Zion's Weekly News

COLOR DAY!!! Wear your favorite color. Try to wear all one color of clothing.

Dear Zion Families,

I would like to inform you of a few important guidelines to ensure that our school environment remains productive and secure for everyone.

When visiting the school or classrooms, please:

1. Notify the Teacher: If you plan to eat lunch with your student or visit a specific classroom, please inform the teacher in advance. This ensures your name will be on the visitor list for that day. This allows for proper preparation and minimizes disruptions to the learning process. These times are not ideal for a Parent/ Teacher conference.

2. Inform the School Office: Upon arrival, kindly check in at the office and get a visitors badge. Your name should be on our visitor list for the day. This helps us maintain accurate records and ensure the safety of all students and staff.

3. Drop off and Pick up: You may walk your student to the school doors in the morning. Please do not cross drop-off traffic lines.

Because of the nature of the pick-up procedure and staff availability, we ask you not to walk up and pick up your student after school. If you cannot wait in the secure pick-up lines, please pick up your student before 3pm. If you walk up to pick up your student, they will be released when the pick-up line slows down and a staff member is available to assist you. **For athletes who leave early on game days, the north corner door will be used for early pick up.

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in helping us maintain a secure, positive, and efficient learning environment. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please feel free to contact me.

Thank you for your support!

Mrs. Winkelman

As we are seeing an influx of illness, we need your help to reduce the spread of germs.

--It is very important for students to stay home when feeling sick.

--Students should stay home until 24 hours after they are fever free without the use of fever - reducing medications.

-- Please keep students home if they are vomiting or have diarrhea.

--If a student has fever, vomiting, or diarrhea today, they cannot come to school for at least 24 hours after symptoms have ceased.

Please see page 36 of our handbook for more details. https://www.zionwalburg.org/school/family-resources/family-resources/

Tuesday, the 5th grade football team defeated St Helen's 24-18. The 6-8th grade team lost a close one 33-29. The 8th grade and 7th grade volleyball girls beat St Helen's 2-0 while the 5-6th grade team lost 0-2.

32-27 win yesterday for our 5th grade football team at St Joseph’s Catholic in Killeen.

Our 5-6th team and our 8th grade team won their VB games at St Joseph’s, too, yesterday!

Way to go, Blazers!

Zion has a strong archery program for students in grades 4th-8th and a record number of them qualified and competed at the state meet this past semester. Some area high schools have an archery program and outstanding graduating seniors can earn college scholarships for the sport. Our practices will take place during the school day a couple of times each month under the guidance of certified instructors.

An Archery Instructor Certification Course is being held in our gym on Saturday, September 21st, from 8 AM to 3 PM. The course is easy and fun. This will make you eligible to assist our archery students and Zion is happy to reimburse you for the registration fee in exchange for your willingness to serve occasionally.

The class is limited to twelve participants and filling up fast, so sign up now. Thank you!

https://naspbai.org/ClassView.aspx?cid=15304

Email Coach Knippa if you have any questions: carla.knippa@zionwalburg.org

Carla Knippa

Athletic Director

Zion Lutheran School

6011 FM 1105

Georgetown, TX 78626

512-863-5345

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13

Guest Teachers for Zion Lutheran School If you are interested in being a Guest Teacher for Zion Lutheran School, please fill out this questionnaire. Talk to Mrs. Winkelman if you have any questions.

Van Drivers for Zion Lutheran We are also looking for additional Van drivers for primarily Friday afternoons. There will be occasional weekdays that we also need assistance. Talk to Mrs. Winkelman if you are interested.

Zion Families, please join us for Popsicles on the Playground on Friday, September 27th at 3:15pm. All grades are invited and siblings are also welcome. Students must be accompanied by a parent or caretaker. You need to pick up your student(s) as usual through carline and then drive back down to the South Parking Lot by the Worship Center. Please park in that lot and then walk up the driveway behind the Worship Center to enter the playground. Popsicles and waters will be provided by PTL. Students who attend after-school care will be invited to attend with the ASC staff. We hope to see you there!

We are starting a new program called Accelerated Reader (AR) at Zion for readers in grades Kindergarten through 8th grade​‌. The link will provide some basics. Please contact your child's homeroom teacher for additional information.

Recently, there has been a lot of confusion with lunch orders .

Several students have not been ordering lunch because they thought mom & dad ordered for them and when they get to the cafeteria they are not on the list for hot lunch.

Therefore, we are going to disable the option for parents to pre-order lunch and students will order their lunch during attendance time in the morning.

Concordia High School is offering 50% off their application fee through September 30. See attached flyer.