Everyone knows John 3:16 by heart “For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:17 continues “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through Him.” These are powerful words when you consider that God’s love extends to all. He sent His Son to die for the whole world, everyone! All who believe are saved through Him. As we celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation this month, we are thankful and rejoice in the Lord for the gift of salvation. Through the life, death, and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ.

I am excited to say that we had a record number of students attend our Future Freshman Day on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. We welcomed 102 8th graders to spend a portion of their day at Saxony Lutheran High School. It was a fun and informative day! We pray for God’s will to be done as these families make the very important high school decision for their child.

October is a very busy month at Saxony Lutheran High School as we host Mass Band Day on October 6 and the Crusader Challenge Fundraiser kicks off on Thursday, October 19, 2017. Be sure to see the information on this important fundraiser in the newsletter. We will also be having Student-Led Academic Conferences all month. There are many more activities occurring daily and are identified in this newsletter.

We ask that you continue to pray for Saxony and our mission of “Sharing Christ...Shaping Lives.”

In His Service,

Mark Ruark

SAXONY LUTHERAN

CRUSADERS

October

Dates to

Remember

Inside this issue:

School News 2-5

Technology 6

Fast Facts 7-8

Lunch Menu 9

October 2017

Righteousness by Faith—From First to Last

Romans 1: 16-17

2017-2018 Theme Verse

Saxony Lutheran

High School

exists to center

students on

Christ and God’s

Word, to strive for

excellence in all

phases of

education

and to prepare

students for a life

of Christian

discipleship

using God’s Word

as their guide.

Principal ’s Message

6—Mass Band

Concert 6 p.m.

11—Fall Concert

7 p.m.

13—Picture Retake

Day

16—College Fair

12:30 p.m.- 2:30

p.m.

19-Crusader

Challenge Kick-off

20—Halloween

Dance

19-25—Crusader

Challenge Week

22—Crusader

Challenge Dinner

23—Crusader Challenge Dinner 24—Crusader Challenge Dinner 25—Crusader

Challenge

26—Crusader Day

27—No School

28—ACT

30—Winter Sports

Practice Begins

Let’s get social!

Click on any icon below

for the Saxony Lutheran

High School link:

School News

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The Mass Band Concert will be Friday, October 6, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Students from our various feeder school

band programs will join Saxony for a day of music. Saxony Band members should arrive by 5:30 p.m. in formal

attire.

The Fall Concert will feature the band and choirs of Saxony on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.

Come enjoy an evening of beautiful music. A free-will offering will be taken in support of the music program.

Band District Auditions are Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Please mark your calendars.

Band News

Halloween Dance

A Halloween dance will be held Friday, October 20, 2017 from 7:00-10:00 p.m. in the Moeller Commons. The

cost to attend is $5.00. Costumes are not required but are encouraged. There will be a contest for best

costume.

A Few Dance Reminders:

Students must bring a permission slip for all non-Saxony guests. See Ms. Hayden for a permission slip.

Students must arrive within one hour of the start of the dance unless they have prior permission.

Costumes must be school appropriate and meet school requirements for length and coverage. If you

have questions about your costume, please see Ms. Hayden or Mr. Ruark.

Photo Retake Day

Cheekwood Studios will be here on Fri., Oct. 6 for photo retakes. If you did not have your picture taken at

Registration Day, you must have your photo taken on Oct. 6 (including seniors). Sign up in the office if you

simply wish to have a retake.

On Thursday, October 26, 2017 we will have a half-day of school with dismissal at noon. No lunch will be

served, and each class will have a different activity for the day.

Freshmen—School Service Day. Students and teachers will go into the community to serve at various

locations.

Sophomores—Testing Day. Students will take the Pre-ACT. This will take place at Saxony.

Juniors—Job Shadow Day. Juniors should have received information from Ms. Fuchs.

Seniors—Class Meeting Day. You will discuss many items related to senior year, including graduation.

