Count your Blessings!! St. James is blessed to have your children as a part of our St. James family. As I look at what is coming up for our school over the next few weeks (athletic games & tournaments, math competition, science fair, spelling bee, National Lutheran Schools Week, etc.), while it may seem as if its very busy, this time also recognizes and showcases all of our students, teachers, and volunteers time, talents and efforts to make St. James what it is today. Our students work hard to achieve academic excellence and to use their God-given talents for His glory. Our teachers use their God-given talent and ability to reach and teach so that their students may reach their full potential, and without all the parents and volunteers to help man and organize, some of the experiences that normally take place would not happen. It will be a busy next few weeks, but will be full of celebrations as we showcase the many talents of our young people and the blessings of being a part of a Lutheran school. Thanks be to God for all the blessings that He has given to us!

Mark Your Calendars!!! On Friday, January 12, St. James had a snow day. The makeup day is set for Friday, May 11, 2018. Report Cards for the 2nd quarter will be coming out Wednesday, January 17. With the snow day and the delay, it has changed our original plans. We are sorry for the inconvenience. St. James Auction: Believe it or not, the St. James Auction is just around the corner (April 21 to be exact). Now is the time to start making plans for this exciting and fun-filled event! Would you be able to donate an item for our auction? Will you be able to join us? Stay tuned for future announcements!

ST. JAMES LUTHERAN SCHOOL CALENDAR 2017-2018: Jan. 17 Science Fair Jan. 18 Math Contest—Christian Schools Jan. 21-26 National Lutheran Schools Week Jan. 25 School Spelling Bee Jan. 26 PTL Mother/Son Night, 5:30-7:30p Jan. 27 ISSMA Solo & Ensemble Contest, Vocal/Piano Feb. 2-4 SJS Boys Basketball Tournament

School Theme 2017-2018 – Micah 6:8—Act Justly. Love Mercy. Walk Humbly.

Feb. 3 ISSMA Solo & Ensemble Contest, Instrumental Feb. 5 No School

January Chapel Offerings

The chapel offerings for January and February are going to support LAMP. LAMP has volunteers and staff from Canada and the United States that

share about Christ through Bible studies, VBS, and outreach projects to the Indigenous people in remote northern Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan,

and British Columbia. Will you help us FUEL THE MISSION? The missionaries travel by airplane. Let's see how many miles LAMP

missionaries can fly with our gifts? If you would like more information about LAMP please visit https://www.lampministry.org/

Mrs. Goodspeed Keep your eyes pealed for the following events that I help organize:

MOTHER-SON NIGHT

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR

FATHER-DAUGHTER NIGHT

Parent help will be crucial in making these events a success!

Below is the 3rd quarter calendar for music activities.

Date Choir Grade

1/21 Messenger Choir

8:00 and 10:30 services 3-5

1/28 Junior High Choir

8:00 and 10:30 services 6-8

2/18 Junior High Choir

8:00 and 10:30 services 6-8

Friday 2/23

Cherub Choir Musical 6:00 pm

1-2

3/4 Lamb’s Choir

10:30 service only PreK - K

3/11 Messenger Choir

8:00 and 10:30 services 3-5

PRESCHOOL 2'S NEWS AND NOTES (MRS. WOLLENBURG)

PS 2’s Ms. Eggold There is no better time than cold and flu season to focus on the importance of hand washing, teeth brushing, and other good hygiene habits. The

children in the Orange Room will learn this week that by washing away dirt and germs, we can limit the spread of sickness.

*There will be soap, water, rags and sponges in our sensory table for dishwashing.

*In art we will do splatter painting with toothbrushes; we will do "sneeze" painting with water bottles; and soap bubble painting with straws, dish

detergent, and tempera paint.

*In science we will have children touch one piece of bread and will put it in a plastic bag and take an untouched piece of bread and do the same. Over

the days and weeks to come we will watch more mold grow from the germs on the touched piece of bread. We will also make homemade toothpaste

and give it a try.

*The dramatic play area will be set up like a house for kids to clean, and students will have a clothesline and socks to hang on it using clothespins.

*We will review the letter B and introduce the letter N using our Zoophonics song.

*There will be sorting and counting at the center tables, along with puzzles and play doh.

*During Jesus' Time we will learn how Jesus was baptized in the Jordan. Students will also find out that when we are baptized our sins are washed

away and we are given new life.

It's going to be a week filled with good, clean fun!

