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“Educational Excellence in a Christ-Centered Family”
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Chess Club - Every Monday after school until 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Art Club every Friday after school until 4:30pm
** Monday, January 23rd **
Hearing Testing at Zion
** January 25th 2:30pm to 4:00pm **
LuLaRoe Fundraiser in the Firesideroom
** Friday, January 27th **
Middle School Lock-In
** Wednesday, February 1st **
Dine-Out for Zion at Buffalo Wild Wings from 11am to Midnight
** Friday, February 3rd **
PTL Meeting @ 8:30am in the Fireside Room
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End of 2nd Quarter-Early Dismissal at 11:30am
** Sunday, February 5th @9:30am **
All Student's Sing at the 9:30am Church Service
** Monday February 6th - Friday, February 10th **
National Lutheran Schools Week
** Monday, February 13th @ 2pm **
LEST Dress Rehearsal
** Wednesday, February 15th @ 9:00am & 2:30pm **
9:00am LEST Music, Spelling & Knowledge Bowl Demonstration
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2:30pm LEST Pep Rally in School Gym
** Thursday, February 16th & Friday, February 17th **
NO SCHOOL
LEST for Middle School Students at Concordia Univeresity in Portland
** February 24th from 6:30pm - 9:30pm **
Game Night in the Gym
** Tuesday, February 28th, 5pm to 7pm **
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper in School Gym
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Please accept our most sincere apologies!
We apologize for the inconsistent nature of the Lion's Paw over the last 2 weeks! We have had some technical/Internet connectivity problems combined with a scheduling problem last weekend. Please remember that we publish the Teacher Home Notes on the Zion Corvallis Website (with the exception of last weekend). You can find the Home notes by hovering over the "Explore Our Grades" drop down menu and then click on your child's classroom.
>>Click Here To Explore The Zion Lutheran School Website. We will be working very hard over the next few weeks to get the Lion's Paw sent to you by Saturday evening. Thank you for your patience as we work to improve our communication!
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Zion Spirit Wear
Just in time for LEST!
Would you like to show your Zion pride for LEST with Zion Spirit Wear! If you are interested in ordering a Zion Lutheran School t-shirt or sweatshirt for LEST or just to show your Zion pride
>>Click Here for information and
>> Click Here for an order form. Order forms should be completed and returned with payment to the Zion school office by Thursday, January 26th. We would like to thank Lorraine Westfahl for managing this fundraiser for our school!
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We are collecting Box Tops for Education
Now thru the month of February!
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Classrooms will now see who can collect the most Box Tops for Education. There will be a special prize for the classroom that collects the most Box Tops. So look for those Box Tops on all of your purchases, clip them and send them to school with your child. Lets see who brings in the most!
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We would like to extend a huge thank you to our LuLaRoe Fashion Retailer, Summyr Stein, for generously donating this fundraiser to our school!
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LuLaRoe Pop-Up Boutique
Fundraiser for Zion
January 25th from 2:30 - 4:00
in the Fireside Room
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The 8th Grade Class will sponsor another Friday Bake Sale this Friday, January 20th!
Proceeds from these Friday Bake Sales are to be used to offset the cost of the 8th grade year end trip.
Thank you for your generous support of their
fundraising efforts!
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Thank You For A Successful Dine Out Night At Zoup!
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Thank you for supporting our Dine Out for Zion at Zoup last Thursday! Thank you to our entire Zion family for such a fun and successful fundraiser! A good time was had by all! We would like to extend a hearty thank you to the generous owners of Zoup! They are donating 25% of food purchases directly to Zion. We would also like to thank Lissa Bennett for her hard work arranging and marketing our Zion Dine Out events!
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Get Ready for our Dine-Out for Zion at Buffalo Wild Wings
Coming up on February 1st!
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Please join us and
"Dine-Out" at
Buffalo Wild Wings
Wednesday, February 1st
11am to Midnight
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1820 NW 9th Street
Corvallis, OR
(IWalmart Parking Area)
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Please Don't Forget Our Chapel Project
ends on Wednesday, January 25th!
Our LEST Food Drive
is ending next week!
Lets finish strong Zion!
We are collecting canned and prepared food to donate to those in need in our community. This food drive is also part of an LEST contest among all Lutheran schools in our region. The contest is based on the total weight of food we are able to collect. So, lets bring in those canned food items and meet the needs of the hungry!
