Concordia University School

News

CUS Newsletter

Family Resources

May CUS Newsletter

Spread the News

Many of our families have said CUS is the best kept secret in Milwaukee! Please help us let the secret out. We would like every family to invite someone to our upcoming Book Fair and Spring Concert. Tell your family, friends, neighbors, or anyone who wants to send their child to a great school.

Re-enrollment

We still have families that have not re-enrolled for next year. If you have not scheduled your appointment to re-enroll, please turn in the yellow appointment card to the office. We can not guarentee a seat for your child without your registration materials.

End of Year Notes

After School Care will not be open the last day of school.

Check out the counter in the office for a variety of summer activities for kids.

We have lots of unclaimed items in the lost and found. Ask in the office if you are missing anything.

Upcoming Events

May

Every Wed. breakfast with child 7:00-7:45

8^th – 5^th grade field trip

12 – 7/8^th grade field trip

12 - Book Fair/Movie Night 6-7:30pm

20 - Spring concert 6:00pm

27 – Peace Assembly

June

4^th – Last day of school 12:30 release

No SAC
4^th - 8^th grade Graduation 6:30 pm

Important

The last day of school is the4^th,not the 5^th as stated on the school calendar.

3^rd Grade News

The third graders have been working very hard all year and have learned so much! They are super excited about becoming fourth graders in a few short weeks! We will continue to work on our times tables through the rest of the school year. I have been sending home flash cards for students to practice with every night. Please make sure they continue to use them all summer long! We will be wrapping up our Social Studies unit; "Where in the World is Milwaukee, Wisconsin?" by completing maps of the world, the continent of North America, the US, the Midwest, Wisconsin, and Milwaukee. We have been reading The Sideways Stories of Wayside School and are creating a visual display outside our room of what we think the school and all the characters look like as we read together every day. Please stop by and check it out!

Mrs. Crichlow

April CUS Newsletter

ENROLLMENT

Enrollment has begun for next year! If you have not picked up your packet, or set an appointment to return enrollment forms, please do so ASAP to be sure to get a seat for your child. Choice application periods are the 1^st-20^th of each month.

Family Math Night & Pancake Supper

Join us for math fun and all you can eat pancakes for $1.00

Concordia University Wisconsin students will provide math activities and games.

Tuesday April 7^th

5:30-7:30

The Buzz in First Grade!!!!

Wow, has first grade been busy learning this year. I can't believe it is already 4th quarter! First grade is finishing up their unit on money and will be starting to work on telling time to the hour and half hour. Our reading focus has been making connections with books to ourselves, to other books, to the world, and staying focused on reading the book and not daydreaming about the connection. Our writing focus has been using proper punctuation at the end of our sentences. We have also focused on writing good questions and answering our questions with complete sentences. As we move into April we will focus on plants, what they need to grow, and changes that happen to plants in springtime. At Jesus time we are finishing up learning about Jesus' many parables and preparing to study Holy Week and our Lord's Ressurection

School Supplies

Some of our students have depleted their necessary school supplies.

Please consider shopping for the following school supplies while we are on Spring break.

-Pens

-Pencils

-Paper

-Erasers

-Glue sticks

-Facial tissue

Upcoming Events

April:

1^st- Peace assembly -2:00

7^th- Family Math Night

10^th – No School, Good Friday

13^th – No School Easter Monday

29^th – Peace Assembly

March CUS Newsletter

National Lutheran School’s Week March 2nd-6th

Theme: “Securing each child’s future-for eternity”

We thank God for all that He provides to our Lutheran Schools and the children they minister to. During the week we will have a variety of activities to celebrate our Lutheran School. Below is a list of themed days.

Mon.-Pajama Day

Tue.- Hat Day

Wed.- Crazy Dress Day

Thur.- Dress Up Day

Fri.- Class color Day

Watch for special flyers with more details on other activities.

Lost Keys: 2 keys on a plain ring were found in the parking lot, 1 of them is a Honda car key.

Other Lost items: We get a lot of lost items turned in daily. Please ask in the office if you are missing anything.

Upcoming Events

3/2 - Enrollment begins

3/2-6 - Lutheran School’s Week

3/6 – All School Roller skating

3/13 - End of 3^rd quarter

3/18 - Peace Assembly

3/19- Parent /Teacher conferences PM

3/20 –No School Parent/Teacher

Conferences

3/23-28 - No School, Spring Break

2^nd Grade Scoop: February has been a busy time for the second grade class! We have been working very hard on our reading and writing and getting ready for the Black History Fair this coming Thursday! Our class has been studying books by famous African American children's authors such as Donald Crews, Angela Medearisa, Patricia McKissick, and Pat Cummings. When we aren't preparing for black history month we have been working a variety of new things. It is the time of year where second grade begins double digit addition and subtraction. While it may be a difficult task second grade is definitely up for the challenge! In writing, we have been working on the beginnings of our stories. We have been working with direct quotes and a lot of different noise words to make our beginnings truly brilliant. Finally, in religion we have been learning more and more about the life of Jesus as we prepare to talk about lent and the sacrifice our Heavenly Father made for us. Pop on in and see all the great that second grade is doing today!

Reminders

School ends at 3:10. If you arrive early please wait in the front entry or outside until children are dismissed.

4-8^th grade parents should have received a letter regarding dicipline policies and grounds for dismissal. The letter was sent home with children the week of Feb. 9^th.

Enrollment packets for next year are available for pick up. Parents/Guardians stop in the office to pick up your packet and fill out the appointment card. Choice applications will be accepted by appointment only.

Blessings

Our students were blessed to have a lady come to our school for 6 weeks to give them a taste of tennis in Phy Ed class. Ask your child about “The Queen” she was great!

Congratulations, to our 5/6 and 7/8 grade boy’s basketball teams. Both teams displayed excellent sportsmanship and brought home trophies from the February tournaments. The trophies are currently on display in the office.

We are looking for someone to build a display case for the trophies. If you or someone you know can build one for the school please

February CUS Newsletter

Concordia University School

The Beacon

Upcoming Events

Note: Some events and dates changed, and are not on the school calendar. Follow this schedule for Feb.

2/5 - No School: Teachers at conference

2/10 - Assembly 9:30–10:30 Story teller

2/16 – No School: Presidents Day, Teacher work day

Parents/Guardians: it is necessary to keep your phone numbers and emergency contacts updated. Please stop in the office or call the school (354-6601) to give us new phone numbers and addresses.

As another way of communicating with you, we have started an automated calling system. Many of you have already heard messages with important information. If you have not received these messages, more than likely we don’t have a current number for you.

February is Black History Month.

Our entire school will be trying to answer the question: How did Black American positively influence American Culture? Each classroom will take a topic like music or medicine to find Black Americans that made a positive impact in that area. We will have a Black History Story Teller at our school assembly on February 10^th from 9:30-10:30 we will also have 2 programs to wrap up our school wide study. The first program will be held during the day at 2:00 on February 25th. We will also have a family night on February 26th to showcase our study and enjoy food prepared by some of our very own families. Please plan to join us for both of these events if you can! The class with the highest participation for our family night wins a pizza party.

5K Happenings

We have read Stone Soup this week and next week we will be making chicken noodle soup in the class based on this book.

Next week we will be reading Feast for 10 and making a class book about what kind of feast we would like to have.

We are still focusing on family and friends. If you have not sent a family picture of your family please do so.