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News
- Kindergarten Applications are now being accepted
- Information on where to submit your pictures for the yearbook coming soon!
- Crossing Guard Needed: Volunteer or Paid Position. Hours are Monday through Friday 8:15 to 9:15 am and 2:45 to 3:15 p.m. Inquire in the front office.
- Looking for a parent volunteer to update student information and maintain emergency shed/first aid supplies.
- Grandparent's Day scheduled in December has been cancelled!
- Thank you to all the parents that came to the Fall Wine Pairing Dinner. We raised approximately $5600. Those of you that bought wine, Kari Franz will be contacting you when it is available for pick-up from GSLS.
- Our middle schoolers are awesome! They raised over $3100 at the phone-a-thon on Nov. 3. Way to go!
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Help needed:
Please share with your students that the outside stairs near the 2nd grade classroom that go behind the building are for emergency use only. This area is off limits. In addition, students are to remain on the sidewalks and out of the landscaped bark area directly below the kindergarten room. Thank you for your cooperation.
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Christmas Chapel Rehearsal
3rd, 4th and 5th Grades
December 2
Chapel
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Bring a bag lunch to eat together from 12:15 to 1:00 p.m.
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News from the School Garden
The school garden harvested a big crop of corn and potatoes this fall. Check with your students to see if they tried the corn on the cob, roasted potatos (cooked by the first grade garden class), and potato leek soup, in the past two weeks. It was delicious and there is something about growing it yourself!
pinchmysalt.com/2008/03/19/a-hearty-potato-leek-soup-recipe-for-the-last-days-of-winter If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email Mary Schmitz @ mary.schmitz@goodshepherdlutheran.org. |
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Help us Earn $$ for Our School with Scrip and Escrip
Here's How:
1) Register your Safeway Card (friends & relatives too!)
· Scrip team will be in the Fellowship Hall before & after Sunday services on 11/14
· Or email your Safeway card number (not phone number) to Nicole Kropelnicki at nmkropelnicki@yahoo.com
· If you have friends or relatives who shop at Safeway (or Von's, Dominick's, Pavilions and more), get their card number too!
· No one ever sees the purchases, and this is FREE money to the school. It does not affect your club card discount, just shop like you usually do!
2) Buy our Gift Cards
· We sell gift cards (just like the ones you buy at the store or Safeway). No extra fees - just pay the face value of the card.
· Over 60 to choose from: Macy's, Starbucks, Chevy's, Peet's and so many more!
· How to buy cards:
o In the Fellowship Hall (every Sunday between now and Christmas - except 11/21)
o Every Wednesday/Thursday morning from 8:20 to 9:10
o Email Paula Knight at peapknight@yahoo.com
3) Win!
· This week and next week (11/7 and 11/14) anyone who registers their Safeway card or purchases a gift card will be entered into a raffle for a $25 American Express gift card.
· One winner each week!
Scrip Fun Facts
A simple change in shopping habits makes a big difference.
· By purchasing my toddlers diapers at Safeway instead of somewhere else, I am earning $55 for GS in a year.
· If 50 families made a similar change (what do you buy somewhere else that you could buy at Safeway?) that would be $2,750 in money for our school!
Are you a coffee drinker? Do you stop at Starbucks several days a week? Consider this possible scenario:
· If a person drinks Starbucks/Peet's coffee an average of 3 times a week (large latte)
· They pay for those lattes using gift cards they purchased from GSLS, and that purchase earns GSLS $50 a year
· If 100 people in the entire GS church and school population did the same, this would be $5000 to GS. And we know there are at least 100 of us out there! How about 200 people, then $10,000!
· All for just taking the time to get your gift card from us.
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"Why Gender Matters in Educating Boys and Girls"
Dr. Leonard Sax, is coming to The Presentation School in Sonoma. It is open to all parents in the Bay Area. Dr. Sax is a pediatrician, psychologist and best-selling author of "Boys Adrift" and "Girls on the Edge". He will be speaking about why gender matters and the emerging science of sex differences. This is a fabulous opportunity to provide an enrichment opportunity to all parents in the North Bay. The event is FREE, but please make sure to to have interested parties register in advance.
You are cordially invited to a presentation by a best-selling author and nationally recognized speaker
Dr. Leonard Sax: "Why Gender Matters in Educating Boys and Girls"
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Presentation Activity Center
Open House 6 PM
Lecture 7 PM
FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION CLICK HERE
Please feel free to share this with your friends, or better yet, invite a friend to attend with you. Whether you have sons or daughters, I think this will be a very informative presentation not to be missed.
We hope to see you there!
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Operation Christmas Child
Event:Operation Christmas Child
Event Date: Collection no later than November 16th
Time: Start: Now
Time: End: 11/16/2010 5pm
Location: Church School Office
Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of God's love.
How you and your child can participate...
