Mar. 3-CUI Choir Festival Mar. 6-Open House/Science Fair Mar. 8-Daylight Savings Time begins Mar. 12-ACappella Choir Concert-7:00 PM Mar. 14-Concordia Handbell Festival Mar. 15 Kindergarten Signing Day! Mar. 15-K-2 sings 10:55 Mar. 20-Bethany Golf Tournament Mar. 20-End Quarter 3 Mar. 22-Troubadour sings 8:00, Trinity sings 9:30 Mar. 24-PTL Meeting Mar. 26-27 Parent/Teacher Conferences-minimum days Mar. 30-Spring Holiday-no school April 5-Troubadour sings 9:30, Trinity sings 10:55 April 8-Stations of the Cross-Middle School leads Chapel

School Bulletin #25 Mar. 3, 2020

This week I’m using my column to encourage you to attend a very special concert by the A Cappella Choir from Concordia University-Nebraska here at Bethany on Thursday, March 12 at 7:00 PM. “The A Cappella Choir strives to perform music at a high artistic level – music which inspires, instructs and entertains the listener,” said Dr. Kurt E. von Kampen, conductor. “But the mission of the choir goes beyond mere artistry. The University A Cappella Choir exists to proclaim the Gospel of Christ in song and to honor God with the musical talents the students have been given.” The A Cappella Choir has toured the U.S. each year, and internationally approximately every four years since its inception in 1939, performing throughout Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Asia, Mexico, and most recently South Africa. It also has participated in international choral festivals in Australia and Austria, placing first and third respectively while under the direction of Dr. von Kampen. Several Bethany staff members were members of this choir inb the past…we know you and your family will be blessed by their music! Have a wonderful week! Dr. Fink

Bear Facts The Weekly Newsletter of Bethany Lutheran School

Long Beach, CA www.bethanylutheran.org

Communication+Responsibility+Organization+Service+Sharing

Chapel Leaders Mar. 4-6th Grade Mar. 11-Kayleigh Mar. 18-Miss Hinrichs

Parents, you are always welcome to join us!

Our 5th Annual Golf Ball Drop PTL Fundraiser is scheduled for the beginning of the Science Fair THIS FRIDAY (5:45.) Proceeds support Bethany Lutheran School and Preschool programs! Our goal is for each family to sell at least 10 balls. See the order form attached to today’s Bear Facts!

It’s finally here! Open House/Science Fair

Friday, March 6 6:00-7:30 PM

All classrooms will be open,

Preschool-Grade 8. Invite your friends!

Our faithful Scrip coordinator, Carol Grudt, has retired after 25 years of service. In addition to selling and promoting Scrip, Carol was a friendly face in the school office and applied more than her fair share of band-aids and ice packs to injured students. We will be thanking Carol for her faithful service on Sunday, March 8. If you would also like to thank her, you may send a card to the office!

It’s time to sign up for Parent Teacher

Conferences. See the attached letter for details!

Middle School Corner

The middle school choir and handbell students will be participating in two really neat events in March! Today, March 3rd, both the Trinity (grades 3-5) and the Troubadour (grades 6-8) choirs are visiting Concordia University Irvine for their annual Choir Festival. The choirs will have the opportunity to sing for the guest director and receive feedback, tour the campus, eat lunch and play games with the Concordia student leaders. It is always a wonderful day! A little later in the month on Saturday, March 14th, our Advanced bell choir will be attending the Handbell Festival at Concordia University Irvine. They will also have the opportunity to play for a guest director and receive feedback, tour the campus and participate in a mass ring with bell choirs from other schools. “Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.”

Ephesians 5:19

The FISHin’ Hole Opportunities to Serve

Did you help drive for one of our MANY basketball games? Don’t forget to log your FISH hours!

Seeking gently-used jewelry and accessories!

