School Newsletter - September 6, 2024

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School Newsletter

September 6, 2024

Calendar Events

Saturday, September 7

9:00 a.m. 13th Annual JME Run/Walk

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Family Fun Fest

Sunday, September 8

School & Church Apparel Store - deadline to order

Sunday School Kickoff 9:15-10:15 a.m.

Monday, September 9

Optional JME Shirt Day (any JME shirt)

Tuesday, September 10

Bookmobile 1:00 p.m.

PTO meeting 6:00 p.m. (pizza & childcare provided)

Friday, September 20

School Pictures (check student folders for information)

VLHS Homecoming

Optional Valley Shirt Day (any VLHS shirt if you have one)

Sunday, September 22

Grades 5-8 Choir sings in church at the 8:00 a.m. service (please arrive by 7:45 a.m.)

Special Dress - JME Day

Everyone is invited to wear a JME shirt (any year) to school on Monday, September 9!

PTO Meeting - Tuesday, September 10

Parents, please join us! The PTO will meet on September 10th in the school cafeteria. Pizza and childcare are provided.

If you have not attended a PTO Meeting in the past, please consider joining us. Attending meetings is an opportunity for you to have input on what activities the PTO sponsors, vote on where we spend the funds we raise and a good opportunity to get involved with the school.

During the meeting, all teachers share an update of what is going on in their classrooms and an update on what the students are working on, the PTO provides a Treasurers Update to share the income and expenses we’ve incurred since the last meeting, we discuss old and new business, like possible fundraisers, possible fellowship events, potential usage of PTO funds, and we vote on where the PTO funds are being allocated. In addition, at some meetings we also have guest speakers join us to share relevant information as parents (financial education, Kids Savings, etc.).

To increase participation, we will be raffling off a prize at each meeting. Each parent who joins will be entered in the drawing and we will draw a winner at the end of each meeting.

We hope to see you on Tuesday night!

Thank you,

St Paul PTO Board Members

Sunday School Kickoff September 8

A new Sunday School year begins September 8, 9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m., in the Ministry Center. It’s the goal of the Sunday School program to provide a foundation upon which children and youth will build a lasting relationship with Jesus. Children, preschool through 8^th grade, are welcome and encouraged to come. High School students are encouraged to go to Sunday morning Adult Bible Study. If you are interested in our Sunday School program, please fill out the registration form below.

Click here to register for Sunday School.

School Apparel - Deadline Near

Dear St. Paul Church & School Families,

The Church and School have a new apparel store!

The stores will be open now until September 8. Orders will then be fulfilled and delivered to the school by the last week of September. The office will communicate how the orders will be available for pickup once fulfilled.

This will be the first of three campaigns throughout the 2024-2025 school year. If you have any questions, please contact office@stpaulbaycity.org.

Thank you for supporting St. Paul Lutheran Church & School.

Click HERE for the church store.

Click HERE for the school store.

VLHS Homecoming

Friday, September 20, 4:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Homecoming Parade - 5:45 p.m.

All St. Paul Church & School families are welcome!

We will be providing grilled hot dogs and chips.

Please bring a dish to pass, your own non-alcoholic beverage, lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

Look for our school tent with the St. Paul signs around it. It will be set up between the driveways at Valley.

Staying for the game? Seating in the stands could be tight so you’re welcome to bring your lawn chairs into the game and find a seat around the track toward the end zones with other VL fans!

Does your child have an EVENT PASS from a VL camp this summer? Use it for complimentary family admittance to the game!

We are looking forward to a fun filled evening with our St. Paul Lutheran School Family!

Please remember VLHS is a no alcohol/drug zone.

In celebration of Homecoming, St. Paul students and staff are invited to wear Valley Lutheran High School spirit wear to school on Friday, September 20.

School Pictures - September 20

Picture day for ALL students (Preschoolers – 8th Grade) and staff is scheduled for Friday, September 20. Pictures will start at 8 a.m. For preschool parents: if your child is not normally here on Friday, please still bring them in for pictures between 8:00-8:45 a.m.

Retakes are scheduled for December 10.

2024-2025 School Theme Verse & School Song

"The Lord is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation."

Exodus 15:2

Oh God, the Author of our life

Keep us this day from bitter strife

Let every heart and every tongue

Rejoice for what Your hand has done

Help us to hear and heed your call

And bring us peace here at St. Paul

Welcome to the St. Paul Wildcat Family!

We see both familiar and new faces in the building these days! Along with welcoming back those who are familiar, we would like to introduce a few of our new students & staff:

Mya Kukulski - Grade 8
Chace Juers - Grade 7
Avery Martin - Grade 7
Hayes Martin - Grade 7
Arianna Martinez - Grade 7
Wesley Cunningham - Grade 6
Shay Kukulski - Grade 6
Eilainah Hill - Grade 5
Andrew Mason - Grade 5
Hudson Ridgway - Grade 5
Perry Garret - Grade 3
Charlotte Hill - Grade 3
Rachel Schimm - Grade 3
Averi VanSumeren - Grade 3
Andrew Boyle - Grade 2
Colton Makl - Grade 2
Arlen Ruthruff - Grade 2
Aria Makl - Grade 1
All our new Kindergartners, Young 5's, & Preschoolers
Mrs. Jane Guse' - Y5/K Teacher
Miss Hannah Doan - Grade 1 Part-time Teacher

Wednesday Morning Chapel

The students and teachers of St. Paul School enjoy Chapel every Wednesday morning from 8:10 a.m. until roughly 8:45 a.m. in the gym. Parents are invited to join us for Chapel. All parents wishing to attend Wednesday Morning Chapel should first stop in the School Office to sign the Visitor Log before going to the gym.

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United Financial Credit Union - School Branch

United Financial Credit Union is excited to announce a Free Informational School Branch Webinar on September 5th – they will go over their United Financial CU School Branch Program and how it works, as well as details on their Youth and Teen accounts that they have at the Credit Union.

The registration links are below for each session.

School Branch Webinar – Morning Session: September 5th at 8:00 a.m.

School Branch Webinar – Afternoon Session: September 5th at 4:30 p.m.

If you have any questions please contact Robin at rnaugle@unitedfinancialcu.org or directly 989-399-8706.

PTO - Thank You

Thank you PTO for the beautiful “Welcome Back Wildcat” sign and coupons for Kona Ice on the first day of school. The colorful sign made a great backdrop for back to school photos. The Kona Ice was a wonderful treat for such a hot August day. Thank you for loving the St. Paul School Community–you are appreciated!

Wildcat Club First Quarter

The Wildcat Club is an organization for St. Paul students in grades 4-8.

During the First Quarter, the Wildcat Club will experience LEGO Building. Building with LEGO bricks improves cognitive development, fine motor skills, creativity, and problem solving. Students can bring their own LEGO bricks or can use the bricks provided by St. Paul.

Any student in 4-8th grade can participate as long as they have a signed permission slip. A paper copy went home with your students today. Students need not attend every single meeting. Principal Matyas will be the adult in charge.