SPRING ACTIVITY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL

The Charger News April 10, 2014 Volume 40, Issue 29 www.ccls-stlouis.org Inside this issue: SCRIP News 2 AmazonSmile 2 Thrivent Choice Dollars 2 Annie Jr. Needs You 2 Summer ECE Camp 2 Boy Scout BBQ 2 PATT Volunteer Celebration 3 Important Upcoming Dates 4 In Our Prayers 4 SPRING ACTIVITY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL The spring is a very busy time of the year for our CCLS middle school students. Between athletic teams, academic opportunities, and activities in the fine arts, the vast majority of our middle school students are involved outside of the classroom in school-sponsored activities. In addition, our students continue to do very well in their academic performances! SPRING MUSICAL: 56 students are acting in the upcoming musical, Annie, Jr., to be performed on Thursday, May 1, and Saturday, May 3, at. SHOW CHOIR: 33 girls are preparing for their performance of the Who Wrote the Book of Love medley at the middle school Fine Arts Concert on May 6. BAND: 69 middle school students make up our three bands, preparing for a concert at Lutheran South as well as the May 6 concert in the Concordia Center. GOLF: 17 boys make up three golf teams that will compete in various CYC tournaments. FIELD HOCKEY: 26 girls make up two field hockey teams that compete in the Gateway League (5th/6th) and in a league against other public and private schools (7th/8th) in the St. Louis area. BOYS VOLLEYBALL: A dozen 7th and 8th grade boys participated in a short boys' volleyball season culminating in a city tournament in St. Charles. TRACK: More than 40 middle school students are participating in track this spring under the leadership of Mrs. Karen Brown. NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY: 24 students (including 11 new inductees) are involved in CCLS' chapter of the NJHS sponsored by Ms. Darcey Caciano. DESTINATION IMAGINATION: 27 students representing 4 DI teams have been working hard preparing for competitions, and one elementary team and one middle school team head to the State Tournament in Joplin, MO, this coming weekend. HONOR ROLL: The vast majority of our middle school students appeared on the 3rd quarter honor roll, including a record number of 8th graders (almost 25%) appearing on our "Distinguished Honors" list as a result of an overall GPA over 98%! Call Day at the Sem 4 Pack 319 needs Cubmaster 4 Yearbook orders 4 CCLS Mission Statement Christ Community Lutheran School exists to nurture each child through the Gospel to live the faith and share the Good News of Jesus Christ in an innovative environment of academic excellence. CCLS Vision Statement CCLS will be a premier school in both academic excellence and faithintegrated education, raising up and sending out strong and secure Christian disciples and witnesses. P.A.T.T. News If you are ao alumoi of CCLS, please click or scao the QRL code below to fill out ao alumoi iofornatioo forn. Also, if you koow other alumoi please forward this oo to them. We would like to coooect with as maoy alumoi as we cao. Come one! Come all! April 24th is the evening for our Family Education Night that will be held at our Kirkwood campus. This night will also serve as an event to thank all of the people who have given countless volunteer hours for our school. Bogart's will be providing a wonderful dinner at no cost to you. RSVP's for dinner are required so open the flyer (pg. 3) and click on the link to RSVP for this fun evening and put April 24th on your calendar. The Scholastic Book Fair "Fiesta" is coming to the Kirkwood campus on May 5th-7th! Look for details and volunteer opportunities in the coming weeks! DATE CHANGE: The School Picnic has been moved to the last day of school, Friday, May 23rd. Mark your calendars to join us for lunch at the Kirkwood Park immediately following school dismissal until 2pm. Menu and lunch order details will be available in the coming weeks, or you are welcome to bring your own "picnic" lunch! Curious about PATT? Interested in sharing your gifts next year? PATT is looking for new faces and volunteers to help with coordinating Parent Enrichment activities as well as others. If you'd like to get involved, get in touch with Karla or Anna at CCLS.patt@gmail.com.

