\u201cFor the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n (Luke 19:10)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Seek good, not evil, Forward in Christ Devotion:\u00a0 Confessions of Faith<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n (The article revolves around aide Veronica Schultz and her journey of faith)<\/span><\/p>\n Sporting Events Calendar<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n February Lunch Menu<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Please share this information with your children.<\/b><\/p>\n LENTEN WORSHIP: Singing Schedule:<\/b> Ash Wednesday, February 18, Jr Choir sings at the 3:45 service Chapel Piano players for 2\/16\/26: <\/b>Harper and Julia<\/span><\/p>\n No School: Call News: Attendance notice:<\/b> Kindergarten Round-Up: Good Shepherd open house: Pizza Ranch Community Impact Event: Mummy Madness: \u00a0<\/span>Monthly fees: Mission offering: 2026-2027 Registration: Upcoming Events: St. Stephen\u2019s School REVISED Mission Statement:<\/b> Knowing Jesus. Serving Others. Celebrating Eternity. <\/b><\/h2>\n
Friday dress up day:
\n2\/27\/26
\nRaiderWear
\nRed\/Black\/White<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Encouragement Passage:<\/b><\/h1>\n
\n<\/span>that you may live.
\n<\/span>Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you,
\n<\/span>just as you say he is.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Amos 5:14<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Important Links<\/h1>\n
Pizza Ranch Sign Up<\/a>
\n(Details below)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/b>Wednesday, February 18,\u00a0 starts the season of Lent.\u00a0 St. Stephen\u2019s will have worship services at 3:45 and 6:30 on Wednesdays.\u00a0 Please consider joining us for worship as we walk with Christ to the cross of forgiveness.\u00a0 There will be meals between services starting at 4:45.\u00a0 This week\u2019s meal will be served by the Teen Group.\u00a0 They will be serving walking tacos.\u00a0 This also affects our singing schedule for the next 6 weeks.\u00a0 Please be aware of when students sing.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Thank you to the Children\u2019s Choir for beautifying our 10:00 service today.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Wednesday, February 25, K-1 sing at the 3:45 service<\/span>
\n<\/span>Wednesday, March 4, Piano students will play preservice at the 3:45 service<\/span>
\n<\/span>Wednesday, March 4, Children\u2019s Choir sings at the 6:30 service
\n<\/span>Sunday, March 8, Piano students will play preservice.
\n<\/span>Wednesday, March 11, grades 7-8 will play bells for preservice at the 3:45 service<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>There is no school on Thursday and Friday of this week as the teachers will be at Teachers\u2019 Conference in Lake Mills.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>This past Sunday, St. Stephen\u2019s called Mrs. Dania Wickert to be our 4th grade teacher.\u00a0 Mrs. Wickert currently services at St. Paul\u2019s in Mt. Calvary, WI.\u00a0 Please keep Mrs. Wickert and her family in your prayers as she decides where to best serve in the Lord\u2019s kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Please remember that when a student is gone for an appointment (dental, doctor, therapy) to have an excuse note written and turned in to the school.\u00a0 The recording of these acceptable absences are important for truancy notifications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Next Monday, February 23, is our annual Kindergarten Round-Up.\u00a0 The event will run from 6:00-7:00.\u00a0 It is an opportunity for new Kindergarten parents and students to meet and greet the faculty of the school.\u00a0 If you know of a family that has a child that would be in Kindergarten next year, please encourage them to be part of this Round-up and learn more about the importance of Christian elementary education.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>This Tuesday February 24th from 6 to 8pm Good Shepherd is hosting an open house.
\n<\/span>PLEASE share this info with anyone who has a child 3 yrs old by Sept. 1 for 3K or 4 yrs old by <\/span>Sept. 1 for 4K!! We\u2019d love to have them check out our Preschool & Extended Care!<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>St. Stephen\u2019s is hosting a community impact event at Pizza Ranch on <\/span>Thursday, February 26<\/b>, from 4:00-8:00.\u00a0 We are using this event to help raise funds for our bleacher project which is happening this summer.\u00a0 We are about $12,000 short of our projected costs.\u00a0 Please consider where you can help out on that evening.\u00a0 There are more details on the sign up.\u00a0 Here is a link to the sign-up.\u00a0 <\/span>CLICK HERE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>From February 23 Through March 6, students may bring in a donation in an envelope labeled with their Raider group color.\u00a0 (No names necessary).\u00a0 The more money raised per Raider color group, the more crepe paper earned with which to wrap the Raider group teacher!\u00a0 The funds raised here will go to help fund the new bleachers in the gym.\u00a0 There will also be buckets out at the Pizza Ranch Night on Thursday, February 26.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Please remember to send in payments in a timely manner.\u00a0 Also, please send them in a closed envelope with the family name and what the payment is for on the envelope.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Quarter 3 mission offering is well underway.\u00a0 We collected<\/span> $73.25 <\/b>last week<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/b>This puts us at <\/span>$318.95<\/b> of our <\/span>$500.00<\/b> goal this week.\u00a0 That is <\/span>63.7% <\/b>of our goal.\u00a0 There are <\/span>4<\/b> weeks left to collect for this mission.\u00a0 If each student were to contribute $1.00 per week over the next 4, we will easily surpass our goal to support this wonderful mission in the neighborhoods of downtown Madison.\u00a0 Let us continue to show our gratitude to our Lord as we support this mission over the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Online registration for the 2026-2027 school year will be opening tomorrow.\u00a0 Please fill out the registration as soon as you see it appear on FastDirect.\u00a0 If for some reason you are going to delay your registration\/intent for the next school year, please let us know.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Monday, February 16, Chess Club (3:30-4:15)
\n<\/span>Tuesday, February 17, Game Club (3:30-4:15)
\n<\/span>Wednesday, February 18 Ash Wednesday Worship (3:45 and 6:30)
\n<\/span>Thursday, February 19 <\/span>No School
\n<\/b>Friday, February 20 <\/span>No School<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Christ-centered education rooted in God’s Word.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>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-33743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33743","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=33743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33744,"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33743\/revisions\/33744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssbdwels.com\/school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}