Enriching lives and sharing Christ through quality, classical Lutheran education.


The Purple Note

April 25, 2025

MLS Website

Upcoming Dates



4/28-5/2 STANDARDIZED TESTING for grades 3-8

4/29 Beginner Bells

4/30 Advanced Bells

4/30 Art Club

4/30 NO ABC CARE

5/1 Deadline to purchase Mayfest tickets!

5/6 Beginner Bells

5/7 Advanced Bells

5/7 LAST Art Club

5/10 Mayfest

5/15 Learning Fair 6:00

5/20 End of the Year Picnic, 5/21 Closing Chapel 10:00, School closes after Chapel


MLS 2024-25 Calendar

MLS 2025-26 Calendar


Wednesday Chapel

Services


Services are held every Wednesday at 8:20 am at Zion Lutheran Church. Visitors are welcome to attend! Our chapel services are streamed on the MLS Facebook page.




Our 4th quarter chapel offerings will go to assist the ministry at SHEPHERD'S HILL AT THE CROSSROADS!

LUNCH MENU



Monday, April 28- Chicken Patty

Tuesday, April 29 - Taco Dish

Wednesday, April 30 - Scalloped Potatoes & Ham

Thursday, May 1 - Chicken Enchilada

Friday, May 2 - Pizza Dish

Vegetable and Fruit are served with every meal.

NO ABC CARE DATES


4/30 - NO AFTER SCHOOL ABC CARE - Zion Church has an event planned. There will be Before School ABC Care

5/21 (Last day of school) - DISMISSAL AFTER CHAPEL and NO ABC CARE. Closing Chapel will be at 10:00. After checking in at their classroom, students are free to leave with their parents at the close of chapel. All students need to be picked up by 11:30.

Mrs. Hood is moving to fill the 3rd grade classroom beginning this fall. Consequently, we are looking to fill a NEW position!

MARK YOUR CALENDERS!



The days speed by this time of year, so we want to make sure that you have these entered on your calendar:


THURSDAY MAY 15th, 6:00 "SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW" K-8 event! With all that gets going in May, especially with sports, we want to make sure that you set aside time for this. Every kiddo plays a part in this event.


TUESDAY MAY 20th, End of year picnic at Sertoma Park near the amusement park. All families Pre K-Grade 8 are invited!


WEDNESDAY, MAY 21st 10:00 Closing Chapel, 8th Grade Graduation and High School Recognition

Learning God's Word by heart is one of the blessings we have at Martin Luther School. Hiding God's Word in your heart provides a wonderful "Scriptural storehouse" on which our student can strengthen their faith and knowledge of the Lord. Each Tuesday and Thursday mornings, two of our students have the opportunity to and share their memory work with Mrs. Wolfgram.

Here's a shout out to

Micah Kindel, Andrew Graves, Brooklyn Welk, and Selah Kindel

for successfully sharing their memory work!

Mayfest news:


SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR!


The Jousting Lemur, located at 514 E Main Ave in Bismarck, will be hosting a Mayfest After Party!


At the After Party, enjoy $5 off on the big cheese boards, $2 off the flatbread pizzas & $1 off shareables; excluding the steak bites. 10% of the sales from the After Party will go to Martin Luther School.



Show the ticket below to identify you are with the group.

Donation Form

Many, many thanks for the countless Mayfest donations that have been brought into the office this week! If you happened to be in the office, you would have seen that it was overflowing with great items!

We hope to have several of our items on display in the hallway next week, especially our completed "Classroom Creations" and hand made items!

Remember that this Thursday, May 1 is the final day for ticket sales!


Mayfest Creations abound!


One of our items up for bid has been created by the Beginner Handbell Choir. This beautiful wind chime is lovingly displayed by one of our beginner handbell players! It could be YOURS if you place the winning bid at Mayfest!


PreK Summer Fun Mayfest Basket! Y

PreK handmade art work creation!

Beautiful, hand-painted art work donated especially for this event!

SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES AT MLS


Do you have kids that enjoy chess or would like to learn how to play? Sign them up for one or more of this summer’s chess camps run by “That Chess Guy” Todd Wolf. Camps will run 4 consecutive days for 3 hours per day. Students will solve chess puzzles, learn chess basics, tactics, strategies, opening principles, checkmate patterns and techniques, etc. Participants will also be introduced to chess resources that are available to help them continue to play and learn when the camps are through. Possibly best of all, students may make life-long friends and become part of the local chess community. Students are welcome to sign up for multiple camps and sessions if they wish. 


Dates Time Martin Luther School Fee

June 2-5 9-Noon _______________ $60

June 9-12 9-Noon ______________ $60

June 16-19 9-Noon _____________ $60

June 23-26 9-Noon _____________ $60


Make checks payable to

Todd Wolf

1935 N 19th Street

Bismarck, ND 58501


Contact Information wolfpack@bis.midco.net 701-426-3768

Chess Registration Form

“5,6,7,8….”  Martin Luther School will offer a music camp Monday, June 23-26, 9:00-12:00 to prepare students who may not yet be familiar with reading music and understanding musical notation. This would be for students entering grades 4 in the fall and older. This camp would greatly assist students beginning band instruction in the fall. We will engage in various rhythm and counting activities, implementing a variety of musical instruments. The cost is $50 per student!"

BAND PROGRAM RETURNS!


We are excited to announce that Luther Academy of Music will once again offer instrumental band instruction beginning next fall! Katie Woodside will be offering lessons for students beginning in the 5th grade!


Katie is an accomplished musician, working on her music degree from the University of Mary. She is a member of the 188th Army Band-ND Army National Guard and served as piano instructor for Luther Academy of Music this past school year. We look forward to establishing the band program at Martin Luther School!



Getting them ready!

“5,6,7,8….”  Martin Luther School will offer a music camp Monday, June 23-26, 9:00-12:00 to prepare students who may not yet be familiar with reading music and understanding musical notation. This would be for students entering grades 4 in the fall and older. This camp would greatly assist students beginning band instruction in the fall. We will engage in various rhythm and counting activities, implementing a variety of musical instruments. The cost is $50 per student!"

2025-26 School Calendar

"Gosh, I wish we could get out the word about Martin Luther School..."


"How can we get our name out in the community?..."


"I mentioned Martin Luther School to a friend. They had never heard of it!?"


"We really have been blessed with Martin Luther. What can we do to help it grow?


In our 30 years of existence, these comments continue to ring true. After the middle school meeting last week, it was heartening and encouraging to receive validation on where we are, as well as advice for what we need to do to grow. This is an EASY first step for marketing.


It's easy, convenient, free, yet, oh, so helpful.


Many parents currently in our community and those planning to relocate here are searching for options for their children for their education. What is one place to which people often turn when searching such things? Why, GOOGLE, of course! They "Google" it.


We are missing out on a great marketing opportunity that is painless, effective, and free! Simply "Google" Martin Luther School, go to reviews and share a review. (this seems to work better on a laptop than on a phone.) The more reviews we have also improves our visibility through Google.


Greatschools.org is also another site where you are able to leave a review.


Please take the opportunity to leave a review, if you like, and share the blessing of Martin Luther School!

2025-26 REGISTRATION


Registration for the 2025-26 school year has opened for K-8th Grade students and for returning or wait listed Pre-K students.

K-8th Registration

Setup Code (if asked):

ASCLF-KAJ



REMIND



School communications will be sent to all parents who are signed up for Remind. This will be used in addition to email. We realize that people may not check their emails on a regular basis and maybe missing information from the school. Please make sure you have downloaded the remind app and signed up with the information in the picture on the left. Make sure notifications for Remind are turned on so you don't miss anything.


HELP NEEDED - In the Kitchen


We are looking for extra help in the kitchen to help Miss Carmen. If you are interested in coming in, please take a look at the sign up form below. We are looking for help each day from 9:30-12:00pm to prepare and serve lunch. It is a great way to see students!

Kitchen Help Sign Up

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