Blog Update 5/31

I hope that you all had a great Memorial Day!

Family Time next week 6/6
All school
Monday, June 6:
8th grade reflections

P.E.
We will conclude the year with the base games unit.

This week at a glance:

Wednesday, Jun 1
The 6TH grade Environmental Classroom is going up to Sleeping Bear thru 06/03/11.

Friday, Jun 3
The Kindergarten is going to Townsend Park.
The 4th grade class is going to PJ Hoffmaster State Park.

Next Monday and Tuesday are exams for the 8th grade.

They’re Here!
The much awaited 2010-11 RCS Yearbooks have arrived! Pre-purchased yearbooks will be handed out to students on Monday, June 6, and Tuesday, June 7, in the front lobby at the end of the school day. Students will be dismissed by class to pick up their yearbooks,

A limited number of extra yearbooks will be available for purchase at the cost of $25 at the end of the day (3:15 p.m.) on Tuesday, June 7.

Hot Lunch
Just a reminder: the last Hot Lunch day is this Friday, June 3.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Nick Ignatoski, Bailey Kolenda, Jordan Falk, Kaitlynn Kimmel and Tristan Fuller!
This past year a group of student writers met after school to practice and hone their writing skills. The first seven weeks were devoted to writing an essay on a topic of their choice. The second seven weeks were spent writing poems and stories. By the middle of February the essays were sent to a contest run by Creative Communication and, at the end of April, their poems were also sent to Creative Communications. All the students waited anxiously to see if their essay or poem would be accepted for publication.
For over eighteen years, Creative Communication has proudly brought recognition to student writers. Students from all over the United States send in essays to this contest. We are proud to announce that Nick Ignatoski and Bailey Kolenda had their essays accepted for publication. Jordan Falk, Kaitlynn Kimmel, Bailey Kolenda, and Tristan Fuller had their poems accepted for publication.
These students should feel honored as thousands of entries were not invited to be published. Publishing the high merit essays and poems from the contests creates a record of what is important to today’s students. Without this publication, the entries, which reflect the unique insight and perspective of the youth today, would be lost forever.

Please encourage students to return their books. The library will not have scheduled classes the last two weeks of school.

Amy is going back to Haiti.
This is Amy’s 3rd trip and this time she is going for a month!
She will be returning to Haiti by herself on June 8 and will be staying through till July 6.
You can visit her blog at: http://amyworst.blogspot.com/

I would like to welcome the Westbrook Family!
I want to welcome Taylor (3rd) and Michael (5th) and their parents, Scott and Cathy Westbrook, to our RCS family. The Westbrooks recently moved here from Georgia. They are a great family! I look forward to getting to know them more next year.

Have a good week!

Pray For Me; Then I’ll Pray For You.

Thanks for all that you do for God’s kingdom!

D W

blog Update 5/23

Hope that you all had a good weekend!

Yesterday at Family Time – May 23
I asked Pastor Jon Huizenga to come and talk about the 2nd coming.

P.E.
We began our base games unit (kickball, German Bat Ball, softball, etc.). We will conclude the year with this

This week at a glance:

Wednesday, May 25
Kindergarten to Critter Barn

5th Grade Whitecaps 10:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.
8th Grade Mackinaw thru 05/25/11 to 05/27/11

Thursday, May 26,
PK Post Family Farm all day
Friday m 27
The 6th grade is bringing the preschool to camp
Friday, May
7th Grade Class Retreat

Amy is going back to Haiti;
this is Amy’s 3rd trip, and this time she is going for a month!
She will be returning to Haiti by herself on June 8 and will be staying through till July 6.
You can visit her blog at: http://amyworst.blogspot.com/

Have a good week!

Pray For Me; Then I’ll Pray For You.

Thanks for all that you do for God’s kingdom!

D W

Update 5/16

Hi All,

Hope that you all had a good weekend!

Monday at Family Time – May 16

Thank you to Doug Vanderwell for leading the K – 5th Family Time!

