?
Ash Wednesday is a Christian festival. It marks the beginning of Lent. Lent is a forty-day period before Easter. The purpose of Lent is to set aside time for reflection on Jesus Christ – His suffering and his sacrifice, His life, death, burial and resurrection.
It is called Ash Wednesday because ashes represent our feeling of being sorry for things we have done wrong and want to get rid of forever. It is also a reminder that we all come from ashes and to ashes we all will return.
Ashes are applied to the forehead as a symbol of commitment to Jesus Christ and God. They show God that we are sorry for the wrong things we have done in the past year. The ashes come from the palm branches that have been kept from last year’s Palm Sunday. When people go to church on Ash Wednesday, the ashes are applied as the sign of the cross on each person’s forehead. Using ashes to mark the cross on the believer’s forehead symbolizes that through Christ’s death and resurrection, all Christians can be free from sin.
Have a wonderful weekend.
BOX TOPS
The next Box Tops Contest will end February 24! I hope you have been clipping and pasting! Please see the PALS section on the school website for a sheet with the rules. Reminder: no expired Box Tops, or those that expire prior to March 1, 2012. Send Bonus Box Tops separately; do not attach to a sheet. Do not send in loose Box Tops unless your teacher has a designated “paster”. Last Fall we earned $441; let’s see if we can beat that! Class party for the contest winner! PALS
PALS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Next year will be here before we know it and PALS is looking for anyone willing to serve as a board member and chair different events that occur throughout the year. If anyone is interested in serving, they can contact Cathy Goldtrap at 650-2459 or cdgoldtrap@yahoo.com. One event that we need to get a coordinator set before the end of the year is the back to school bash.
DREAM MACHINE RECYCLE RALLY
We have begun the third trimester of the Dream Machine Recycle Rally. Please bring in all your empty plastic beverage containers that are a #1 PET or #1 PETE. Only non-alcoholic beverage bottles count (since Pepsico is one of the sponsors) and only #1 plastics. Please no milk cartons, cleaning products or alcoholic beverage containers. The third trimester ends April 30. Right now we are in 18th place nationwide, which would merit us a $1000 green improvements grant if we stay in the top twenty through the end of April. We can do it!
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART
Jump Rope for Heart is Wednesday, February 29. Forms for sponsors were sent home today. Be sure to look for it. Thank you!
Our school is partnering with the American Heart Association to fund cardiovascular and stroke research and fight childhood obesity. When we complete the activities below we will earn free gift certificates to purchase PE equipment for our school. We are asking families to go to www.heart.org/jump and find the name of our school. Register and send 10 emails using the AHA provided templates or send your own e-card. When 30 people register and send 10 emails each, we will earn a $100 US Games Certificate to purchase PE equipment.
Help SAVE A HEART and earn a special gift!! After you register online at www.heart.org/jump and send at least 10 emails to your family and friends, you will earn a special strawberry scented “I helped Save a Heart” pencil.
WRAPPING UP FEBRUARY
Mon., 2/20 NO SCHOOL
Tues., 2/21 Pancake Supper
Wed., 2/22 Ash Wednesday
Sat., 2/25 Daddy~Daughter Dance
Wed., 2/29 Jump Rope for Heart