PreS 3 Mrs. Ziegler

PreK Mrs. Bishop & Mrs. Ford

How fitting that we will be enjoying a theme about snow this week! The snow make up day for last Friday will be Friday, May 11th. Thus, it should

not affect our schedule. We will keep you up to date if any further cancellations affect our class.

Snack Helper: Delaney

Letter Bag: Maggie--S

Theme: Enjoying the snow and the winter season.

Art: Crayon resist watercolor painting, handprint mittens

Alphabet/Phonics/Literacy Activities: Intial sound recognition; ABC action songs; Marching Around the Alphabet; Letter Bag "S"; What's Missing?

(letter S objects); Painting an S with snow paint; name snowmen; hit the letters with snowballs; I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow

felt board and story re-telling.

Religion: Jesus visits friends. We will discuss the bible story of Mary and Martha and importance of listening to God's word in the midst of our busy

lives.

Science: Rolling snowballs (force) In small groups we will discover ways to make ice melt an rescue animals (toys) from the ice.

Math: Center: Snowman number sense activities.

Sensory: Salt; blue and silver glitter; blue and white poms; funnels; tweezers; cups; spoons

Libray: Thursday at 9:05

Music: Thursday at 11:00

Chapel daily at 8:50. Chapel offering envelopes come home on Tuesdays. We collect offering during Wednesday chapel only.

Upcoming Important Dates: January 22-26--Lutheran Schools Week

February 5--No School Winter Break

March 4--Sing during 10:30 worship service (more information to come)

Mrs. Bishop and Mrs. Ford

PreK Mrs. Caylor and Mrs. Kurtz

Kindergarten Mrs. Trautmann

Happening This Week:

Memory:

Shine as lights in the world, holding fast tot he word of life. Philippians 2:15-16

Jesus Time: The Boy Jesus Studies God's Word

Reading:

Story: My Lucky Day

Phonemic Awareness: Initial and final /l/ sound

Phonics: /l/ spelled Ll

Comprehension: Cause and Effect

Sight Words: are, do, that

Conventions: Action Parts

Math: Subtraction, Composing and Decomposing Numbers to 10

Afternoon Activities: The 4 Seasons

Cold Weather Recess: We try to play outside as often as possible in the winter! We will play outside any time that the wind chill is above 20

degrees and the playground is not too wet. Please make sure to send hats, gloves/mittens, and scarves with your kindergartner!

Our rules for being allowed to play in the snow are that you must have a pair of snowpants to wear and a pair of snow boots that are not the shoes you

wore to school for the day. It also helps to have a dry pair of socks to put on once we come back inside!

By our count, the 100th day of School has been changed to Friday, January 19th! We have been counting up to this date all year and we will have

several fun activities for the day! One will be bringing a collection of 100 items to school, so please bring your collections on Friday!

Dates to Remember: Wednesday 1/17: Science Fair...Not Hot Lunch will be served today!

Friday 1/19: 100th Day of School

1/21-1/27: Lutheran Schools Week...Bowling field trip on Tuesday plus more information to come home soon!

Miss Roland

I hope you are all warm and safe. We are all thankful for the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. First graders will listen to the story of Ruby Bridges

this week.

Friday is Day 100! We will have a special ice cream party with k and 2. Also, the children are invited to bring their collection of 100 things. We

will share those Friday morning. Friday, we also have a special guest from LAMP(Lutheran Association of MIssionary Pilots) share with us their

mission. This is our offering for January.

Reminder! We need school wide count of 500 cans of soup or canned pasta by Friday. -

Keep on reading for Book-It

Please ask your first grader if they need any supplies.

Memory: You have put on Christ, in Him you have been baptized. Allleluia !

Spelling words: **snowman **snowflake water under huge June rule tube use cube cute flute

**special note..we will keep the same spelling words. For those needing to, we will retest on Wednesday. We will not test on Friday.**

**we will not have spelling homework this week.**

NEW FOR SPELLING HOMEWORK SPELLING SENTENCES Choose 3 words and use them in 3 sentences then write the rest 1 time. Parents

please encourage: neatness, correct spelling, good sentences,capital letters, end marks, using more than 3 words. We will do 3 sentences for

January. 4 for February and March and then 5 for April and May. I will send home paper. Always due on Wednesday. Earlier is ok.

Math: finding greater than, less than

social studies: time lines, communication, transportation, inventions, chapter test

**we did not get to do our time lines last Friday. We hope to do them Wednesday or Thursday. **

ANOTHER HOMEWORK...At the end of the week, we will work on making time lines. Please help by writing on a piece of paper or emailing me

5-6 significant dates for your first grader( ideas: birthday, of course!, birth of siblings, moved, lost a tooth, broke a bone, a special vacation, started

kindergarten(pre-school, first grade)....we will have a group of upper grade students help us put these together.

handwriting:starting upper case ( letters are expected to use the lines and make the letters the way we learned/practiced..) There are many first

graders that are just about "getting the job done".