Shop with your child to buy gifts for a child of the same age and gender as themselves.
Wrap an adult size shoebox with Christmas wrapping paper; wrapping the top and bottom separately.
Fill the wrapped shoebox with purchased items and include $7 for shipping. In a separate envelope, you may enclose a note to the child and a photo of yourself or your family. If you include your name and the school address, the child may write back.
Say a prayer for the child who will be receiving your box.
Gift Ideas...
TOYS - small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, jump ropes, small Etch A Sketch®, Slinky®, etc.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES - pens, pencils and sharpener, crayons or markers, stamps and ink pad sets, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, coloring and picture books, etc.
HYGIENE ITEMS - toothbrush, toothpaste, mild bar soap (in a plastic bag), comb, washcloth, etc.
OTHER - Hard candy and lollipops (please double bag all candy), mints, gum, T-shirts, socks, ball caps; sunglasses, hair clips, toy jewelry, watches,
DO NOT INCLUDE: Used or damaged items; war-related items such as toy guns, knives or military figures; chocolate or food; out-of-date candy; liquids or lotions; medications or vitamins; breakable items such as snow globes or glass containers; aerosol cans.
Cost: $7/Shoe box
Contact Person: Justin Bayne
Email: justin.bayne@goodshepherdlutheran.org
Phone: 415.897.2123 ext. 304
Please click here for instructions and label for your shoe box
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Family Advent Night
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and School
cordially invite you to attend
Family Advent Night
Sunday, December 5, 2010
4:00pm-7:00pm
Fellowship Hall
Please join us for an evening of children's arts and crafts, potluck dinner, tree trimming and
Potluck Dinner Suggestions:
A-L Main Dish
M-S Side/Salad
T-Z Dessert
Coordinators: Kris Cameron and Lorri Murk
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Early Alert To Schools
Whooping cough (pertussis) has been widespread in California during 2010. The California Department of Public Health recommends that all Californians 10 years and older receive a booster shot against pertussis (also known as "Tdap"). Moreover, Assembly Bill 354. now chaptered into California Law, requires students to be immunized against pertussis:
For further information regarding requirements please see attached letter.
Early Alert from CDPH |
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GSLS Yearbook Committee Needs You!
Yearbook contributing photographers are still needed for the 3's, K, 1st, 3rd and 6th grade classes.
We're thrilled to announce the creation of our first
GSLS Elementary & Pre-School Yearbook
For the 2010 - 2011 School Year
This edition will be separate and in addition to the fabulous GSLS Middle School Yearbook. We are thankfully under the creative direction of our very own Mrs. Betts, supported by a newly formed Yearbook Committee. It is sure to be an incredibly special keepsake of memories for our children for years to come!
How can you help?
- TAKE PHOTOS!
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Capture all of the great memories of school events - whether classroom parties, Harvest Festival, Book Fair, Field Trips or even just everyday life on campus! -
We'll be posting details on how to upload your digital photo submissions & coordinating efforts by class!
- JOIN THE YEARBOOK COMMITTEE!!
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We know you're out there... High School Yearbook Committee alumni that miss the thrill of photo selection and layout sheets!!! Join us as we create some yearbook magic, Elementary-style! -
We'll be looking for AT LEAST ONE PARENT VOLUNTEER PER CLASS to help us coordinate submissions and captions. - This is a perfect volunteer hour opportunity from home! After a to-be-scheduled kick off meeting, it can all be done over email & internet!
- Contact Joe Covert (jcovert@restorationhardware.com) for more details or to sign up!
- Information on where to submit your pictures for the yearbook is coming soon!
Thank you for your support!
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Tru Scan Fingerprint Services
We appreciated the opportunity to participate in your annual Harvest Festival, what a very fun event. My wife Lynda and I really enjoyed our time there. As you know we provided CHILD IDENTIFICATION CD's to the parents for $5.00 each. These CD's contain fingerprints and photos as well as personal history data and contact information of the child and the parents. The proceeds of those CD's purchased went to the Good Shepherd Lutheran School Parents Association. We raised over $90.00 on Saturday, thanks to those who were able to participate. We would like to extend the offer to those families who were not able to participate by offering the service at our office. So we will collect $5.00 per CD for the Parents Association until the end of the 2010/2011 school year. The money collected will be then provided to the PA to use for any of the great programs they assist in. Just bring your school age child(ren) to our offices at 1620 Grant Ave. # 3 in Novato anytime Monday through Friday from 9am to 6pm. We would love to see you and further support the Parents Association.
Thanks again,
Tony and Lynda Pinochi
Tru Scan Fingerprint Services
324 4th Street Santa Rosa, Ca 95404 707-566-7226
1620 Grant Avenue, ste 3, Novato 94945 415-878-2900
NO APPT NEEDED
www.truscanfingerprints.com |
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