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CALVARY LUTHERAN SCHOOL NEWS & EVENTS
Weekly Newsletter Friday, December 16, 2016 |
PLEASE READ: You are receiving this e-mail because you have expressed an interest in Calvary Lutheran School or your child is enrolled at Calvary.
Please read the weekly newsletter, or any e-mails from the schoolsecretary@calvaryslz.org as this is our way of communication to you of any changes, emergencies, or events that are happening in at or around the school.
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Year-end Tax-deductible Gifts Prayerfully consider making a generous year-end gift to Calvary Lutheran School to support our kids and the ministry here at CLS. It is easy to do and is also tax-deductible for this year if it is postmarked by December 31, 2016. Gifts of any size are greatly appreciated. Most contributions to Calvary Lutheran School are check and/or cash gifts, entitling you to a tax benefits through itemized deductions. Please make your checks payable to Calvary Lutheran School. We will follow up with a donation letter. Calvary Lutheran is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
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Friday, December 23, 2016 - January 6, 2017
There is no school beginning Friday, December 23, 2016, as this is the first day of our Christmas break and will continue until Friday, January 6, 2017.
School resumes Monday, January 9, 2017, 8:15 a.m. (doors open at 8:05 a.m.)
Calvary Club (K-8th grade) will be open, if we have enough students signed up. If we do not have enough students signed-up, we will not be open that day. Therefore, it is imperative that you fill out a Calvary Club Christmas Break Survey, no later than Monday, December 19, 2016.
Dates listed below are the dates Calvary Club will definitely be open:
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 thru Friday, January 6, 2017, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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A big THANK YOU to all of you who came out to Chipotle for our December Fundraiser. Because of you participating in Calvary's CFA Dining for Dollars, Calvary earned $150.90. See you at our next Dining for Dollars in January 2017.
Awesome job Calvary!
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Purchase your gift cards through Calvary and everyone wins! Gift cards are awesome to use for yourself as well as to give as birthday gifts, anniversary, teacher appreciation, and Thank You! They make great stocking gifts for Christmas too! Purchasing gifts cards through Calvary earns us points!
Scrip/Gift Cards - The easiest fundraiser we have!
What is Scrip? Great Lakes Scrip Center explains it as "fundraising while you shop". We sell many of the same gift cards you would purchase at retail outlets. Great Lakes Scrip has over 700 of the country's biggest brands: Safeway, Lucky's, Starbucks, Chevron, Arco, Amazon.com, Old Navy, Kohl's, Walmart, Applebees, Chipoltle, Wendy's, Home Depot, and so much more. Check out our "in house" listing as well as go to www.shopwithscrip.com and view everything available thru their retailer's list. How it works: We place our orders on Monday mornings (9 a.m.) so that you will receive your cards by the weekend, usually Friday afternoon. NEW You may also shop and place your order online, reload cards, and get e-cards. To order online you must register and sign up for Prestopay at www.shopwithscrip.com. Enrollment code: 9AF2LD9C9L86. Who can participate Everyone!! All families at Calvary Lutheran, friends, extended family are encouraged to purchase Scrip throughout the year. Come into the office during normal school hours and see Nancy Schibler, and on Sundays after service at the information booth. Cash and checks are accepted.
Questions: Contact Margie Luehrs via e-mail at scrip@calvaryslz.org or by phone at (510) 278-2555
Gift cards are available all year around! | ~ IMPORTANT NOTES & REMINDERS ~ (updated 11/04/16)
 *AFTER SCHOOL PICK-UP ~ Plan to pick up your child(ren) by 3:00 p.m. every day. Half- days are 11:30 a.m. If you are unable to pick up your child by 3:10 p.m. (or 11:40 a.m. on half-days), your child(ren) will automatically be sent to Calvary Club and you will be held responsible for any charges.