Food can be dropped off in the checkered box in the hallway. Any nonperishable food donations are welcome, but cans are heavier!!! We will weigh our donations at the end of this food drive and try to beat our collections from last year!
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The PTL met on Friday, January 6. Here are the TOP 5 items to note from that meeting:
If winter weather has you down, we have the answer for you: GAME NIGHT AT ZION! Dust off your board games, round up your cards, and shuffle over to Zion for a night of fun, fellowship, and light refreshments on Friday, February 24th from 6:30-9:30. Bring your own game or play one of ours…all we need is you!
Our stamp drive is quickly coming to a close. Please collect the last of your canceled postage stamps and send them to school by January 13th. No need to send stamps that are damaged or torn as they cannot be used. Please remember to maintain a ¼ in border if you are cutting them from the envelopes. Winning class gets a treat!
Our first Teacher Appreciation Lunch is January 12th. We’ll be treating our terrific teachers to a tasty soup bar catered by Zoup! Watch for a Sign-Up Genius invitation coming soon. Contributions of time and/or treasure are a great way to show our appreciation for our dedicated staff!
Call it a Zoup double-header! A portion of Zoup’s proceeds from the Teacher-Appreciation Luncheon will be donated to Zion. Additionally, families and friends who dine at Zoup! that evening from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. will continue to raise money for our school.
- LuLaRoe®@ Zion
LuLaRoe fundraiser coming to Zion on Wednesday, January 25th, from 2:30 – 4:00 in the Fireside Room. Come browse the boutique for everything from leggings to skirts to dresses and more! A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Zion, and that’s ALWAYS in fashion!
Next PTL meeting: Friday, February 3rd, at 8:30 a.m. in the Fireside Room
Questions? [email protected]
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We Have Scrip on Hand in the School Office!
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Remember we have a very large supply of Scrip gift cards available in the office. Please drop by any time to look over our selection. If you are still wondering about Scrip, please stop in and ask! This is such a great way to support our school without spending additional money! Our school will receive 3% to 10% of the dollar amount of the gift cards purchased. What a great way to increase the power of your grocery, dining out or gasoline dollars!
Here are some examples of the gift cards we have on hand in the school office:
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Amazon.com
American Dream Pizza
Applebees
Burger King
Best Buy
Bi-Mart
The Book Bin
Buffalo Wild Wings
Chevron
Chipotle
Dairy Queen
Dutch Bros
Francesco's Gelato
Fred Meyer
Great Harvest Brea
Hallmark
Home Depot
Izzy's Pizza
I-Tunes
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La Rockita
Little Caesars
Lowes
Noah's Bagels
Olive Garden
Outback Steak House
Panera
Papa Murphy's
Papa's Pizza
Regal Cinema
Red Robin
Safeway
Shell Station
Starbucks
Subway
Taco Bell
The Retreat Spa
Walmart
Woodstock's Pizza
Yogurt Extreme
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The Principal's Office:
A Note From Mr. Schultz
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It’s been an interesting month of cold weather and ice/snow, which has obviously changed plans for everyone. What about Snow Days and making them up? Our School Board and I developed a plan that I have shared previously that we will use. Since we had a 3rd snow day before February 20th, President’s Day, we will have school on that day. We actually have had 5 snow days so far but we are waiting to see what kind of weather comes our way and if we have additional snow days. After we get through the winter months, we will decide what we will do during the week following Easter and at the end of the year, if needed. We have options that the public schools do not have. Our school days are longer already so we do not need to follow everything that the public schools do, but we do consider their plans as we develop ours. Thank you for your patience and let’s pray we have better or typical weather for the remainder of winter. - NO SCHOOL – Monday, MLK Day!
- Posting Grades – Edline was experiencing problems within their system which prevented schools from posting grades. Apparently it is fixed so teachers should now be able to post their grades this weekend. Thank you for your patience. We will be looking at other options for the future.
- LEST plans are moving ahead quickly! If you have a son or daughter in grades 5-8, you should have received directions for reserving a room for LEST weekend. It would be wise to go ahead and make your room arrangements with Staybridge Suites soon so that you are sure to have a place to stay for our group rate. If you have questions about LEST, you can ask your student’s teacher or myself.
- National Lutheran Schools Week is coming up during the first full week of February, right before LEST week. We will have special things scheduled during those weeks so look for further information as it becomes available.
