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The Purple Note

November 23, 2024

MLS Website

Upcoming Dates

November/December

25 Stem Club 3:30

26 Beginning Bells 3:30

27 Early Dismissal 1:00

NO ABC Care

12/12 Christmas Concert 6:30

Dress rehearsal 10:00 AM

12/19-31 No School

MLS 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.

LUNCH MENU

Monday, November 25 - Hot Dog

Tuesday, November 26 - Taco Dish

Wednesday, November 27 - Soup and Sandwiches

Thursday, November 28 - No School

Friday, November 29 - No School

Vegetable and Fruit are served with every meal.

No ABC Care - November 27th

There will be no ABC Care on Wednesday, November 27th. Students will be dismissed at 1:00 and will need to be picked up.

PTL Designer Purse Raffle Update

Thank you for all the hard work that has been done so far to help in raising money for this project. The money raised will be used to purchase playground equipment and to do other projects for the Parent Teacher League to help teachers and students. There has already been over $5,000 raised! Last year's purse raffle raised over $14,000. Keep working on selling tickets for a chance to win one of ten designer purses.

The drawing will be help at the Christmas Concert on December 12.

Art Club Updates

There will be NO Art Club on November 27th and December 4th and 18th.

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

RECITATION TIMELINE SONG

By request!

I’ve heard that parents have been asking for access to the infamous “Timeline” song and the other recitation songs we use in our classes. There are a couple of options:

You can buy the memory work recitations chants and songs from Classical Conversations on iTunes. We are using Classical Conversations Foundations Cycle 3 Volume 3. The cost is $6.99 on iTunes. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find it on Spotify.

You can also check out the Timeline song via this link on YouTube. The song is set in a lower key than what we use at school so it’s not as easy for the kids to sing, but it has great pictures!

"Timeline" on YouTube

STEM CLUB

Plans are in the works for MLS once again offer a STEM Club this year! Michael Kindel sparked the interest of our students last year by introducing our students to 3-D printing. Now that our year is underway, it’s time to continue our STEM journey.

Here are some goals for the upcoming year:

We will offer STEM Club to students 3^rd grade on up.

There will be a $10 fee per student.

Session 1. Last session Nov. 25th.

Session 2. Start date TBD. Learning to code and program. We are looking at using the program Arduino or Raspberry Pi chips.

Session 3. Introduction to robotics!! We would love to start this this year, even with just a short introduction toward the end of the year.

STEM Club Sign Up

2024-25 PTL DESIGNER PURSE RAFFLE

The Purse Raffle has been a great success so far. Thank you for your dedication and help with this project. Ticket hand in will be available before and after school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday until the drawing is held. Extra tickets will also be available at this time. If you have any questions, please ask in the office.

We are asking for help with the Raffle Ticket Fundraiser by being available before school (8:00-8:15) or after school (3:00-3:15) to collect sold tickets and hand out tickets to be sold. If you are able to help, please sign up below.

Raffle Help Sign Up

Art Club Sign Up

MLS GUARDIANS

Martin Luther School Guardians is a program to involve the fathers/father figures at our school. We appreciate the gifts that they can bring whether be assisting with security or engaging with students at in various activities such as lunch, recess, or chapel. Your presence can make such a difference in the lives of our students.

We are asking male volunteers to be present during the day at Martin Luther School. The amount of time available is not limited to a whole day. We would appreciate a volunteer sign up for at least a half day (morning or afternoon) but if you are only able to be present a few hours, please do not hesitate to sign up.

To become a MLS Guardian, please fill out the Volunteer Form and submit. Please fill out and return the Authorization for Background Check to the school office. Forms are also available in the school office. Once the appropriate documentation is submitted, please sign up to spend time at Martin Luther School as the MLS Guardian. Each Guardian will receive a T-shirt to wear during your time in school acting as the MLS Guardian

MLS Guardian Volunteer Form

Authorization for Background Check

MLS Guardian Sign Up

Remind

We use the Remind app to inform our families about cancellations due to weather, any emergencies that may arise, as well as general reminders about concerts, events, etc. To join our group, follow the procedure as is shown in the photo.

Below is our newly-revised code of conduct. This will discussed at our all-school Monday Morning Meetings and will be reinforced throughout the year.

Martin Luther School Code of Conduct

Because Christ lives in us, we strive to:

+ Cheerfully obey the authority under which we are placed. ~Romans 13:1

+ Appeal respectfully, but we do not negotiate or argue.

+ Encourage one another. ~1 Thessalonians 5:11

+ Avoid pointing out the shortcomings of others to build ourselves up.

~Matthew 7:3

+ Tell the truth. ~Proverbs 12:17

+ Respect our class by not interrupting the teacher or distracting the class in any way.

+ Speak truthfully and not spread rumors. ~Proverbs 26:20

+ Present ourselves in a modest and God-pleasing manner. ~1 Corinthians 6:19-20

+ Avoid activities that exclude others.

+ Admit wrong actions and not make excuses for them. ~1John 1:9

+ Forgive others when they are repentant. ~Colossians. 3:13

+ Comfort others when they are in need.

+ Do our work without complaining. ~Colossians 3:23

+ Clean up messes that we see, especially if we are responsible.

+ Treat each other with kindness, respect, and patience, as brothers and sisters in Christ.

~Ephesians 4:32

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