 *HOT LUNCH ~ Hot Lunch is on Friday, full-days only. Hot lunch MUST be ordered no later than Tuesday, 12:00 noon, before the Friday Hot Lunch is served. If you child brings money the day of hot lunch, your child may not be guaranteed a "Friday Hot Lunch." Students who paid and signed up ahead of time will be served first. Click on the blue Hot Lunch Menu to download a menu HOT LUNCH MENU (Sept - Dec, 2016)  *SNACK TABLE ~ There is a snack table at the every Friday Hot Lunch table. Each item is .25 cents and there is a limit of two (2) items per student. We have items like cookies, fruit snacks, string cheese, pretzel, beef jerky, pickles and more.  *CLS IS A PEANUT/TREE NUT FREE SCHOOL CAMPUS ~ We have several students who are extremely sensitive to any and all peanut/tree nut products and this is very dangerous to their health and well-being. Some students could even have such a severe reaction to nuts that it becomes life-threatening. Please do not send your child to school with any snacks or lunches that have peanuts or are from a nut type tree. These types of snacks and lunches might be reserved for something special, like a special treat at home.
 *BE ON TIME/PUNCTUALITY ~ It is important for all of our children to learn that getting to school on time, turning in assignments thoroughly completed and within the allotted days, and always being prepared are not only vital for school but important elements of success as an adult.
 * REST & NUTRITION ~ Make sure your child gets adequate rest every night and a nourishing breakfast each morning. Your child needs a good fruit break and lunch each day. Please do not send soft drinks or sugary treats.
 *LOST & FOUND ~ Please check the Lost & Found bin and recover your child's clothes, or other valuables. Please write the name of your child/student on clothes and valuables in case they get misplaced. If the name is on the item, we can often return it to its owner. **Clothing items not recover at the end of each quarter are being donated.
 *PARTNERS IN WORSHIP (PIW) ~ Video(s) are now on-line. If you would like to view a CLS Partners in Worship you can see it on-line via CLS' website. Go to www.calvaryslz.org Look on the left side of the page under "Church" Go to the bottom of the page and click on "Albums" Most recent PIW was "Preschool thru 2nd Grade Partners in Worship - Oct. 23, 2016. More videos to come!
| Message from the California Department of Public Health  and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
To keep your school as healthy as possible this year, please promote flu vaccine among your students and staff. The California Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strongly recommend flu vaccine each fall for everyone 6 months of age and older. Getting vaccinated is easy: - Contact your doctor, nurse, clinic, or pharmacy, and ask if they stock flu vaccine
- Many local health departments offer low or no cost flu immunizations
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| CLS - HEALTH & MEDICAL INFORMATION 
*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 99.8 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 (NO fever), no diarrhea, and no vomiting, WITHOUT any medication (i.e. Acetaminophen/Tylenol, Ibuprofen/Motrin) in their system for at least 24 hours before they can return to school.
Important steps to help stop the spread of germs: - Stay home while sick and limit contact with others
- Cover your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing with your sleeve or disposable tissue
- Wash hands thoroughly with soap and water, or use an alcohol-based sanitizer
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth
| MAKE HAND-WASHING A HABIT!  *MAKE HAND-WASHING A HABIT ~ Kids who wash their hands at least four times a day have a 24 percent fewer sick days from colds and flue, and 51 percent fewer sick days due to stomach illnesses (Amer Public Hlth Assoc).
Teach kids to scrub their whole hands - up to the wrists and under the fingernails - and to do it long enough to sing the ABCs or "Happy Birthday" all the way through. A timer works well, too.
| | | DECEMBER 2016 21 - Combined Chapel (PS-8th grade) at 8:30 a.m. - Christmas sing-a-long 23-31 - Christmas Break (Dec. 23 - Jan. 6, 2017). 25 - Christmas 31 - New Year's Eve JANUARY 2017 2-6 - Christmas Break 9 - School Resumes (8:15 a.m.) 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No School - Calvary Club and Offices Closed) 20 - End of 2nd Quarter. - Teacher In-Service K-8th Half-Day. (Dismissal at 11:30 a.m.) 22-27 - National Lutheran School/Spirit Week 26 - Speech Contest (Grades 3-5; 6-8) 28 - Campus Beautification (9 a.m. to 12:00 noon)
FEBRUARY 2017 3 - Open House (6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.) 12 - Partner's in Worship (3rd - 5th Grade) 17 - Teacher's In-Service - Half-Day (11:30 a.m. Dismissal) 20 - President's Day (No School; Offices and Calvary Club Closed)
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**SAVE THE DATE - 2017: ** Feb. 3 - Open House (6:00 pm - 7:30 pm) March 13-17 - Achievement Tests April 14 - Good Friday (No School, Offices Closed, Calvary Club Closed) April 17-21 - Easter Break (No School) May 6 - Auction and Dinner _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ * Calvary Club (K-8th Grade; before and after school care) is available ($5.25/hour; after 6:00 pm $4.00/minute) for the Summer and 2016-17 school year.
