The Raider Report

St. John's Lutheran School exists to educate each child in a Christ-centered environment for a life of service to God and man.

“Titanic” was on TV again the other night. The man who designed the Titanic was convinced he

had a ship that could not sink. He had arranged many sealed compartments into the ship so

that even if one compartment was flooded, the other compartments would keep the ship afloat.

But the designer of the Titanic did not think about what would happen if several of the

compartments were flooded at the same time. Not to mention how iron rivets react in icy water.

He did not think that was possible until an iceberg ripped a hole through several of the sealed

compartments.

What man can’t do, God can do. We can’t make anything on this earth last forever because

God has said that everything here will perish, fall apart, and be destroyed. Even our bodies are

perishable. We get sick or hurt. Sometimes we have a little fever or one of our teeth has a

cavity. Other times people have an illness like cancer that can cause their bodies to stop

working. All of us have perishable bodies while we live on earth.

But God has made this promise about the body of every believer in heaven: the body that is

sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.” Though we don’t’ know how our bodies will

change, this is one promise God does make clear to us: Our bodies will no longer fall apart, get

hurt, get sick, or be affected by anything that will make them not work perfectly.

People live for a certain number of years because their bodies are perishable. The reason we

will never have to face sickness, injury, or dying in heaven is because God will change our

bodies so that they are imperishable

What people can’t do when they promise to make something indestructible, God can do. When

all the perishable things of this world have perished, God will make us imperishable. What a

wonderful new way of life we have to look forward to.

Madilyn Haynes 1st

Miles Klosterman 4th

Max Myers 5th

Landon Wischmeier 9th

Brielle Killey 12th

Owen Killey 12th

Paul Snyder 14th

Maci Wallace 16th

Marley Darlage 19th

Lane Hoevener 19th

Archer Sullivan 19th

Olivia Klosterman 24th

Rylee Royalty 24th

Mrs. Holly Sawyer 26th

Evan Bevers 29th

Henry Schepman 30th

Mrs. Kasee Lambring 30th

Zachary Stuckwisch 31st

The Talent Show & Academic Fair for grades K-8 will be held on Thursday, May 8 in the gymnasium and school commons. Doors will open at 6:00pm for families to visit student projects, wax museum displays, and science fair projects . The program will begin at 7:15pm.

Students should dress in chapel attire unless they need to wear something special for their wax museum or talent.

On Friday, May 9, we will be celebrating Mrs. Hessong's retirement with an open house from 2:00-6:00. Please join us in celebrating and thanking her for her 19 years of service at St. John's Sauers!

We are looking for an adult to coach our Robotics team next school year. Please reach out to Mrs. Lambring if you are interested!

April has 16 hot lunch days

$3.50/day

$0.50 Extra Milk/Classroom Milk

$1.50 Extra Main Entree

Students will be wrapping up their ILEARN testing this week. The students in grades 3-8 have worked diligently & been focused during their testing periods. Thank you for working hard!

The Indiana Department of Education has released the income eligibility requirements for families to qualify for the School Choice Scholarship. The new income levels are included below. If your family qualifies, please send in the 1040 page of your 2024 tax return to Mrs. Lambring by May 16. Please contact her with questions. Thank you!!

In May, our students will be participating in a school-wide service project where they will get hands-on experience in packing meals that will be sent all over the world in an effort to end hunger. This will be our second year supporting this mission. We are looking for sponsorships to help cover costs of the meal packing event. We are also looking for volunteers to assist on Wednesday, May 14 with packing the meals! Please contact Mrs. Lambring if interested in sponsoring this event or volunteering the day of the event. Thank you!

The pre-order for school supply kits for the 2025-26 school year is open! The SJS PTO receives a portion back for each supply kit that is purchased! Use this link to order your school supply kit.

All kits will be delivered to the school at the end of July and available for pick up at Registration Day in August.

On Monday, May 19, students in grades K-8 will take a field trip to Mrs. Lambring's house in the afternoon. The kids can bring their fishing gear along this day if they would like to fish. Please make sure they wear outdoor clothes & shoes this day for creek stomping & hiking!

Wednesday, May 21 is Field Day! As a Sauers tradition, students may also ride their bikes to school on this day. There are a few families that live close by that offer their house as a starting point or you may have your child ride from the end of the road. Please make sure someone is in a car following or an adult is riding with them on the busy roads. Students will not be allowed to ride their bikes back home. Please plan accordingly on how to get their bikes back home.

We will be traveling to Trinity Lutheran High School in the morning for our "track & field" events. In the afternoon, the PTO has planned some fun outdoor activities for the kids at the school.

The last day of school is Thursday, May 22. The Awards Day program for grades 1-8 will begin at 10:30am in the school gymnasium. Parents, grandparents, family members, etc. are invited to attend the awards program. Upon completion of the awards day program, students will be able to leave with parents or grandparents. All students (this includes Kindergarten) that do not have a family member in attendance at the awards program will need to be picked up by 12:00 noon on Thursday, May 22 for an early dismissal.

Tues., May 6: 7th/8th trip to Lucas Oil & Statehouse

Tues., May 6: 1st Grade trip to Mrs. Hessong's

Wed., May 7: LJHA Induction during chapel

Thurs., May 8: Talent Show & Academic Fair

Fri., May 9: Retirement Open House 2:00-6:00

Sun., May 11: Kids sing in church

• May 14: Love the Hungry Packing Day
• May 15: Preschool Graduation
• May 16: K-2 Trip to Wonderlab
• May 15-18: 8th Grade Class Trip
• May 19: Fishing Field trip in afternoon
• May 20: Kindergarten Graduation
• May 21: Field Day
• May 22: Last Day of School/ Awards @10:30am
• May 25: 8th Grade Graduation @ 9:30 service

Register for Trinity Youth Football using this link:

https://clubs.bluesombrero.com/trinityyfl/

Registration is open for Trinity Lutheran summer sports camps! The grade listed is the grade starting in Fall 2025. Use the link to register!

https://public.eventlink.com/registrations?o=76e17832-05d9-484e-a23b-996517d85cb8

Girls Inc. in Seymour is hosting a summer camp for girls in grades K-8. Please read the attached memo for more information.

Girls Inc. Summer Camp

Needing any St. John's Sauers apparel?? For yourself? For gifts?

1st Place Spiritwear (A portion of sales is donated back to SJS PTO)

Earn Cash for our School!

It’s easy, just download the app on your phone, scan your receipts right from your phone within 14 days of purchase & our school earns cash! Every box top earns 10 cents, so the more we collect, the more our school receives!

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