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Dear Principal,
People need you. Listen and serve.
DJ
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NWD Focus
The NWD exists to encourage, network and equip leaders. Call DJ, Dennis or President Lueck as ministry happens in your church and school.
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NLSW
National Lutheran Schools Week is more than celebrating the 1376 early childhood centers, 871 elementary schools and 88 high schools. It is more than celebrating the 230,800+ students enrolled in these schools. It is more than a week of school spirit and fun games. It is more than a pat on the back for the outstanding teachers/principals/pastors and support staff that make our schools excellent. NLSW is about celebrating God at work in His Kingdom. Families are transformed, people are changed because Christ is proclaimed. Schools as entry points into God's presence are worth celebrating. Call your area Lutheran School and celebrate them today.
"Our schools are amazing incubators for faithful witness of God's love for us through Christ by teachers and students alike." (Terry Schmidt, Director of Schools)
NLSW 2014 Theme: Witness Always - Raising Up Faithful Disciples
Theme Songs: Sharing the Caring Christ (by Lana Gibbons) and Rise, Shine, You People (LSB 825). Worship and Resource Manual: Found on the LCMS website. Includes theme songs, chapel talk, daily Scripture investigations and eyewitness interviews, early childhood options, faculty devotions, resources from ministry partners.
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Hearts for Jesus- Owen's Mission
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Genesis Virtual Academy
GVA, a ministry of Mayer Lutheran High School, can help you serve your students at any time. With second semester right around the corner, we want you to know that we are ready to provide the following:
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CAPE
Wondering what is happening nationally with CAPE? Check out their monthly newsletter online. The PDF version of this month's Outlook is available for download at the following address:
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New Lea Home Page Photo Feature
Lutheran classrooms-way to grow!
You're invited to send a jpg (as an attachment) of your classroom in action. As a precaution, we will not caption the name of the teacher or the school- just a bunch of kids learning in a Lutheran classroom. Adult Bible study and faculty-at-work photos welcome too! Send your photo to: ed.grube@lea.org.
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Teachers
If you are hiring, please contact the office. DJ receives names every week and can provide you a list of candidates, people who WANT to move to Wisconsin! If you would like reminders and support in the call process, let me know.
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Tuition
Tuition may be set already for next year, but check this article to see if you and the Board are on the right track. Do you need to change how you talk about money?
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Win from the Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF)
Introducing the Top Teachers Photo Contest! Submit a photo of your Lutheran school teacher(s) by Jan. 19 and win your Lutheran school up to $250 for continued education. Our Lutheran schools are blessed with great educators-lift up a teacher and submit a photo! The contest is sponsored by Lutheran Church Extension Fund. (Thanks to Gene Menzel for this lead.) |
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EC Conference
Concordia University Nebraska holds an annual early Childhood conference, this year's is June 18, 2014. Information will be out in April, but will highlight Diane Trister Dodge and Deb Stroh. Google their website for more information later this spring.
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Board Training
January leadership meetings were well attended around the District. Resources from the meetings are located on the District webpage. Ready for additional equipping from the District Office? School board training, elders retreats, discipleship awareness, teamwork, etc. Let us ignite your ministry with a fresh voice.
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AR Challenge
An email was sent sharing information about the National AR challenge. Are you doing it? Share your information on our Facebook page: facebook.com/nwdlcms
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LEIF Instructions
All commissioned workers are expected to have an updated LEIF on the school Portal. Help your staff complete their LEIF by providing time during a meeting or in-service to get it done. Not sure where to start? Use the instructions provided on the district website under the schools tab.
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New Call Documents
A new version of the Call Document for Ordained Pastors (v3.4) and a new version of the Call Document for Commissioned Ministers (v3.4) have been posted on CPH's website. The new Call documents reflect the changes in the Concordia Health Plan (co-pays) which took effect January 1.
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Principal Academy - NLSA training
Terry Schmidt has cleared his schedule to lead our training on February 20th, 2014. This is the new date we agreed to at the last Principal Academy. Plan to attend to better understand your valuable leadership role as Principal, Consultant and Captain around the new materials implemented this year.
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Did you see the listserv posts on school alert systems? Here is a snapshot:
School Reach is great!
We now use RenWeb for accounting and parent communication. The parent communication component works well. I especially find the Parent Alert app on my iPad and iPhone easy to send out messages from wherever.
We currently are with Alert Solutions. The previous company we used was Honeywell, and I was very pleased with them as well. Both allowed our parents to register to receive multiple contacts: email, text, home phone, cell phone, etc. We started using this strictly for snow day cancellations, but it very quickly developed into a great tool to announce game and practice changes as well as many other uses. We can set up 'canned' announcements as well as customized. A couple minutes typing the announcement into the website, and it instantly goes out to your chosen group (these, also, were built by us in advance - every grade, the choirs, band, each sports team, etc.)"
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 DJ
Here is some of the work from the past few weeks:
- Facebook page roll-out
- Leadership meetings held
- Elders Retreat held
- School visits continue
- School staff issues troubleshooting
- Planning Trego
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Serving You,
DJ Schult
Assistant to the President
North Wisconsin District-LCMS
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SAVE THE DATE
WCRIS Conference
February 7
LEA National Administrators Conference
February 13-15
NWD Principal Academy
February 20
April 10
Trego Leadership Conference
August 4-6
Early Childhood Conference
August 8
PCWC
October 23-24
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