BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION Valley Lutheran School Email Blast For 05/08/2015 MIXING MUSIC AND ART Come listen to our elementary students make a joyful noise on Tuesday, May 12th at 7 p.m.! This will be the last concert of the year and the last for Miss Tempa Haines with Valley Lutheran. Before the concert you will be able to admire the art work your students This year we will be having awards during the school day so that ALL of our students can be a part of it. Awards MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS will be on May 15th starting at 12:30 p.m. We are hoping that with having this create at 6:30 p.m. This will be Mrs. Jennifer Wynstras last art show. These ladies have truly blessed Valley Lutheran with their talents and will be greatly missed! news out early, parents can make arrangements to come. GRADUATION PRACTICE Practice for graduation will be on Friday, May 15th at 1:30 p.m. It is mandatory that our seniors are here for this practice. NO VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE ON SUNDAY HAPPY MOTHER S DAY YOU RE INVITED! Mark your calendars for the 2015 Valley Graduation! Graduation will be Saturday, May 16th at 11 a.m. Come and support our Seniors as they complete a very special milestone in their lives!
ART IN THE COURIER YOU DID IT! Congratulations are in order for several Valley Lutheran artists. Grades 4th through 8th participated in The Courier's Design an Ad contest. Art students were asked to design an ad for an area business. The business owners then chose a winning ad from each grade. You can Trinity Davenport will be hosting a golf tournament on May 16 at Rustic Ridge in Eldridge, Iowa. They have tee times reserved, beginning at 9 a.m. If any student-athletes would like to compete, please let Mr. GOLF ANYONE? see the ads in The Celebrations section of Sunday, April 26th Courier. This year's winners are: Peyton Chambers 4th Grade Kassidy Dunbar 5th Grade Abby Stickler 6ht Grade Nick Beier 7th Grade Emma Liger 8th Grade Simmer know at ehren.simmer@ vlscrusaders.org or by calling 319-266-4565. Any parents that would like to golf with their student are more than welcome to. The school goal for Building on the Foundation has been met! The large puzzle is completed! The students contributed $222 on the last JEANS DAY! That put us over the top of $2340. Thank you all for helping our school. To God Be The Glory! Classroom committee chairpersons, Barb Gregersen and Jan Miller The last day to order the 2014-2015 Valley Lutheran yearbook is Monday, May 18th. Follow the instructions in the mailings you have received from Jostens or go 2014-15 YEARBOOKS to jostens.com and search for "Valley Lutheran High School." Yearbooks are $40.00 with additional personalization items, such as name engraving, available online. Please contact Vanessa Ebling, Yearbook Adviser, or email publications@vlscrusaders.org with any questions or concerns. YEARBOOK SPONSORS Do you have a business that you would like to advertise? Maybe you work for a company that would like their name seen by many? Why not help with sponsoring the yearbook! For a form or if you have more questions about this please contact Mrs. Ebling at vanessa.ebling@vlscrusaders. org. Page 2
The Boosters will have a table set up during the choir concert on the 12th and will BOOSTERS be selling Valley clothing as well as the Driveway Art. If you have any questions please contact Jennifer Kimmerle at jkimmerle@jtt.net. Due to circumstances surrounding last weekend's post prom, we will be "re-doing" post prom on Monday, May 18. Students who purchased prom tickets should meet at school at 4:00 to be bused POST PROM UPDATE down to AirFX in Hiawatha. We will return back to Valley around 7:30. There is no charge for this, however AirFx sells food so students interested in purchasing food should bring money with them. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at linsay.hall@vlscrusaders.org. VOLLEYBALL OPEN GYM All High School and 8th grade students interested in improving their volleyball skills, working on their fitness, and building Crusader team spirit are invited to Valley-exclusive Open Gyms on Sundays from 4:30-6 in the Valley gym. There will be fitness-focused activities, volleyball drills, and scrimmages (as participating numbers permit). The more volleyball players who attend, the better the activities will be! Get a jump on team building for next year and bring your best to Open Gym! Any questions, please email Gwen Bramlet-Hecker at gwenmary@hotmail.com. We have some donated printer ink that the school can not use-if interested call the office at 266-4565. UNUSED PRINTER INK HP-45 (2) HP-94 (5) HP-51626A (2) HP-51641A (1) HP-C1816A (1) HP-29 (1) HP-95 (2) CANON-BCI-10 (4) Page 3