Page 2 The Charger News Put your shopping dollars to work for you! We will have SCRIP the week following Easter since we have school on that Monday. If you have any questions or comments about SCRIP, please feel free to e-mail me at Scrip@cclsstlouis.org or call me at 314-822-7774. Sherry Jokerst, SCRIP Director Here s an easy way to support CCLS: Shop AmazonSmile, purchase products, and Amazon will donate a portion of your purchase price to CCLS! Just select Christ Community Lutheran School as your charitable organization on your first visit to AmazonSmile. Or simply start shopping at this link: Donate to CCLS on AmazonSmile Thrivent members: Support CCLS and Thrivent Thrivent members, select CCLS the first time you direct Choice Dollars between April 1 and May 31, 2014, and our school will receive an extra $20 grant from Thrivent Financial! Through the "Direct Now... and add $20!" campaign, Thrivent will give an extra $20 for each member who chooses to direct Choice Dollars to our school first. Start here! Annie Jr. needs you! If you would like to help this year's middle school drama by sewing simple costumes or finding/making props, please contact Ms. Albers by calling the middle school office or emailing her (balbers@ccls-stlouis.org). Thank you! HolyLand Adventure Saturday, April 12 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Concordia Lutheran Church. Become part of history as you see, hear, touch and even taste what it was like to live in Bible times! Explore authentic marketplace shops, visit the synagogue, dance to lively Bible songs and sa mple tasty tidbits as you discover more about life when Jesus walked the earth. Free for all ages! For more information visit CKhome.org/HolyLand. Boy Scout Troop 319 BBQ, Saturday, April 19, 2014, 10am 1:00 p.m. Dine in or carry out at the Youth And Community Center at the Lutheran Church of Webster Gardens, 8749 Watson Road, 63119 Hamburger Dinner (Hamburger, 2 sides & drink). $4.00 Brat Dinner (Brat, 2 sides & drink).... $4.00 Hot Dog Dinner (Hot dog, 2 sides & drink)... $3.00 ALA CARTE ITEMS Hamburger.. $2.00 Brat. $2.00 Hot Dog $1.00 Sides (Baked Beans, potato salad, cole slaw, chips). $.75 Soda (cola, lemon lime, diet, Mt. Dew, DP) & Water $1.00

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Page 4 Important upcoming dates: April 14-17 Achievement Test Week Thurs., Apr. 17 Maundy Thursday Fri., Apr. 18 Good Friday NO SCHOOL The Charger News To submit Charger articles, please email to: mluttrell@ccls-stlouis.org We re on the Web! www.ccls-stlouis.org Mon., Apr. 21 Snow Day make-up day SCHOOL IS IN SESSION Thurs., Apr. 24 Tues., April 29 Thurs, May 1 & Sat., May 3 May 5-7 Tues., May 6 May 12-14 Fri., May 23 PATT Volunteer Appreciation 6/7/8 Grade Combined Bands @ LHSS Practice @ 8:30-10:45am and Concert at 7:30pm Spring MS Musical Annie, Jr. Scholastic Book Fair at Kirkwood Campus - Middle School Spring Fine Arts Concert 6/7/8 Grade Class Trips PATT Family Picnic - PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE Achievement tests are next week! Eat a good breakfast & get a good night of sleep. Call Day at the Sem Concordia Seminary invites the public to share in the joy of Call Day on Tues., April 29, 2014. Fourth-year and second-year students will receive their calls and vicarage assignments, respectively, into the ministry at the 2014 Call Day services. Students who will serve as vicars next year will receive their assignments at a worship service starting at 3:00pm at Concordia Seminary s Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus. Rev. Russell L. Sommerfeld, president of the Nebraska District, will serve as preacher. Candidates for the pastoral ministry will receive their first calls to serve as pastors, chaplains, and missionaries at a worship service also to be held at the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus. Rev. Dale L. Sattgast, president of the South Dakota District, will serve as preacher. Concordia Seminary will provide free live streaming of Call