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SCRIP Donates $20,000

Nicole Gibson (Scrip Volunteer) presents John Jacob (Bethel School Principal) with a check in the amount of $20,000. This donation is profit from the SCRIP program for the 2009 calendar year. These funds will help support the school and provide for needed equipment and supplies. Bethel benefits from your purchases in that a portion of the purchase goes to Bethel as a fund raiser; and more importantly you may designate that 50% of the SCRIP profit be used towards your tuition, school, or Bethel Lutheran Church.

Thank you for supporting this important program and thank you to all of the volunteers and the hours they put in to ensure the success. If you use the SCRIP program you know the benefits and simplicity the program offers. The Bethel Scrip program stocks SCRIP / Gift Cards from 50 local and national retailers, restaurants, grocery stores, and gas stations; in addition 1000’s of additional SCRIP / Gift Cards may be ordered for delivery generally within 72 hours. If you have not used the SCRIP Program, please consider how you and Bethel may benefit from your participation. For additional information please click on the following link. http://www.bethellutheranschool.org/scrip.htm

Spring Dinner, Auction Friday April 30

Iowa Tournament Photos

YOU CAN NOW ORDER SCRIP ON LINE - Scrip Order Form Updated 12 26 09

Driving Directions to Schools That Bethel Flames Compete in Athletics

School Forms - Physical Dental Eye

Washington DC Trip 2009

Welcome to Bethel Lutheran School, Morton, IL

......with Christ himself as our chief cornerstone. Eph. 2:20

Our Mission

We, as believers and disciples of Jesus Christ and members of His Body here at Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, in response to His Commission to make disciples of all peoples and in awareness of our unique, collective gifts, clearly see the mission before us to worship – to grow – to serve.

Bethel Lutheran School offers a Christian Education for the whole child. Students in the school find identity, purpose, and power for their lives by living in God’s grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. The education is well rounded and provides spiritual instruction, intellectual achievement, social interaction, emotional development, physical education, and aesthetic experiences.

Message from the Principal - January 2010

The new year has started off with a bang!

Several of our students participated in the Lutheran High School Elementary Spelling Bee held January 9^th at Lutheran High in Springfield.

Our participants were:

Mason Greiner (3^rd Grade), Danny Bailey (3^rd Grade), Bryan Himmel (4^th Grade)

Ashley Mohr (4^th Grade)

Kyra Postlewaite (5^th Grade)

Jennifer Ackley (5^th Grade)

Natalie Schisler (6^th Grade), Zack Siscoe (6^th Grade), Nikki Blunier (7^th Grade)

We fared quite well in receiving the following awards:

3^rd Grade – Tie for 2nd Place; 4^th Grade – 1^stPlace; 5^th Grade – Tie for 1^st Place, 6^th Grade – Tie for 2^nd Place; 7^th Grade – 4^th Place.

Congratulations to our participants for representing our school well!

Also, we just completed our annual fund drive and have great news. Our Scrip program has generated $20,000 worth of income over the past year. This means that anything raised through other donations will be put toward debt reduction of the school debt. At last count this was approximately $10,000! Thank you for your generosity and for your continued use of the Scrip program!

We are in full swing of registration and are looking forward to another strong year coming up. We do, however, have some openings. So if you are interested, or know anyone that’s interested in checking out our school, please have them contact us and we will be happy to give a tour.

Looking ahead, a great time to come visit us is February 7^th at our annual Pancake Breakfast and Open House. This is always a time of great fellowship and a wonderful opportunity to meet our staff. We look forward to seeing you!

John R. Jacob

Principal

Elementary School Staff:

Sandy Elsas – Kindergarten

Renee Strehlow – Kindergarten Aide

Tammy Brown – Kindergarten

Julie Virgil – Kindergarten Aide

Janet Miller – 1^st Grade

Kathy Olson – 1^st Grade Aide

Carol Stetzler – 2^nd Grade

Angie Sebok – 2^nd Grade Aide

Annie Hinck – 3^rd Grade

Deanna Siron – 3^rd Grade Aide

Debbie Wyzard – 4^th Grade

Linda Moore – 5^th Grade

Kim Marks – 6^th Grade

Renata Anderson – 7^th Grade Homeroom

/ Vice-Principal

John Jacob – 8^th Grade Homeroom / Principal

Mary Bartholomew - Science

Kristine Kniep - Social Studies / Literature

Berdie Remmele – Music

Jackie Krueger – Art

Julie Kiesewetter – Computer

Stacy Johnson – P.E. Teacher/School Mentor

Ilana Thomas – School Secretary

Helen Geil – School Secretary

Preschool Staff:

Jackie Patton - Co-Director

Paula Ewald - Co-Director

Janet Darlington

Lisa Dierker

Vickie Dobrinsky

Linda Hall

Pat Hamer

Celeste Hansen

Spiritual Instruction

Bethel Lutheran School enables children to:

Nurture their faiths
Share their faiths with others through witness and service
Know God and His forgiving love
Participate in Lutheran worship
Respect similarities and differences of other Christian denominations
Develop an understanding of the doctrines, history and worship practices of the Lutheran Church
Grow in biblical knowledge
Apply Christian principles to moral dilemmas

Intellectual Achievement

Bethel Lutheran School enables children to: