Please share this information with your children.

LENTEN WORSHIP:

Wednesday, March 4 3:45 and 6:30.
Meal Served from 4:45-6:15 by Church Council is Chili

Singing Schedule:
Thank you to K-1 and their work in the service last Wednesday.

Wednesday, March 4, Grades 5-8 Piano students will play preservice at the 3:45 service
Wednesday, March 4, Children’s Choir sings at the 6:30 service
Sunday, March 8, Grades 5-8 Piano students will play preservice.
Wednesday, March 11, grades 7-8 will play bells for preservice at the 3:45 service

Piano Student playing preservice information:

5-8th grade piano students will be playing preservice on March 4 and March 8. Students below 5th grade may start being integrated into chapel services soon. If parents want to seek further opportunities for their children to play, they can always reach out to Mr. Barnett. There will likely be a 4th graders only piano preservice date on March 25–more information to come later.
5-8th graders who signed up for preservice should arrive 15 minutes before the beginning of church.

March 4 3:45: Judah, Harper, Levi
March 8 8am: Julia, Zoey
March 8 10am: Somaya, Levi

PickUp/Dropoff reminder:
The parking lot can be a busy place during pick up and drop off.  There have been some noticeable incidents in the last few weeks that piqued the interest of school faculty.  

Three reminders as we move towards the end of the school year:

1. Students 2nd grade and under should be brought to and picked up from the double lined area of the parking lot.  Older siblings may help with this.
2. While you wait for your students, please do so within the double yellow line area.  
3. When dropping children off in the lane next to the yellow lines, please pull up as far as possible.

Thank you for understanding.

Daylight Savings Reminder:
Remember that clocks go ahead 1 hour Saturday night.

Quarter 3 ending:
Friday, March 6, marks the end of the 3rd quarter.  Report cards will be released the following week.

Pizza Ranch Community Impact Event:
Thank you to everyone who came to support the fundraising event at Pizza Ranch.  A wonderful opportunity for fellowship was had by all.  Throughout the evening we raised a total of $1238.06, which included $581.06 for the Mummy Madness event.

Mummy Madness:
From February 23 Through March 6, students may bring in a donation in an envelope labeled with their Raider group color.  (No names necessary).  The more money raised per Raider color group, the more crepe paper earned with which to wrap the Raider group teacher!  The funds raised here will go to help fund the new bleachers in the gym.  The teacher wrap will happen during a Raider Group event on Friday, March 13.
There is a lot of news on this front in terms of the totals:

Bleacher News:
Great news on the bleacher front:  we have ordered the bleachers and they are set to be installed the week of August 24, 2026.  We still have some work to do on the fundraising side.The total cost of installing the bleachers (minus incidentals) is $39,451.00.  As of 2/27/26 we have raised $29,164.40.  This does not include the Pizza Ranch event or the mummy madness.

We thank all of our donors throughout the congregation who have supported this and the playground improvements over the last 2 years.  To God be the glory!

Call News:
St. Stephen’s called Mrs. Dania Wickert to be our 4th grade teacher.  Mrs. Wickert has returned this call and St. Stephen’s will again go to place a call on Sunday, March 15 after the 10:00 service.  All voting members of the church are encouraged to attend. 

Mission offering:
Quarter 3 mission offering is well underway.  We collected $47.75 last week.  This puts us at $453.70 of our $500.00 goal this week.  That is 91% of our goal–there was a mistake in this percentage last week.  There are 2 weeks left to collect for this mission.  If each student were to contribute $1.00 per week over the next 2, we will easily surpass our goal to support this wonderful mission in the neighborhoods of downtown Madison.  Let us continue to show our gratitude to our Lord as we support this mission over the coming weeks. 

Financial Statements:
Financial statements will be sent home this week.  Please be sure to make appropriate payments as the year continues.  

2026-2027 Registration:
Online registration for the 2026-2027 school year is open.  Please fill out the registration as soon as you see it appear on FastDirect.  If for some reason you are going to delay your registration/intent for the next school year, please let us know.

2026 Spelling Bee:
This year’s Spelling Bee winners are:
1st Place—Harper Meier
2nd Place—Levi Trimmer
The winning word this year was “tiffany”.  Lord’s blessings to all 8 participants.

2026 Summer Camps at LLHS and LPS
Lakeside Lutheran High School has summer sports camp every year.  Here is the link to the site that describes the camps and how to register and pay for them.
https://www.llhs.org/apps/pages/summercamps

Luther Prep also has summer sports camps.  Many of these camps are overnight camps.  Here is the website for these camps with information on them.

https://www.lps.wels.net/apps/pages/summer_camps

Upcoming Events:
Tuesday, March 3, Lego Club (3:30-4:15)
Wednesday, March 4, Lenten Worship (3:45, 6:30)
Friday, March 6, Parents vs Player basketball games (6:00)

St. Stephen’s School Mission Statement:
St. Stephen’s Lutheran School provides students with a Christ-centered education in a nurturing environment that fosters spiritual growth and a lifelong relationship with their Savior. 

Knowing Jesus. Serving Others. Celebrating Eternity.
Christ-centered education rooted in God’s Word. 

Please remember that if you need assistance with anything that you can reach out to the teachers and leaders of St. Stephen’s.  You can also find answers to some questions on the website: www.ssbdwels.com