Worship Service Opportunities

Sun. Oct. 29Worship@8:15 & 10:30 a.m., Mon.Oct. 30Worship @6:30 p.m.Wed.Nov.1 Chapel @8:05 a.m.

PASTORS APPRECIATION SOUP LUNCH Sunday, October 29th 11:30 am. Our pastors are SOUPer! Come join us to celebrate Pastor Reichle & Paster Mazemke with a soup dinner in the lunch room (soup provided by Council Members). Please bring dessert (A-F), salad (G-M), or sandwich platter (N-Z) to share. Last name letters are suggestions if you are wondering what to bring.

Have you received a copy of the 2017 – 2018 Policy Handbook? If not, please contact the school office for a copy.

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Monthly and Quarterly Education Fee payments are due on November 1, 2017. A late fee of $15.00 will be added if paid after November 15, 2017.

There will be no school on Thursday, October 26 and Friday, October 27.

THIS WEEK IN SCHOOL

Thursday,Oct. 26No school.

Friday, Oct. 27No school.

Sunday, Oct. 29Grades 4K-8 sing at 10:30 am service.

Tuesday, Oct. 31Grades K-4 Jennie Williamson Concert.

Wednesday, Nov. 1Club Day

CHAPEL OFFERING

During the 1st quarter of this school year, the chapel offerings collected on Wednesdays will be used to support Camp Luther in purchasing hammocks for NEW Hammock Village. Please consider sending a weekly chapel offering with your child every Wednesday. The goal for each quarter is $300. This breaks down to .25 per student weekly. So far this quarter, Chapel offerings total $471.73. Thank you for your support.

Operation Christmas Child

This holiday season you can share God’s love and the true meaning of Christmas with a child in need. Pack your shoeboxes with a “Wow” toy, hygiene items, school supplies, and other small gifts. New this year: Do not include toothpaste or candy. Drop them off at St Paul School or church beginning October 25. Operation Christmas Child partners with churches worldwide to reach boys and girls with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Many children also participated in our 12- lesson discipleship course, The Greatest Journey, where they learn how to faithfully follow Christ and share Him with others.

Did You Know?

FastDirect is a direct line of communication with your child’s teacher. You can also view assignments, grades and the school lunch menu and current calendar. If you are not using FastDirect, contact the school office, 920-596-2815, for information on how to access FastDirect.

PTO News

Want to show your school spirit at the St Paul athletic events? Or how about showing the Manawa community how proud you are to have a St Paul student. The new 2017-2018 St Paul Apparel order is now available online. Only one order is put in during the entire school year and your orders will be due by Friday, November 10th. Remember…… St Paul apparel makes excellent Christmas gifts!

St Paul - Manawa Fan Apparel 2017

You can now purchase your items online in 3 easy steps:

1. Go to the online store at and enter sale code: CBQRZ

2. Choose your items and add them to your cart

3. Securely checkout with your credit card

Online Store Deadline: Friday November 10th, 2017 (11:59pm CST)

Any questions contact Becky Schertz at 920-960-2096.

Principal Brian Elmhorst – Extension 1011-message through FastDirect

In the Classroom

The seventh graders are finishing their first book of the year for reading class. The book is“Johnny Tremain” by Ester Forbes. The students will be taking a test and completing some conclusion projects in the next couple of weeks,

The eighth graders are completing their first book, “The Hiding Place”. Soon they will be taking a comprehensive test and completing a final project. Their next book will be “The Adventures of Thomas Sawyer”.

Basketball Season

The St. Paul Lutheran Basketball Season is approaching quickly. Boys practice will begin on Nov. 1 and girls practice begins on November2. Practices will be after school from 3:00-5:00 for both the boys and girls. Basketball is open to all students in Grades 3-8th. Please also see the attached letter for more information.

Junior Cheerleading

St. Paul Lutheran is continuing our Cheerleading program for basketball season this year. There will be one practice a week and the cheerleading squad would only cheer at home games. Cheerleading is open to all students in Grades 2-8th.

Singing in Church

All the students will be singing again on October 29th during the 10:30 church service. The students should arrive at church by 10:20 and wear their “Take a Stand” shirts. Please note that this is a change in the schedule. This will be a special day for Pastor Mazemke and Pastor Reichle, as it is Pastor Appreciation Month. A meal is being planned for after the service for all congregation members. Please make plans to attend this wonderful event.

End of the First Quarter

Thursday, November 3rd marks the end of the first quarter. Grades will be posted by November 9th. Any families wanting a paper copy sent home should contact the school office or their classroom teacher.

Principal Brian Elmhorst – Extension 1011-message through FastDirect

In the Classroom

Accelerated Reader

The Accelerated Reader program is part of the reading class for all seventh and eighth grade students. The students are required to achieve a certain number of points. If the student achieves more, extra credit will be applied to their reading grade, but getting less will be unfavorable to their reading grade. There are over 150,000 books available in the school library or the Sturm Memorial Library. To determine if a book is an Accelerated Reader Book, check out the website.

