News & Events (Fri., Dec. 26, 2014)

Calvary Lutheran School & Church News & Events December 26, 2014 CALVARY LUTHERAN SCHOOL OFFICE AND CALVARY CLUB  ARE CLOSED  DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON School Office will be closed beginning Monday, December 22, 2014 until Monday, January 5, 2015.  We will be periodically checking e-mails and messages through the break.  We thank you for your support. Due to a lack of response, Calvary Club will be closed for the next two weeks during the Christmas break.  Calvary Club will resume normal operations on Monday, January 5, 2015.   Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!   DID YOU GET THE MAIL? Do you know of a CLS family who is not receiving our weekly (Friday) News & Event e-mails?  If you do, please have them contact the school secretary so that we can either check or enter their e-mail address into our mailing system and make sure they do not miss out on our important mailings. CLS sends weekly (Friday) notices, as well as any and all updates, changes to the school calendar, emergency notices and other information via e-mail (Constant Contact) only, so it is very important for you the parent to check your e-mails from Calvary and read what is going on at Calvary.  If you choose to unsubscribe from one of our e-mails, you then unsubscribe to all of our e-mail communication.     Again, contact the school secretary by phone at (510) 278-2598, or by e-mail at schoolsecretary@calvaryslz.org Thank You!    CALVARY NEEDS YOUR HELP! CLS Teachers need your help on Tuesdays and Thursdays.      Many of you are in need of PPP Hours.  What better way to start deducting those hours - by helping us at CLS volunteering to assist in covering recess and lunch breaks on TUESDAY and THURSDAYS! Morning break is at 9:50 a.m. - 10:15 a.m., and then  Lunch break/recess is at  11:25 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.  Please contact the school secretary if you are able to help.   Remember, your time helping CLS helps you to deduct those PPP hours.   It is also a wonderful time to see your child at lunch and at play with their friends and classmates and for your child to see you helping out at Calvary.              Scrips Cards are available in the office today!       Purchasing your scrips here at Calvary helps Calvary in many ways.     Scrip Gift Cards - Stop by or call the office for gift cards to local restaurants, retailers, movie theaters, gas stations, ITunes, and much more.  Scrip cards are awesome to use for yourself as well as to give as birthday gifts, anniversary, teacher appreciation, and Thank-You!   All you have to do is come by the office, you purchase the card for the full value, and the vendor donates a percentage back to Calvary!  No waiting in those long lines at the store and no hassel finding parking.             *               *               *               *               *                *                *                 *      Other ways to help Calvary earn points:         E-Scrip (Safeway)                    Box Tops                            S.H.A.R.E.         Target                                       Amazon - Smiles                Coke Points         Labels for Education               Office Depot If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the church or school secretary.     WRITING CHECKS TO CALVARY LUTHERAN SCHOOL      1.  Receipts for your checks will no longer be given, unless you specifically request for it.  Your check and the check number will be your receipt number.    2.  W hen you are writing out a check to Calvary Lutheran School - in bottom left hand corner of your check, the FOR or MEMO section, please write down your child's name and what the check is for.  Please note that HOT LUNCH should always be on a separate check.   For Example:  Memo  (write your child's name - what the payment is for)        Memo:   Karla Jones  - Tuition      or    Memo:  Blenda York - Hot Lunch If you are paying for more than one thing (i.e. Tuition and Calvary Club), then enter as the following:   Memo:   Hannah Montoya - Tuition - $541.67                                               Calvary Club - $53.00   If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school secretary. The Cold and Flu Season are here...    If you feel your child is sick or might be sick, we ask you to please keep them at home.   If your child's temperature is 99 degrees or higher, it is considered a low-grade temperature.  Please keep your child at home as whatever your child has is now considered contagious. A child must be fever free, without any medications in their system for 24 hours before they can return to school. Is your child very tired?  Does s/he have a dry cough (as opposed to one that's mucus-y)?  Is his/her appetite decreased?  Any aches or chills?   If your child shows any of these symptoms, we courage you to contact your local physician and discuss your child's symptoms. Do not forget to let your school secretary know that your child will not be in school and if you would like to pick up any homework after school. Thank You.        Calvary Calendar (mark your calendars) December 2014 22- 31 - Christmas Break  (No School, No Calvary Club, Offices Closed) 31 - New Year's Eve  January 2015 1 - Happy New Year!  (No School, No Calvary Club, Offices are Closed) 5 - Back to School 11 - Church Fellowship - Annual Bake Potato with high calorie toppings.  More information to follow** 15 - Spelling Bee  (6 pm) 16 - Quarter 2 Ends -  16 - Teacher In-Service - Half Day (Dismissal at 11:30 a.m.) - Calvary Club Open 19 - Martin Luther King Jr., Day - No School, No Calvary Club 20 - Porky's Pizza Palace - The entire school and church are invited. 25-31 - National Lutheran Schools Week 31 - Campus Beautification (9:00 a.m. - noon) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * Calvary Club is available ($5.00/hour; after 6:00 pm $4.00/minute) ** Change/Addition in Schedule                School Calendar Link:      2014-15 School Year Calendar **      *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *        *       *                          Don't forget to upload your pictures!!       New Instructions Submit your photos for the 2014-15 Yearbook online.  You may select up to 10 images or more for each upload. Photos may be of your child's field trips, classroom photos, special projects in the classroom or on the playground. To upload your photos, please go to Calvary website www.calvaryslz.org and click on "share your photo" at the bottom of the page.  Follow instructions. In addition, you will receive 1 PPP Hour for submitting 10 or more quality photos. If you have any questions, please see Jean Mussack.   Calvary Family Association (CFA) Meeting     Next CFA meeting is Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 6:45 p.m., at Porky's Pizza Palace.  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _ _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _ _     CFA Meetings are every Third Tuesday of each month at 6:45 p.m.   Make sure you join us this evening and "bring a friend or two."   Free dress on Friday, January 23rd for those students whose parents attend the CFA Meeting!            PARKING LOT SAFETY           Please do not enter the school ground  from Via Magdalena.            This is designated as an Exit Only!            Thank You.             Cars must enter the parking lot from Via Arriba (back side of lot), and exit the parking lot on Via Magdalena before and after school.     All Gates close at 8:35 am (except for Chapel and special events).  Gates will open in the afternoon at 2:50 pm.  On Half-Days gates will open at 11:20 am.  Please be careful of those students opening the gates. Please do not enter into the parking lot from Via Magdalena, as this is only to serve as an exit. Please park your car when dropping off or picking up students. Students in grades Preschool through 4th grade must be walked to class and picked up by an adult.  (Please pick up your  youngest child first). Children must stay behind the blue line and ropes (near buildings) in the parking lot. When driving on the school grounds, please slow down! Please watch out for the little ones Speed limit is 5 mph.        ***Please be sensitive to students opening the gates.  Wait until the gate is open,            student is out of the way BEFORE you proceed to your destination.     " For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."  (Isaiah 9:6)   Calvary Lutheran Church & School 17200 Via Magdalena, San Lorenzo, CA 94580 Church: (510) 278-2555 School:  (510) 278-2598 Calvary Club:  (510) 278-7688  www.calvaryslz.org  Shepherding Hearts ~ Sharpening Minds ~ Shaping Lives