This week’s Spanish phrase:

This week our phrase is an invitation to come to our celebration on Thursday night.

¡Ven a celebrar Rockford Christian el jueves, 19 de mayo!

(Vayn ah cay-lay-brahr Rockford Christian ayl huay-vays, dee-ay see nuay-vay day my- yoh.)

Come to celebrate Rockford Christian, Thursday, the 19th of May!

P.E.

We began our base games unit (kickball, German Bat Ball, softball, etc.). We will conclude the year with this

This week at a glance:

We welcomed Classes GR North Today

Tuesday-May 17:
7/8 girls play their first tournament game-6:00 at Holy Spirit

Thursday, May 19th
RCS Art Show & Celebration of Christian Education: Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Come out this week Thursday night and see what your children have created and learned this year at Rockford Christian School. The time frame will be as follows:

3:30 - 4:45 1st Open House Opportunity

5:00 - 6:00 Break for Staff to Have Dinner

6:15 - 7:30 2nd Open House Opportunity

** There are two opportunities to come and visit school for two main reasons: (1) to break up the number of visitors and (2) to accommodate family and work schedules.

Friday

The 6th graders are going to Frederik Meijer Gardens on their spring helping project. They will be cleaning the grounds around FMG and perhaps doing some planting or pulling of invasive species of plants.

A week from today family time May 23
I am in charge!

Have a good week!

Pray For Me; Then I’ll Pray For You.

Thanks for all that you do for God’s kingdom!

D W

Update 5/9

It is with sadness that I write to notify you that Ken Conrad, father of 8th grader Audrey Conrad, died on Friday evening. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer only one week ago.

Please be in prayer for Audrey and her family in this time of loss and grief.
We are grateful that we serve a risen Savior who gives us hope in the midst of death.

Saturday, May 7

The Underwoods wanted to let you all know that Elizabeth Kate arrived safely Saturday morning

I hope that you all enjoyed Mother’s Day!!

Pray for Josh VanTil and his family; Josh starts working in Oregon this week.

Today at Family Time -- May 9

Thank you

to Mrs. B’s Kindergarten class for leading the K – 5th Family Time!

Spanish phrase

This is a very common word used by adults...often to children. If a child is about to cross a street, or playing on a playground, or running too fast, etc.

¡Cuidado! Kwee- dah-doe (Careful!)

P.E.

We are beginning our base games unit (kickball, German Bat Ball, softball, etc.).

This week at a glance:

Today 5/9

8th to Camp Roger in afternoon
6:00 PM IHM Rockford Christian Black Rockford Christian 5/6 Baseball
7:00 PM St. Stephen Rockford Christian Rockford Christian 7/8 Baseball

Tomorrow 5/10

1st to Camp Roger in afternoon
5:30 PM Holy Spirit RCS/OLC Holy Spirit 7/8 Softball
7:00 PM SJV/Holy Name Rockford Christian Blue Rockford Christian 5/6 Baseball
7:00 PM St. Thomas Rockford Christian Black St. Paul 5/6 Baseball
7:00 PM Rockford Christian/OLC ASA/SH Red 56 SB St. Jude 5/6 Softball

Wednesday5/11

7th to Camp Roger in afternoon
6:00 PM St Anthony White Rockford Christian Rockford Christian 7/8 Baseball
7:00 PM Holy Trinity/St. Joe RCS/OLC Rockford Christian 7/8 Softball
7:00 PM Rockford Christian Blue Corpus Christi St. Jude 5/6 Baseball

Thursday 5/12

6:00 PM RCS/OLC ASA OLC 7/8 Softball
Thursday 5/12
7:00PM 6th Grade Environmental Program

Friday 5/13

6th Grade Environmental Classroom
This Friday the 6th grade EC students will be traveling to Muskegon to go onboard the WG Jackson, GVSU’s water research vessel. The students will be testing the water of Muskegon Lake and, weather permitting, will test the water on Lake Michigan. They will be testing for water turbidity, dissolved oxygen, pH, and looking at micro-organisms through microscopes. Their hope is to see that these two lakes are “healthy”. Please pray for nice weather on Friday!!

