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“Educational Excellence in a Christ-Centered Family”
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Chess Club - Every Monday after school until 5:15pm
Art Club - Every Friday after school until 4:30pm
** Thursday, December 8th **
Hot Lunch Order Form due for 12/14 & 12/16 Lunch dates
** Tuesday, December 13th @ 10am **
K-8 Christmas Worship Dress Rehearsal
** Wednesday, December 14th **
ELC Christmas Program @ 10:00am
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K-8 Christmas Worship Program @ 6:30pm
** Thursday, December 15th **
Hot Lunch Order Forms due for 1/4/17 and 1/6/17 Lunch dates
** Friday, December 16th @ 2:25pm **
Christmas Carol's in the chapel
** Monday, December 19th thru Monday, January 2nd **
NO SCHOOL due to Christmas Break
** Tuesday, January 3rd **
First day back to school after Christmas break
** Thursday, January 12th **
Dine out for Zion at Zoup! in Corvallis
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Stamp Collecting is the
Fundraiser Of The Month
Now thru January13th!
Classrooms are collecting cancelled postage stamps for Zion. The class that collects the most will receive a classroom prize! Simply trim the postage stamp and bring it to class!
- Bring stamps to school thru January 13th, 2017
- No part of the stamp may be ripped
- Leave 1/4 inch border
- The winning class will receive a prize.
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Get ready for another Friday Bake Sale sponsored by the 8th grade class!
This Friday, December 9th
8am until 5pm
This will be a regular Friday bake sale with a variety of fun treats ranging from $0.50 to $1.50.
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Please Don't Forget Our Chapel Project Continues
November 2nd thru January 25th
*** LEST Food Drive ***
We are still 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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Buy your Holiday Scrip Now!
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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 certainly is a crazy time of year. Keep up a positive spirit and encourage each other to take time to experience the joy that is part of this time of year, as well as the challenges. Let’s all prepare with joy and excitement as we await the coming of our Savior.
- ITBS testing is now complete and sent in for evaluation. I will let everyone know when results are 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 one of our local food pantrys.
- Would you consider helping communicate with your church/congregation about what Zion has to offer? I will be asking for help in distributing information after Christmas so that families in our area get to know us like you already do.
- We are working hard to prepare for our Christmas Services on the 14th. We are adjusting schedules during these weeks so that everything will be ready on time. Ask your son or daughter whether they know their lines and songs. The ELC is scheduled for 10:00AM and the K-8 kids are scheduled for 6:30PM.
- Hour of Code – The 5-8 grade students will have people from HP come and introduce coding to them on Wednesday afternoon. I hope to make this a part of our curriculum in the future.
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 December 4th, 2016
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Mrs. Smith's
Kinder Connection
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Mrs. Smith's Kindergarten Note:
In Bible time we are learning about the Battle at Jericho. Our Bible words are "Nothing will be impossible with God." In whole group literacy High Frequency Word: a Phonological Awareness: blending and segmenting onset and rime Phonics: sound of...
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Mrs. Schaefer
1st & 2nd Grade
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1st and 2nd Grade
Dear First & Second Grade Families, Christmas is in the air! We have a lot going on at school and I want to fill you in on some details: Christmas Reception: Our class, along with 8th grade, is in charge of the Christmas reception on December 14th .
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Mr. Walz
3rd & 4th Grade
Week of December 4th, 2016
Newsletter #14
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1. Memory due on Wednesday, Dec. 7th - The 9th Commandment and Meaning.
Memory due on Wednesday, Dec. 14th - The 10th Commandment and Meaning.
2. Prayers - Please keep Quinn and his family in your prayers during the week of Dec. 4th.
3. “Who Is It?” - Elsa should bring in pictures and table items for the “Who Is It?” area on Monday, Dec. 5th.
4. Christmas Gifts - Students will be exchanging gifts at our Christmas party on Dec. 16th. Boys will exchange gifts with boys and girls will exchange gifts with girls. If you are looking for a price range, definitely do not spend more than $10.
5. Christmas Party - The party starts Friday, Dec. 16th at 12:30. Thank you to those who have volunteered to help with the party.
Help Needed - We are still in need of a volunteer to lead a game for the party. Please let Mrs. Higgins, Mrs. Hernandez, or me know if you are willing to be the game coordinator for the party.
6. We now have donations in our room for the LEST Food Drive. Let’s see if our class can bring in 100 pounds of food. Thank you to those who have donated items. (Mr. Reed is impressed how many items we have in the hall so far.)
