Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Parent Connection September 5th, 2017

What is Your Acorn?
          At the beginning of the movie Ice Age, the viewer is introduced to a character who, you could say, has a “one-track mind”.  I’m sure you remember this character even though, if my memory is correct, he doesn’t say one word of dialogue.  He is a squirrel who is chasing his one goal: an acorn. Chasing that acorn gets him into one predicament after another.
As amusing as this character seems to be, I think it points out an important characteristic of humans. More often than not, each of us is chasing after an “acorn”.  Something we think is so important that it eliminates everything else from our thought process and gives us “tunnel-vision”.  Now God doesn’t say this is necessarily a bad thing. In fact he tells us to “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given you as well.” Matthew 6:33.
So what is your “acorn”?

Emergency Contacts
          Parents, if you did not receive an email and a text from us last week, you need to log into your Educate account and review your contact information as well as your alert preferences.  This way we’ll know how you would like to be contacted for school closings, general communications and school emergencies.  Once logged in, select the pull down menu by your name, select account then alert preferences.
          If you did not previously have access to Educate, you should have received an email today with instructions on how to set it up.
          If you are having trouble logging in, please contact the office.


Emergency Preparedness
Every year at this time we review our plan for emergency situations at our school. If an emergency such as an earthquake or other disaster would occur, plans and material supplies are in place to provide for the safety and security of our students, as well as first aid and extended care in the event that students cannot be immediately picked up by their parents.
In order to help us in this, we ask each family to prepare a small “comfort kit” for your child, with small items to provide comfort and to help keep them occupied and calm in an emergency situation. We sent home a small Ziploc bag the first week of school. Pack your child’s comfort kit with a card containing your child’s name and contact information and other small items for your child’s comfort.  Suggestions include a non-perishable snack (like a granola bar), a pair of knit gloves, a family picture, a small toy, and a letter to your child.
Comfort kits can be brought to your child’s teacher at any time, and will be returned at the end of the school year.

Cross Country
          Cross Country practice continues this week on Tuesday and Thursday. Athletes can be picked up at Waldron Park at 5:15 pm or the school at 5:30 pm.

Junior Choir
Our Junior Choir will begin practicing this Wednesday during the lunch recess.  Practices will be 12:30pm to 1:00pm on Wednesdays.

Handchimes
The handchime choir will organize and begin practicing this week. Practices will be 12:30pm to 1:00pm on Thursdays.
PTF
Parent, Teacher, Friends will have the first meeting of the year on Thursday, September 20th at 7:00pm.  This meeting will focus on volunteers for hot lunches, school t-shirts & sweatshirts and planning ahead for our Trunk or Treat. 
We look forward to seeing you there!

School Sweatshirts
If you are interested in school sweatshirts, we’ll be placing an order at the end of the month.  Look for upcoming details on how to order.

School Uniforms
          Looking for a used uniform?  We will have a table set up in the hallway by the kindergarten classroom for the remainder of this week.  Used uniforms are free on a first-come basis.  New uniforms may be purchased at FrenchToast.com using school code QS5KJUH.

Bible Information Class
                A child’s Christian education is only as good as the cooperation between parents and teachers.  To this end, we feel strongly that all parents need to hear our fundamental beliefs and understand the basic doctrines that all of our school children are taught.  Therefore, we invite parents of school children to attend Pastor Ewings’ “Making Life Better Class” beginning Monday, September 11th. This 15-week class is an extensive review of the basic doctrines taught in the Bible and, therefore, in this school. Parents who complete the class will receive a $500 discount on their child’s tuition for each of three years after completing the class.

Half Day
School will dismiss at noon on Friday, September 15.

Meet Your Teachers Monday
Each week there will be a trivia question posted on the school Facebook page. This question will point to one of your teachers. Be the first to answer correctly and win a prize. The answer will be revealed on Facebook on Friday.

September Birthdays
Happy Birthday to: 
Elijah C.       9/2
Aurora E.     9/4
Ewan F.       9/9

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