Also on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Seniors will hear from Jostens about graduation items during 1st

period beginning at 8:25 a.m. Sophomores will have a Jostens meeting during 2nd period beginning at

9:15 a.m. in the gym to discuss class rings on October 26, 2017 as well. Jostens will be taking orders at

Saxony on Friday, November 3, 2017 from 10:55 a.m.—12:15 p.m. (during the lunch periods).

Crusader Day—October 26, 2017

School News

Page 3 SLHS Oct. 2017

A special congrats go to Tabitha

Petzoldt, Samuel Varnon, and Katie

Benkendorf (pictured below) for

making it into the All-District Choir.

There were about 500 students from

the district that tried out, including

seven from Saxony. The 2017 All-

District Choir will perform on No-

vember 11, 2017 at Cape Central

High School.

Congratulations to Jonathan

Klein, our September Student of

the Month. He is pictured to

the left with Mr. Ruark.

Crusader Challenge

Seniors will be selling Trash Bags and will work the dinner Tuesday, October 24, 2017. The

menu will consist of smoked chicken, scalloped potatoes, cinnamon apples, and biscuits. This will be a

carry-out only dinner. Carry-outs will be available from 4:00—7:00 p.m.

Juniors will be selling poinsettias and will work the lunch on Sunday, October 22, 2017. The

menu will consist of kettle beef, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, rolls, and dessert. Lunch will be

served from Noon—3:00 p.m.

Sophomores will be selling Cardinal calendars and will work the dinner on Wednesday, October

25, 2017. The menu will consist of pork steaks, baked potatoes, baked beans, corn on the cob, and rolls.

Dinner will be served from 4:00—7:00 p.m.

Freshmen will be selling magazines and work the carry-out only dinner on Monday, October 23,

2017. The menu will consist of pulled pork, twice-baked potatoes, baked beans, slaw, and buns. Carry-

outs will be available from 4:00—7:00 p.m.

Each meal will cost $10.00.

Additional information and sign-up sheets will be available shortly. Contact Dawn in the school

office with any questions.

October is National Principals

Month, a widely recognized na-

tionwide celebration that recog-

nizes the essential role that princi-

pals play in making a school

great.

Thank you Mr. Ruark and our pre-

vious principals for the guidance

and Christian direction you have

provided for Saxony Lutheran

High School!

Page 4 SLHS Oct. 2017

STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES We’ve written you previously about Crusader Time and extended homerooms. In brief, the fac-ulty advisor for each small group has become more invested in the academic success of students in their group, regularly meeting with each student to discuss grades and offer support. The next step in this process is Student-Led Conferences. (Students heard about this today dur-ing Crusader Time.) This October, instead of meeting with seven teachers during Student Aca-demic Conferences, you will be meeting with your student and his or her advisor (small group teacher). You are still able to meet with each teacher if you wish, but you must participate in the student-led conference first. As the name suggests, your student will take the lead in this meeting. We are working with stu-dents to prepare them for this event. (Of course, we encourage you to speak with your student regularly about his or her grades, using PlusPortals.) Here are the important details:

Student-Led Conferences will be held from October 2 – October 26. Each conference should be 15 minutes (but some teachers may schedule 20 minute appointments). The student must attend with at least one parent. Each homeroom teacher will schedule his or her own appointments; watch for information later to-

day about how to do this. Once the Student-Led Conference is complete, the homeroom teacher will help you schedule ap-

pointments with other teachers. This is OPTIONAL. We ask that you schedule your appointment by mid-October. Teachers will be in touch if they do

not hear from you by October 13. The Student Academic Conferences scheduled for October 24 and October 26 will NOT be held.

This time could be used for appointments, however, as families and teachers make their individu-al arrangements.

We are very excited about this shift and we believe it is best for our students. As always, if you have

questions or concerns, please contact one of us. In His Service, Mark Ruark Judith Fuchs Principal School Counselor

Student-Led Conferences

Alumni Recognition

Saxony Lutheran High School is proud to report that three members of the Class of 2018 have recently

had essays published in Beyond the Blank Page, a textbook currently being used in EN100 classes at

Southeast Missouri State University and in dual credit writing classes in high schools throughout the

region. Congratulations to Emily Buerck, Katie Richmond, and Drew Zieba! We are proud of you!

