Satanta United Methodist/Satanta Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt

Sunday Night Live Rehearsals

The date of Sunday Night Live is fast approaching. To make this happen, we've planned two meetings/rehearsals to work out the details:

Sunday, April 11 @ 3:00 p.m. (Rachel requested we move this up due to Afterglow Service)

Sunday, April 18 @ 4:00 p.m.

Remember, the program has been scheduled for April 25 @ 7:00 p.m. with desserts and coffee to follow. Stacey has offered to head-up this department, and it was suggested that we buy desserts from Sam's Club to cut down on costs.

Blake will be our resident actor with Nicole acting as our director.

Mark will head up the music department and has begun working with Rachel to come up with about four numbers in addition to the "More Cowbell" skit with Dena.

Advertising will also need be done. We've got a lot do, and a short time to do it in.

Sunday Night Live Rehearsals

We need to make some decisions regarding our Sunday Night Live event, and time is so short in class with all of other preparations that I think that we need to meet at least once to get this organized and rehearsed. Check your calendars, and maybe we can come with some dates and times that we can all meet to get this worked out . . . and advertised.

The Grant that REALLY Can't Stop Giving

I guess I wasn't joking about the grant that keeps on giving. After finding out that the total amount of our grant had not been used after the grants had been given to Ardis; Stacey and Cayla; Cheri; and Karen, we discussed one more grant to fund the purchase of a classroom set of Pennies for Peace for Jennifer Hanson. Coupled with a donation from a class member, we had the money we needed to make this purchase via amazon.com. Amazon was not able to fill our order for Jennifer's books, so Jill (USD 507 business manager) placed the order with Barnes and Noble using a discount card she had on hand. Long story short, she got Jennifer's books for $72.08. That means we have just under $100 to fund yet another classroom need. Looks like it's time to brainstorm again!

From: Jill Wahl [mailto:jwahl@usd507.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 3:36 PM
To: Ryan Burrows
Subject: 21st Time Grant

I have good news, but you may be sick of me by now J The Amazon order was canceled for Jennifer as they were no available in the quantity requested. I was able to purchase the books through Barnes & Noble using a discount I received. With the discount I was able to get Jennifer’s books for $72.08 (awesome, right). Well that leaves just under $100 left to spend of the Grant Money provided by your Sunday School Class. Let me know how you would like to proceed.

Thanks!

Thank You

Dear 21st Time Class,

Blessings to you in return for your generosity and thoughtfulness. It so wonderful to know we live a community that unites to support the school system in difficult times. Thank you for the donation for testing rewards! The kids will be excited and will look forward to the drawings.

Yours,

Ardith Dunn
USD 507 Superintendent of Schools

This Could Be Our New Book

Next Up: Easter Egg Hunt

If you'll be back from vacation the last weekend of Spring Break, plan to be in class on Sunday so that we can begin to make arrangements for the Easter Egg Hunt we are co-sponsoring with the Satanta Chamber of Commerce!

The Giving Continues

USD 507 business manager Jill Wahl reported this past week that the classroom grant project came in $70.34 under budget, which prompted a discussion about how to spend this money. Why not another grant?

Combined with a $100 from a member of our congregation, the money remaining from the grant will be used to purchase classroom copies of the young reader's edition of Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson for Jennifer Hanson who will use these books as part of a service-learning project in her freshmen business classroom that will culminate with a Pennies for Peace campaign.

FYI--The Pennies for Peace program (P4P) educates children about the world beyond their experience and how they can make a positive impact on a global scale, one penny at a time. It teaches children the rewards of sharing and working together to bring hope and education opportunities to the children in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A penny is virtually worthless, but in impoverished countries a penny buys a pencil and opens the door to literacy. For more information, visit www.threecupsoftea.com.

This giving is the latest extension of the classroom grant project, which funded Kindergarten materials for Stacey King and Cayla Fraley, young adult novels for Karen Burrows' junior English class, MTSS support materials for Cheri Williams' ESL classroom, and a classroom lending library for Ardis Alexander's preschool class. It should also be noted that this giving sparked the Satanta Lions Club's generous donation to Claire Koops' band program at Satanta Elementary and to the donation of money to provide expository reading for Satanta Jr.-Sr. High via a proposal made by Vicki Decker.

Giving, it seems, spawns more giving. And that was definitely the case at the chicken-and-noodle thank you dinner that we recently hosted. It was there that we received a check for $500 in support of our mission to end poverty through the promotion of literacy both at home and abroad. This money, it was decided, will go to encourage Satanta students who have found success on state assessments. The money will be donated to USD 507 and will be dispersed in the following way: $200 will go to the 7-12 building to purchase performance incentives: $200 will go to the grade school to provide performance incentives for students in grades 3-6; and $100 will be given to the preschool, Kindergarten, first, and second grade teachers to purchase supplies for their classrooms. It was also decided that we will donate the items leftover from last year's Easter egg hunt to these teachers to use as prizes in their classrooms. Now we just need to get them from the shed!

On a final note, we also discussed the Satanta Library's need for items to support the children who visit the library after school. We all agreed that we could simply go through our own over-stocked homes and find items to donate. Suggested items include puzzles (appropriate for young children), books of puzzles, coloring books and crayons, and board games. These items can be donated directly to the library.

April 25, 2010 (time TBA)

Satanta United Methodist Church

Skits, live music, and lots of good clean fun!