5:30 PM Rockford Christian Black SJV/Holy Name Rockford Christian 5/6 Baseball
7:00 PM Rockford Christian St. Anthony Blue St. Anthony 7/8 Baseball
7:00 PM ASA Black Rockford Christian Blue Rockford Christian 5/6 Baseball

Saturday 5/14

9:00 AM ASA RCS/OLC OLC 7/8 Softball
11:00 AM ASA/SH Black Rockford Christian/OLC OLC 5/6 Softball

Have a good week!

Pray For Me; Then I’ll Pray For You.

Thanks for all that you do for God’s kingdom!

D W

Update 5/2

Thank you for all of your gifts last week for “RCS Staff Appreciation Week”!!!!

I hope that you all enjoyed the weekend!!

Rockford Christian Care & Concern :
Pray for Josh VanTil and his family as they are traveling all week to Oregon. Also, pray for Dave Carpenter and his father as they are driving a U-Haul with the VanTil’s possessions.

Today at Family Time -- May 2

Thank you, Jessie, for coming and leading us in a time of worship!

This is a continuation of last week's phrase:

(last week)

¿Quién vive? Cristo (Who lives? Christ!)

Spanish phrase
This week is the second call and response:

A su nombre.... (Ah- sue- nome-bray) To his name!

¡Gloria! (Glo-ree-ah) Glory!

P.E.
We are almost done with fitness testing.
The one test still remaining is the Mile Run. We will fit that in once the fields dry out.
We are also beginning our base games unit (kickball, German Bat Ball, softball, etc.).

This week at a glance:

Today 5/2
5:15 PM Assumption Rockford Christian Rockford Christian 7/8 baseball
5:30 PM Holy Spirit/St. Anthony Rockford Christian/OLC Holy Spirit 5/6 Softball
7:00 PM Corpus Christi Rockford Christian Black Rockford Christian 5/6 baseball
7:00 PM Rockford Christian Holy Trinity Rockford Christian 7/8 baseball

Tuesday 5/3
7:00PM5th-8th GRCMS/RCMS Band Concert

Wednesday 5/4

2nd to Camp Roger in AM

3rd to Camp Roger in PN

5:15 PM Rockford Christian ASA Black Rockford Christian 7/8 baseball

5:30 PM RCS/OLC Assumption Rockford Christian 7/8 Softball
7:00 PM Rockford Christian Black Holy Trinity St. Jude 5/6 baseball

Thursday 5/5
5th to Camp Roger in AM
4th to Camp Roger in PM

Friday 5/ 6

The 6th Graders will be picking garlic mustard. Garlic Mustard is an invasive plant that is taking over much of the wooded areas in our state. These plants prevent other important woodland plants from growing. Each plant will drop hundreds of seeds in the summer. That is why we need to pick them in the spring. Thanks, 6th grade Environmental Classroom students!!!

5:30 PM Holy Spirit Rockford Christian Blue Rockford Christian 5/6 Baseball

5:30 PM SJV Rockford Christian/OLC St. Paul 5/6 Softball
7:00 PM RCS/OLC IHM/St. Stephens/St. Paul St. Paul 7/8 Softball
7:00 PM Rockford Christian Blue St. Paul the Apostle Rockford Christian 5/6 Baseball

Saturday 5/7
9:00 AM Rockford Christian/OLC ASA/SH Red OLC 5/6 Softball
1:00 PM Rockford Christian Black St. Anthony 56 BB St. Jude 5/6 baseball
Saturday 5/7/2011 3:00 PM Rockford Christian Blue IHM IHM 5/6 BB Bruce

Have a good week!

Pray For Me; Then I’ll Pray For You.

Thanks for all that you do for God’s kingdom!

D W