March 27, 2017

Wk #30 Sailors Log Salem Lutheran School Newsletter

Attachments:

“Egg”stravaganza flyer

April/May School Calendar

3/16/2017 PTC Meeting Minutes- not approved until next meeting

Jonathan Be i lke – Pr inc ipa l

Pau l Schuler –Pastor

Stephanie Smith- School

Secretary

Salem Lutheran School 9615 Pioneer Trail

Greenfield, MN 55357 Phone:

(763) 498-7283

Part Time Teacher Call Meeting - The meeting to call a part time teacher was postponed to seek additional names for the list. A new date has not yet been set.

Mr. Beilke’s Bracket Challenge Update - As we enter the final weekend of basketball Katie Smith leads the pack followed closely by Megan and Mrs. Berger. We’ll have to wait and see who prevails. For all the bracket results, see the hallway by the 7th-8th Grade lockers.

Thailand Mission Matching Challenge - The Thailand Matching challenge is in its final three days - ending Wednesday. The faculty will match up to $800 that is collected through Wednesday. Each class is collecting funds in their classroom with the winning class receiving an ice cream party. May God bless us with generous hearts to spread the good news around the world.

Drama Club Performance- the Salem Drama Club which has been meeting every Tuesday from 2:30-4 pm since February 28th will be performing their play for the students and families this Friday starting at 1 PM. Everyone is welcome.

Spring Break - Beginning April 3rd-7th we will have Spring Break at Salem. Classes will resume on Monday, April 10th. No busing this Friday, March 31st because our district will not be in session that day.

Last Chance to order Garden Kit Flowers. Didn’t get your order in on time? Orders still accepted until Wednesday morning.

School Yearbook Reminder- The last day for ordering is this Thursday, March 30th. After that date you will have to pay the cost for shipping.

FOOD SHELF THIS WEEK- We will be collecting food shelf items this week. For each item brought in, you may enter your name into a drawing for a $10 Target gift card. When you bring your donations in, bring them to Mrs, Leerssen's room to enter the drawing. The winner will be drawn at noon this Friday, March 31st. This is the month when food shelves are assessed for the amount of food they bring in. The more food – the more help they receive! Let’s help the Hanover and Greenfield Food Shelves bring in lots of food.

Box Tops Deadline- Please bring your labels to school by Monday, April 10th. Thank you for your help in purchasing non-budgeted items. If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Leerssen. Wednesday is PTC Lenten Supper- don’t forget to bring your dessert!

Our Mission: Salem Lutheran partners with families, providing Christ-centered education of children while nurturing lives of honor and service to the Lord.

Lunch this Friday is Hamburger

Did you return your

Re-enrollment form, PTC Lenten Supper or Easter

Service participation

letter last week?

Music Schedule

Wednesday- March 29th – Grades 1-4 Sing. Please meet at the church at 6:30PM.

Sunday- April 9th (Palm Sunday): Sunday School sings in the 10:30 AM Service.

Easter Sunday- April 16th: PreK- Grade 8 sing in the 9 AM Service.

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This week @ Salem 27-Monday Flower Orders Due 28- Tuesday 2:30-4 pm Salem Drama Club

practice 3:30-5 pm Bowling Practice 29 – Wednesday 7:45 am Chapel and Mission

Collection 5:30-6:30 pm Lenten Supper-

PTC 7 pm Lenten Worship- Grades 1-4 Sing

30- Thursday 2:15-3 pm Full Band Practice 31- Friday No Buffalo Bus 1pm Drama Club Performance 2 - Sunday Holy Communion 8 am Worship Service 9:15 am Family Bible Hour 10:30 am Worship Service Next Week:

No School- Spring Break 4-Tuesday 3:30-5 pm Bowling Practice 7- Friday 6-9 pm Bowling Meet @

Stillwater Bowl 10- Monday Classes resume 2:30 pm Faculty Meeting

Dates to Remember:

April 3-7 Spring Break, Classes resume on April 10

Saturday, April 8, 2017 WEST Gala and Auction Dinner

@ 5:30 pm at Crowne Plaza

Sunday, April 9, 2017 Easter Eggstravaganza

2-4 pm

Practices begin this Tuesday, March 28.