News & Events (Dec. 19, 2014)

Calvary Lutheran School & Church News & Events December 19, 2014 PLEASE NOTE: CALVARY LUTHERAN SCHOOL OFFICE AND CALVARY CLUB  ARE CLOSED  DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON School Office will be closed beginning Monday, December 22, 2014 until Monday, January 5, 2015.  We will be periodically checking e-mails and messages through the break.  We thank you for your support. Due to a lack of response, Calvary Club will be closed for the next two weeks during the Christmas break.  Calvary Club will resume normal operations on Monday, January 5, 2015. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!   DID YOU GET THE MAIL? Do you know of a CLS family who is not receiving our weekly (Friday) News & Events e-mails?  If you do, please have them contact the school secretary so that we can either check or enter their e-mail address into our mailing system and make sure they do not miss out on our important mailings. CLS sends weekly (Friday) notices, as well as any and all updates, changes to the school calendar, emergency notices and other information via e-mail (Constant Contact) only, so it is very important for you the parent to check your e-mails from Calvary and read what is going on at Calvary. Again, contact the school secretary by e-mail at schoolsecretary@calvaryslz.org or by phone (510) 278-2598.     CALVARY NEEDS YOUR HELP! CLS Teachers need your help on Tuesdays and Thursdays.      Many of you are in need of PPP Hours.  What better way to start deducting those hours - by helping us at CLS volunteering to assist in covering recess and lunch breaks on TUESDAY and THURSDAYS! Morning break is at 9:50 a.m. - 10:15 a.m., and then  Lunch break/recess is at  11:25 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.  Please see the school secretary if you are able to help.   Remember, your time helping CLS helps you to deduct those PPP hours.   It is also a wonderful time to see your child at lunch and at play with their friends and classmates and for your child to see you helping out at Calvary.        Do not forget to purchase your Scrips Cards today!   Purchasing your scrips here at Calvary helps Calvary in many ways, besides they make great stocking stuffers!   Scrip Gift Cards - Stop by or call the office for gift cards to local restaurants, retailers, movie theaters, gas stations, ITunes, and much more.  Scrip cards are awesome to use for yourself as well as to give as birthday gifts, anniversary, Thanksgiving, Thank-You, and they make awesome Christmas Stocking Stuffers!!   All you have to do is come by the office, you purchase the card for the full value, and the vendor donates a percentage back to Calvary!  No waiting in those long lines at the store and no hassels finding parking.                         Other ways to help Calvary earn points:         E-Scrip (Safeway)                    Box Tops                            S.H.A.R.E.         Target                                       Amazon - Smiles                Coke Points         Labels for Education               Office Depot If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the church or school secretary.   WRITING CHECKS TO CALVARY LUTHERAN SCHOOL      1.  Receipts for your checks will no longer be given, unless you specifically request for it.  Your check and the check number will be your receipt number.    2.  W hen you are writing out a check to Calvary Lutheran School - in bottom left hand corner of your check, the FOR or MEMO section, please write down your child's name and what the check is for.  Please note that HOT LUNCH should always be on a separate check.   For Example:  Memo  ( write your child's name - what the payment is for)        Memo:   Karla Jones  - Tuition            or         Memo:  Blenda York - Hot Lunch If there is more than one thing you are paying for (i.e. Tuition and Calvary Club), then enter as the following:   Memo:   Hannah Montoya - Tuition - $541.67                                               Calvary Club - $53.00   If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school secretary. The Cold and Flu Season are here...    If you feel your child is sick or might be sick, we ask you to please keep them at home.   If your child's temperature is 99 degrees or higher, it is considered a low-grade temperature.  Please keep your child at home as whatever your child has is now considered contagious. A child must be fever free, without any medications in their system for 24 hours before they can return to school. Is your child very tired?  Does s/he have a dry cough (as opposed to one that's mucus-y)?  