Student Success will once again be hosting our gently-used accessories sale on Saturday, May 16 during the Bethany Block Party and Sunday Morning, May 17 between services. Please bring your gently-used accessories (jewelry, scarves, handbags, belts, etc.) to Bethany and drop them off for Jill Moorman. Separately-baggied items are greatly appreciated. (Items remaining after the sale will be donated to a worthy cause.) If you would like to help with this sale, please contact Jill Moorman: jmoorman@bethanylutheran.org 562-307-6123

March’s chapel offerings will

support Heifer International! More about this organization here:

https://www.heifer.org/

It’s Golf Ball Drop Week! It’s also Science Fair and Open House week! Lots going on in our home – and probably yours too. This will be one of those weeks that I will be glad to just make it through my long list of tasks and events scheduled. So, let’s collectively decide to be easy on ourselves and our kiddos and enjoy the madness and rush, because that means that we are blessed to be growing our brains in education and spirit (and patience!), to have a school family that is active, thriving and healthy and to have family and friends that will join us this week to see our campus and achievements. Enjoy an easy dinner while wrapping up the science fair board, listen to your child rave about the fun time they had at the choir festival, and put off a chore or task until the weekend. Whatever it is, know that we WILL make it - so breathe easy, friends! And, a week that ends in firefighters and a possible big money win can’t be bad either! Am I right? See you Friday!

Jennifer Carlson, PTL President

BAKE SALE Bethany’s Student Council is

holding a bake sale all week to raise funds for a tetherball set. Bring your quarters and help

support! (Love to bake? Bring in some items for the Council to

sell! Items should be individually-bagged and

ready for sale.)

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox gifts travel to the ends of the earth. Many children around the world have never heard the Gospel message of eternal life in Jesus Christ. They live in hard-to-reach, poverty-stricken communities, where parents struggle to provide for basics. Rarely, if ever, do children receive a present that's just for them. This year, more than 10.5 million children in more than 100 countries and territories received shoeboxes full of special gifts. And for the first time, many of these children heard that God loves them. In preparation for our November 2020 school packing party, would you help us collect combs and hairbrushes during the month of March. Items can be dropped in the school office. During the months of January and February, we collected bars of soap (no liquids), washcloths, and toothbrushes. We could use more of these items, as well.

Bethany Lutheran School 5100 Arbor Road

Long Beach, California 90808 (562) 420-7783

March 3, 2020 Dear Parents, The third quarter ends on March 20. Parent/Teacher conferences for Grades K-8 are scheduled for Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27 (Please note: School dismisses at noon both days.)

The purposes of Parent/Teacher Conferences are to celebrate successes, review progress and encourage

student academic growth. In addition to report cards, teachers will also review MAP test scores in Grades 2-8. This year we are using an online signup system for conferences. Each conference will be 15-20 minutes long and may be scheduled between 1:00-7:00 on Thursday, or 1:00-3:00 on Friday. (Several teachers have other options as well. If none of the published times work for your family, please contact your child’s teacher to make alternate arrangements.) Middle school parents should plan to meet with their student’s homeroom teacher. You may also sign up for conferences with other middle school teachers as needed. You will sign up online to schedule your conference: https://pickatime.com/bethanylutheran

Note that you can have the system send you reminders, make changes to your appointments and print out your conference schedule.

Blessings on your week! Dr. Mary Fink

February 28, 2020

Dear Bethany Families, Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 As you are likely aware, on Tuesday, February 25th, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) gave a press conference updating the country on the current status of the coronavirus (COVID-19), and what steps should be taken moving forward. We wanted to share with you some of the steps our school is taking to prevent the spread of illness across our campus, and plan for the possible spread of the coronavirus in our community. As the CDC emphasized, there is not currently a coronavirus pandemic in the United States. A pandemic occurs when a disease is spreading from a variety of sources across a large region and the number of cases across the US is still small. However, given how quickly the global situation is evolving, we are monitoring new developments and will continue to reevaluate our steps and actions daily. In the meantime, the most effective way to stay healthy and minimize the spread of infectious disease is to follow basic health best practices:

• Enforcing great hygiene, such as washing hands thoroughly, using hand sanitizer and covering up coughs/sneezes.

• Asking all faculty, staff, and students who are feeling ill to stay home until they recover. • Keeping sick children home until they are fever-free for 24 hours without medication.

Good hygiene and handwashing, healthy eating, and avoidance of large crowds/unhealthy places are key to staying healthy – for this and any virus. Bethany Lutheran is prepared to alter procedures and planning should the situation change. We are also thinking ahead regarding the impact spring travel, upcoming school trips, and other non-typical school activities will have in the context of the coronavirus. We will communicate any changes when the time is appropriate. It is important to remember that handling the spread of a serious contagion like the coronavirus is primarily a task for public health agencies. Any directives from the World Health Organization, CDC, or our Long Beach Health Department should be followed. In times like this, we are particularly grateful for the strength and togetherness of this community. Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. Psalm 91:1-3 Sincerely, Dr. Fink

SUPPORT BETHANY LUTHERAN'S ANNUAL PTL GOLF BALL DROP!