Practice Times and Days

Tuesday, March 28 3:30-5:00 PM Medina Lanes Tuesday, April 4 3:30-5:00 PM Medina Lanes (during Spring Break) Tuesday, April 11 3:30-5:00 PM Medina Lanes Tuesday, April 18 3:30-5:00 PM Medina Lanes Tuesday, April 25 3:30-5:00 PM Medina Lanes Tuesday, May 2 3:30-5:00 PM Medina Lanes Tuesday, May 9 3:30-5:00 PM Medina Lanes Tuesday, May 16 3:30-5:00 PM Medina Lanes

Meet Schedule for Salem:

April 7th- 6-9pm (during Spring Break) Location: Stillwater Bowl 5862 Omaha Ave N, Stillwater, MN 55082

April 21st – 6-9pm Location: Southtown Lanes 7941 Southtown Ctr, Southtown Shopping Center, Bloomington, MN 55431

April 28th – 6-9pm Location: Midway Pro Bowl 1556 University Ave. W., St. Paul, MN 55104

April 29th – 1-4pm Location: Medina Lanes

May 6th- 11am-2pm Location: Apple Place 14917 Garrett Ave, Apple Valley 55124

May 12th- 6-9pm Location: Classic Bowl Coon Rapids 11707 Round Lake Blvd NW, Coon Rapids 55433

May 13th- 11am-2pm Location: MATTIES 365 Concord Exchange N, South St Paul 55075

May 20th – 11am -5pm End of Season Tournament and Awards at MATTIES 365 Concord Exchange N, South St Paul 55075

Join us for this FREE community event!

Sunday, April 9

2 – 4 pm

Salem Lutheran School 9615 Pioneer Trail, Greenfield, MN

(2 mi. south of Hanover on CR 123) ~ www.salemwels.org

Please bring a non-perishable item for the Hanover Food Shelf. This event is sponsored by the Salem School Recruitment Committee with funds from a Thrivent Action Team grant.

Easter Family “Egg”stravaganza

2:15pm Indoor Easter Egg Hunt: Kids ages 2nd grade and under can search for the prize-filled eggs hidden in classrooms! To ensure a positive experience, children will be grouped by age. Bags will be provided.

2:30pm Bingo: Moms, dads, grandpas, grandmas, and kids...play some bingo in the gym! Prizes for each bingo winner!

2-4pm Bounce House, Snacks, Book Giveaways, and more! To ensure there are ample supplies, RSVP’s are requested: www.salemwels.org

Minutes of the Salem PTC Meeting March 16, 2017

6:30pm Respectfully submitted by Angela Pittman

 

The meeting was started with prayer by Mr. Beilke.        The Sailor Oar will be passed to the classroom with the most parents in attendance.  15 parents were in attendance and 6 faculty members.  Kindergarten will win the Sailor Oar from this meeting with 5 of the 7 students being represented at the meeting for 71% of the class represented.      

Approved at this meeting 

Minutes from the January 2017 meeting were approved.  Motion made by Katie Walesch and second by Jon Beilke to approve the minutes.  Motion was passed.     

Treasurers Report from July 1, 2016 through February 2017 was approved.  Motion made by Katie Walesch and second by Vicki Ernst to approve the Treasurers Report.  Motion was passed.   

 Treasurer’s Report 

$2600 of excess cash was transferred from the Concession Fund to the General Fund.   

$350 were refunded to families for working the appropriate number of volunteer concession/game clock shifts 

Referees for all sports have totaled $1650 in payouts for the year so far.      

Principal’s Report 

A Call Meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 20, 2017.  The call is for a one year part time teacher to instruct 4th grade for half the day in the core academic areas. 

Land Acquisition:  A purchase agreement was sent to the land owner (who owns land south and west of the school)  It was agreed that each acre would cost $15,000.  Salem voters had passed purchasing 3.3 acres of land at the above per acre price.  The land owner now wants to sell the land for more money than agreed upon.  The Building Expansion Committee is continuing to correspond with the land owner and see what options are available to Salem.  

The faculty is looking into the 7th and 8th Grade students using Chromebooks rather than iPads. The reason for the wanted change is because Chromebooks are more sustainable and less costly.  Chromebooks can now be used offline, which was the initial reason Salem started with iPads.  Additionally, the new Wi‐Fi equipment and internet connection would now be able to support Chromebooks.    

Old Business 

Concession Stand – Thank you to everyone who helped out this basketball season.  Several inquiries have been made about putting together a manual with instructions on how to run the concession stand, products we use, where to find things, how food is prepared, etc.  Katie Walesch has volunteered to start working on this, along with Stephanie Smith, Heidi Quist, and Rhonda Schmid.  Salem coaches and any ref do not have to pay at the concession stand.  This will be made more 

clearly known next year for those working in the Concession Stand.     New Business 

Lenten Supper – With the abundance of taco meat left from the Concession stand, it was decided that PTC will host at Taco Bar complete with all the fixings, rice, and beans for their March 29, 2017 Lenten Supper.  Parents should sign up for a shift to help set up, serve, or clean up.  Families are also asked to provide a dessert for the meal.  Heidi Quist volunteered to shop for the food.       

End of the Year Picnic – Faculty will discuss the last day of school dismissal time and inform PTC if we will have the last day picnic on Thursday or Friday.   

