Our fabulous PTC organized a virtual book fair for next week. This year, we are partnering with Books Inc for the fair. Teachers on both campuses are sharing wish lists with the Books Inc and we will share easy ways to purchase the books on the store website next week when the book fair opens. We are eager to build our classroom and school libraries and any of your purchases will support that goal. Our teacher's lists will be added in the next few days. Link to Books Inc is found HERE.

Next week we will hold parent teacher conferences and it will be early release (before lunch) all week. (See below for dismissal times.) Your teacher should have shared a sign up list with you; reach out if you have not signed up for a conference yet. A few housekeeping items for the week:

We are excited to announce that we will have our annual Fun Run in the fall this year! We had such great participation with our students and families with last year’s run and decided that we would shift our run to a Turkey Trot for this year. Our Boosterthon Fun Run will be held on Tuesday, November 16th. There will be two runs at the elementary campus in the morning for our Butterfly, Dragonfly and K-5th grade classes. Our middle schoolers will run after lunch in their very own Color Run on the Wilson Ave. campus. Our goal is two-fold. We want to promote physical fitness and the joy of exercising. We also use the fun run to fundraise for school improvements. These funds will go directly to supporting the Teachers, Students, and the Classroom. More details to follow.

We are excited to share this opportunity with our Community Business Partners! If you have a business you would like to feature for this event, we have options! Not only do you get to share your business with the GSLS community, but the community at large when our students wear the shirt around town. What a great way to support our fundraising efforts, your business, and more importantly, the students at Good Shepherd. Click on this link to see the options! We have a tight deadline and will need all submissions by this Thursday 10/14! We can also help with artwork if needed.  

With Appreciation and Excitement!

Kristin Lorenz- Lower School Director

Laura Fitzpatrick- Upper School Director

We need more parent volunteers to help plan our Someone Special Dance (Thank you to Chase Maxwell for signing up!) and our Lucky to Have You (No parents have signed up yet). We also need more help with our Talent Show (Thank you to James Thompson for signing up!) Please read these details and consider how you can help:

What: Traditionally the Father/Daughter dance (Preschool - 8th Grade)

When: February 5th

Role: Two parents (or more) to secure the venue, come up with a theme, decorate, set up the music and any other activities for the evening. It's usually an early event, 5-8pm. We've had simple events that were held at the school with small snacks, music, games and a photo booth. We've also had dances at the country club with a buffet dinner included. And we've had a dance outside by the pool at the country club which was more focused around games than dancing with a theme and food. The PTC can get you all of the details from previous events. We typically charge for these events and that amount will depend on the venue and if you serve food.

What: Traditionally the Mother/Son dance (Preschool - 8th Grade)

When: April 30th

Role:  Two parents (or more) to secure the venue, come up with a theme, decorate, set up the music and any other activities for the evening. It's usually an early event, 5-8pm. We've had simple events that were held at the school with small snacks, music, games and a photo booth. We've had a dance outside by the pool at the country club which was more focused around games than dancing with a Star Wars theme and food. This event could even morph into a Bowling event or other activity with Sons and their Moms. The PTC can get you all of the details from previous events. We typically charge for these events and that amount will depend on the venue and if you serve food.

What: We've had everything from magic tricks, to singing to karate moves, it's a super fun night for our community to celebrate the amazing talents of our GS students (all school)

When: March 25th

Role: Two parents (or more) to secure venue, set up sound system, stage, decorations, hold a weekly practice for the talent show weeks before the event, ensure each act is appropriate with appropriate music. The PTC will make sure you have everything you need to plan this amazing event.

Join us on Friday, October 29th at 6:30pm at the Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church!

The fee includes include the movie, snacks galore, and buttery Popcorn! CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS!

Come on out to try the pottery wheel!

Learn how to make your own clay creations! We'll connect over art, wine, nibbles and memorable 90s tunes.

Space is limited to 15, so reserve your place now- EVITE RESERVATION

Cost: $35 per person (includes tools, clay, instructors and all your creations to take home). Bring along your payment on Friday 15th.

If you have not registered your card, you can do so here: www.scrip.nuggetmarket.com

and choose Good Shepherd Lutheran School as your beneficiary. Thank you!

We would like to thank Patra Indelicato, Kelsey Harstad, Katie Bedell, Carol Wise, Lorraine McDonald, Cammie Sumrall, Dana Wieser, Sayumi Brannan, Mia Gill, Daniella Pederson, Maria Sandberg, Kelli Wunderlich, Candice Chatfield, and Jennifer Barden for presenting their cards every time they shop and earning money for GSLS!

Email Pastor Dan for more information:

October 18-22 Parent Teacher Conferences -- Early Release all week - Dismissal Times Are As Follows All Week:

October 29th - Halloween parades 10 am Preschool and Kindergarten

October 29 - Movie Night (PTC)- 6:30 pm

November 5- Free Dress- Superhero Day and Kick Off for Fun Run Campaign!