- Our chapel project is still the LEST Food Drive. This will continue through the end of January, so bring in your non-perishables, especially canned goods. This is a contest based on the weight of our products. We will be giving our food products to St. Mary’s food pantry/Stone Soup.
- Would you consider helping communicate with your church/congregation about what Zion has to offer? I will be asking for help soon for distributing information so that families in our area get to know us like you already do.
- TADS questions? Calling TADS directly should answer most questions that come up. Wendy or I can also be of assistance from the school office
- Don’t forget to check out your calendars for upcoming events. Our calendar can also be found on our website under events.
Thank you for being part of the Zion Lutheran School family. We understand the sacrifice that is made by families in order to have children attend and appreciate all of the support that we receive. Consider it an investment and not just a cost. If you have questions or concerns, please speak to your child’s teacher and if I can be helpful in any way, let me know. Continue to keep our school in your prayers as we look forward to the 2016-2017 school year.
“Educational Excellence in a Christ-Centered Family”
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Making Money For Zion With The Money You Are Already Spending!
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The Zion PTL has found some creative ways to raise money for our school without costing our families any additional money!
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One great way to allocate a portion of dollars you may already be spending to our school is through Amazon Smile! If you will be doing any shopping on Amazon.com this year, simply enroll with Amazon Smile. Even if you are using your Amazon Prime Account, you can still connect your purchases to Zion through Amazon Smile and our school will receive 0.5% of all purchases! Click on the button below for more information and to enroll/link your Amazon or Amazon Prime account to Zion through Amazon Smile.
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Many of you have already linked your Fred Meyer Rewards account to Zion Lutheran School. By linking your account to Zion, a percentage of your purchases are donated directly to our school.
Please remember, even if your account has been linked to our school, you must update this link in June of each year. If you have not updated this link with Fred Meyer Rewards, your purchases are no longer being allocated to Zion. You can click on the button below or contact Wendy in the school office for assistance with Fred Meyer Rewards.
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Another great way to increase the power of the dollars that you are already spending is to purchase Scrip gift cards from the Zion school office. 5% to 10% of the dollars that you will already be spending on groceries, gasoline, gifts, or eating out can go directly to Zion. You can purchase gift cards for Fred Meyer, Walmart and Safeway and use them to purchase your groceries for Thanksgiving or any time of year. We have both Shell and Chevron gift cards as well. Scrip gift cards for Starbucks, Dutch Bros and many other local and national stores and restaurants are available in the school office. If we don't have it on hand, we can probably order it. Click on the button below for an explanation of scrip and a list of available retailers.
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Classroom News
For the Week of January 15th, 2017
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Mrs. Smith's
Kinder Connection
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Zion Lutheran School
No school Monday, January 16 for MLK Day Early Dismissal (11:30am) Friday, February 3 Preschool through 8thgrade is singing at 9:30am Sunday, February 5th to kick off National Lutheran Schools Week. Please join us as a thank you to the church...
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Mrs. Schaefer
1st & 2nd Grade
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1st and 2nd Grade | Zion Lutheran School
It's taken us a few days to get back into the swing of things but we are there! Today was especially fun as we made crock pot hot cocoa, cut paper snowflakes, and did an experiment to make a crystal snowflake. It was very fitting for this extra...
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Mr. Walz
3rd & 4th Grade
Week of January 15th, 2017
Newsletter #18
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1. Memory work due Wed., Jan. 18th - He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. Psalm 91:11
For those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28
Memory work due Wed., Jan 25th -
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights. James 1:17
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14
2. Prayers - Please keep Esther and the rest of her family in your prayers during the week of Jan. 15th.
3. “Who Is It?” - Ben should bring in pictures and table items for the “Who Is It?” area on Friday, Jan. 13th (or Tuesday, Jan. 17th due to missing a day this week).
4. Scholastic book orders were sent home this week. They are due on Tuesday, Jan. 17th. Please make the check payable to Scholastic. Thank you.
5. Drivers - I am hoping to visit OSU for a field trip Friday the 27th, leaving at 11:55. I am just wondering who would be able to drive at that time?
6. You can still bring in canned food items in 2017 for the LEST Food Drive. Thank you to the families who have already donated food items. I do not think the weight is 100 pounds yet, but we are getting closer.
