Week of May 11, 2025

New News to Know

• Happy Mother's Day!  May God bless you with a beautiful day!

• Puppy Chow & Rice Krispie Treat Sale! We have one more opportunity for our St. Paul community to help Building Hope in Haiti:  

  • The Make a Difference Puppy Chow & Rice Krispie Treat sale will be held on Tuesday, May 13th.  Puppy Chow will be sold for $3 each bag, and the rice krispie treats will be sold for $2 each.  

  Our goal is ambitious, raising at least $600 to support Building Hope in Haiti’s ministries, but we really want to help.  With that in mind we would appreciate it if you would consider giving to help us meet the needs of others.  Sincerely, Mr. Fischer, Mrs. Wulfkuhle, Mrs. Yurk andThe Lutheran Junior Honor Association Members

  
  
• On May 27th, the K-2 students will be taking their end of the year field trip to Betty Brinn Children's Museum. Additional information regarding this trip will be sent home soon. This school year, St. Paul is requiring all chaperones that attend field trips to take part in a background check. You can access the background check information on our school website under the resources tab, or you can follow the link here: https://www.splgrafton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Background-Check-Request.pdf.  Please print the form, fill it out and then return it to the school office or your classroom teacher by May 2nd. Next, you will be contacted via email and will need to follow the directions for the background check.  If you would like to help cover the $7 background check fee, please submit this payment with your form. This payment is optional. Thank you for your understanding with this process, and please reach out if you have any questions!

• For the months of April and May, our chapel offerings will be sent to support the LCC K-9 comfort dogs organization. This ministry, which began in 2008, works to help bring comfort to people through the calming presence of Golden Retrievers.  Thanks to generous donors, this ministry is free for everyone they help. Our contributions can help ensure that this special service continues to be available to those who need it! Each student will also be given a Mite box to collect donations. These should be turned in by our closing chapel on Friday May 30th.

Look What We Are Learning

Religion: Jesus came to die for us; Our lessons: Jesus Appears in Glory and Jesus Comforts His Disciples from Matthew 16-17, Mark 8-9, and Luke 9

Friendzy goal for May: TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAKE WISE CHOICES AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT.  Our catchphrase is Do the Next Right Thing. Make sure read about Friendzy this month in our Echo! 

And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers. Deuteronomy 6:18

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

Math:

• Unit 12 Fluency Practice: Use Near Doubles (Subtraction)
• Unit 12 Review & Assess: Measurement and Data
• Lesson 13-1: Understand Equal Shares
• Lesson 13-2: Partition Shapes into Halves

Social Studies: Unit 5: Our Nation: Timelines and Planning a Vacation; Our Country; Being a Citizen

Science: Rocks and Soils

Reading:  Readers' Theater and Informational Text about forest animals

Writing: Camp stories

Grammar: Parts of Speech Review

Phonics/Phonemic Awareness/Word Study:  Spelling Tests are completed for the year!

MAY

1 - Students may now wear shorts

1 -  May the Force Day - Students may wear Star Wars clothes

5-9 -Teacher Appreciation Week

7 - MAP Reading Test

8 - Band & Choirs Spring Concert

15 - MAP Math Test

23 - SURPRISE Reading Road Race Rally Party!
       1/2 Day of School 11:40am Dismissal

26 - Memorial Day – NO SCHOOL

27 - K-2 Field Trip to Betty Brinn Children's Museum and Centennial Park

29 - Track & Field Day

30 - Last Day of School 10:00am Dismissal
       Closing Chapel - 8:25am

Happy Birthday and God's Blessings!

MAY

no May birthdays

JUNE

5 - Kristina

7 - Greyson

24 - Lucas

26 - Novalee

26 - Kinsley