The Eagle’s Wing………News & Notes

                  St. Mark Lutheran School & Preschool

                   1934 52^nd St. SE  www.smls.net

                     Kentwood, MI   49508 Phone: (616)281-7892

                                                          May 19, 2010

Dates to note in the week ahead………     

Wed., 5/19            Chapel led by Mrs. McCabe & 5^th/6^th grades @ 8:30am

                             5^th & 6^th Grade trip to Meijer Gardens, 11:15am – 2:30pm

Thurs., 5/20          Preschool 3’s…..Last Day

Fri., 5/21               Preschool 4’s & Young 5’s…..Last Day

Sat., 5/22             WMLHS Girls’ Basketball Car Wash, 9am – 3pm

Sun., 5/23             Pentecost…..3^rd & 4^th sing @ 11am worship service

Mon., 5/24            Preschool Camp begins

Tues., 5/25 – Thurs., 5/27       7^th & 8^th Grade Class Trip to Wisconsin Dells

Wed., 5/26            Chapel led by Mr. Tom Chester @ 8:30am   

Chapel this morning was led by Mrs. McCabe and the 5^th & 6^th grade students.  Chapel next Wednesday, 5/26, will be led by Mr. Tom Chester, Youth Minister @ St. Mark.  Offerings collected in the month of May will be sent to Lutheran Special Education Ministries.  Feel free to come and join us at any of our regularly scheduled chapel services.  You are also cordially invited to attend worship services here at St. Mark Lutheran @ 8:30 and 11am this Sunday.  A Learning Hour for students young and old is held between services beginning @ 9:45am.   Come!   We love company!!!                   We look forward to the participation of our 3^rd & 4^th grade students as a choir at this Sunday’s 11am worship service.  God bless their singing!

Thank You Very Much to all those who planned, participated, and supported last Friday’s Special Person Day and our Spring Musical.  We’re grateful for the assistance given to our “Clean-up” day last Saturday.  We also appreciate the participation and support given to the Lutheran Schools Baccalaureate service on Sunday.  May the Lord continue to bless us all!  

Re-enrollment and applications for the 2010/2011 School Year  are now being accepted.  Re-enrollment information is available from our office.  We invite you to drop by and pick it up.  You may also re-enroll on FastDirect.  Just push the red button where you view your child’s grades/report card.   Any questions or concerns may be directed to the office.  Tell your friends and neighbors- this is a great place to grow.  We grow in Christ, the true source of the abundant life.     Thank you to all those that have already re-enrolled on FastDirect.  It is important for you to now fill in your application form and pay the $50 individual/$75 family application fee so we can process your information.  Please stop by the office for any assistance.

Sports Update…..  The 7^th & 8^th grade boys co-op (with Holy Trinity Lutheran and Zion Christian) baseball team dropped their last game of the season this past Monday …… Our Savior Lutheran, Grand Rapids will host a Track & Field Meet on Friday, May 28^th.  Drivers are needed.  Please contact the office if you can help.

Why do children spell farm “E-I-E-I-O”?       Did Old MacDonald teach that?

Grow & Go!  This week’s Bible verse under our school year theme is from Isaiah 6:8….. Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?  And who will go for us?”  And I said, “Here am I.  Send me”