The Charger News www.ccls-stlouis.org CCLS Mission Statement “Christ Community Lutheran School exists to nurture each child through the Gospel to live the faith and share the Good News of Jesus Christ in an innovative environment of academic excellence.” CCLS Vision Statement CCLS will be a premier school in both academic excellence and faith-integrated education, raising up and sending out strong and secure Christian disciples and witnesses. Inside this issue: SCRIP News 2 Mrs. Brown „s portrait 2 Herald the Holidays 2 Chili Cook-off @ Glendale 2 Fantasy Faire Auction 2 Family Enrichment Night flyer 3 Important Upcoming Dates 4 In Our Prayers 4 Trivia/Bingo/Silent Auction 4 The Big Rake @ LCWG 4 Wine Tasting & Silent Auction 4 Volume 40, Issue 10 October 31, 2013 MS Awards Assembly SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR IS NEXT WEEK! Join us at the “Reading Oasis: A Cool Place to Discover Hot Books!”. We will be open: Monday and Tuesday from 8am-3:30pm . Wednesday for Breakfast with a Buddy from 7:30am-8:15am: Invite a relative or special friend to join you for a light breakfast and book fair shopping! Fair open until 3:30pm. Thursday from 8am-1pm and again at 5:30pm for Family Enrichment Night. We still need volunteers to make our Book Fair a success! Please visit the PATT website to sign-up: https://sites.google.com/site/cclspatt/r Share our online Book Fair with friends and family! It will be open through next Friday and all proceeds benefit our school library: http:// bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/ccls. CCLS Family Enrichment Night at Webster Gardens November 7, 2013 Family Enrichment Night at Webster Gardens 5:30 - 6:30 Dinner catered by Bogarts Smoke House 6:30 - 7:30 Adult program "What Kids Need To Succeed" presented by Doris Smith. Doris, taught high school for 30 years and now works for Mercy Health presenting this information to teachers. Kids programs presented by Webster Groves Police Department: Pre-K thru 3rd: Stranger Danger 4th thru 8th: Cyber Safety Babysitting for younger children provided. The Book Fair will also be open this evening for your shopping pleasure. Please direct questions regarding this event to [email protected]To RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/1ilrX1pY-GSZA5BGJNBwjU1ThbUASFdG_0yy -ghbsPqo/viewform P.A.T.T. News The middle school Fall Honors Assembly will take place on Monday, November 11, at 1:50pm in the Concordia Center. At the assembly, we will recognize the first quarter honor roll students, our fall athletic teams, and our Junior Winds students. This is a special opportunity to publicly recognize specific gifts which God has given our students in these areas. Parents and other guests are invited to join us if schedules allow! Highly recommended by the CCLS Leadership team! Concordia Lutheran Church is sponsoring the National Autism Awareness Tour featuring Author Aaron Likens: Building A Foundation of Hope. Tuesday, November 5, 2013 from 7-9pm. FREE and open to the public. Mr. Likens, an accomplished public speaker, published author, avid blogger and remarkable individual was diagnosed at age 20 with Asperger’s Syndrome - a high-functioning form of autism. Now 30 and a recipient of the prestigious Mental Health Champion award given by the Missouri Dept. of Health, Aaron has found an opportunity to share with the world how the Autism Spectrum Disorder mind works through his position as Life Skills’ Autism Ambassador. His inspirational message is full of laughter, tears and hope and promises to leave a lasting impression on all ages. We hope to see you there! National Autism Awareness Tour The 1st Annual Candy Corn Festival was well attended on Monday, October 28. It has been reported that all attendees had a lot of fun at the Festival. Along with Trick or Treating, the Face Painting, Trail Mix making, and Pumpkin Patch activities were all big hits! Candy Corn Festival
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The Charger News
www.c c l s - s t lou is . org
CCLS Mission
Statement
“Christ Community Lutheran
School exists to nurture each child
through the Gospel to live the
faith and share the Good News of
Jesus Christ in an innovative
environment of academic
excellence.”
CCLS Vision Statement
CCLS will be a premier school in
both academic excellence and
faith-integrated education, raising
up and sending out strong and
secure Christian disciples and
witnesses.
Inside this issue:
SCRIP News 2
Mrs. Brown „s portrait 2
Herald the Holidays 2
Chili Cook-off @ Glendale 2
Fantasy Faire Auction 2
Family Enrichment Night flyer 3
Important Upcoming Dates 4
In Our Prayers 4
Trivia/Bingo/Silent Auction 4
The Big Rake @ LCWG 4
Wine Tasting & Silent Auction 4
Volume 40, Issue 10 October 31, 2013
MS Awards Assembly
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR IS NEXT WEEK!
Join us at the “Reading Oasis: A Cool Place to
Discover Hot Books!”.
We will be open:
Monday and Tuesday from 8am-3:30pm .
Wednesday for Breakfast with a Buddy
from 7:30am-8:15am: Invite a relative or special friend to join you for a light breakfast
and book fair shopping! Fair open until 3:30pm.
Thursday from 8am-1pm and again
at 5:30pm for Family Enrichment Night.
We still need volunteers to make our Book Fair a success! Please visit the PATT website to sign-up: https://sites.google.com/site/cclspatt/r Share our online Book Fair with friends and family! It will be open through next Friday and all proceeds benefit our school library: http://
bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/ccls.
CCLS Family Enrichment Night at Webster Gardens November 7, 2013 Family Enrichment
Night at Webster Gardens
5:30 - 6:30 Dinner catered by Bogarts Smoke
House
6:30 - 7:30 Adult program "What Kids Need To Succeed" presented by Doris Smith. Doris, taught high school for 30 years and now works for Mercy Health presenting this
information to teachers.