Jennie Williamson

Jennie Williamson will be visiting St. James Lutheran School in Shawano on October 31st for an afternoon concert and St. Paul has been invited to attend. Jennie is a wonderful Christian singer who displays her faith through her wonderful God given talents. The Kindergarten through fourth grade will be attending the event. The cost will be $2 per

PreSchool/PreKindergarten Rebecca Griesbach – Extension 1005 -message through FastDirect

This week we will start working on the letter Xx, its sound and things that begin and end with Xx. The children will also recognize the color black, a trapezoid, the number 3 and counting 1-30 (4K) and 1-15 (3K). We will also be celebrating our Fall Parties on Tuesday and Wednesday. Children may wear their costumes to school for the Fall Parties. PLEASE NO SCARY COSTUMES OR WEAPONS. And just a reminder there is NO SCHOOL on Thursday and Friday. Thank you to the St Paul PTO for donating money to the classroom so that we could purchase multicultural baby dolls and some baby doll accessories. The children’s loving & caring smiles shows us how much they are enjoying them. Thank you also to all the parents who volunteered to help with the Fall Parties by hosting, making a healthy snack or a sweet treat. Your help makes the children’s parties a huge success.

Oct 24-3K Fall Parties

Oct 25-4K Fall Parties

October 26-27-NO SCHOOL

October 29-4K-8thgrade sing @ 10:30 church service for Pastor Appreciation. Meet in the back of church at 10:20 wearing your Stand Firm shirt. Please join us after church in the cafeteria for PASTORS APPRECIATION SOUP LUNCH. The Council Members will be providing the soup. If you could please bring dessert (A-F), salad (G-M), or sandwich platter (NZ) to share to help make this lunch a huge success. Hope to see you all there

Kindergarten Debbie Hintz – Extension 1008 -message through FastDirect

My heart is heavy for my dear student Joe and his family. Pray for him and his family. Please include myself and the other kindergarten children also. That we can be the friend Joe needs during this difficult time. I turn to Psalm 62 and remember that my soul will find rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress. I will not be shaken.

Religion: Jacob Lies and Run Away; Psalm 36:5; Math: numbers 6-10; Reading Theme: Transportation; Sight Word: See; Phonics: L.

We will be singing again on October 30th at the 10:30 service. There will be a Pastor Appreciation dinner following the service. Please see the church bulletin for more information. Hope to see you there!

1st Grade Teri Rae Suehs/Lori Elmhorst – Extension 1015 -message through FastDirect

Reminder: Friday, November 3rdwill be Show and Tell and they will be Wesley, Aubree, and Bryce. Jennie Williamson trip leaves at 11:00 on Tuesday, October 31st. We will be eating lunch at 10:30 that day here at school. We will return by bus time.

A special thank you for the treats from Taren Redmann and Darcy VandenHeuvel for our Wednesday Fall Party. Your help was really appreciated. Reminder: No school on the 26th and 27th.Our adventure in writing has been wonderful. Our book is called WILD ANIMALS to go along with our first quarter reading series of tame and wild animal stories. We have researched our animals, dictated our stories, drawn our pictures and are in the process of making our final written copy. If you have not sent back the form please do so ASAP. We are anxious to send in the final copy so it can come back to us.

Upcoming events: We will be adding another singing date for our students. On October 29th at 10:30 the whole student body will be singing for the Pastor Appreciation Day. Please have your children here by 10:20 in the back of church. There will be a “Soup” –er dinner served afterwards. We invite all of you to attend. Bring a dish to pass if you are planning on staying.

2nd Grade Brenda Jenks – Extension 1020 -message through FastDirect

The children are looking forward to the Fall Party this afternoon. Thank you to Michele Much for providing the sweet treat. Thank you also to everyone who sent treats for the children to hand out. All grades will be singing at the 10:30 service this Sunday. Students should arrive by 10:20 and wear their "Stand Firm" t-shirts. A soup dinner will follow the service; please bring a dish to pass if you plan to attend. Tuesday, October 31 is the grade K-4 field trip to St. James, Shawano for a performance by Christian recording artist Jennie Williamson. Please send in permission slips and $2 if you haven't yet. We will eat lunch here at school at 10:30 beforehand and will return in time for dismissal.

2nd Grade Brenda Jenks – Extension 1020 -message through FastDirect

There is no school tomorrow or Friday. October Scholastic Reading Club orders will be submitted after school on Tuesday, October 31. The online class code for grades 1-8 is GTHH7. Thank you for ordering. Current Reading/Spelling story: "Tara and Tiree", next week's story "Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat". Have a wonderful weekend.

3rd and 4th Grade Rachel Beyer – Extension 1023 -message through FastDirect

5th and 6th Grade Josh Korotka - Extension 1022 -message through FastDirect

Next week is the final 5 days of the quarter. Please encourage your child to read for their AR points. They need 15 points for full credit. Next week we will get into our regular schedule. Sunday we sing at the late service. Please arrive by 10:20 in the back of the church. The retake science test will be next Tuesday due to a busy week. Have a great weekend!