Zion's Weekly News

There will be a pep rally held on Thursday, October 3rd and parents are invited. Be watching your emails for other details about this exciting week!

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/

Over 280 runners from 19 high schools and middle schools raced on our campus at the annual Hilltop Cross Country Invitational this past Friday. Several of the Blazers earned medals for being among the top ten finishers in their division. Thank you to all the volunteers that helped with prepping the crushed granite trail, setting up the course on Thursday, and with the meet and clean-up on Friday.

On Tuesday, all of our volleyball teams were victorious at St Mary's Taylor. On Thursday, our 8th grade volleyball team and 5th grade football team hosted St Mary’s Temple and won both games.

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.

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.