Friday, March 6th, 5:45 PM

(All proceeds raised will go to purchase preschool supplies including

Christian toys/puzzles/puppets for the classroom and new student furniture for Bethany Lutheran School)

Families can purchase golf balls and will receive ticket numbers that correlate to the number on the balls. On March 6, a fire truck will drop the balls from the top of their ladder onto the grassy field where we’ll have a wooden bear head and paws.

Winners:

• If your ball lands in (or nearest the bear's mouth): $550 (If more than one ball lands in the bear's mouth the prize will be split by the winners)

• If your ball lands on a bear paw:

$50 Scrip card of your choice

• If your ball is farthest from the bear's mouth: $50 Scrip card of your choice

You do not need to be present to win!

The cost for the balls is $10 per ball or 6 for $50.

Balls can be sold to families, neighbors, friends, co-workers or anyone else. Please include payment and order slip. Our goal is for every family to sell at least 10 balls. Families will receive 1 FREE BALL for every 10 balls they sell!

Deadline to turn in order slip is March 5.

Tally Sheet Ball Drop

Student’s name:____________________ Teacher:____________

Name: Number of balls

Paid (cash, check, Facts)

Name: Number of balls

Paid (cash, check, Facts)

Name: Number of balls

Paid (cash, check, Facts)

Name: Number of balls

Paid (cash, check, Facts)

Name: Number of balls

Paid (cash, check, Facts)

Name: Number of balls

Paid (cash, check, Facts)

Name: Number of balls

Paid (cash, check, Facts)

Name: Number of balls

Paid (cash, check, Facts)

Name: Number of balls

Paid (cash, check, Facts)

Amount of check's included: $__________________

Amount of cash:$_______________________

Charge my FACTS account for this amount:$____________________

Signature authorizing charge on FACTS account:____________________________

DETACH AND RETURN BY ENTRY DEADLINE: MONDAY, March 2, 2020

Please register ________ persons @ $125 ($500 per foursome) *Open to first 144 PAID golfers.

Please Print Information!

Name: ____________________________ Name: ____________________________ Address: __________________________ Address: __________________________ City: _______________ Zip: ___________ City: __________________ Zip: ________ Phone #: (________)_________________ Phone #: (________)_________________ Email: ____________________________ Email: ____________________________

Name: ____________________________ Name: ____________________________ Address: __________________________ Address: __________________________ City: _______________ Zip: ___________ City: __________________ Zip: ________ Phone #: (________)_________________ Phone #: (________)_________________ Email: ____________________________ Email: ____________________________

Arrive for Buffet Dinner at 5:30PM and Raffle Tickets are available at Dinner.

New this year! If you wish to ONLY come for dinner and not golf...the cost of dinner is $25/person.

# of dinners: _____ Name & Phone #: ________________________/ (______)______________ *Make all checks payable to: Bethany Lutheran Golf Tournament *Mailing Address: Bethany Lutheran Church / Attn: Karl Fink 4644 Clark Avenue Long Beach, CA 90808

*ONLINE Registration is NOW AVAILABLE at www.bethanylutheran.org. Register & pay with either this form OR online!

Bethany Lutheran Church Presents:

Lakewood Country Club & Tennis 3101 Carson Street

Lakewood, CA. 90712 (562)421-0550

Tee Time: 1:00PM Check In: 11:30AM

Golf Tournament!

The Brianna Esswein Memorial

PLEASE CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX & SUBMIT WITH BUSINESS CARD.

BEVERAGE SPONSORSHIP……. $1200 SNACKS SPONSORSHIP………….. $750

HOLE-IN-ONE SPONSRSHIP……. $1100 LONGEST DRIVE SPONSORSHIP.. $750

HOLE SPONSORSHIP……………. $1000 TEE SIGN SPONSORSHIP……….....$100

RANGE BALLS SPONSORSHIP… $850 RAFFLE DONATION