Bussing for Field Trips – Currently PTC pays for one bus per classroom.  Discussion was had about if there should be a field trip dollar amount allotted by PTC.  Each classroom doesn’t always take a bus or need one based on student numbers.  Some teachers prefer to have parents drive for short trips to save money and allow for more field trips to be taken.  Discussion was had about looking at the costs coming in from concession stand and parent fees and base allotted amount upon that.  The PTC officers will check with Treasurer Melissa DeRosier to see what the fees are coming out to be.   

Sports Fee – Discussion was had about raising the sports/uniform fee per sport from its current amount of $15.00 to $25.00 per sports season.  During the September 2016 PTC Meeting it was passed to raise ref pay from $20 to $25 per game, to keep with league standards.  PTC has paid ref costs of $1650 for this school year.  Increasing the sports fee would help with some of those costs.  Discussion was had that $25.00 was reasonable for an entire season of the sport in comparison to area Community Ed or other programs.  Motion was made to increase the sports fee from $15.00 to $25.00 from Heidi Quist and second by Vicki Ernst.  Motion passed.   PTC Officers met on Wednesday March 22, 2017 – It was decided the Uniform Fund will change 

to a Sports Fund.  This fund will hold all sports fees and pay out uniform costs and ref costs.    

Science Fair  ‐ April 27, 2017.  Sign up for bringing refreshments on Sign Up Genius.   

Fundraising – Heidi Quist offered to look into options of Fundraising for PTC.  This would help with cost for field trips, bussing, and other events/activities for students as needed.   

Elections –PTC Officer Elections will take place on April 27, 2017.  Barb Sherwood and Shelley Kromschroeder have offered to have positions and their name on the ballot.  Please speak with a current PTC Officer if you are willing to serve for the 2017‐2018 school year.  For ease of turnover and consistency it was discussed to move to two year terms, with only two board members leaving each year. Krista Billman and Angela Pittman are willing to stay on in their current officer roles another year to assist with this changeover period.  Because the current PTC Constitution does not specifically state these officer year changes, discussion was had about how to make those changes.  The current PTC Constitution reads: 

Officers shall be the President, Vice‐President, Secretary, and Treasurer to serve in office for a term of one (1) year, beginning August 1st and ending July 31st.  A person may be elected to a second term, after which he or she may not hold any PTC office for one year.  Offices are open to any member of the organization.   

At the end of the 2015‐2016 school year, the current officers were all willing to take a second term.  This year, two officers are leaving (Melissa DeRosier and Josh Zehoski) with Krista Billman and Angela Pittman willing to stay in order to start the two‐year rotation.  The current officers felt that when all four officers start new at the same time, there are many questions to still be asked of the outgoing officer group, and some consistency with changeover would be helpful.   

For the 2017‐2018 school year, two officers will stay on for a third term to assist with the transition of two‐year rotating officer terms.  This is a one‐time transition.  Motion made by Katie Walesch and second by Vicki Ernst to allow for the third term of officers for the 2017‐2018 year.  Motion passed.   

Officers will meet over summer and make revisions to the current PTC Constitution to be brought forth at the first 2017‐2018 school year meeting for approval.     

 Board of Education Update 

Curriculum Change – BOE is looking at removing Spanish from the curriculum and to replace that with Keyboarding. The current Spanish curriculum is taught mostly through videos with learning the words through repetition of usage.  High school students have reported that having the Spanish background 

has helped when starting the beginning level high school course, but it hasn’t been enough to skip ahead to a higher‐level course.  With the use of technology, students need to learn basic keyboarding and typing skills to be efficient in using all the multimedia tools.   

Terra Nova Testing ‐  Salem has been using these tests for 8‐10 years.  BOE and staff are looking at using MAP testing, which stands for Measures of Academic Progress.  This will offer opportunities for staff to be able to test students three times throughout the year.  The tests are taken via computer and are specialized based on how the student answers the question.  Students can be assed in math, reading, English, and science.  Students will get instant feedback on their scores when the computerized testing is done.  Full reports are available within 24 hours of completion.  The scores are able to tell teachers where students excelled, areas needed to improve on, and specific skills that student should work on.  MAP testing is currently available to 3rd‐8th grade.  Other testing options are being looked at for grades K‐2.   

Easter Extravaganza – The Board of Education and Recruitment Committee will be hosting the 2nd Annual Easter Extravaganza on Palm Sunday, April 9, 2017 from 2‐4pm.  Anyone who wishes to volunteer for this event would be appreciated.  There was an overwhelming turnout last year with many Salem families as well as visitors.  Start spreading the word with neighbors and friends!      

The meeting was closed with Prayer.      Next meeting is the fall of 2017.