Reading: phonics:-long o

grammar: contractions,days months, and holidays with capital letters

High frequency : down, inside, now there, together

writing: sequence, poem

story: The Big Circle

Religion: Jesus is baptized, Jesus calls His disciples

ST. JAMES AUCTION...coming in April. My brother will build us an outside bench with landscape timbers for the live auction and for silent, we

will fill a collapsible wagon w sunscreen, snacks, water bottles...The first graders do a quarter collection. Than information will come the end of the

week or next week.

Next week is Lutheran Schools Week, It will be a busy week. It will be a good week.

Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly

Mrs. Arden

Hip, Hip, Hooray for the 100th Day of School! Report cards will be sent home on Tuesday, January 16 for the second quarter.

Congratulations to the second graders for filling the class reward marble jar. We will enjoy a movie, snack, and drink on Thursday, January 18.

AR Shell We Read? Quiz Count: 425 AR Quizzes . . . Hip, Hip, Hooray!

STAR Student of the Week: Joe Beckham

Dates for your Calendar:

Monday, January 15: NO SCHOOL; Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Wednesday, January 17: Science Fair for students in grades 2, 4, 6, 8. Second graders may set up their science fair project boards, etc. in the

cafeteria on Tuesday, January 16 from 3:00-3:45 P.M. or Wednesday, January 17 from 7:30-7:55 A.M.. Students will speak with two judges about

their project on Wednesday, January 17 during the school day. The Science Fair Night and Awards Ceremony will be Wednesday evening beginning

at 6:00 P.M. There will be NO HOT LUNCH on Wednesday, January 17 due to the Science Fair. Please send a cold lunch with your child to

school.

Friday, January 19: 100th Day of School

Students need to bring:

A collection of 100 things (Second graders have to have the ability to carry the 100 things to school.)

100 pieces of a snack food in a bag for our 100th Day of School snack mix (chocolate chips, marshmallows, pretzels, cereal, etc.). Please be

aware that we have a student in our classroom with a milk allergy.

January 22-26: Lutheran Schools Week

Please remember to check the home binder, ClassDojo chart, and sign the student planner nightly. Please don't hesitate to email, call, or stop in the

classroom if you have any questions.

Topics for the Week: Memory: Students will have a fill-in-the-blank memory quiz on Wednesday and Friday.

Tuesday Quiz: "Jesus Christ . . . is the true God and eternal life." 1 John 5:20 (from Friday, January 12)

Wednesday Quiz: [The Son of God] appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. 1 John 3:5

Friday Quiz: Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Religion: Jesus Calls His Disciples; Jesus Goes to a Wedding

Reading: A Froggy Fable (story) pg. 28-41; Test Wednesday

Amazing Words: preserve, represent, valuable, tough, concentration, frown, homeland, patient

Vocabulary: clearing, crashed, perfect, pond, spilling, splashing, traveled

Spelling: The second graders will have a post-test on Tuesday from the week of January 8 spelling words. The spelling words for this week are

words with the final syllable le: ankle, title, apple, cable, purple, able, bugle, bundle, bubble, giggle, sparkle, tickle. The challenge words

are: crashed, splashing, traveled.

There will be no other new spelling words for the week of January 15. I will shift all other spelling words back one week. For example, the spelling

words for the week of January 22 will be:

Spelling Words (vowel patterns oo, u): cook, stood, full, wood, July, shook, push, pull, brook, book, hood, put

Challenge Words: bumpy, fruit, smooth

Grammar: Adjectives and Our Senses

Writing: Friendly Letter

Handwriting: Writing lowercase cursive letters e, j, p; Practice and Review of l, h, k, t, i, u, e, j, p

Math: Chapter 6 3-Digit Addition and Subtraction

Social Studies: Martin Luther King Jr; Chapter 3 The World Around Us; Coming Soon . . . Science Air and Weather

In His Hands,

Mrs. Arden

Mrs. Hamilton

December 4

Remember no hot lunch on Wednesday this week due to the Science Fair. We are cheering Theo, Addie, Rachel and alternate Amelia for the

Christian School Math Competition on Thursday.

Keep bringing in cans of soup. We are looking forward to the many fun activities next week for Lutheran Schools Week!

Student of the week - Elizabeth

Students should be taking 1-2 AR quizzes each week. Check with your child how they are doing on AR.

