10 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I

will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

October 5, 2015 Hephatha students will grow in their personal faith and relationship with Jesus Christ and become faithful stewards and a

responsible citizens as they mature spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, physically and socially through

“THE CROSS”

Communication, Responsibility, Organization, Service, Sharing the Faith

Attention (K-8) Parents: We are having a special picture taken on Tuesday, Oct. 6th. This picture will represent Hephatha at the Lutheran Educators Conference in November. All students need to wear there RED Hephatha shirts on Tuesday, Oct. 6th!! If you don’t have one, check the gently used clothing in the breezeway.

Family Game Night at Hephatha Church

Save the Date: Oct. 11th

See attached flyer with the details.

Flu Shots at Hephatha

Oct. 13th Time: 8am to 9:30am

Where: Fellowship Hall Cost: $21.00 adults/children

Children 3 and over may receive a shot, but must have a parent with them.

Isaiah

41:10

Color Run II This Week!

Friday, Oct. 9th 5pm on school

campus.

Can you see it now? Mr. Deyke in a tutu? We are almost to our goal $15,000 in donations to get Mr.

Deyke in a tutu at the Color Run!

We’ve raised over $14,000, but we need a little more to reach our goal! There is a box in the Administration Office to put your spare dollars or even checks made

out to Hephatha PTL! Think of the photo opportunities and of course the awesome school you are supporting!

Volunteer Spot for Color Run

Join in the fun of the Color Run by providing items or volunteer hours!

Items and time donated will earn you PVP hours. We are using VolunteerSpot the leading online Sign-up and reminder tool, to organize our upcoming sign-ups. Refer to email sent regarding steps to sign-up.

Early Childhood (EC)

Important Dates to remember in Oct.:

Oct. 6th

PTG Meeting at 9am in courtyard.

Oct. 9th

Color Run II begins at 5pm.

Oct. 13th

Flu Shots in Fellowship hall

8am to 9:30am

Cost: $21.00

Oct. 16th

Father’s Night, 6:30pm-8pm

This is a special night to share with your

preschooler and Dad. Dress up for an

evening of pumpkin carving, trick or

treating & refreshments. Your teacher will

let you know your time for this special,

fun event!

Oct. 22nd/23rd

Orange Day

Each month the preschoolers will

experience a COLOR. On these days we

ask the children to wear the color of the

month and/or share something that is the

“special” color. We will decorate the

playground & also serve a special “color

day” snack.

Oct. 28th/29th

Hat Day/Trick or Treating

Please have your child come to school in

their favorite hat. PLEASE NO

COSTUMES, the children will have a

chance to go trick-or-treating.

Oct. 30th

We will be closed on Friday, Oct. 30th

No School and No PAC for Early

Childhood Teacher In-service.

Preschool Sign-In/Out Procedures

State law dictates that ALL children must be signed in & out of our facility with a parent/guardians COMPLETE signature & time. Please NO initials—COMPLETE SIGNATURES ONLY! All persons picking up preschoolers from our facility must be at least 18 years of age, and bring proper identification.

Cater Tots

Early Childhood Hot Lunch, Cater-Tots will be taking care of our lunches if you wish to order your child a “Hot Lunch”, please view

the menus and order online at www.catertots.com Our code is HEP59. Please remember that you must order

lunch by 9:00am the day BEFORE your child needs lunch.

Touch-O-Rama This week we celebrate our sense of touch, one of the outdoor activities will be the touch-o-rama, where the children will go through a line to “touch” different textures during their outside playground time.

Donations Needed

We are in need of:

empty egg cartons scrap cloth material

yarn

empty toilet/paper towel rolls strawberry baskets

baby food jars empty frozen food bowls

margarine tubs

bubble wrap magazines & newspapers

If you have any of these items, please bring them in to your child’s teacher as

we are always creating fun crafts in class. Thank you!

The Outdoor Environment Activities for October:

Early Childhood (EC)

Week of Art Sensory Large Motor

Oct. 5th Fall color paint at easel. Touch-o-Rama Ring Toss

Oct. 12th Paint paper plates org. Clean mud Reading under the tree.

Oct. 19th

Orange Week

Jack-o-lantern faces Pound a pattern Ball toss

Oct. 26th Paper straw art Hammer golf tees in

pumpkin.

Scarf dancing

Preschool-Parent Library

This mobile library will travel around our preschool campus all year long.

Available for check-out are parenting books, family and devotions from our mobile Parent Library. There are also

brochures and handouts for you to take home. Please feel free to “browse

and borrow.”

Reminder –Please do not leave valuables in your car, or park in the

red zones and NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN UNATTENDED IN

YOUR CARS!

School Attire

When a child is playing he or she is learning. PLEASE HAVE YOUR

CHILD WEAR PLAY CLOTHES TO SCHOOL.

Pumpkin Tasting Oct. 15th and 16th

To enhance our unit on “taste”, each class will be “tasting” a variety of pumpkin items during snack time. Some of the items include: pumpkin pie, pumpkin seed, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bread, and pumpkin ice cream.

Chapel Offerings

Each chapel day (see calendar), we take an offering. This experience helps the children learn about giving. Last year the preschool was able to donate to: PSWD, The American Cancer Society, Our sponsored child, Tejinesh, through World Vision & LCMS building churched project.

Mark your Calendar:

Thanksgiving Week PAC Monday, 11/23th and

Tuesday, 11/24th

See attached flyer to sign-up.

K-8th

Important Dates to remember in Oct.:

Oct. 9th

Color Run II

Half Day, Students dismissed at

12noon. SAC open w/ reservation.

Oct. 13th

Flu Shots in fellowship hall

8am-9:30am

Cost: $21.00

Oct. 19th-30th

IOWA Testing (1st -8th grades)

Oct. 21st

Red Ribbon Day

Oct. 23rd

OLHS Visitation Day (7th-8th graders)

Oct. 29th

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Half Day, SAC open w/reservation

Truck or Treating begins at 10:30am

Oct. 30th

Parent/Teacher Conferences

No School, SAC open w/reservation

SAC Sign-up

Half Day, Friday, Oct. 9th

See attached flyer for details and

to sign-up.

Hephatha Families:

On behalf of the PTL, we wanted to

update you with some exciting new

campus improvements. These

improvements are a result of funds raised

& your continued support during the

2014-2015 school year fundraisers (2014

Color Run and 2015 Spring

Bazaar). Campus improvements include

the arrival of all new desks & chairs for

7th grade. All classrooms have upgraded

first aid kits & we now have two

defibrillators on campus. Outdoor

improvements that have been funded in

part by these events are: retractable

shade awnings for the music room and

School Age Care (SAC). Installation will

be completed by the Color Run. An

upgrade to the outdoor lighting will be

under way by the Color Run & plans to

have it completed by the end of October.

We are looking forward to a new sound

system later in the year.

We are blessed to have your support &

look forward to seeing all of you at this

year’s Color Run on Oct. 9th and the

Spring Adult Dinner/Auction on March

5th, 2016.

Additionally, we are seeking suggestions

for how you would like to see this years

fundraising proceeds used. If you have

an idea, please email Tammy Mielke at

tntmielke@yahoo.com or Danielle

Lathrop at lathrop.danielle@gmail.com .

We look forward to hearing from you!

eScript at Hephatha Hephatha Families,

You can help earn money for Hephatha while you shop. Participate by registering your Ralph’s club

card, your Target Red card and your debit/credit cards. Hephatha benefits by receiving a percentage back

through purchases you made at these stores when using your club/red card/debit/credit cards & there is

no charge to participate! Your privacy is preserved, all that is needed to register for one of these cards is

your name, address, email & phone number. There is no additional personal information

required to be registered. See attachment for details.

October 1st was the deadline to sign-up, each classroom with 100% participation will win an ice

cream party. You will earn PVH hours for each card you register. All you need to do is sign-up and

print/bring your confirmation page or the screen shot of the enrollment to the office. Each family will

receive 1 PVH hour (max of 2 PVH hours) for each confirmation page printed. Note: you can use

different emails to sign-up multiple cards.

KEY: (K-8th): Elementary School SAC: Student Age Care

(EC): Early Childhood PAC: Preschool Age Care

(K-8th)

Advanced Strings: M/W/F from 7:45am to 8:30am.

Advanced Band: M/W/F from 2:30pm to 3:15pm.

Ready, Set, Bow: Monday and Thursday from 3:20pm to 4pm.

Boys and Girls Practice 3:30pm to 4:30pm.

(EC) PTG Meeting at 9am. Chapel (K-8th)

Students wear your RED Hephatha shirt today!

Beginning/Intermediate Strings: T/TH from 7:45am to 8:30am.

Beginning/Intermediate Band: T/TH from 2:30pm to 3:15pm.

A.S.K. ME Choir: 3:15pm-4:30pm in Music Room.

Academic Gym (4th-8th): 3:15pm-4pm in the 7th grade classroom.

7/8 Girls Basketball AWAY game @ Christ, Costa Mesa at 3:30pm.

7/8 Boys Football HOME game vs. Christ, Costa Mesa at 3:30pm.

(EC) Chapel (K-8th)

Chapel at 8:30am: Pastor Andrews is our host. Everyone welcome.

Last day to reserve a spot for your student in SAC for this Friday, half day 10/9.

Advanced Strings: M/W/F from 7:45am to 8:30am.

Advanced Band: M/W/F from 2:30pm to 3:15pm.

P.E. for students in 5th-8th grade. Reminder to bring your P.E. clothes.

5/6 Girls Basketball AWAY game @ Zion, Anaheim at 3:30pm.

5/6 Boys Football AWAY game @ Christ, Brea at 3:30pm.

(K-8th)

Beginning/Intermediate Strings: T/TH from 7:45am to 8:30am.

Beginning/Intermediate Band: T/TH from 2:30pm to 3:15pm.

Ready, Set, Bow: Monday and Thursday from 3:20pm to 4pm.

Academic Gym (4th-8th): 3:15pm-4pm in the 7th grade classroom.

(EC—8th)

October Tuition payment late after today. Add late fee of $25.

(K-8th)

Half Day, students dismissed at 12noon.

SAC available w/reservation made by Wed., 10/7.

Donuts and Drinks for sale before classes begin.

Advanced Strings: M/W/F from 7:45am to 8:30am.

Color Run II at 5pm.

Monday 5

Tuesday

6

Wednesday 7

Thursday

8

Friday

9