{"id":33640,"date":"2025-10-12T09:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T14:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/?p=33640"},"modified":"2025-10-10T10:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:44:17","slug":"weekly-update-10-12-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/weekly-update-10-12-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly update 10\/12\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1331.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Pursue<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Philippians 3:12<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Encouragement Passage:<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trust in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lord<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> forever,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Yah the Lord<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the eternal Rock.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isaiah 26:4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h1 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: center; --fontsize: 24; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"24\" data-lineheight=\"28.8px\">Important Links:<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forwardinchrist.net\/the-key\/\"><b>Forward in Christ Devotion:\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the Key<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fssbdwels.com%2Fschool%2Fsports-calendar%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7Cbf5cf7fa3a3641dcdf2308da89e0c960%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637973895783512032%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=52ZHaLcvVM2f2Zyh%2FjTNrik6dw3bzeM6jBZIdB%2F%2Bm9c%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><b>Sporting Events Calendar<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-10-Oct.pdf\"><b>October Lunch Menu<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1331.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p><b>Singing Schedule:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you to all who participated in the 150th anniversary service last weekend.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you to all the piano students who participated in preservice work this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 19, 8:00 a.m.&#8212;Jr. Choir\u2013we will meet at 7:45 for warm-ups.\u00a0 Students will be dismissed to their parents after singing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mission offering:<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are collecting offerings for LLHS OpGo.\u00a0 We have collected <\/span><b>$378.05 of our $500.00<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> goal so far.\u00a0 This past week was a collection of <\/span><b>$72.15<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is <\/span><b>75.6%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of our total goal.\u00a0 Let the Lord of Life guide us as we support this mission.\u00a0 Please look for envelopes to come home with children.\u00a0 We thank Pastor Dustin Yahnke for his message last Monday about taking the Gospel message to various places in the United States.\u00a0 As a point of reference, for each student from LLHS that goes on one of these OpGo trips, it costs anywhere from $600-$800.00 per student.\u00a0 With our offerings, we will be able to help out a student as they take the Gospel to the various corners of the country.\u00a0 We have 2 weeks of collections for this mission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>School payments<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please be prompt with school payments of any form:\u00a0 school fees, lunch, field trips, band, or piano.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>When making payments, please put payments all in separate envelopes with the following information on it:<br \/>\n<\/b><b>Family name<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Student name<br \/>\n<\/b><b>What the payment is for (Piano, Band, Lunch, School Fees, Field trip)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Fall Festival<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Fall Festival is quickly approaching.\u00a0 The Fall Festival has many different activities for the whole family. This event gives us an opportunity to open up our campus to our community. Join us for a Trunk N&#8217; Treat, games, food, and fellowship.\u00a0 The event is scheduled for Sunday, October 26, 3:00-5:00 in the school parking lot. \u00a0 We are looking for volunteers to help us with this event.\u00a0 If you would like to donate or dress up your trunk, please click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2024SSFallFestival\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to sign up.\u00a0 Please consider where you can help out with this event.\u00a0 I<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">f you have questions, please call or email the office at 920-885-3309 or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">office@saintstephen.org<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Veterans Day:<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our annual Veterans Day celebration is quickly coming up.\u00a0 Please note the following details about Veterans Day:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All veterans are kindly invited to attend a special event in honor of their service to our country on Monday, November 10, at St. Stephen&#8217;s Lutheran Church. The event will begin with a chapel service held in the church beginning shortly after 8:00 a.m.\u00a0 Following\u00a0 the chapel service, the children in grades K-8 will present songs and speeches. Afterward, refreshments will be served in the church basement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please keep your eyes open for a note that will come home during the week of the 13th of October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Yearbook:<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lifetouch offers a tool called Community Image Upload, which enables school communities to contribute candid photos directly into the yearbook website.\u00a0 Parents and families can help submit pictures for this year\u2019s yearbook.\u00a0 Please consider when you are taking pictures to send them to St. Stephen\u2019s for use in the yearbook.\u00a0 Please be sure to submit your best photos of people.\u00a0 Every photo that is submitted will be reviewed. \u00a0 Follow the directions on the site.\u00a0 Information should have come home on Friday with your child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit: \u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/community.lifetouch.com\/invite?code=SS-GORAIDERS-PHOTO-26-26\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/community.lifetouch.com\/invite?code=SS-<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GORAIDERS<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/community.lifetouch.com\/invite?code=SS-GORAIDERS-PHOTO-26-26\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-PHOTO-26-26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use the following code: SS-GORAIDERS-PHOTO-26-26<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Raiderwear\/Pursue Shirt Fridays:<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To achieve a bit of unity in school we are going to start something called \u201cRaiderwear\/Pursue shirt Friday\u201d.\u00a0 On select Fridays we are going to ask students to wear their favorite \u201cRaiderwear\u201d or the new \u201cPursue\u201d shirts they got this year.\u00a0 Select Fridays will be announced in advance in the weekly update and to the students the day before.\u00a0 Let\u2019s show unity and school spirit as we move through this year.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s first Friday is October 17.\u00a0 We ask all students to wear their favorite \u201cRaiderwear\u201d to school.\u00a0 Please keep in mind that the Pursue shirts, even though they have a Raiders logo on them, are for \u201cPursue Shirt Fridays\u201d.\u00a0 Most classroom teachers have chosen to keep these at school, meaning the students may change into them when they get to school on those Fridays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Upcoming Events<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CC Practice\u2013Thurs 3:30-4:30<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B Team VB Practice\u2013Thurs 3:30-5:00<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Team VB Practice\u2013Tues\/Thurs 5:00-6:30<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volleyball games vs St. John\u2019s Juneau\u2013Wednesday (B-team 4:00, A-team 5:00)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Team VB Tournament @ LLHS\u2013Saturday<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CC Conference meet\u2013Fort Atkinson High School\u2013Monday 4:00<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grades 5-8 attend LPS play and campus tour\u2013Friday leave at 9:45<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Shepherd Preschool Trunk or Treat\u2013Sunday, October 19, 1:00-3:00<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quarterly Voters\u2019 Meeting @ St. Stephen\u2019s\u2013Call for new 4th grade teacher included in this meeting\u2013Sunday, October 19, 11:15<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>St. Stephen\u2019s School Mission:<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Stephen\u2019s Lutheran School will offer a Christ-centered education to all students. We will instruct them in the Word of God, educate them in secular subjects, train them to become responsible citizens in our community, and prepare them for their eternal victory in heaven when they die. We will do this by holding Jesus and his love before them each day by appropriately using law and gospel as we instruct and discipline.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please remember that if you need assistance with anything that you can reach out to the teachers and leaders of St. Stephen\u2019s.\u00a0 You can also find answers to some questions on the website: www.ssbdwels.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33640"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33644,"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33640\/revisions\/33644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}