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PANTHER PATTER
A weekly newsletter of St. Paul’s Lutheran School (January 14, 2021)
WELCOME OUR STUDENT TEACHERS TO ST. PAUL’S
Hello members of St.Paul's! My name is Brooke
Newton and I am in my fourth year out of my five year
program at Martin Luther College. I am majoring in
Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education.
At MLC, I was able to be involved in many different
kinds of activities, such as intramural sports and
become a supervisor on campus for the student
activity room!
I am from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin and have lived there
my entire life. I have two sisters- one older and one
younger, and a younger brother, as well as a brother-
in-law! I enjoy reading, camping, and traveling to
different countries with my fiancé. We have been
blessed to travel to 13 different countries together
and explore God's creation!
During my time at St. Paul's, I will be student teaching with Mrs. Fehr in second grade. I
am very excited to learn and grow during my time here and am thankful for the
opportunity to serve at your school and in your congregation!
Brooke Newton
Hello, St. Paul members! My name is Lydia Bitter and I will be joining you for the next few
weeks as a student teacher in Mrs. Peterson’s 7th grade classroom. This will be my final
semester at MLC before I graduate this spring with a major in Elementary Education.
My large family and I live in Bemidji, Minnesota. I enjoy all things related to soccer, any and
all sorts of crafts, and playing games with family and friends. At MLC, I was able to enjoy
playing soccer and gained friendships that have been incredible blessings to me.
I am so grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow during my time here with you. I am
excited to meet you!
Lydia Bitter
Call Meeting Update
The voting assembly was moved by the Holy Spirit to issue a call to Mrs. Laura Schaper to teach second grade
starting in the fall of 2021. She would be talking the position of Mrs. Linnette Fehr who will be retiring at the end
of this year. Mrs. Schaper currently teaches at St. John's Lutheran School in Nodine, MN. Please keep Laura and
her family in your prayers.
SAVE THE DATE
Open enrollment for the online application system for Wisconsin Parental Choice Program for the
2021/22 school year begins on February 1, 2021. Watch for more details in future Panther Patters.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Hot Lunch Program is in need of volunteers each day to help serve hot lunch. No MISSION
experience is necessary. Volunteers would need to be at the school from 11:00 AM to OFFERINGS
about 12:30 PM. For more information or to sign up, contact Food Service Director, Stacy TO- DATE
Waldner, at swaldner@stpaulsonalaska.org.
Week Amount
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS FOR 2021-2022
GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT ST.
DUE MARCH 1,PAUL’S
2021 LUTHERAN SCHOOL 9/2/2020 $24.72
WELS families may now begin applying for financial assistance to help with fees for children attending 9/9/2020 $19.81
grades K – 8 at St. Paul’s for 2021-2022. Unfortunately, we do not have assistance available for non-
WELS families or for preschool fees through the church. However, Wisconsin residents in 4K- 8th grade 9/16/2020 $32.41
who qualify, may apply for the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program through the Wisconsin Department
of Education. Watch for details in the coming weeks for more information regarding this program. 9/23/2020 $42.78
9/30/2020 $76.20
How to apply for Financial Assistance from the Ginny Viner Scholarship Fund
10/7/2020 $49.97
1. Download and print the Financial Aid Assistance Worksheet 2021/212 found on St, Paul’s
website. 10/14/2020 $44.67
2. Use this worksheet to help you gather all necessary information to complete the online 10/21/2020 $72.16
application. (The worksheet is NOT submitted to either TADS or St. Paul's.)
3. Once you have completed the worksheet, go to myTADS.com. Next to Financial Aid 11/4/2020 $62.51
Assessment, hit "Click to Log In." Log in with your credentials or hit "Create a New Account."
12/9/2020 $52.15
4. Contact TADS if you have any questions (800-477-8237). At the end of the worksheet you will
find several other options for reaching TADS: online chat, email, phone, etc. 12/16/2020 $71.35
1/6/2021 $32.71
SNOW DAYS AND SCHOOL CLOSINGS 1/13/2021 $37.02
As a reminder, the procedures we will follow for snow days and early dismissals WHEN THE PUBLIC Total $618.46
SCHOOLS ARE IN SESSION:
We will be closed if EITHER Onalaska Public Schools or Holmen Public Schools are closed prior to the beginning of school DUE TO
WEATHER. They provide our transportation and therefore they determine if it is safe for us to have school. Please listen to your local radio
and television stations or sign-up for mobile text messaging at WKBT http://www.news8000.com/weather/news-8-to-go or WXOW
http://www.wxow.com/category/162467/interactive-radar for weather alerts and announcements concerning school closings.
The public schools also determine if there will be an early closing. Generally, we will only be sending students home early from the school
district which closes early. Other students may also be released, but only to their parents, and only if parents come to school and
pick up their own children. If both school districts close early, St. Paul’s will close also. In that case, parents would be asked to pick
up their students by a designated time.
On a rare occasion, one of the public schools may start late. If that happens, we will start on time and those children whose buses are
running late will arrive at school late unless their parents are able to bring them in at the regular time. They will not be marked tardy. Pre-
ordered hot lunches will be ordered that morning for all late students.
Students who ride a Luther bus will not have bus transportation when Luther is closed and will need to provide their own transportation to
and from school.
If the public schools are not in-person, please watch ParentSquare and for text alerts, when there is
questionable weather.
MPORTANT UPCOMING MEETING FOR MEMBERS OF ST. PAUL’S, SUNDAY, JANUARY 24
Congregational Voters' Meeting for all St. Paul’s members will be held Sunday, January 24 at 11:45 am. This meeting
will pertain to the Building Project. Agenda items include:
1) Site plan approval
2) Fund appeal approval
3) Fund appeal services provider
4) Approval to contract construction management service
5) Approval for excess funds reallocation proposal of 19/20 Ministry Plan
GENERATING TUITION PAID TAX REPORT FOR 2020 Your family may benefit from a 2020 state tax deduction using Schedule PS. You will need to include the Federal Employee Identification Number (FEIN). St. Paul’s number is: 39-1208234.To generate the statement, 1. Log in to your account and select the billing portal, 2. Then select the billing account number for this year, 3. Select reports, 4. Select Household Paid Tuition Tax Report, 5. Input the tax year, 6. Print pdf. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. TRAVEL AND THE PANDEMIC; ANTIBODY TESTING & QUARANTINE If you missed these two articles, please visit last week’s Panther Patter.
GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT ST.
It’s National Adult Crossing Guard Week. PAUL’S LUTHERAN SCHOOL
Thank you to those who help to keep our
Cuneiform? What’s
kid’s safe! that? Cuneiform is a
system of writing first
developed by the
Sumerians of
Mesopotamia
around 3,00-3,500
years before Christ
was born in
Bethlehem. Writers
used a stylus to
press the symbols
into soft clay.
Students in seventh grade
created their own cuneiform
symbols and wrote
messages in play dough.
They then practiced reading
messages from others.
Translating pictures to
words,
sounds, or
letters takes time. An exercise
like this makes it clear that a
standardized system makes
communication much more
efficient!
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