Is his/her appetite decreased?  Any aches or chills?   If your child shows any of these symptoms, we courage you to contact your local physician and discuss your child's symptoms. Don't forget to let your school secretary know that your child will not be in and if you would like to pick up any homework after school. Thank You.        Calvary Calendar (mark your calendars) December 2014 19 - Half Day (Dismissal at 11:30 a.m.) - Calvary Club Open 22- 31 - Christmas Break  (No School, No Calvary Club, Offices Closed) 25 - Christmas 31 - New Year's Eve January 2015 1 - Happy New Year! 5 - Back to School 11 - Church Fellowship - Annual Bake Potato with high calorie toppings.  More information to follow** 15 - Spelling Bee  (6 pm) 16 - Quarter 2 Ends -  16 - Teacher In-Service - Half Day (Dismissal at 11:30 a.m.) - Calvary Club Open 19 - Martin Luther King Jr., Day - No School, No Calvary Club 20 - Porky's Pizza Palace - The entire school and church are invited. 25-31 - National Lutheran Schools Week 31 - Campus Beautification (9:00 a.m. - noon) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * Calvary Club is available ($5.00/hour; after 6:00 pm $4.00/minute) ** Change/Addition in Schedule School Calendar Link:    2014-15 School Year Calendar **  *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *                      Don't forget to upload your pictures!!       New Instructions Submit your photos for the 2014-15 Yearbook online.  You may select up to 10 images or more for each upload. Photos may be of your child's field trips, classroom photos, special projects in the classroom or on the playground. To upload your photos, please go to Calvary website www.calvaryslz.org and click on "share your photo" at the bottom of the page.  Follow instructions. In addition, you will receive 1 PPP Hour for submitting 10 or more quality photos. If you have any questions, please see Jean Mussack.   Calvary Family Association (CFA) Meeting     Next CFA meeting is Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 6:45 p.m., at Porky's Pizza Palace.  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _ _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _     CFA Meetings are every Third Tuesday of each month at 6:45 p.m.   Make sure you join us this evening and "bring a friend or two."   Free dress on Friday, January 23rd for those students whose parents attend the CFA Meeting!            PARKING LOT SAFETY           Please do not enter the school ground  from Via Magdalena.            This is designated as an Exit Only!            Thank You.             Cars must enter the parking lot from Via Arriba (back side of lot), and exit the parking lot on Via Magdalena before and after school.     All Gates close at 8:35 am (except for Chapel and special events).  Gates will open in the afternoon at 2:50 pm.  On Half-Days gates will open at 11:20 am.  Please be careful of those students opening the gates. Please do not enter into the parking lot from Via Magdalena, as this is only to serve as an exit. Please park your car when dropping off or picking up students. Students in grades Preschool through 4th grade must be walked to class and picked up by an adult.  (Please pick up your  youngest child first). Children must stay behind the blue line and ropes (near buildings) in the parking lot. When driving on the school grounds, please slow down! Please watch out for the little ones Speed limit is 5 mph.        ***Please be sensitive to students opening the gates.  Wait until the gate is open, student             is out of the way BEFORE you proceed to your destination.       "So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life-your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life-and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you."  (Rom. 12:1-2 The Message)     Calvary Lutheran Church & School 17200 Via Magdalena, San Lorenzo, CA 94580 Church: (510) 278-2555 School:  (510) 278-2598 Calvary Club:  (510) 278-7688  www.calvaryslz.org  Shepherding Hearts ~ Sharpening Minds ~ Shaping Lives

Reminder: Friday, December 19, 2014 is half-day (Dismissal at 11:30 a.m.)

REMINDER: This Friday, December 19, 2014 is half-day! Dismissal is at 11:30 a.m. It is also free dress day. Calvary Club is open until 6:00 p.m.  (Those attending Calvary Club, do not forget to bring your lunch)   Offices will be closed at 12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.    Calvary Lutheran Church and School  17200 Via Magdalena, San Lorenzo, CA  94580 Church:  (510) 278-2555 School:  (510) 278-2598 Calvary Club:  (510) 278-7688