School News

Page 5 SLHS Oct. 2017

The 18th Annual Crusader Classic Golf Tournament We would like to extend our gratitude to the sponsors of the 18th Annual Crusader Classic Golf Tournament. It was a beautiful day at Cape Country Club and 168 golfers helped support Saxony.

Tee/Green Agri Systems of Cape & Jackson, Inc.

Alliance Bank Barry Hovis – Candidate for State Rep (146th District)

Cape Janitor Supply Carpenters Local 1770

Cheekwood Studios, Inc. Christ Lutheran Church, Gordonville

Citizens Electric Corp. CS Printing, Inc.

Culver’s Drury Southwest, Inc.

Edward Jones – Tim Domian First State Community Bank Immanuel Lutheran School

Innovative Orthodontics, LLD Lanzotti & Rau

Lillian Schneider McDonald’s Restaurant, Cape Girardeau

Montgomery Bank Presto-X

Progressive Farm Credit Services Rhodes 101/Mercato

State Farm – Mike Jones Trinity Lutheran School United Land Title, LLC

West End Tavern

Donations Dirt Cheap

Dr. Anne Heisserer Gas-A-Mat

Golf Etc. Kasten Swap Shop SLHS Booster Club

Stash

EVENT SPONSORS

Tournament Altenburg Machine & Fabrication, Inc.

Mississippi River Radio Delta Companies, Inc.

Mission

Hadler Electric, LLC Saxony Village/Lutheran Home

Van Matre Buick

Team Bowman Milling Co., Inc.

Dreyer Electric Regional Brain and Spine

Rev. David and Judy Dissen Shawneetown Feed & Seed Co.

Southeast Health

Food/Beverage Bi-State Southern Convenience Stores

Bob & Amy Birk Bluff City Beer

Dairy Queen – Cape Girardeau Etzold Packing Co.

Kohlfeld Distributing River Eagle Distributing

Schaefer Water Center, Cape Girardeau Wayne & Marilyn Steffens

Crusader

Coad Toyota Richard A. Meyer

Tech Info

EBSCOhost

search.ebscohost.com Offline

access:

username - saxonylutheran

password – crusader@1

EZSchool Lunch View student lunch accounts &

make payments

www.ezparentcenter.com

FundingFactory

Drop off old laser & ink cartridg-

es to school for fundraising and

recycling.

PlusPortals

Accessing student grades,

attendance, and course webpag-

es www.plusportals.com/

saxonylutheranhs

For Tutorials on using PlusPor-

tals, http://bit.ly/28JqzGQ

SchoolWay Don’t have our school’s notifica-

tion app? Visit http://

myschoolway.com/saxony

For Sale:

Saxony has flat screen monitors

that we are not using anymore.

If you are interested in any of

the following monitors, please

contact the school office. We are

asking $10 per monitor. Dell monitor (05320U)

Qty. 1

HP monitor (w17e) Qty.

1

Dell monitor (1708FPb)

Qty. 1

Viewsonic monitor

(vs11369) Qty. 1

Viewsonic monitor

(VS10867) Qty. 2

HP monitor (VS17e) Qty.

1

Samsung monitor

(GH17LS) Qty. 1

Dell monitor (1505FP)

Qty. 1

Dell monitor (E173FPs)

Qty. 1

Dell monitor (E177FPb)

Qty. 10

Dell monitor (1707FPt)

Qty. 4

Dell monitor (E153FPf)

with audio bar Qty. 3

Dell monitor (E157FPb)

Qty. 3

Benq monitor (Q7C3)

Qty. 1

HP monitor (P9621D)

Qty. 1

Megavision monitor

(MV173) Qty. 1

Acer monitor (AL1715b)

Qty. 1

Page 6 SLHS Oct. 2017

Fast Facts

Page 7 SLHS Oct. 2017

How large is our student body?

Which elementary schools did our students attend?

Who are the Saxony staff?

