St. John's Lutheran School

The Wings Newsletter

Making Disciples for Life

Matthew 28:19-20

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Volume 47, Issue 26

Eagles in Action Cereal Box Challenge!

Can you help us? We are VERY close to reaching our goal of 300! We will continue collecting through the end of the month. All cereal will be donated to local food pantries!

Important Upcoming Dates

February 22: 6:00pm - Chili Dinner

February 22: 7:00pm - Ash Wednesday Worship

February 26: 10:45am Worship Service - Junior Choir Sings

February 26: 7th-8th Grade Bake Sale between Services

March 10: VIP Day - 11:00am dismissal

March 12: 10:45am Worship Service - Spring Musical

The athletic schedule can be viewed on our website here: https://www.stjohnslagrange.org/athletic-schedules/

We congratulate the following students for earning Accelerated Reader Certificates:

Independent 3: Joy Ssenyonjo

Rising 2: Anastasia Daly, Michael Espinoza

Keep up the good work!

Recently, St. John’s students in grades 1-8 competed in the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest. The following students won their classroom competitions, and their entries have been forwarded to Zaner-Bloser for the National competition. Congratulations to you all, and blessings for the next level of competition!



Kindergarten - Eleanor Shilney

1st Grade - Eliana Damergis

2nd Grade - Laila Perez

3rd Grade - Augustus Dimoff

4th Grade - Joseph Ssenyonjo

5th Grade - Lisbeth Perez

6th Grade - Jaxson Garbarz

7th Grade - Olivia Kypr

8th Grade - Nigel Vitek

Assistant Track Coach(es) Needed

St. John’s is looking for some help coaching track. If you have any experience with long jump, triple jump, throwing, or any type of running that would be great. If not that’s ok too. Mr. Loveless will be head coaching and will be happy to give you as much, or as little, guidance as you are comfortable with in working with your group of kids. This will be an opportunity to earn service hours. If you are interested please contact Mr. Loveless at a.loveless@stjohnslagrange.org.

Save the Date!

VIP Day is March 10th!

VIP Day is an exciting morning when we share our wonderful school with a VIP, such as grandparents, aunts or uncles, cousins, or a grown-up friend. VIPs will get to view students' art work, visit classrooms for fun activities, and attend a chapel service with special music including Junior Choir and the Spring Musical!

Early dismissal will be at 11:00am.

Reservations will be required.

Invitations to share with your VIPs will be coming soon!

Tax Season Information

You can access your Tuition Paid Report in your TADS account by going to reports in the billing accounts page and selecting tax year 2022. https://mytads.com/

St. John's Tax ID # is: 36-2317628.

Spirit Wear Shop

Show your St. John's Spirit! Visit https://1stplacespiritwear.com/schools/IL/La%20Grange/St.%20John's%20Lutheran%20School

Pizza Friday

Pizza orders are due by 9:00am on Wednesday for Friday’s lunch.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: ANY parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles of any St. John's students are welcome to help serve pizza! Please visit the Sign Up Genius for available dates to serve pizza or donate treats! Pizza Servers will receive credit towards 2022-23 Volunteer Hours!

Thank you for the abundance of fruit snack donations! We do not need any more fruit snacks, but are still in need of fruit or sweet treats.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e45a9ac2aa3fec34-pizza#/

St. John's Ministries

Find more information about exciting ministries and events by accessing the church ministries email via the button below:

Shop with Scrip has been rebranded as RaiseRight!

Use the RaiseRight app now! Start the year with a resolution to use TRIP cards in your household budget! Take time to evaluate your shopping needs and get motivated and in the habit to start earning on your everyday purchases with TRIP cards. There are so many choices!

TRIP order dates, for the new TRIP Program year:

• February 27
• March 6, 20

Please text me (Amy Buonassissi) if you have an order & are coming 630-290-0268

   OR if you would like to connect with me somewhere before the order is due.

Online sales are convenient for your busy family. Earn right from home on the website or on-the-go with the RaiseRight app. In the drive-thru line at Starbucks, or the checkout line at Mariano's, or on a Target run? Order an eGift card and it will be downloaded and ready in your scripwallet by the time you are ready to pay or use in the store! Learn more about the RaiseRight app here: RaiseRight App

To obtain your personal user login and password, contact Amy Buonassisi: TRIP@stjohnslagrange.org