Day services at http://callday.csl.edu/ for those who are unable to attend. The helpdesk will be staffed to handle support calls at 1-866-333-2064 and 314-505-7231. A test stream will be up a few days before the event for people to test their computers in advance. The live streaming is a great opportunity for churches and their congregations to celebrate with the new vicar or pastor who will soon be a part of their church families. One way they can participate is by hosting a viewing event for their congregation. The vicarage assignments and calls will be posted on Concordia Seminary s website immediately following each service. For more information, visit the Call Day 2014 website at http://callday.csl.edu/, or contact Concordia Seminary, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO 63105; 1-800-822-5287; advancement@csl.edu. In our prayers: We Pray for Mrs. Lori Christiansen Our missionaries Our country and world leaders Our men and women serving in our armed forces, and their families who support them Cub Scout Pack 319 Needs Cubmaster Cub Scout Pack 319, Chartered at The Lutheran Church of Webster Gardens, is in need of a Cubmaster. This volunteer position can be filled by a male or female over the age of 18. There is no financial cost involved; the Pack will cover those. Training for this position is available. Duties are to help run a once monthly Pack Meeting (usually a Friday night) and attend the Pack Committee Meeting also once monthly. The committee plans the monthly events. Previous scouting experience is not required (but it is a plus) or sons to volunteer. Only requirement is a passion for working with today's youth to help guide them to be tomorrow's citizens. For more information contact: Jenn Barton (Scoutmaster/Crew Advisor) 314-599-5116 (talk/text) or bartondanandjenn@att.net OR Cyndi Moore (Pack Committee Chairman) 314-306-7159 (talk/text) or cyndi.moore@edwardjones.com or fadd89@aol.com. Crestwood Campus (ECE) Kirkwood Campus (ECE & Gr 5-8) Webster Campus (ECE & K-Gr 4) Glendale Campus (ECE) 8646 New Sappington Rd. 110 W. Woodbine Ave. 8749 Watson Road 1365 N. Sappington Road Crestwood, MO 63126 Kirkwood, MO 63122 Webster Groves, MO 63119 Glendale, MO 63122 314.842.2372 314.843.5653 (fax) 314.822.7774 314.822.5472 (fax) 314.961.6595 314.961.5166 (fax) 314.966.3220 ext. 103 CCLS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, veteran's status or national origin in its educational programs or activities, including employment and admissions. At the same time CCLS cherishes its right and duty to seek and retain a student body and personnel who will make a positive contribution to its religious character, goals, and mission in order to enhance the Lutheran, Christian tradition.

Easter Worship services for the Association Churches of Christ Community Lutheran School 8:00, 9:15, and 11:00am in Sanctuary 9:30am HolyLand Service in Recreation Center 11:00am Worship in the Sanctuary Worship in the Concordia Center Seder Meal after the 11:00am service 11:00am Worship in the Sanctuary 5:30pm Good Friday for Kids Tenebre in the Concordia Center Easter Vigil - Saturday, April 19 5:00pm in the Sanctuary 6:30am Sunrise Service at Oak Hill Cemetery 8:00am - Festival Service in the Sanctuary 9:30am and 11:00am Festival Services in the Concordia Center. Deaf interpreter at 9:30am. 8:15am and 10:45am Saturday, April 19 10:00am Easter Egg Hunt 5:00pm Service All children age 2-4th grade are invited to the Annual Egg Hunt at 10a.m. at Warson Woods Park. Join us for the egg hunt, songs and the Easter story. Please contact the church office at 966-3220 with any questions. - 8:15am and 10:45am 9:00am and 10:30am 6:30pm 5:15pm Seder Meal 9:00am, and 10:30am 3:00-5:00pm Easter Egg Hunt 9:00am 9:00am 8:00 and 10:45am 3:30pm and 3:30pm and Saturday, April 19 Easter Eggstravaganza - 10:00am-noon Puppet Shows Games & Prizes Balloon Drop Egg Hunts for Kids; Toddler to Grade 5 Bad Weather? Come Anyway! We ll hunt for eggs inside. 8:00am, 9:30am, and 10:45am