Saxony’s staff is comprised of 21 full-time and 9 part-time. All of our teachers

are certified in their primary teaching fields.

14 members of our faculty have earned a master’s degree or higher and 1 more

currently completing masters program.

Grade Class Total Females Males

9th 61 21 40

10th 65 40 25

11th 61 27 34

12th 62 32 30

Total 249 120 129

Where does our Saxony family worship?

Saxony Lutheran Church Membership

Concordia, Frohna: 12 students, 2 staff

Good Shepherd: 3 students, 2 staff

Grace, Uniontown: 1 staff

Hanover, Cape Girardeau: 18 students

Immanuel, New Wells: 1 staff

Immanuel, Perryville: 15 students, 1 staff

Immanuel, Tilsit: 2 students

Salem, Farrar: 8 students

St. Andrew, Cape Girardeau: 29 students, 3 staff

St. Paul, Jackson: 75 students, 3 staff

Trinity, Altenburg: 8 students, 1 staff

Trinity, Cape Girardeau: 20 students, 4 staff

Zion, Gordonville: 1 student

All Saxony Students Saxony Freshman

St. Paul – 93 St. Paul- 20

Trinity - 56 Trinity- 15

UCLS- 30 UCLS- 9

Immanuel- 11 Immanuel—1

Other– 59 Other- 16

Other Church Memberships

Bethany Assembly of God—Cape Girardeau

Cape Bible Chapel—Cape Girardeau

First Church Centenary UMC—Cape Girardeau

Connection Point—Jackson

Cowboy Church Crossroads—Jackson

Crossroads of Hope Community Church—Sikeston

First Baptist Church—Oak Ridge

Grace UMC—Cape Girardeau

La Croix Church—Cape Girardeau

Lynwood Baptist Church—Cape Girardeau

Miner Baptist Church—Sikeston

Mt. Auburn Christian Church— Cape Girardeau

Prince of Peace Baptist Church—Sikeston

Rock of Cape—Cape Girardeau

Shady Acres Church of Christ—Sikeston

St. John United Church of Christ—Jackson

St. Vincent De Paul Church—Cape Girardeau

St. Vincent De Paul Church—Perryville

Fast Facts

Page 8 SLHS Oct. 2017

Saxony Café Lunch Menu

October 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

Crispito or Quesadilla Chips w/cheese & salsa Fresh Veggies/Corn Fruit

3

Cheeseburger or Hamburger Fries Peas or Corn Fruit

4

Grilled Cheese Choice of Soup Side salad or Fresh Veggies Fruit Smoothie King

5

Turkey Sub Chips Fresh Veggies or Side salad Fruit Popeye’s

6

Chicken Tenders Mashed Potatoes Gravy Corn or Green Beans Fruit

7

8 9

Chicken & Dumplings Hot Roll Peas or Corn Fruit

10

BBQ Nachos Lettuce/Cheese Corn or Rice Fruit

11

Spaghetti Garlic Bread Green Beans or Side salad Fruit Smoothie King

12

Meatball Sub Chips Side salad or Corn Fruit B– dubs

13

Pepperoni or Sausage Pizza Chips Corn or Fresh Veggies Fruit

14

15 16

Chicken Patty Bun Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Peas or Corn Fruit

17

Lasagna Garlic Bread Green Beans or Corn Fruit

18

Grilled Cheese Choice of Soup Side salad or Fresh Veggies Fruit Smoothie King

19

Corn Dog Tater tots Baked beans or Green beans Fruit Chick fil-A

20

Pizza Inn Side salad or Fresh veggies Chips Fruit

21

22 23

Beef Tacos Lettuce/Cheese Chip & Salsa Mexican Rice or Corn Fruit

24

French Toast Sausage Patty Hash Brown Yogurt Fruit

25

Ravioli or Toasted Ravioli Breadstick Green beans or Salad Fruit Smoothie King

26

No Lunch

27

No School 28

29 30

Cheeseburger Mac or Beef Noodles Hot Roll Green Beans or Corn Fruit

31

Chicken & Dumplings Hot Roll Peas or Corn Fruit