Kids programs presented by Webster Groves
Police Department:
Pre-K thru 3rd: Stranger Danger
4th thru 8th: Cyber Safety
Babysitting for younger children provided.
The Book Fair will also be open this evening for your shopping pleasure. Please direct questions
To RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ilrX1pY-GSZA5BGJNBwjU1ThbUASFdG_0yy
-ghbsPqo/viewform
P.A.T.T. News
The middle school Fall Honors Assembly will take place on Monday, November 11, at 1:50pm in the Concordia Center. At the assembly, we will recognize the first quarter honor roll students, our fall athletic teams, and our Junior Winds students. This is a special opportunity to publicly recognize specific gifts which God has given our students in these areas. Parents and other guests are invited to join us if schedules allow!
Highly recommended by the CCLS Leadership team! Concordia Lutheran Church is sponsoring the National Autism Awareness Tour featuring Author Aaron Likens: Building A Foundation of Hope.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 from 7-9pm. FREE and open to the public.
Mr. Likens, an accomplished public speaker, published author, avid blogger and remarkable individual was diagnosed at age 20 with Asperger’s Syndrome - a high-functioning form of autism. Now 30 and a recipient of the prestigious Mental Health Champion award given by the Missouri Dept. of Health, Aaron has found an opportunity to share with the world how the Autism Spectrum Disorder mind works through his position as Life Skills’ Autism Ambassador. His inspirational message is full of laughter, tears and hope and promises to leave a lasting impression on all ages. We hope to see you there!
National Autism
Awareness Tour
The 1st Annual Candy Corn Festival was well attended on Monday, October 28. It has been reported that all attendees had a lot of fun at the Festival. Along with Trick or Treating, the Face Painting, Trail Mix making, and Pumpkin Patch activities were all big hits!
There are a number of bonuses this week. They are as follows: 1. iTunes is offering a 5% bonus until Nov. 8. You will receive 9%. 2. Bass Pro is offering a 3% bonus from 11/2-11/8. You will receive 11%. The following bonuses are from 11/2 – 11/15 1. Boston Market is offering a 2% bonus. You will receive 12%. 2. JCPenney is offering a 1% bonus. You will receive 5%. 3. Kmart is offering a 3% bonus. You will receive 6%. 4. Sears is offering a 3% bonus. You will receive 6%. 5. Restaurants.com is offering a 5% bonus from 11/2 – 11/29. You will receive 50%. (That is correct). 6. Red Robin is offering a 3% bonus from 11/2 – 1/3/14. You will receive 11%. For those of you who do not participate in SCRIP on a regular basis, you may want to consider using SCRIP for Christmas which is right around the corner. If you give gift cards and don’t want to run all over town picking them up, you can order them through SCRIP and make money doing it. Just something to think about. If you have any questions or comments about SCRIP, feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at 314-822-7774. Sherry Jokerst, SCRIP Director
“Put your
shopping
dollars to
work for
you!“
Tutor needed
Tutor needed for 4th grade student for reading. If anyone is
interested please contact the school office (314-822-7774) and
we’ll put you in touch with this family. Looking for maybe after
school but needs to be 3-4 days a week.
The children of Lutheran Association for Special Education invite you to Herald the Holidays on Saturday, November 2, in the Ambassadeur Ballroom at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac. All proceeds benefit children with special education needs in our Lutheran schools. The event includes a luncheon, large silent auction and “L I G H T S,” a holiday fashion show, featuring outfits from Ann Taylor, Chico’s, and Leopard. Cost is $50 per person or $500 for a reserved table of ten. Seating is limited, so please call 314-268-1234 for reservations, donations or additional information.
Come one, come all to the 5th Annual Chili Cook-Off! When: Sunday, November 3, 2013 Time: 5:00 p.m. Where: Glendale Lutheran Gymnasium Cost: $5.00 What: Come enjoy a variety of chili's as well as cornbread and desserts! Hot dogs willbe available for any little ones not wanting chili. Tickets can be purchased on Sunday morning in the Fellowship Room. If you would like to enter your chili, please sign up by Wednesday, October 30. Don't miss this great Fellowship event with your GLC family! Invite a friend! For any questions, please call Glendale church office at 314-966-3220.
CHILI COOK-OFF
The Lutheran High School Association of St. Louis will hold its annual Fantasy Faire Auction on November 23 at the Sheraton Chalet Hotel in Westport Plaza. Each year proceeds from the auction benefit financial aid, campus improvements, and school budget items at both Lutheran High School North and Lutheran High School South. We would like to once again ask for your support. You may help by serving as an Auction Benefactor, donating an item for our Silent or Oral Auction sections, contributing a cash gift to help us purchase items to be used in our auctions, or by purchasing an advertisement in our auction catalog to help our Lutheran High Schools "Nurture Christian Hearts and Build Strong Minds." To donate an item or cash, or if you would like to place an ad in our catalog, please call the Association office at 314-382-6650 or email [email protected].
Fantasy Faire Auction
The seventh grade art classes drew a large portrait of Mrs. Brown. Each student had 3 or 4 1-inch squares
CCLS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, veteran's status or national origin in its educational programs or activities, including employment and
admissions. At the same time CCLS cherishes its right and duty to seek and retain a student body and personnel who will make a positive contribution to its religious character, goals, and mission in order to en-
You are invited to a Vintage Vineyard Wine Tasting & Silent Auction, on Saturday, November 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. Presented by certified sommelier (wine steward) Bill Hoar of Glazer, with music by Leo Sanchez. Light appetizers will be served. Bring your favorite wine glass! Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. For tickets, please email [email protected] or call the Mt. Calvary church office at 314-968-2360. Please R.S.V.P. by October 31st as space is limited!