7. Students with speaking parts for the Christmas Worship drama were given yellow sheets today to take home, explaining costuming and other information.
8. There is a Math test covering subtraction and borrowing on Tuesday, Dec. 6th.
9. There is a Unit #2 Science test on Monday, Dec. 5th. It cover pages 53-84.
10. If anyone might have a Christmas dvd that we could borrow to watch during our Wednesday lunch time, I would appreciate it. It should be 30 minutes or less. Thank you.
11. Please save your stamps for the stamp drive we are having at school. You may be getting Christmas cards soon from family and friends. So far, we have 1 stamp.
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Ms. Rachelle Reid
5th & 6th Grade
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Middle School and 5th/6th Grade Home Room
Reminders: Christmas Pageant practices this week Monday and Thursday. What we worked on last week; 5th and 6th Writing- Research papers and Digital citizenship 7th and 8th Writing- research papers 5th Math- Khan academy and Ch.
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Mr. Adam Reed
7th & 8th Grade
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Middle School and 7th/8th grade Home Room
Here we are in December. A bit of a busy time, but hopefully a joyous time as well. The class has exchanged names for a small secret Santa gift exchange. The gifts should be brought in for the Christmas party on Friday, December 16th.
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Mrs. Peterson
Middle School Math
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Math Home Note: December 4, 2016
Coming Up:
6th math Blue: Chapter 3 Test will be on Monday. We will start a mini-unit on number theory. We will learn divisibility rules, find the prime factorization of numbers, and use it to find the Greatest Common Factor & Least Common Multiple of groups of numbers.
6th math Red: Quiz 3-3 will be on Tuesday. Chapter 3 Test will be on Thursday. This has been a long chapter. It is important for students to look back over what was covered at the beginning of the chapter. Friday, we will learn divisibility rules.
7th math Blue: We will find the Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple of groups of numbers. Quiz 4-1 will be on Thursday. It will cover divisibility, prime factorization, GCF & LCM. Friday, we will learn about ratios.
7th math Green: Quiz 3-2 will be on Monday. We will learn about the Pythagorean Theorem and how to apply it. Quiz 3-3 will be on Friday. Chapter 3 Test will be on Tuesday, December 13.
8th Algebra: We will use graphing calculators to plot data and find an appropriate trend line. We will learn about arithmetic sequences. Quiz 3-2 will be on Thursday. Chapter 3 Test will be on Monday, December 12.
8th math Green: Quiz 3-2 will be on Monday. We will learn about the Pythagorean Theorem and how to apply it. Quiz 3-3 will be on Friday. Chapter 3 Test will be on Tuesday, December 13.
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Mrs. Rybarczyk
Middle School Science
Home Note for the week of
December 9 th, 2016
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Science Grades 5/6:
This class is continuing their study of physical and chemical changes and rates of reactions. They will have a quiz on Friday over unit 13, lessons 2 and 3.
Due Dates for Grades 5/6:
12/9 – Quiz - vocabulary
Science Grade 7: This class will have a quiz on Monday over the chapter on weathering. We will be starting a unit on erosion and deposition by water. We will have three labs this week. One will be a virtual lab using the chrome books.
Due dates for 7th Grade:
12/5 – Quiz – vocabulary
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Science Grade 8:
This class is learning about the organelles found inside plant and animal cells. There is a lot of new information which will require time for focused memorization. We started this unit with a couple of videos to introduce cell organelles. A cell model assignment will be issued on Tuesday and will be due on the following Monday. Planning for this project will help to reinforce the structures and their functions. There will be a quiz on Friday.
Due dates for 8th Grade:
12/9 – Quiz – vocabulary
12/12 – Cell models – follow the assignment sheet
Robin-
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Mr. Schultz
Newsletter for the week of 12/04/2016
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Religion 5/6 - We finish Unit 3 this next week, but our test will not be until Monday, Dec. 12th. Topics this week include using God’s gifts to us, how God protects us, and how we respond to God’s blessings.
Memory 5&6 - Philippians 2:10-11 is due this week on Friday.
Math 4 - We will be working on multiplication of 3 numbers and factors this week. We finish Ch. 4 so the TEST is scheduled for Friday, December 9th. We will be reviewing everything on Thursday.
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Happy Advent and let’s all focus on preparing for the Christ Child!
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December Memory Work - Grades 5/6
12/15/16 – Philippians 2:10-11 “At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.”
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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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