Week 4

Study CAN BE FUN :)

God's Work Our Hands Art Project

Last week's art project reflected our school year theme "Blessed to Serve"; we are God's children using our hands, feet, and voices to do His work here on earth.

What's Your Name? Art Project

We got to know each other a little more through this art project which shows each our interests while spelling out our names. 

World History "Legacy of the Roman Empire" Presentations:

Students learned all about how we see so many aspects of the Roman Empire in our culture today; Art, Architecture, Engineering, Language, Law, Citizenship, etc.  Students presented their findings in the form of pictures and summary writing in a google presentation.

Homeroom Fun

 Chari & Julie LOVED reading old letters from an American soldier to his girlfriend during World War II.  Thanks Ellie (8th grade) for bringing in such a sentimental family treasure!!

Intense game playing around the room; Old Maid, Chess, Sorry, and Apples to Apples.  This looks like a Fun Friday to me :)

The Jr. High Students gathered this morning for the Walk-a-thon Kick-off!

This year the Jr. High will be walking/running to raise money for "Christian Friends of New Americans."  Our goal is to raise enough money to pay two students' tuition at Word Of Life Lutheran School in St. Louis.  The two students came to America from Nepal and Yeman and are currently in 8th grade.  We are BLESSED TO SERVE and can't wait to see how our actions can affect those in our community!  Please take time to help your  7th grader collect pledges for our walk-a-thon (9/25/15).  This is NOT a time collecting money, but pledges to encourage your child to walk/run many miles!!

Find more information at CFNA's website: http://www.cfna-stl.org/.

Jr. High Social Event --- Camp Wartburg High Ropes Course

All jr. high students are invited to attend a social event at Camp Wartburg Saturday September 26th.  Students will spend the day enjoying the High Ropes course at beautiful Camp Wartburg and have the opportunity to participate in a service project. We will be leaving Zion at 8am and returning around 5pm.  We do NEED parent drivers for this event.  Please contact Micah Braddy (mbraddy@zionharvester.org) if available for the day and let him know how many students you can fit in your vehicle. Two forms & $25 are due September 17th. Blessings on your Labor Day weekend,

Week 3

Week 3 has come and gone, wow!  The 7th graders are knee deep in their studies...

• Started writing their first Memory Meditation -- ask them about it!
• Pair work on a Roman Empire Presentation (due Tuesday)
• Ch. 1 World History Test Thursday
• Working on computers and NEW ipads (THANK YOU 2015 AUCTION!!)
• Reading outside in the beautiful weather, thank you God!
• Literature Test Tuesday

Congratulations to the Jr. High students elected to Student Council for the first Semester:

• Alex W.
• Adam R.
• Emily V.
• Arianna B.
• Sydney K.
• Taylor P.
• Logan W.
• Malia A.
• (TBD)

Thank you ALL for the warm Birthday wishes :)  The 7th graders were AWESOME on Friday and gave me much to smile about for my birthday!

Important Schedule Dates:
Wednesday, Sept. 2 : Noon dismissal
Monday, Sept 7 : Labor Day, no school

Week 2

The 7th graders (and teachers) made it through the first full week of school, yay!!  Students have jumped into their school work with two feet :)  They seem to be getting comfortable with their schedule and remembering to bring their materials to each class.

Thank you to all the parents I got to talk with at Back to School Night.  To those who could not make it, we missed you!  Your child should have brought a packet of information home to you; you can also view my Prezi (presentation) using the link below.

Mrs. Cluck's Back to School Night Prezi

Please remember to log into your Sycamore Education account to check the school news, calendar, and grades.

Student Council elections will be Thursday (officers) & Friday (class representatives) this coming week.  Campaign posters are looking very persuasive!!

Blessings on your week ahead,

Welcome to the 2015-2016 School Year

 Zion Students and Teachers are EXCITED about this school year!

Welcome to our class blog!  I will (try to) post every Friday with fun happenings from the week and important information about upcoming events.

I am extremely happy with how the 7th graders have transitioned into this school year.  They have been great listeners, direction followers, respectful, and full of contagious laughter.  I hope this continues as they dive into each class.  I think they are enjoying having so many different teachers throughout their day.  Organization is going to be key in their success as they travel from room to room.  I have faith they will conquer this challenge!  I am very excited to get to know each of my students; there are many bold and unique personalities that will make this school year lots of fun.

Worship at Zion
I want to welcome everyone to worship with the Zion family this weekend:
Saturday 5pm
Sunday 8 & 10:30am
Bible Study "The Story" 9:30am

Important Dates To Remember:

• Golf Outing - Saturday 15th
• STUCO & Camp Wartburg High Ropes Course interest meeting - Monday 17th 3-4pm
• Back to School Night (parents only) - Tuesday 18th from 6:30-8pm
• Three 20 min. sessions in each classroom
• New families can meet with Mr. Debrick in the school library during the first and last session if they wish
• Spirit Day - Friday 21st
•  Wear a Zion, LHS, or other Christian shirt with regular dress code bottoms

 Mrs. Cluck's 7th graders -- First day of school

God's Blessings on your weekend,

Audrey Faith

Audrey Faith Cluck born May 10, 2015

(5-10-15....a pretty cool birthday!!)

5:19 am, 6lb and 19 3/4 inches long.

These were all amazing numbers for being 5 weeks early. Audrey is a strong girl who loves to eat, sleep, and make funny faces.

The last week has been a roller-coaster for the Cluck family.  Audrey's birth happening on Mother's Day was a special miracle.  Her strong health was also a miracle.  Two days after Audrey was born she started to loose weight, her temperature was dropping, and she was very jaundice (a baby's liver isn't mature enough to get rid of bilirubin in the bloodstream).  Audrey's body was just not ready to be working so hard; she should still be growing inside her mommy!  Audrey was moved to the NICU Tuesday evening.  Over the past few days she had a feeding tube put in her nose down to her stomach and was put in an isolette to keep her warm.  After a few day of eating really well her feeding tube was removed and now we wait and hope (and pray) she will starting gaining weight and regulating her body temperature so that she can be removed from the isolette and come home.

Thank you for the wonderful BABY SHOWER and generous gifts.  Audrey is blessed with so many people who already care about her.  THANK YOU!

Keep sending those prayers up to our Father, not just for Audrey, but also for all the other families with new babies at Zion.  I am so blessed to have been given such an amazing little girl, such a precious gift from God.

 I can't wait for Audrey to meet all of her bobcat friends!!