What we are studying this week?

Religion - God the Father's Gracious Gifts

Memory - A new memory page will come home on Monday. We are starting to memorize the order of the books of the New Testament this week.

January 16 – NT Books – Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts

January 17 – Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed His steadfast love from me! Psalms 66:20

January 19 – Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians

Reading - We are reading, "Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest" this week. There will be a quiz on Friday over the skill of using a graphic organizer.

Spelling - Our spelling words are: third, early, world, certain, dirty, herself, earth, word, perfect, verb, nerve, worm, thirsty, workout, earn. The

challenge words are: determine, commercial, whirlwind, worthwhile, virtual.

Math -We are learning division facts in chapter 7 this week.

Science - We are starting a new unit of forces and motion.

Social Studies - This week we are going back to the book and studying explorers in chapter 3.

Have a great week!

from Mrs. Ripke

This is a short week with some busy days, so we will not have regular spelling and reading tests on Friday. We will begin a unit on slavery in

Indiana by reading a book titled By Freedom's Light. Our spelling and vocabulary words will come from those found in the book. We will make a

list from which to study. We will not have a memory passage this week, but some students have memory work from last week to recite since we

missed Friday because of a snow day. We will continue working with fractions in math and have a mid chapter quiz on Wednesday. Wednesday is

also the day of the Science Fair. Students can bring projects after school on Tuesday or before school on Wednesday. Three students from our class

will represent St. James in the Christian Schools Math contest on Thursday. Good luck to Ben, Sophia, and Andrew as they work together competing

against other 4th grade students. We do not have hot lunch on Wednesday, so please remember to bring a sack lunch to eat in the classroom. We will

be watching the movie Remember the Titans this week as part of MLK week in which we learn more about treating people with respect. Lutheran

School's week is next week. We are collecting cans of non-condensed soups and canned pasta for a service project for the week. All cans should be

brought to school by Friday of this week. Our goal is 500 cans for the school. Our bowling day on next Tuesday will be free if we meet our

goal. Thanks for your help with this.

Grade 5--Mrs. D

Welcome back from the 4 day weekend

Memory-The first petition of the Lord's Prayer with the what does it mean section.

Religion-Unit 5

Lang. Arts-Story this week is Tripping Over the Lunch Lady. Spelling test on Friday. Review week. Read for AR. Goals this semester are hoosier

book, battle of the books, a nonfiction and a book of their choice

Social Studies- Chapter 5.

6th grade SS-We are currently in Chapter 20

7th grade SS-We are beginning Central and southern Africa

8th grade SS--The Consititution.

Mrs. Rider

6th Grade Religion - Memory from last week, p 93 & 95, will be taken on Thursday since we didn't get to take it Friday..

5th Grade Science - We are studying ecosystems.

6th Grade Science - Science Fair We are then going back to our discussion of erosion.

7th Grade Science - We are studying what Evolution says about our earth and how that compares to what the Lord tells us in Genesis.

8th Grade Science - We are entering the wonderful world of acids and bases.

Mrs. Keiser

Beautiful snow! Beautiful Creator! Loving this Winter! Everything due Friday is due today and onward we will go! The seventh grade will be performing in the upcoming Talent Show! No joke! Come see their comedy stand-up!

If all students in the school bring in aprox. 4 soup cans each, we will make our souper goal! Seventh graders still need to meet the goal. Send in those cans by Friday. A seventh grade parent meeting will be upcoming--look for an email--graduation planning here we come! All grades are working on their Optimist essay and the 8th graders and some others will also be working on their Optimist speeches. Typical LA work continues. Lots to do!

Mrs. Farrington

PE: Hockey

8th Algebra: Systems of Equations 6.1-6.4; Quiz next Wednesday

7th Math: Chapter 7 Angles and Triangles; Quiz next Wednesday

6th Math: Ch. 7 Ratios and Rates; Quiz next Wednesday

5th Math: Ch. 6 Adding and Subtracting Fractions; Quiz next week

Health: Diseases

Mrs. Schoon- We will be continuing on with Chapter 4 and will have a test at the end of next week.

