St. John Church

We were so excited to see you on Tuesday, February 24th at Kindergarten Round-Up. This year is EXTRA special, because we introduced you to Mrs. Christa Krause, our new K/1 teacher! We also heard from Pastor Grimm, St. John Lutheran Church pastor, and Jim MacGregor, SJLS School Board Chair.

Throughout the evening, you heard about the special opportunities that we have at St. John Lutheran School, we took a quick tour of the building, and I talked about things you can do to prepare your kindergartener for a full day of school.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Blessings,

Mrs. Miller

SPRING GREETINGS FROM MRS. GREENE’S CLASS

Ukuleles—Field Trips—Poetry Readings: The 4th and 5th grades are enjoying learning some new songs to share at chapel service, Spring Fling, and throughout the local communities. The 6th-8th grade students have been busy creating quilling art for Heritage House and preparing to perform some poetry readings around the community. Everyone had a great field trip in February visiting the Titanic Museum and Museum of Illusions. It has been a busy time, and we are looking forward to some more spring-like weather.

In English language arts, the students will be moving from highlighting to diagramming sentences. The 6th-8th grades are learning about sentence structure and how to create complete sentences while the 4th-5th grades are working on the different types of adjectives and how to punctuate dialogue.

In reading classes, the 4th-5th grade students will be completing the novel, “Hoot,” to end the third quarter, while the 6th-8th grades will be reading “The Diary of Anne Frank” and learning about William Shakespeare, poetry, and sonnets.

In writing, the 4th-5th grade students will be working on informative writing, while 6th-8th grade students will be completing the Lutheran’s for Life Essay contest.

In social studies, the 4th-5th grades will be completing the Revolutionary War “Liberty Kids” series, while the 6th-8th learn about “The Reconstruction Period.”

The art classes have been busy with their “Spanish Mission” creations and quilling art. Next on the horizon will be some artist research projects and sand art stories.

In tech classes, the students are refining their typing skills, creating informative brochures, and recipe cards.

The 7th and 8th grade strategies class has been working on creating a break-out room for our school’s STREAM activity in March. The students are very excited to create and implement this activity. We are having fun learning and diving into some projects.

In all things trust the Lord,

Mrs. Greene

FROM MR. ALTEVOGT:

The month of March is highlighted by Spring Break, which is special this year because of the Ark Trip. The first week of March is also, National Lutheran Schools Week (NLSW). The students in 6th-8th grade were given the opportunity to plan a Mystery Meal along with the other classrooms. They are also serving the Lenten Meal that week. They are planning a Breakfast by Night by Candlelight (BbNbC). In addition to the atmosphere, they are planning on serving it restaurant style. They will take your orders and bring it to your table. The menu includes Breakfast Casserole, Fresh Fruit Cup, Choice of Muffins, Apple or Cranberry Juice, and Water, Milk, or Coffee. A Thrivent Action Team Grant has been obtained to help buy some of the food, candles, and table service. The profit from the event will go towards the Ark Trip.

In math, we are continuing the agenda as was mentioned last month. Some of the classes are successful with the textbook series published tests, while other classes are more comfortable with “home-made” tests. Students are encouraged to correct problems they missed on the first go around.

In science, the 7th and 8th grade students are continuing their studies in life science. They have progressed from the study of plants and animals and are now studying the complexity of the human body that God has created. The new science curriculum for 4th-6th grades has not arrived yet, and so we are doubling up on daily math assignments.

The Religion curriculum for 4th and 5th grades has moved to the New Testament. Each lesson takes two days. A memory quiz for each lesson is taken on the second day. Each lesson usually involves at least one master that Concordia Publishing House (CPH) makes available. A test is also administered at the end of each unit.

For Physical Education, the students finished “March Madness” in early February and are now working on different jump rope skills. Mrs. Louise Ronnau, a leader of jump rope teams that demonstrated their skills in Kansas schools and also performed in schools in New England, introduced jump rope to the students in grades four and five. The children were excited to learn the skills from an expert. It is amazing how many skills some of the students can do or how many times in succession they can do one skill.

National Lutheran Schools Week

"Let's Make a Joyful Noise" Psalm 98:4

St. John Lutheran School is celebrating National Lutheran Schools Week March 1 – 7, 2026. The Psalm 98 is our theme: “Let’s Make a Joyful Noise.”

National Lutheran Schools Week is an opportunity for Lutheran Schools across the nation to celebrate the blessings of educating the area children. There are more than 1,800 preschools, elementary schools and high schools in the nation that are able to provide an opportunity to proclaim and celebrate God’s work among us in schools along with educating the children for the future.

We thank God for the opportunity to provide excellent academic preparation for the children we serve. We are most grateful for the opportunity to share Jesus’ amazing love with children and their families. St. John Lutheran School, Alma has been educating students in Wabaunsee and Pottawatomie counties for over 150 years!

As part of the celebration, students will participate in various activities and go on a virtual mission trip to Australia. They will learn about the Australian culture, experience their foods and activities children do in Australia. Our theme Bible verse for the week is “Those who live at the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your wonders. From where the sun rises to where it sets, You inspire shouts of joy.” Psalm 65:8.

The calendar showing celebration dates is below: Mystery meals for lunch are chosen by students.

Sunday, March 1: Students singing at Redeemer

Lutheran Church, Lake Wabaunsee

Monday, March 2: Dress Up: Western Wear

Mystery Lunch: Sweet Feed, Cow Toes, Cow

Tail, Mud Pie (6th-8th Grades)

Tuesday, March 3: Dress Up: Beach Theme

Mystery Lunch: Charlotte’s Web, Wilbur’s

Trough, Templeton’s Treat, Sweet Fern, Fair

Treats (Kind.- 1st Grade)

Wednesday, March 4: Dress Up: Hats & Crocs

Mystery Lunch: Australian Meal with Meat Pies

Thursday, March 5: Dress Up: Mix n Match

Mystery Lunch: Smoke Stacks, Wave Ripples,

Titanic, Icebergs, Lifesavers (4th & 5th Grades)

Friday, March 6: Dress Up: Pajama Day

Mystery Meal: American Bison, Cottonwood,

Little Bluestem, Harney Silt Loam

(2nd-3rd Grades)

Sunday, March 8: Students singing at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Wamego

Sunday, April 12: Students will sing and play at St.

John, Alma

St. John Lutheran School is proud to be a part of our students and families lives to raise up the next generation of faithful Christian disciples and providing excellent academic preparation! If you have any questions about St. John Lutheran School, Alma, please contact the school office at 785-765-3914 or email:schoolofficestjohnalma@gmail.com. We provide a Christian education for Kindergarten – 8th Grade.

2026 LPTL MEETINGS:

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.

(A meal and child care are provided.)

STOP TO SHOP: St. John Lutheran School now has a Kickback Card at Stop 2 Shop! When you check out, just tell them you would like to use the SJLS Kickback card and then key in 7-8-5-7-6-5-3-9-1-4 (the school’s phone number). It’s so easy…be sure to participate all year long!

DILLON’S COMMUNITY REWARDS: We encourage anyone who is a Dillon’s PLUS card shopper to please take a couple of minutes to sign up for the rewards program. This is a program offered by Dillon’s to give back to local schools. Each time you make a purchase using your PLUS card, a percentage of your sales is donated back to SJLS in the form of cash. There is no extra charge to you, it is simply a donation by the Dillon’s company. Please use the following link to add your PLUS card to the rewards program: www.dillons.com/communityrewards and use the code AU093 to support SJLS.

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