7. Yum - Thank you to everyone who helped out with the Staff Appreciation Lunch. The soup was great.
8. Some students are needing to cover book again. Books will be sent home for a 2nd paper bag book cover.
9. Make up day - We WILL be having school on Monday, Feb. 20th (President’s Day). It had already been picked as a possible make up day for the year and will now be used as such.
10. Thank you to all who donated stamps to the classroom for the fundraiser. Also, that you to all who made it to Zoup for the Dine Out fundraiser.
11. We took a spelling pretest yesterday. The post test for Unit 11 will be on Friday, Jan. 20th.
12. Let me know if you do not have a church of your own and would like to attend with me at Zion. I attend the 9:30 service on Sunday morning and would love to worship with you.
Mr. Schultz 4th Grade Math –We finished Ch. 4 so the TEST is scheduled for Tuesday, January 15th. We will be reviewing everything on Monday. We will start the next chapter but also focus on Christmas at the end of the week!
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Ms. Rachelle Reid
5th & 6th Grade
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Middle School and 5th/6th Grade Home Room
Reminders: All students need a signature daily for my classes 5th and 6th will be doing entries 3 and 4 for "Tuck Everlasting" What we worked on last week; 5th and 6th Writing- Sentence structure (L6) Unit 1 Lessons 1 and 2 7th and 8th Writing-...
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Mr. Adam Reed
7th & 8th Grade
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Middle School and 7th/8th Grade Home Room
Hello. Enjoy your Martin Luther King Holiday on Monday and then a busy, short week of school. Last week we had our annual Geography Bee competition in school. Congratulations to Thomas Smith and all...
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Mrs. Peterson
Middle School Math
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Math Home Note: January 15, 2017
Coming Up:
6th math Blue: Quiz 4-2 will be on Tuesday. We will set up and solve proportions involving similar figures and solve problems involving scale drawings & models.
6th math Red: Quiz 4-1 will be on Tuesday. We will find convert between decimals and fractions, find equivalent fractions, and convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions.
7th math Blue: We will solve problems using scale drawings and models. Quiz 4-3 will be on Thursday. Chapter 4 Test is tentatively scheduled for Monday, January 23.
7th math Green: We will solve using indirect measurement, understand dilations, and learn about trig ratios. Quiz 4-2 is tentatively scheduled for Monday, January 23.
8th Algebra: Quiz 4-1 will be on Wednesday. We will learn slope-intercept form and point-slope form of equations.
8th math Green: We will solve using indirect measurement, understand dilations, and learn about trig ratios. Quiz 4-2 is tentatively scheduled for Monday, January 23.
LEST Math Practice: Every Friday in January 3:15-4:00
Kelly
"Living the Fruits of the Spirit" Galatians 5:22-23
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Mrs. Rybarczyk
Middle School Science
Home Note for the week of
January 15th, 2017
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Science Grades 5/6:
We are finishing studying the atomic theory. Their element projects are due on Wednesday. They will need to turn in their fact sheets and posters on that day. The posters can be on 81/2 x 11 paper or larger. Due dates: 1-18 element projects 1-19 vocabulary, chapter review, and quiz 1-20 unit review and unit test
Due Dates for Grades 5/6:
1-18 element projects
1-19 vocabulary, chapter review, and quiz
1-20 unit review and unit test
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Science Grade 7: We are studying soil. There will be a quiz on Thursday and a unit test on Friday.
Due dates for 7th Grade:
1-19 chapter review and quiz
1-20 unit review and unit test
Science Grade 8:
This class is studying photosynthesis and cell respiration. They will do a virtual lab on Wednesday. There will be a quiz on Friday.
Due dates for 8th Grade:
1-20 chapter review and quiz
Robin-
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Mr. Schultz
Newsletter for the week of January 15th, 2017
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Religion 5/6 - We will have a quiz on lessons 38-43 on Tuesday, the 17th. We will cover lessons 44 and 45, which talk about Christ’s resurrection and Christ’s second coming during the balance of the week.
Memory 5&6 - Memory work for this coming week is Phillipians 2:9-11.
Math 4 – We continue working on expressions this week, focusing on multiplication and division. Function tables will also be introduced.There will be a quiz on Thursday covering lessons 5-4 through 5-6.
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**Information regarding snow make-up days is in my article in Lion’s Paw**
Happy Epiphany!
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Zion Lutheran School
2800 NW Tyler Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97330
phone (541)753-7503
fax (541) 754-8254
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