Art- Mrs. Tietz

Monday:

03:15 PM - 04:45 PM - Cheer practice (Athletic Cheer Practice)

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM - Varsity Boys BB practice (Athletic Boys Basketball Varsity Practice)

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM - JV Boys BB practice (Athletic Boys Basketball JV Practice)

06:30 PM - 08:00 PM - JV Girls BB practice (Athletic Girls Basketball JV Practice)

Tuesday:

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM - Twirler practice (Athletic Other Organizations)

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM - Varsity Girls BB practice (Athletic Girls Basketball Varsity Practice)

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM - JV Boys BB @ TriCounty (Wolcott Gym) (Athletic Boys Basketball JV Game)

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM - Varsity Boys BB @ TriCounty (Wolcott Gym) (Athletic Boys Basketball Varsity Game)

06:30 PM - 08:00 PM - JV Girls BB practice (Athletic Girls Basketball JV Practice)

Wednesday:

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM - JV Girls BB vs St. Lawrence (5th grade) (Athletic Girls Basketball JV Game)

07:00 PM - 08:00 PM - JV Boys BB vs St. Lawrence (5th grade) (Athletic Boys Basketball JV Game)

Thursday:

03:15 PM - 04:45 PM - Cheer practice (Athletic Cheer Practice)

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM - Varsity Boys BB practice (Athletic Boys Basketball Varsity Practice)

05:30 PM - 06:30 PM - Varsity Girls BB @ Wainwright (Athletic Girls Basketball Varsity Game)

Friday

03:15 PM - 05:00 PM - JV Boys BB practice (Athletic Boys Basketball JV Practice)

Saturday:

Our Savior Varsity Boys BB Tourney (Athletic Boys Basketball Varsity Game) - Good Luck Boys - Go Crusaders!

Announcements

Lutheran Schools Week Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8

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Monday, January 22:

“Jesus is the Message of Scripture”

“Wear Positive Message T-Shirts” 8:15 Opening Devotions with Pastor French

Donuts following Opening Devotions

Tuesday, January 23:

“Jesus is the Truth of the Reformation” “Wear Micah 6:8 Shirts (2017-2018 School Theme)”

9:00-11:00 K-8 Grade Bowling at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl

Floor Devotions

Teacher Treat Your Class

Wednesday, January 24:

“Jesus is the Mission of the School and Church” “Wear Red for the Reformation”

Chapel at 8:10, 9:00

Thursday, January 25:

“Jesus is the Heart of the Home” “Dress Your Best”

Floor Devotions

Students treat your principal, teacher, pastor, or staff member (secretary, custodian, cook, etc.)

1:30 St. James Spelling Bee

Friday, January 26:

“Jesus is the Focus of our Life” “Dress for Your Future Career”

1:00 Talent Show and All School Closing devotions with Pastor Heckert in the cafeteria

Special Projects:

Service Project: 500 cans of soup or pasta for the St. James Food Pantry by Friday, January

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Post messages of God’s word in the cafeteria

Door Messages for school community words of encouragement

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SPEND SOME TOURNEY TIME

DANCING WITH YOUR FRIENDS! When: Saturday, February 3

after the shooting competitions (aprox. 8:30pm)

Where: Old gym in the big brick school--Come in the entrance up the stairs on 8th

Street

--Meet new people

--Compete for the school spirit award!

--Eat Pizza

--and dance, dance, dance!

-----Tourney time entrance fee is $1 or a canned good for the St. James Food Pantry

---- We will start with SCHOOL SPIRIT COMPETITION MIXERS and then we will dance and munch on

pizza!

----Have your parents/chaperone pick you up at the 8th Street entrance at 10:15 PM ***The School Spirit Competitions will include points given for the number of students each school has in attendance as

well as the % of team players and cheerleaders as well as various contests. The school with the most points will take the

TOURNEY TIME trophy home. Last year is was St. John Mattoon--who will it be this year?? ***This activity is sponsored by SJS Athletic Department and is chaperoned by staff and parents, and is intended for middle

school/junior high students.

*Mrs. Keiser is looking for Parent Chaperones!! Please contact her to volunteer

Lynn Keiser lkeiser@stjameslaf.org

One Souper idea!

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Two weeks to meet the goal!

In honor of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, and also the

blessings of Lutheran Schools, St. James Lutheran School has set a goal to

collect 500 cans of NON-CONDENSED soup and/or canned pastas for the

St. James Food Pantry.

If 500 cans of soup are collected by Friday, January 19, the K-8

grade students will celebrate with a bowling field trip during Lutheran

Schools Week on Tuesday, January 23. There will be no cost to students,

however, if the goal is not reached the cost will be $2.00 per student

(deducted from each student’s field trip registration fund). Special thanks

to the PTL and Thrivent Action Team for sponsoring this school community

building event.

We will be collecting in the St. James Classrooms and there is also a

donation box in the cafeteria. Please prayerfully consider helping in this

very needed venture. THANK YOU!

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