MAINTENANCE BUILDING AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE Valley Lutheran School has been very blessed with a Lawn Mowing Crew, with Jerry Walter as the lead, but we need more help. There is trimming that needs to be done, lights to be changed, ceiling tiles to replace, faucets that need to be replaced, etc. Eric Schmitz (school parent and board member) would like to start a Maintenance and Grounds Committee at Valley. This would be in addition to/including the Lawn Mowing Crew. Eric is looking for hard working individuals to complete the work that needs to be completed at Valley. Not only does the committee need hard working individuals, the committee also needs those that have experience in maintenance and grounds to guide the committee in the right direction. Eric will be holding a meeting Monday, May 11 at 6:00 P.M. at Valley Lutheran in the Conference Room. The topic of discussion will be what the strengths are of each individual in attendance, discussing the tasks that need to be completed at the school and developing a plan to complete the work discussed. If you are a parent, grandparent or friend of Valley Lutheran and would like to be part of keeping the school looking amazing on the inside and outside, please come to the meeting Monday, May 11 at 6:00 P.M. in the Board Room. If you would like to be involved, but cannot attend the meeting, please call Eric Schmitz at 319-404-0262. HY-VEE RECIEPT TOTALS The GRAND TOTAL is in for Hy-Vee receipts!! Valleys supporters brought in a total of $440,934.46!!! That is $23,099.09 more then last year. This total will give the school $2204.67! Valley has to thank all those that saved up their receipts and brought them in. A special thank you to Becky Decker for all her work on this. Thank you to Bruce Decker, Kassidy Dunbar, Holly Rich, Jody Dunbar, Jacob Donaldson, Colton Ott, Haley Clark, and Shanda Knight for helping her in sorting and counting the receipts up! What a blessing! You can start saving receipts once again starting with a June 1, 2015 date. Page 4
CONTEST FOR SCIENCE SOS SWEEPSTAKES! Go to http://supportourscience. com/sweepstakes/ to give Valley a chance at winning $10,000 towards our science program! (From the website) Science is everywhere. It s the DNA for progress and possibility. Support Our Science is committed to igniting students passion for science, technology, engineering and math on-air, online, in the classroom and in local communities. Science Channel and Discovery Education, together with partners, The Planetary Society, Girls Inc, and Maker Ed will ensure our kids are the next generation of innovators, problem solvers, and game changers. Thank you parent, Treva Burrington for bringing this to our attention! Check out their website! http//:supportourscience. com EVENTS AT A GLANCE 5/11: Maintenance Committee @ 6 p.m. 5/11: Senior Parent Meeting @ 6 p.m. 5/12: 6th/7th Grade Field Trip @ 8:40 a.m. 5/12: Elementary Spring Concert and Fine Arts Night @ 6:30 p.m. 5/13: Board Meeting @ 4:30 p.m. 5/14: 6th Grade Field Trip @ 8 a.m. 5:15: Awards @ 12:30 p.m. 5/15: Graduation Practice @ 1:30 p.m. 5/16: Graduation @ 11 a.m. 5/18: Boosters Meeting @ 6:30 p.m. Page 5
WATERLOO BUCKS Please join us for Valley Lutheran Schools Night at the Waterloo Bucks! This fun and exciting event for students, staff, families, and friends will take place on Thursday, May 28th at 7:05pm. Gates open at 6:05pm and students who attend the game may be selected to participate in on-field activities and contests. Valley Lutheran Schools families can buy tickets at just $4.00! Tickets can be purchased using the flyer distributed at school, or by calling the Bucks ticket office at 319-232-5633. Ascension Lutheran Students in grades 4-6 received information and registration forms for Camp VBS at Ascension Lutheran June 9-11. Pre-registration is required for this event, and will be open until May 26 or until camp is full - whichever comes first! We would love for you to join us for 3 days and 2 nights! We are based at church, but do several out trips, worship sessions, workshops, and tons of games! Join us for "My VBS THIS SUMMER Lifeguard Walks on Water!" Ascension will also have VBS for the younger grades in August from the 3rd to the 7th. For more information call Ascension 233-1358. Faith Lutheran Faith Lutheran is having VBS July 19-23 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. A meal will be served at 5:00 p.m. for those who wish to come, a free will donation will be taken. Grace and Immanuel Lutheran Grace Lutheran and Immanuel Lutheran will once again partner for VBS at Grace (1024 w. 8th St. in Waterloo). Students 4 years old-5 th grade are invited to attend Camp Discovery the week of July 19-23, 5:30-8:00pm. There will be a light supper included. You can registration electronically on the Immanuel website @ www.ilcv.org or pick up a form from either church. Page 6 There will be handouts coming soon!