** Means Change/Addition in Schedule
Click below to view next year's school calendar: (Calendar Revised: 09/15/16) | | CFA Meeting Tuesday, January 17, 2017 6:00 p.m.
Calvary Family Association (CFA) Meetings are held every second Tuesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall.
Next CFA Meeting is Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 6:00 p.m., in the Parish Hall.
Come to the CFA Meeting and you will earn one PPP hour and your child will earn one free dress day at the end of the week, when it is a full-day. | AmazonSmile 
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Calvary Lutheran Church (EIN: 94-1415305) from the AmazonSmile Foundation as a result of AmazonSmile program activity be Order your Christmas and birthday gifts on-line to AmazonSmile and help Calvary Lutheran Church and School increase their donation potential. Just Sign into http://org.amazon.com and click on Marketing Tools to access customized online tools to let your supporters know that their AmazonSmile shopping can support the church and school. | ENROLLMENT & RE-ENROLLMENT INFORMATION ~ 2016-17 If you know a family who is interested in attending Calvary Lutheran School, please have them contact the school secretary to receive an information packet, set-up an appointment to take a tour, or they may also be able to shadow one of our students. If they enroll and attend CLS for at least one semester, they will receive a "family referral discount!" In addition, you will receive a "family referral discount" as well. Please contact the school secretary, Nancy Schibler at schoolsecretary@calvaryslz.org, or by phone at (510) 278-2598, if you have any questions. Click to the below for a NEW Student Application packet and welcome letter:
| | | | | | | | | | Below you will find a few of the school forms that parents may need throughout the school year. Please Click below, to your right, next to the form (in blue) that you need to download. Make sure you fill the form out completely and return it to the school secretary. If you do not find the form you need, please contact the school secretary. Medication Form (Permission to Use: Medication Form (Reminder: Children are not allowed to self-medicate themselves. Form(s) and medicine must be brought to the school office revised and/or updated every new school year.).
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In this Christmas Season Remember,
GOD IS FOR YOU!
"But the angel reassured them. 'Don't be afraid!' he said. 'I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people'" (Luke 2:10 NLT).
Knowing God is for you will change your whole perspective on life. You'll stop thinking of God as someone looking down from Heaven, ready to yell "Gotcha!" any time you mess up.
God is for your success in life; he created you for a purpose, and he wants you to succeed. It is God, your Creator, who will measure your success in life, and no one else. This is extremely good news!
It means you don't need to be afraid of God because God is for you. Yet some people are so afraid of God they get nervous just talking about him. Do you know why? They feel guilty, and then they start thinking, "If I get close to God, he's going to lecture me. He's going to remind me of all the things I've done wrong, and then I'll feel even worse!"
Nothing could be further from the truth of God. Jesus said, "I did not come into the world to condemn it, but to save it." In effect, Jesus is saying, "I didn't come to scold you, I came to save you."
And if God is for us, who can be against us?
Jesus came to save us, not to scare us. That's why when the angel was telling the shepherds about the birth of Jesus, the first thing he said was, "Don't be afraid!"
In fact, when God sends a message to people in the Bible, it's not unusual for the first words to be: "Don't be afraid." There are 365 messages from God in the Bible that begin with a phrase like "Fear not!" In other words, every single day of the year you can read a message from God that says, in effect, "You don't need to be afraid. I am for you; I am with you; I love you."
We celebrate Christmas because of this Good News from God!
How would your life change if you deeply believed God is for you? Ask God to help you in your unbelief.
 Please continue to keep our Pastor, Superintendent, teachers, students, parents and volunteers in your prayers throughout the school year. (writing borrowed from Pastors.com) | | Calvary Lutheran School 17200 Via Magdalena, San Lorenzo, CA 94580 Calvary Club: (510) 278-7688 www.calvaryslz.org
Shepherding Hearts ~ Sharpening Minds ~ Shaping Lives | | | |
