Salem Lutheran School News

The Staff at Salem Lutheran wish you and your family a blessed Christmas  and a year filled with His love, joy, and peace. Path of Peace Christmas, December 22, 5 PM A multimedia presentation of the first Christmas Christmas Eve, December 24th, 5 & 11 PM A Service of Lessons and Carols Christmas Day, December 25th, 10 AM with communion, Christmas Carol sing beginning at 9:40 AM  A Light in  the Darkness

School Registrations for 2019 January is also a time to reset our enrollment for the 2019-2020 school year. Current school families and Salem families may register for attending Salem Lutheran School starting on  January 3  (watch for a re-enrollment email from TADS in January. Preschool families will receive theirs first). New families may start to register for attending Salem Lutheran School on  January 22 , the day of our school Open House. The Board of Education has set the registration fees for the 2019-2020 school year at $150 for preschool and $250 for grades K-8 with a  discounted price for preschool of $75 and for grades K-8 of $150 if registration is paid by  March 1 . The discounted price is set to encourage families to register early so that we can budget more accurately for the next school year’s needs. Open House/Visit Salem Day Salem Lutheran School will have an Open House/Visit Salem Day on Tuesday, January 22. Times of the Open H...

SCRIP  Orders Due Jan. 14  & Jan. 28 Basketball Practices: Girls - Mon/Wed 3:45 - 5:15 pm, Boys - Tues/Thurs 3:45 - 6 pm Wednesday, January 3  -  School Resumes Tuesday, January 8  - School Board Meeting 7:00 pm Friday, January 11  - 2nd Quarter Ends                                  - Home Bball game vs. Good Shepherd/Berea 6:30 pm A-Team, 7:30 pm                                    B-Team, 8:30 A-Team Monday, January 14  - Messy Monday 6:00 pm- 7:00 pm Thursday, January 17  - Field Trip K-8 Minneapolis Institute of Art                                        - SPTO Meeting @ 6:30 pm Friday, January 18  - Away  Bball vs. Bloomington 7:30 ...

Christmas Break The students are on Christmas Break from December 24th until January 2nd. School resumes on January 3rd. School Registrations for 2019 January is a time to reset our enrollment for the 2019-2020 school year. Current school families and Salem families may register for school starting on January 3 (watch for a re-enrollment email from TADS in January. Preschool families will receive theirs first). New families may register starting on January 22, the day of our school Open House. The Board of Education has set the registration fees for the 2019-2020 school year at $150 for preschool and $250 for grades K-8 with a discounted price for preschool of $75 and for grades K-8 of $150 if registration is paid by March 1. The discounted price is set to encourage families to register early so that we can budget more accurately for the next school year’s needs. Open House/Visit Salem Day Salem Lutheran School will have an Open House/Visit Salem Day on Tuesday, January 22. Tim...

Here is the lunch menu for the month of January. Please remember to make sure your lunch account is funded for the month ahead. January 17 our K-8 students will be attending a special exhibit at MIA for the day. A sack lunch is being offered that day to all who would still like to order lunch. You must pre-order by 1/16/19. Thank you! January Lunch Menu

            In the last game before Christmas break, the Salem Saints traveled to Crown of Life in West St. Paul on Thursday to take on the Raiders.             For not having practice all week, I thought our Saints came out of the gate with solid offensive execution in the first half. Our offensive sets looked fairly sharp, which created many opportunities for us to drive and attack the basket. On the other side of the floor, I was also pleased with our positioning, communication, and awareness in our active 2-3 zone defense. Although we did a good job forcing the Raiders into many outside shots, we struggled to close out many of our defensive possessions in the first half by not boxing out or simply grabbing rebounds and loose balls. With only seven players on their team, I thought Crown of Life gave an excellent first half effort, keeping the game close going into halftime ( halftime score: 20-19 ...

There will be a Christmas Bake Sale on Wednesday, December 19, before and after the K-8 Christmas Program. Please drop off any baked good donations for this sale in the school office starting Monday, Dec. 17th.  Proceeds from the sale  will be used for the school tuition assistance fund. Thank you!